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B Balko

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Iron electronic structure in oxyhemoglobin and carboxypeptidase digested derivatives.

Mössbauer experiments were performed on the oxy- derivatives of human hemoglobin and its products of digestion with carboxypeptidases. The hemoglobins were chemically enriched to 95% in 57Fe, and were free from hemochrome impurities. Spectra were taken at low temperatures in the presence and absence of a 5.0 T magnetic field. It was observed that the enzymatic digestions which remove residues at least 16 A from the iron of the nearest heme appear to modify the electronic environment of the metal.

Carboxypeptidase B↗

Fast stopped-flow microcalorimeter.

A fast stopped-flow microcalorimeter using a thermistor and an a.c. bridge is described. Time resolution, limited by the response of the thermistor, is 3 ms for t 1/2 while sensitivity is 100 mu degree C in this bandpass. A reaction requires 0.3 ml of each reactant. The microcalorimeter is adiabatic to within 2% for 2 s and mixing may be repeated every 5 min. Computer finite element simulation techniques (FEST) are used to correct for the thermistor response time and heat losses. Results of tests with reactions of NaOH and HCl, NaHCO3, and HCl, and glyclyglycine and CO2 agree with published kinetic and thermodynamic values to within an experimental error of less than 2%.

Bicarbonates↗