George C. Blouin, Ph.D.

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2008 Rice University, Houston, TX 
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myoglobin, hemoglobin
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John S. Olson grad student 2008 Rice University
 (Alkyl isocyanides as transition state analogs for ligand entry and exit in globins.)
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Salter MD, Blouin GC, Soman J, et al. (2012) Determination of ligand pathways in globins: apolar tunnels versus polar gates. The Journal of Biological Chemistry. 287: 33163-78
Pesce A, Nardini M, Dewilde S, et al. (2011) Ligand migration in the apolar tunnel of Cerebratulus lacteus mini-hemoglobin. The Journal of Biological Chemistry. 286: 5347-58
Smith RD, Blouin GC, Johnson KA, et al. (2010) Straight-chain alkyl isocyanides open the distal histidine gate in crystal structures of myoglobin . Biochemistry. 49: 4977-86
Blouin GC, Schweers RL, Olson JS. (2010) Alkyl isocyanides serve as transition state analogues for ligand entry and exit in myoglobin. Biochemistry. 49: 4987-97
Blouin GC, Olson JS. (2010) The stretching frequencies of bound alkyl isocyanides indicate two distinct ligand orientations within the distal pocket of myoglobin. Biochemistry. 49: 4968-76
Bianchetti CM, Blouin GC, Bitto E, et al. (2010) The structure and NO binding properties of the nitrophorin-like heme-binding protein from Arabidopsis thaliana gene locus At1g79260.1. Proteins. 78: 917-31
Smagghe BJ, Hoy JA, Percifield R, et al. (2009) Review: correlations between oxygen affinity and sequence classifications of plant hemoglobins. Biopolymers. 91: 1083-96
Deng P, Nienhaus K, Palladino P, et al. (2007) Transient ligand docking sites in Cerebratulus lacteus mini-hemoglobin. Gene. 398: 208-23
Nygaard TK, Blouin GC, Liu M, et al. (2006) The mechanism of direct heme transfer from the streptococcal cell surface protein Shp to HtsA of the HtsABC transporter. The Journal of Biological Chemistry. 281: 20761-71
Dantsker D, Roche C, Samuni U, et al. (2005) The position 68(E11) side chain in myoglobin regulates ligand capture, bond formation with heme iron, and internal movement into the xenon cavities. The Journal of Biological Chemistry. 280: 38740-55
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