1c7c
From Proteopedia
DEOXY RHB1.1 (RECOMBINANT HEMOGLOBIN)
Overview
The crystal structures of three recombinant human hemoglobins, rHb1. 0, rHb1.1 and rHb1.2, have been determined in the deoxy state at 1.8 A resolution. Two of the three proteins, rHb1.1 and rHb1.2, contain a genetic fusion of the alpha subunits, a one- or two-glycine link, respectively, whereas rHb1.0 does not. The glycine crosslinks, localized between one N- and C--termini pair of the alpha subunits in the deoxy crystalline state, do not perturb the overall tertiary or quaternary or even the local structure of hemoglobin. Therefore, genetic fusion to prevent the dissociation of the hemoglobin tetramer, thereby inhibiting renal clearance based upon molecular size, is a structurally conservative method to stabilize hemoglobin for use as an oxygen-delivery therapeutic.
About this Structure
1C7C is a Protein complex structure of sequences from Homo sapiens. Full crystallographic information is available from OCA.
Reference
Genetically crosslinked hemoglobin: a structural study., Brucker EA, Acta Crystallogr D Biol Crystallogr. 2000 Jul;56(Pt 7):812-6. PMID:10930828 Page seeded by OCA on Fri May 2 12:25:02 2008
