Unusual proximal heme pocket geometry in the deoxygenated Thermobifida fusca: A combined spectroscopic investigation. 2010

Alessandro Arcovito, and Alessandra Bonamore, and Jean Louis Hazemann, and Alberto Boffi, and Paola D'Angelo
Istituto di Biochimica e Biochimica Clinica, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Largo F. Vito 1, 00167 Roma, Italy.

The spectroscopic properties of the deoxygenated truncated hemoglobin from the actinobacterium Thermobifida fusca have been investigated by means of extended X-ray absorption fine structure (EXAFS), X-ray absorption near edge structure (XANES), and near infrared spectroscopies both at room and cryogenic temperatures. At room temperature the near infrared charge transfer band III occurs at 772nm, a value that is unusually high for a canonical deoxygenated hemoglobin species, and can only be found as a transient species after photolysis in vertebrate hemoglobins and myoglobins or under strongly dehydrating conditions. EXAFS and XANES quantitative analyses, carried out in parallel with deoxygenated horse myoglobin, revealed an unusually short iron-histidine distance 1.90+/-0.03A, significantly shorter than the deoxygenated horse myoglobin distance of 2.11+/-0.02A. These findings provide novel structural basis for discussing the fine structural geometry of the proximal site, and eventually mapping the coordinates of the metal with respect to the pyrrole nitrogens and the proximal histidine nitrogen.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D007501 Iron A metallic element with atomic symbol Fe, atomic number 26, and atomic weight 55.85. It is an essential constituent of HEMOGLOBINS; CYTOCHROMES; and IRON-BINDING PROTEINS. It plays a role in cellular redox reactions and in the transport of OXYGEN. Iron-56,Iron 56
D009211 Myoglobin A conjugated protein which is the oxygen-transporting pigment of muscle. It is made up of one globin polypeptide chain and one heme group.
D006418 Heme The color-furnishing portion of hemoglobin. It is found free in tissues and as the prosthetic group in many hemeproteins. Ferroprotoporphyrin,Protoheme,Haem,Heme b,Protoheme IX
D006454 Hemoglobins The oxygen-carrying proteins of ERYTHROCYTES. They are found in all vertebrates and some invertebrates. The number of globin subunits in the hemoglobin quaternary structure differs between species. Structures range from monomeric to a variety of multimeric arrangements. Eryhem,Ferrous Hemoglobin,Hemoglobin,Hemoglobin, Ferrous
D006639 Histidine An essential amino acid that is required for the production of HISTAMINE. Histidine, L-isomer,L-Histidine,Histidine, L isomer,L-isomer Histidine
D006736 Horses Large, hoofed mammals of the family EQUIDAE. Horses are active day and night with most of the day spent seeking and consuming food. Feeding peaks occur in the early morning and late afternoon, and there are several daily periods of rest. Equus caballus,Equus przewalskii,Horse, Domestic,Domestic Horse,Domestic Horses,Horse,Horses, Domestic
D000192 Actinomycetales An order of gram-positive, primarily aerobic BACTERIA that tend to form branching filaments. Corynebacteriaceae,Coryneform Group
D000818 Animals Unicellular or multicellular, heterotrophic organisms, that have sensation and the power of voluntary movement. Under the older five kingdom paradigm, Animalia was one of the kingdoms. Under the modern three domain model, Animalia represents one of the many groups in the domain EUKARYOTA. Animal,Metazoa,Animalia
D013055 Spectrophotometry, Infrared Spectrophotometry in the infrared region, usually for the purpose of chemical analysis through measurement of absorption spectra associated with rotational and vibrational energy levels of molecules. (McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific and Technical Terms, 4th ed) IR Spectra,Infrared Spectrophotometry,IR Spectras,Spectra, IR
D018360 Crystallography, X-Ray The study of crystal structure using X-RAY DIFFRACTION techniques. (McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific and Technical Terms, 4th ed) X-Ray Crystallography,Crystallography, X Ray,Crystallography, Xray,X Ray Crystallography,Xray Crystallography,Crystallographies, X Ray,X Ray Crystallographies

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