4sdh
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==Overview== | ==Overview== | ||
| - | High-resolution crystal structures of the co-operative dimeric hemoglobin | + | High-resolution crystal structures of the co-operative dimeric hemoglobin from the blood clam Scapharca inaequivalvis have been determined in the unliganded (deoxy) and carbon monoxide (CO) liganded states. The deoxy structure has been refined at 1.6 A resolution to an R-factor of 0.158 and the CO structure has been refined at 1.4 A resolution to an R-factor of 0.159. These structures reveal details of the structural transitions involved in co-operative ligand binding that involve only a minor rotation of subunits but very striking tertiary changes at the interface. A small number of residues in the F-helix appear to mediate co-operativity in this simple hemoglobin. The oxygen affinity of each subunit appears to be largely dictated by the disposition of phenylalanine 97, whose side-chain packs in the heme pocket in the deoxy state but is extruded towards the interface in the CO-liganded structure. Direct involvement of the ligand-binding heme group is a novel feature of the subunit interface and appears important for intersubunit communication. Ligation alters the conformation of the heme propionate groups along with two interacting residues from the symmetry-related subunit. These two residues, lysine 96 and asparagine 100, link the heme of one subunit with the F-helix of the second subunit in such a way as to influence the ligand affinity of that subunit. The interface is highly hydrated by well-ordered water molecules that are likely to be important in the stabilization of the two structures. |
==About this Structure== | ==About this Structure== | ||
| - | 4SDH is a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Single_protein Single protein] structure of sequence from [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scapharca_inaequivalvis Scapharca inaequivalvis] with <scene name='pdbligand=HEM:'>HEM</scene> as [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ligand ligand]. This structure | + | 4SDH is a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Single_protein Single protein] structure of sequence from [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scapharca_inaequivalvis Scapharca inaequivalvis] with <scene name='pdbligand=HEM:'>HEM</scene> as [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ligand ligand]. This structure supersedes the now removed PDB entry 2SDH. Full crystallographic information is available from [http://oca.weizmann.ac.il/oca-bin/ocashort?id=4SDH OCA]. |
==Reference== | ==Reference== | ||
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[[Category: Scapharca inaequivalvis]] | [[Category: Scapharca inaequivalvis]] | ||
[[Category: Single protein]] | [[Category: Single protein]] | ||
| - | [[Category: Royerjunior, W | + | [[Category: Royerjunior, W E.]] |
[[Category: HEM]] | [[Category: HEM]] | ||
[[Category: oxygen transport]] | [[Category: oxygen transport]] | ||
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HIGH RESOLUTION CRYSTALLOGRAPHIC ANALYSIS OF A COOPERATIVE DIMERIC HEMOGLOBIN
Overview
High-resolution crystal structures of the co-operative dimeric hemoglobin from the blood clam Scapharca inaequivalvis have been determined in the unliganded (deoxy) and carbon monoxide (CO) liganded states. The deoxy structure has been refined at 1.6 A resolution to an R-factor of 0.158 and the CO structure has been refined at 1.4 A resolution to an R-factor of 0.159. These structures reveal details of the structural transitions involved in co-operative ligand binding that involve only a minor rotation of subunits but very striking tertiary changes at the interface. A small number of residues in the F-helix appear to mediate co-operativity in this simple hemoglobin. The oxygen affinity of each subunit appears to be largely dictated by the disposition of phenylalanine 97, whose side-chain packs in the heme pocket in the deoxy state but is extruded towards the interface in the CO-liganded structure. Direct involvement of the ligand-binding heme group is a novel feature of the subunit interface and appears important for intersubunit communication. Ligation alters the conformation of the heme propionate groups along with two interacting residues from the symmetry-related subunit. These two residues, lysine 96 and asparagine 100, link the heme of one subunit with the F-helix of the second subunit in such a way as to influence the ligand affinity of that subunit. The interface is highly hydrated by well-ordered water molecules that are likely to be important in the stabilization of the two structures.
About this Structure
4SDH is a Single protein structure of sequence from Scapharca inaequivalvis with as ligand. This structure supersedes the now removed PDB entry 2SDH. Full crystallographic information is available from OCA.
Reference
High-resolution crystallographic analysis of a co-operative dimeric hemoglobin., Royer WE Jr, J Mol Biol. 1994 Jan 14;235(2):657-81. PMID:8289287
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