Abstract
Solvent-proton longitudinal magnetic relaxation rates as dependent on temperature were measured for human (H)/canine (C) valency hybrids of the type {αH(III)βC(II)}2 and {αC(II)βH(III)}2. The two metheme irons in the human methemoglobin chains induce quite different proton magnetic relaxation (pmr) rates reflecting a tighter β-heme-pocket compared to the α subunit. Both heme-pockets appear to be loosened in the presence of inositol hexaphosphate (IHP) although this allosteric effector binds only to the β chains, the binding assumed to be the same for canine as for human hemoglobin. The subunit nonequivalence is retained also in the T-quaternary state induced by IHP. In the species hybrids the pmr rates due to the metheme iron are sensitive to the valency (ligand) state, which was either CO or H2O in the partner half of the hybrid. All results show very clearly the interrelationship of the tertiary (protomer) structure with the quaternary (oligomer) structure in hemoglobin.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 337-342 |
Number of pages | 6 |
Journal | Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics |
Volume | 171 |
Issue number | 1 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Nov 1975 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Biophysics
- Biochemistry
- Molecular Biology