2e7e
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Bent-binding of cyanide to the heme iron in rat heme oxygenase-1
Overview
Cyanide is a well known potent inhibitor of haem proteins, including haem, oxygenase (HO). Generally, cyanide coordinates to the ferric haem iron, with a linear binding geometry; the Fe-C-N angle ranges from 160 to 180, degrees . The Fe-C-N angle observed in the crystal structure of haem-HO, bound to cyanide prepared at alkaline pH was 166 degrees . Here, it is, reported that cyanide can bind to the haem iron in HO in a bent mode when, the ternary complex is prepared at neutral pH; a crystal structure showed, that the Fe-C-N angle was bent by 47 degrees . Unlike the ternary complex, prepared at alkaline pH, in which the haem group, including the proximal, ligand and the distal helix, was displaced upon cyanide binding, the, positions of the haem group and the distal helix in the complex prepared, at neutral pH were nearly identical to those in haem-HO. Cyanide that was, bound to haem-HO with a bent geometry was readily photodissociated, whereas that bound with a linear geometry was not photodissociated. Thus, alternative cyanide-binding modes with linear and bent geometries exist in, the crystalline state of haem-HO.
About this Structure
2E7E is a Single protein structure of sequence from Rattus norvegicus with CYN and HEM as ligands. Active as Heme oxygenase, with EC number 1.14.99.3 Full crystallographic information is available from OCA.
Reference
Alternative cyanide-binding modes to the haem iron in haem oxygenase., Sugishima M, Oda K, Ogura T, Sakamoto H, Noguchi M, Fukuyama K, Acta Crystallograph Sect F Struct Biol Cryst Commun. 2007 Jun 1;63(Pt, 6):471-4. Epub 2007 May 31. PMID:17554165
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Categories: Heme oxygenase | Rattus norvegicus | Single protein | Fukuyama, K. | Sugishima, M. | CYN | HEM | Binding geometry | Heme | Ligand
