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Molecular symmetry of the dodecamer subunit of Lumbricus terrestris hemoglobin. 1996

P D Martin, and K L Eisele, and M A Doyle, and A R Kuchumov, and D A Walz, and E G Arutyunyan, and S N Vinogradov, and B F Edwards
Department of Biochemistry, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, MI 48201, USA.

The principal functional subunit of the approximately 3500 kDa extracellular Lumbricus terrestris hemoglobin is a 213 kDa dodecamer of four chemically distinct globin chains, consisting of a non-covalent complex of three trimer submits (disulfide-bonded chains a, b and c) and three monomer subunits (chain d). X-ray diffraction of crystals of the dodecamer grown at neutral pH, were found to be monoclinic, with the unit cell dimensions: a = 112.3 A, b = 190.0 A, c = 69.6 A, beta = 102.0 degrees with h + k + l = 2n + 1 absent, characteristic of space group I121. In addition, these crystals exhibit a pseudo trigonal P321 symmetry with unit cell dimensions a = 190.5 A, b = 190.5 A, c = 69.5 A, gamma = 120.0 degrees. Assuming that the assymetric unit contains an entire dodecamer, a model of the latter was constructed that satisfies the symmetry of the trigonal pseudo cell and is consistent with the symmetry of the I121 crystallographic cell. The resulting model has strong implications concerning the hexagonal bilayer structure of the native hemoglobin.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D008958 Models, Molecular Models used experimentally or theoretically to study molecular shape, electronic properties, or interactions; includes analogous molecules, computer-generated graphics, and mechanical structures. Molecular Models,Model, Molecular,Molecular Model
D008970 Molecular Weight The sum of the weight of all the atoms in a molecule. Molecular Weights,Weight, Molecular,Weights, Molecular
D009835 Oligochaeta A class of annelid worms with few setae per segment. It includes the earthworms such as Lumbricus and Eisenia. Earthworms,Eisenia foetida,Eisenia worm,Lumbricus,Lumbricus terrestris,Eisenia fetida,Earthworm,Eisenia fetidas,Eisenia foetidas,Eisenia worms,Lumbricus terrestri,Oligochaetas,fetida, Eisenia,foetidas, Eisenia,terrestris, Lumbricus,worm, Eisenia
D011487 Protein Conformation The characteristic 3-dimensional shape of a protein, including the secondary, supersecondary (motifs), tertiary (domains) and quaternary structure of the peptide chain. PROTEIN STRUCTURE, QUATERNARY describes the conformation assumed by multimeric proteins (aggregates of more than one polypeptide chain). Conformation, Protein,Conformations, Protein,Protein Conformations
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
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
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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