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Effect of intramolecular cross-links on the enthalpy and quaternary structure of the intermediates of oxygenation of human hemoglobin.
Bucci E, Fronticelli C, Gryczynski Z, Razynska A, Collins JH.
Department of Biological Chemistry, School of Medicine, University of Maryland, Baltimore 21201.
We have reported [Bucci, E., Fronticelli, C., & Grycznski, Z. (1991) Biochemistry 30, 3195-3199] that in human and bovine hemoglobins the release of heat at the subsequent steps of oxygenation is not constant. This is especially evident in the binding of the third O2 molecule, which is an endothermic event. This phenomenon was attributed to peculiar conformations of the intermediates of oxygenation, not included in the fundamental R/T transition of the system. To test this hypothesis, we have explored the effect of conformational constraints on the thermodynamics of the intermediates of oxygenation. The assumption was that intramolecular constraints would stabilize the intermediates into conformations similar to the R and T forms reducing the variability of their enthalpies. We have analyzed the temperature dependence of the oxygen binding isotherms of human hemoglobin cross-linked either between the beta 82 or between the alpha 99 lysines by bis(3,5-dibromosalicyl)fumarate. The measurements were perfomred at pH 9.0 in 0.1 M borate buffer in order to avoid thermal effects due to oxygen-linked binding of anions and protons. The data were analyzed singularly by local procedures and simultaneously using global procedures. The two cross-links had opposite effects. The cross-link between the beta-subunits decreased while that between the alpha-subunits increased the endothermic behavior of the third step of oxygenation. Also, the cross-link between the beta-subunits increased the fractional amount of the triligated species at intermediate stages of oxygenation, while that between the alpha-subunits decreased this quantity to hardly detectable values.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
PMID: 8466896 [PubMed]
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