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A Long Journey into the Investigation of the Structure–Dynamics–Function Paradigm in Proteins through the Activities of the Palermo Biophysics Group. BIOPHYSICA 2022. [DOI: 10.3390/biophysica2040040] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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An overview of the biophysics activity at the Department of Physics and Chemistry Emilio Segrè of the University of Palermo is given. For forty years, the focus of the research has been on the protein structure–dynamics–function paradigm, with the aim of understanding the molecular basis of the relevant mechanisms and the key role of solvent. At least three research lines are identified; the main results obtained in collaboration with other groups in Italy and abroad are presented. This review is dedicated to the memory of Professors Massimo Ugo Palma, Maria Beatrice Palma Vittorelli, and Lorenzo Cordone, which were the founders of the Palermo School of Biophysics. We all have been, directly or indirectly, their pupils; we miss their enthusiasm for scientific research, their deep physical insights, their suggestions, their strict but always constructive criticisms, and, most of all, their friendship. This paper is dedicated also to the memory of Prof. Hans Frauenfelder, whose pioneering works on nonexponential rebinding kinetics, protein substates, and energy landscape have inspired a large part of our work in the field of protein dynamics.
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Rakshit S, Ghosh S, Roy R, Bhattacharya SC. Non-enzymatic electrochemical glucose sensing by Cu2O octahedrons: elucidating the protein adsorption signature. NEW J CHEM 2021. [DOI: 10.1039/d0nj04431h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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Developing an electrochemical biosensor based on Cu2O octahedrons for rapid, sensitive and highly selective detection of glucose in real samples with an unprecedented analysis of their protein adsorption signature.
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- Department of Chemical, Biological and Macromolecular Sciences
- S. N. Bose National Centre for Basic Sciences
- Kolkata 700 098
- India
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- Department of Chemistry
- Presidency University
- Kolkata 700 073
- India
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Sen S, Paul BK, Guchhait N. Binding interaction of phenazinium-based cationic photosensitizers with human hemoglobin: Exploring the effects of pH and chemical structure. JOURNAL OF PHOTOCHEMISTRY AND PHOTOBIOLOGY B-BIOLOGY 2018; 186:88-97. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jphotobiol.2018.07.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/04/2018] [Revised: 06/28/2018] [Accepted: 07/06/2018] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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Mondal R, Ghosh N, Mukherjee S. Contrasting effects of pH on the modulation of the structural integrity of hemoglobin induced by sodium deoxycholate. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2016; 18:30867-30876. [PMID: 27801442 DOI: 10.1039/c6cp05216a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Bile salt-mediated conformational modification of hemoglobin (Hb) was examined at three different pHs i.e., 3.2, 7.4 and 9.0. The added bile salt, sodium deoxycholate (NaDC), decreases the α-helicity in Hb (α-helix: 71.3% → 61.7% in the presence of 9.6 mM NaDC, and 83.2% → 66.2% in the presence of 14 mM NaDC, at pH 7.4 and 9.0, respectively), while a reverse pattern of modification in the Circular Dichroism (CD) spectra of Hb is found at pH 3.2. The acid-induced denatured Hb (pH 3.2) regains its structural integrity by changing conformation from a random coil to an α-helix rich secondary structure upon addition of NaDC (α-helix: 10.4% → 53.4%, β-sheet: 31.0% → 18.5% and random coil: 58.6% → 28.1%, in the presence of 0.65 mM NaDC). Also, a step-wise binding interaction pattern of Hb with NaDC was revealed at pH 7.4 and 9.0 upon variation of steady-state fluorescence intensity and average lifetime of Hb. From the fluorescence lifetime decay pattern, the decrement of energy transfer from Trp to a heme group was found upon the addition of NaDC at pH 7.4 and 9.0. However, at pH 3.2, the modification of the time-resolved fluorescence decay behavior of Hb within NaDC is typically reversed, where the energy transfer from Trp to heme is restored to some extent. Thermodynamic analysis suggests that the Hb-NaDC binding interaction is characterized by a dominant entropic contribution interpreted on the basis of release of ordered water molecules to the bulk aqueous phase.
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- Ramakanta Mondal
- Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Bhopal, Bhauri, Bhopal Bypass Road, Bhopal 426066, Madhya Pradesh, India.
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- Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Bhopal, Bhauri, Bhopal Bypass Road, Bhopal 426066, Madhya Pradesh, India.
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- Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Bhopal, Bhauri, Bhopal Bypass Road, Bhopal 426066, Madhya Pradesh, India.
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Das D, Patra M, Chakrabarti A. Binding of hemin, hematoporphyrin, and protoporphyrin with erythroid spectrin: fluorescence and molecular docking studies. EUROPEAN BIOPHYSICS JOURNAL: EBJ 2015; 44:171-82. [PMID: 25737232 DOI: 10.1007/s00249-015-1012-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/18/2014] [Revised: 01/29/2015] [Accepted: 02/03/2015] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Free heme has toxic effects, for example lipid peroxidation, DNA damage, and protein aggregation. In severe hemolysis, which occurs during pathological states, for example sickle cell disease, ischemia reperfusion, and malaria, levels of free heme increase inside erythrocytes. The purpose of this study was to investigate whether spectrin, the major erythroid cytoskeleton protein, is involved as an acceptor of free heme. We compared the interactions of three heme derivatives, hemin chloride, hematoporphyrin, and protoporphyrin-IX, with dimeric and tetrameric spectrin. The dissociation constants (K d) for binding to spectrin dimer and tetramer were 0.57 and 1.16 µM respectively. Thermodynamic data associated with this binding revealed the binding to be favored by a positive change in entropy. Although molecular docking studies identified the SH3 domain as the unique binding site of these heme derivatives to erythroid spectrin, experimental results indicated a binding stoichiometry of 1 heme attached to both dimeric and tetrameric spectrin, indicating the common self-associating domain to be the unique binding site. We also noticed heme-induced structural changes in the membrane skeletal protein. Erythroid spectrin could thus act as a potential acceptor of heme, particularly relevant under disease conditions.
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- Debashree Das
- Biophysics and Structural Genomics Division, Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics, Kolkata, 700064, India
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- Yue Yuan
- Department of Biological Sciences Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh, PA 15213
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- Department of Biological Sciences Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh, PA 15213
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- Department of Biological Sciences Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh, PA 15213
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- Department of Biological Sciences Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh, PA 15213
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Tam MF, Rice NW, Maillett DH, Simplaceanu V, Ho NT, Tam TCS, Shen TJ, Ho C. Autoxidation and oxygen binding properties of recombinant hemoglobins with substitutions at the αVal-62 or βVal-67 position of the distal heme pocket. J Biol Chem 2013; 288:25512-25521. [PMID: 23867463 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m113.474841] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023] Open
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The E11 valine in the distal heme pocket of either the α- or β-subunit of human adult hemoglobin (Hb A) was replaced by leucine, isoleucine, or phenylalanine. Recombinant proteins were expressed in Escherichia coli and purified for structural and functional studies. (1)H NMR spectra were obtained for the CO and deoxy forms of Hb A and the mutants. The mutations did not disturb the α1β2 interface in either form, whereas the H-bond between αHis-103 and βGln-131 in the α1β1 interfaces of the deoxy α-subunit mutants was weakened. Localized structural changes in the mutated heme pocket were detected for the CO form of recombinant Hb (rHb) (αV62F), rHb (βV67I), and rHb (βV67F) compared with Hb A. In the deoxy form the proximal histidyl residue in the β-subunit of rHb (βV67F) has been altered. Furthermore, the interactions between the porphyrin ring and heme pocket residues have been perturbed in rHb (αV62I), rHb (αV62F), and rHb (βV67F). Functionally, the oxygen binding affinity (P50), cooperativity (n50), and the alkaline Bohr Effect of the three α-subunit mutants and rHb (βV67L) are similar to those of Hb A. rHb (βV67I) and rHb (βV67F) exhibit low and high oxygen affinity, respectively. rHb (βV67F) has P50 values lower that those reported for rHb (αL29F), a B10 mutant studied previously in our laboratory (Wiltrout, M. E., Giovannelli, J. L., Simplaceanu, V., Lukin, J. A., Ho, N. T., and Ho, C. (2005) Biochemistry 44, 7207-7217). These E11 mutations do not slow down the autoxidation and azide-induced oxidation rates of the recombinant proteins. Results from this study provide new insights into the roles of E11 mutants in the structure-function relationship in hemoglobin.
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- Ming F Tam
- From the Department of Biological Sciences, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213
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- From the Department of Biological Sciences, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213
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- From the Department of Biological Sciences, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213
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- From the Department of Biological Sciences, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213
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- From the Department of Biological Sciences, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213
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- From the Department of Biological Sciences, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213
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- From the Department of Biological Sciences, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213
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- From the Department of Biological Sciences, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213.
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Banerjee M, Pramanik M, Bhattacharya D, Lahiry M, Basu S, Chakrabarti A. Faster heme loss from hemoglobin E than HbS, in acidic pH: Effect of aminophospholipids. J Biosci 2011; 36:809-16. [DOI: 10.1007/s12038-011-9163-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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Coghi P, Basilico N, Taramelli D, Chan WC, Haynes R, Monti D. Interaction of Artemisinins with Oxyhemoglobin Hb-FeII, Hb-FeII, CarboxyHb-FeII, Heme-FeII, and Carboxyheme FeII: Significance for Mode of Action and Implications for Therapy of Cerebral Malaria. ChemMedChem 2009; 4:2045-53. [DOI: 10.1002/cmdc.200900342] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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This paper describes the approaches we have taken to construct a) mutant hemoglobins with different oxygen affinities, and b) mutant hemoglobins and myoglobins that polymerize to high molecular weight aggregates in an effort to prevent extravasation and the associated vasoactivity. In vivo testing indicates that exchange transfusion of polymeric hemoglobins in mice does not result in vasoactivity and that polymeric hemoglobins are effective oxygen carriers to ischemic tissues irrespective of their oxygen affinity and cooperativity.
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- Clara Fronticelli
- Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21287, USA.
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Vasudevan G, McDonald MJ. Soret Spectral and Bioinformatic Approaches Provide Evidence for a Critical Role of the α -Subunit in Assembly of Tetrameric Hemoglobin. Protein J 2006; 25:45-56. [PMID: 16721660 DOI: 10.1007/s10930-006-0012-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/04/2005] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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Soret spectral contributions of the alpha-subunit heme pocket have been evaluated by performing static titrations of apohemoglobin A with CNProtohemin under varied experimental conditions. Increasing the temperature from 5 to 30 degrees C in 0.05 M potassium phosphate buffer, pH 7, resulted in a decreasingly prominent hypsochromic shifts reflecting altered the vinyl-globin interactions. Studies at 10 degrees C in over pH range of 6.7-8.0 revealed a profile for the spectral shifts approximating the side chain pK value (7.4) a histidyl residue. These overall spectral changes correspond to DeltaE of < or = 7 kJ/mol indicative of electrostatic noncovalent interactions. Further our current molecular modeling studies indicate that the spatial arrangement and critical noncovalent interactions of tyrosine 42 and histidine 45 (aromatic residues unique to the alpha-subunit) make significant contribution to the Soret spectra. Most interestingly, phylogenetic analyses have revealed the presence of a histidyl triad in the alpha-chain of all vertebrates that form heterotetramers.
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- Gayathri Vasudevan
- Department of Chemistry, University of Massachusetts Lowell, One University Avenue, Lowell, MA 01854, USA
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Schirò G, Cammarata M, Levantino M, Cupane A. Spectroscopic markers of the T<-->R quaternary transition in human hemoglobin. Biophys Chem 2005; 114:27-33. [PMID: 15792858 DOI: 10.1016/j.bpc.2004.11.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/07/2004] [Revised: 11/04/2004] [Accepted: 11/04/2004] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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In this work, we use a sol-gel protocol to trap and compare the R and T quaternary states of both the deoxygenated (deoxyHb) and carbonmonoxide (HbCO) derivatives of human hemoglobin. The near infrared optical absorption band III and the infrared CO stretching band are used to detect the effect of quaternary structure on the spectral properties of deoxyHb and HbCO; comparison with myoglobin allows for an assessment of tertiary and quaternary contributions to the measured band shifts. The R<-->T transition is shown to cause a blue shift of the band III by approximately 35 cm(-1) for deoxyHb and a red shift of the CO stretching band by only approximately 0.3 cm(-1) for HbCO. This clearly shows that quaternary structure changes are transmitted to the heme pocket and that effects on deoxyHb are much larger than on HbCO, at least as far as the band energies are concerned. Experiments performed in the ample temperature interval of 300-10K show that the above quaternary structure effects are "static" and do not influence the dynamic properties of the heme pocket, at least as probed by the temperature dependence of band III and of the CO stretching band. The availability of quaternary structure sensitive spectroscopic markers and the quantitative measurement of the quaternary structure contribution to band shifts will be of considerable help in the analysis of flash-photolysis experiments on hemoglobin. Moreover, it will enable one to characterize the dynamic properties of functionally relevant hemoglobin intermediates and to study the kinetics of both the T-->R and R-->T quaternary transitions through time-resolved spectroscopy.
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- Giorgio Schirò
- National Institute for the Physics of Matter (INFM) and Department of Physical and Astronomical Sciences, University of Palermo, via Archirafi 36, I-90123, Palermo, Italy
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Fronticelli C, Bellelli A, Brinigar WS. Approaches to the Engineering of Hemoglobin-Based Oxygen Carriers. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2004. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1778-428x.2004.tb00090.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Adachi K, Zhao Y, Surrey S. Effects of heme addition on formation of stable human globin chains and hemoglobin subunit assembly in a cell-free system. Arch Biochem Biophys 2003; 413:99-106. [PMID: 12706346 DOI: 10.1016/s0003-9861(03)00089-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Our previous assembly studies to form hemoglobin hetero-dimers and -tetramers using a coupled transcription/translation cell-free system suggested that alpha-globin chains bind to nascent non-alpha chains during and/or soon after translation to promote hemoglobin formation [Adachi et al., J. Biol Chem. 2002 (277) 13415]. In this report effects of CN-hemin on subunit assembly were studied using this cell-free system. Addition of CN-hemin and excess unlabeled heme-containing partner chains during synthesis leads to formation of radiolabeled heme-containing alpha(h)beta(h) hetero-dimers. In contrast, in the absence of added CN-hemin, unlabeled heme-containing alpha or beta chains can assemble with newly synthesized radiolabeled beta- and alpha-globin chains to form heme-containing alpha(h)beta(h) and semi-alpha (alpha(h)beta(0)) or semi-beta (alpha(0)beta(h)) hetero-dimers, respectively. These results suggest the existence of semi-hemoglobins as intermediates prior to formation of heme-containing alpha(h)beta(h) and indicate transfer of heme from alpha and/or beta chains into semi-hemoglobin hetero-dimers to form heme-containing hetero-dimers.
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- Kazuhiko Adachi
- The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Division of Hematology and University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, 19104, USA.
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Cupane A, Leone M, Militello V. Conformational substates and dynamic properties of carbonmonoxy hemoglobin. Biophys Chem 2003; 104:335-44. [PMID: 12834852 DOI: 10.1016/s0301-4622(03)00002-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Heme pocket dynamics of human carbonmonoxy hemoglobin (HbCO) is studied by Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy. The CO stretching band at various temperatures in the interval 300-10 K is analyzed in terms of three taxonomic A substates; however, in HbCO the band attributed to the A(1) taxonomic substate accounts for approximately 90% of the total intensity in the pH range 8.8-4.5. Two different regimes as a function of temperature are observed: below 160 K, the peak frequency and the bandwidth of the A(1) band have constant values whereas, above this temperature, a linear temperature dependence is observed, suggesting the occurrence of transitions between statistical substates within the A(1) taxonomic substate in this protein. The relationship between the heme pocket dynamics (as monitored by the thermal behavior of the CO stretching band), the overall dynamic properties of the protein matrix (as monitored by the thermal behavior of Amide II and Amide I' bands) and the glass transition of the solvent (as monitored by the thermal behavior of the bending band of water) is also investigated. From this analysis, we derive the picture of a very soft heme pocket of hemoglobin characterized by rather large anharmonic terms and strongly coupled to the dynamic properties of the solvent.
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- Antonio Cupane
- Istituto Nazionale per la Fisica della Materia and Dipartimento di Scienze Fisiche ed Astronomiche, Università di Palermo, Via Archirafi, 36, 90123 Palermo, Italy.
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Piro MC, Militello V, Leone M, Gryczynski Z, Smith SV, Brinigar WS, Cupane A, Friedman FK, Fronticelli C. Heme pocket disorder in myoglobin: reversal by acid-induced soft refolding. Biochemistry 2001; 40:11841-50. [PMID: 11570884 DOI: 10.1021/bi010652f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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The protein folding process of heme proteins entails generation of not only a correct global polypeptide structure, but also a correct, functionally competent heme environment. We employed a variety of spectroscopic approaches to probe the structure and dynamics of the heme pocket of a recombinant sperm whale myoglobin. The conformational characteristics were examined by circular dichroism, time-resolved fluorescence spectroscopy, FTIR spectroscopy, and optical absorption spectroscopy in the temperature range 300-20 K. Each of these spectroscopic probes detected modifications confined exclusively to the heme pocket of the expressed myoglobin relative to the native protein. The functional properties were examined by measuring the kinetics of CO binding after flash-photolysis. The kinetics of the expressed myoglobin were more heterogeneous than those of the native protein. Mild acid exposure of the ferric derivative of the recombinant protein resulted in a protein with "nativelike" spectroscopic properties and homogeneous CO binding kinetics. The heme pocket modifications observed in this recombinant myoglobin do not derive from inverted heme. In contrast, when native apomyoglobin is reconstituted with the heme in vitro, the heme pocket disorder could be attributed exclusively to 180 degrees rotation of the bound heme [La Mar, G. N., Toi, H., and Krishnamoorthi, R. (1984) J. Am. Chem. Soc. 106, 6395-6401; Light, W. R., Rohlfs, R. J., Palmer, G., and Olson, J. S. (1987) J. Biol. Chem. 262, 46-52]. We conclude that exposure to low pH decreases the affinity of globin for the heme and allows an extended conformational sampling or "soft refolding" to a nativelike conformation.
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- M C Piro
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Maryland Medical School, Baltimore, Maryland 21201, USA
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IR vibrational echo experiments are used to study dynamics in myoglobin (Mb) by investigating the dephasing of the CO-stretching mode of CO bound at the active site of the protein (Mb-CO). The temperature dependence and the viscosity dependence of Mb-CO pure dephasing have been measured in several solvents. In low-temperature, glassy solvents, the pure dephasing has a power law temperature dependence, T(1.3), that reflects glasslike protein dynamics. In liquids, the temperature dependence is much steeper and arises from a combination of pure temperature dependence and the influence of decreasing solvent viscosity with increasing temperature. As the solvent viscosity decreases, the ability of the protein's surface to undergo topological fluctuations increases, which in turn increases the internal protein-structural fluctuations. The protein-structural motions are coupled to the CO bound at the active site by electric field fluctuations that accompany movements of polar residues. The dynamic electric field-coupling mechanism is tested by observing differences in the temperature dependence of the pure dephasing of Mb-CO mutations.
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- M D Fayer
- Department of Chemistry, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, USA.
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Kaposi AD, Wright WW, Fidy J, Stavrov SS, Vanderkooi JM, Rasnik I. Carbonmonoxy horseradish peroxidase as a function of pH and substrate: influence of local electric fields on the optical and infrared spectra. Biochemistry 2001; 40:3483-91. [PMID: 11297414 DOI: 10.1021/bi002784z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Infrared and optical spectra of carbonmonoxy horseradish peroxidase were monitored as a function of pH and substrate binding. The analyses of experimental results together with semiempirical calculations show that the CO-porphyrin complex is sensitive to environmental changes. The electronic Q(0,0) band of the porphyrin and the CO stretching mode respond to external perturbations with different symmetry dependencies. In this way, the complex is nonisotropic, and the combined spectral analyses constitute a valuable tool for the investigation of structure. In the absence of substrate and at pH 6.0, the low-spin heme optical Q(0,0) absorption band is a single peak that narrows as the temperature decreases. Under these conditions, the CO vibrational stretch frequency is at 1903 cm(-1). Addition of the substrates benzohydroxamic acid or naphthohydroxamic acid produces a split of approximately 320 cm(-1) in the Q(0,0) absorption band that is clearly evident at < 100 K and shifts the CO absorption to 1916 cm(-1). Increasing the pH to 9.3 also causes a split in the Q(0,0) optical band and elicits a shift in nu(CO) to a higher frequency (1936 cm(-1)). The splitting of the Q(0,0) band and the shifts in the IR spectra are both consistent with changes in the local electric field produced by the proximity of the electronegative carbonyl of the substrate near the heme or the protonation and/or deprotonation of the distal histidine, although other effects are also considered. The larger effect on the Q(0,0) band with substrate at low pH and the shift of nu(CO) at high pH can be rationalized by the directionality of the field and the orientation dependence of dipolar interactions.
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- A D Kaposi
- Department of Biophysics and Radiation Biology, Semmelweis University Faculty of Medicine, Puskin u. 9, Budapest H-1088, Hungary
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