ELECTROSTATIC INTERACTIONS IN HEMOGLOBIN FROM LIGHT-SCATTERING EXPERIMENTS

被引:14
作者
LUNELLI, L [1 ]
BUCCI, E [1 ]
BALDINI, G [1 ]
机构
[1] UNIV MARYLAND,DEPT BIOCHEM,BALTIMORE,MD 21201
关键词
D O I
10.1103/PhysRevLett.70.513
中图分类号
O4 [物理学];
学科分类号
0702 ;
摘要
Light scattering experiments on solutions of bovine CO-hemoglobin have revealed that a substantial component of the interactions responsible for the protein stability versus tetramer-to-dimer dissociation is due to electrostatic effects. Their magnitude has been estimated to reach congruent-to 4 kcal/mole (congruent-to 0.15 eV) at pH = 5 compared with the nonelectrostatic term which is of the order of 7 kcal/mole (congruent-to 0.3 eV).
引用
收藏
页码:513 / 516
页数:4
相关论文
共 21 条
[1]  
ANTONINI E, 1963, J BIOL CHEM, V238, P2950
[2]  
ANTONINI E, 1971, HEMOGLOBIN MYOGLOBIN, P110
[3]   DOUBLE MIXING STOPPED-FLOW METHOD FOR THE STUDY OF EQUILIBRIA AND KINETICS OF DIMER TETRAMER ASSOCIATION OF HEMOGLOBINS - STUDIES ON HB-CARP, HB-A, AND HB-ROTHSCHILD [J].
BERJIS, M ;
SHARMA, VS .
ANALYTICAL BIOCHEMISTRY, 1991, 196 (02) :223-228
[4]  
BUCCI E, 1968, J BIOL CHEM, V243, P241
[5]  
CHIANCON.E, 1965, J BIOL CHEM, V240, P3866
[6]  
CHIANCONE E, 1968, J BIOL CHEM, V243, P1212
[7]  
CHU AH, 1981, J BIOL CHEM, V256, P1199
[8]  
COHERTY P, 1974, J CHEM PHYS, V61, P5426
[9]   ELECTROSTATIC CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE ENERGETICS OF DIMER-TETRAMER ASSEMBLY IN HUMAN-HEMOGLOBIN - PH-DEPENDENCE AND EFFECT OF SPECIFICALLY BOUND CHLORIDE-IONS [J].
FLANAGAN, MA ;
ACKERS, GK ;
MATTHEW, JB ;
HANANIA, GIH ;
GURD, FRN .
BIOCHEMISTRY, 1981, 20 (26) :7439-7449
[10]  
Ford N. C. J., 1985, DYNAMIC LIGHT SCATTE