Hemoglobin - Insights Into Protein Structure, Function, and Evolution

List of contents

• 1: Principles of protein structure


• 2: A study in scarlet: The role of hemoglobin in blood gas transport


• 3: Allosteric theory


• 4: Hemoglobin structure and allosteric mechanism


• 5: Evolution of the vertebrate globin gene family


• 6: Gene duplication and hemoglobin isoform differentiation


• 7: The evolution of novel hemoglobin functions and physiological innovation


• 8: Mechanisms of biochemical adaptation to environmental hypoxia


• 9: Darwin's molecule: Evolutionary insights into mechanisms of biochemical adaptation and protein evolution

About the author

Jay Storz is the Susan J. Rosowski Professor of Biology at the University of Nebraska. His research is motivated by questions about mechanisms of protein evolution, gene family evolution, and the genetic basis of biochemical and physiological adaptation. Professor Storz's work is supported by the National Institutes of Health and the National Science Foundation.

Summary

Provides a synthesis of our current understanding of hemoglobin (Hb) function and evolution, and illustrates how research on this protein has provided more general insights into mechanisms of protein evolution and biochemical adaptation.

Product details

• Authors: Jay F. Storz, Jay F. (Susan J. Rosowski Professor of Biol Storz
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 04.12.2018
• EAN: 9780198810681
• ISBN: 978-0-19-881068-1
• No. of pages: 256
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Biochemistry, biophysics; Evolution, SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Biochemistry, biochemistry, proteins, Evolution / Evolutionary biology