Molecular assembly of two-α-helix peptide induced by haem binding

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Seiji Sakamoto, Akihiko Ueno and Hisakazu Mihara


Abstract

A designed two-α-helix peptide H2α-17 bound effectively FeIII–mesoporphyrin (haem), and the haem binding simultaneously induced the molecular assembly of the peptide from a monomeric to a tetrameric form.


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