Isolation and characterisation of myoglobin from the fresh water tortoise, Trionyx niloticus.
Myoglobin was isolated from the skeletal muscle of the water tortoise, Trionyx niloticus. The myoglobin is monomeric with an apparent molecular weight of 18,000 daltons as determined on Sephadex G-75 (with a non-denaturing eluant) and 18,547 from the amino acid composition. Spectrophotometric characteristics for a variety of ferrous and ferric derivatives have been determined.
D000596:Amino Acids / Q000032:analysis; D000818:Animals; D005618:Fresh Water; D005914:Globins / Q000302:isolation & purification; D008970:Molecular Weight; D009132:Muscles / Q000032:analysis*; D009211:Myoglobin / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D013045:Species Specificity; D014426:Turtles / Q000502:physiology*
D000596:Amino Acids; D009211:Myoglobin; D005914:Globins