Publication Date:
1990-08-03
Description:
Comparison of the 2.4 angstrom resolution crystal structures of dimeric clam hemoglobin in the deoxygenated and carbon-monoxide liganded states shows how radically different the structural basis for cooperative oxygen binding is from that operative in mammalian hemoglobins. Heme groups are in direct communication across a novel subunit interface formed by the E and F helices. The conformational changes at this interface that accompany ligand binding are more dramatic at a tertiary level but more subtle at a quaternary level than those in mammalian hemoglobins. These findings suggest a cooperative mechanism that links ligation at one subunit with potentiation of affinity at the second subunit.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Royer, W E Jr -- Hendrickson, W A -- Chiancone, E -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1990 Aug 3;249(4968):518-21.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics, Columbia University, New York, NY 10032.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2382132" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
Keywords:
Amino Acid Sequence
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Animals
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Carboxyhemoglobin/metabolism
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Hemoglobins/*metabolism
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Ligands
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Macromolecular Substances
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Models, Molecular
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Molecular Sequence Data
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Mollusca
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Protein Conformation
Print ISSN:
0036-8075
Electronic ISSN:
1095-9203
Topics:
Biology
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Chemistry and Pharmacology
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Computer Science
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Medicine
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Natural Sciences in General
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Physics
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