Genomic Insights into the Origin and Evolution of Molluscan Red-Bloodedness in the Blood Clam Tegillarca granosa

Y Bao, Q Zeng, J Wang, Z Zhang… - Molecular Biology …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Blood clams differ from their molluscan kins by exhibiting a unique red-blood (RB)
phenotype; however, the genetic basis and biochemical machinery subserving this …

More than a confinement:“Soft” and “hard” enzyme entrapment modulates biological catalyst function

G Cottone, S Giuffrida, S Bettati, S Bruno, B Campanini… - Catalysts, 2019 - mdpi.com
Catalysis makes chemical and biochemical reactions kinetically accessible. From a
technological point of view, organic, inorganic, and biochemical catalysis is relevant for …

Hemoglobin wonders: a fascinating gas transporter dive into molluscs

W Zhang, Y Zhang, X Shi, S Wang… - Critical Reviews in …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Hemoglobin (Hb) has been identified in at least 14 molluscan taxa so far. Research
spanning over 130 years on molluscan Hbs focuses on their genes, protein structures …

A preliminary study on the antibacterial mechanism of Tegillarca granosa hemoglobin by derived peptides and peroxidase activity

Y Bao, J Wang, C Li, P Li, S Wang, Z Lin - Fish & Shellfish Immunology, 2016 - Elsevier
The blood clam, Tegillarca granosa, is one of the few bivalve molluscs containing
hemoglobin (Hb). In the present study, we purified two types of T. granosa hemoglobin, Tg …

Cooperative Protein Dynamics of Heterotetrameric Hemoglobin from Scapharca inaequivalvis

X Gao, H Ishikawa, M Mizuno… - The Journal of Physical …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Hemoglobins achieve cooperative oxygen binding by diverse strategies based on different
assemblies of globin subunits. Heterotetrameric hemoglobin from Scapharca inaequivalvis …

Insight into the Allosteric Mechanism of Scapharca Dimeric Hemoglobin

JM Laine, M Amat, BR Morgan, WE Royer Jr… - Biochemistry, 2014 - ACS Publications
Allosteric regulation is an essential function of many proteins that control a variety of different
processes such as catalysis, signal transduction, and gene regulation. Structural …

From protein structure to function via single crystal optical spectroscopy

L Ronda, S Bruno, S Bettati, P Storici… - Frontiers in Molecular …, 2015 - frontiersin.org
The more than 100,000 protein structures determined by X-ray crystallography provide a
wealth of information for the characterization of biological processes at the molecular level …

De novo transcriptome analysis of stressed blood clam (Anadara broughtonii) and identification of genes associated with hemoglobin

Y Wang, S Zhou, T Liu, M Chen, X Zhang - Genes & genomics, 2020 - Springer
Abstract Background Blood clam (Anadara broughtonii) is a commercially important marine
bivalve characterised by the red blood. Recently, the clams have been subjected to severe …

[PDF][PDF] More than a Confinement:“Soft” and “Hard” Enzyme Entrapment Modulates Biological Catalyst Function

B Campanini, M Marchetti, S Abbruzzetti, C Viappiani - academia.edu
Catalysis makes chemical and biochemical reactions kinetically accessible. From a
technological point of view, organic, inorganic, and biochemical catalysis is relevant for …