Open Access‘Superpolyamines’
Author(s) -
ORIOLAUDIT Christine,
HOSSEINI Mir Wais,
LEHN JeanMarie
Publication year - 1985
Publication title -
european journal of biochemistry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1432-1033
pISSN - 0014-2956
DOI - 10.1111/j.1432-1033.1985.tb09139.x
Subject(s) - polymerization , cooperativity , chemistry , actin , biophysics , cooperative binding , polymer chemistry , polymer , biochemistry , binding site , organic chemistry , biology
Macrocyclic polyammonium ions induce much more efficient polymerization of actin than the natural polyamines, behaving thus as ‘superpolyamines’. The processes observed display large increases in rate, marked structural dependence, macrocyclic and ditopic binding effects and positive cooperativity.