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==Overview== | ==Overview== | ||
Human Hb, an alpha2beta2 tetrameric oxygen transport protein that switches, from a T (tense) to an R (relaxed) quaternary structure during, oxygenation, has long served as a model for studying protein allostery in, general. Time-resolved spectroscopic measurements after photodissociation, of CO-liganded Hb have played a central role in exploring both protein, dynamical responses and molecular cooperativity, but the direct, visualization and the structural consequences of photodeligation have not, yet been reported. Here we present an x-ray study of structural changes, induced by photodissociation of half-liganded T-state and fully liganded, R-state human Hb at cryogenic temperatures (25-35 K). On photodissociation, of CO, structural changes involving the heme and the F-helix are more, marked in the alpha subunit than in the beta subunit, and more subtle in, the R state than in the T state. Photodeligation causes a significant, sliding motion of the T-state beta heme. Our results establish that the, structural basis of the low affinity of the T state is radically different, between the subunits, because of differences in the packing and chemical, tension at the hemes. | Human Hb, an alpha2beta2 tetrameric oxygen transport protein that switches, from a T (tense) to an R (relaxed) quaternary structure during, oxygenation, has long served as a model for studying protein allostery in, general. Time-resolved spectroscopic measurements after photodissociation, of CO-liganded Hb have played a central role in exploring both protein, dynamical responses and molecular cooperativity, but the direct, visualization and the structural consequences of photodeligation have not, yet been reported. Here we present an x-ray study of structural changes, induced by photodissociation of half-liganded T-state and fully liganded, R-state human Hb at cryogenic temperatures (25-35 K). On photodissociation, of CO, structural changes involving the heme and the F-helix are more, marked in the alpha subunit than in the beta subunit, and more subtle in, the R state than in the T state. Photodeligation causes a significant, sliding motion of the T-state beta heme. Our results establish that the, structural basis of the low affinity of the T state is radically different, between the subunits, because of differences in the packing and chemical, tension at the hemes. | ||
==Disease== | |||
Known diseases associated with this structure: Erythremias, alpha- OMIM:[[http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/dispomim.cgi?id=141800 141800]], Erythremias, beta- OMIM:[[http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/dispomim.cgi?id=141900 141900]], Erythrocytosis OMIM:[[http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/dispomim.cgi?id=141850 141850]], HPFH, deletion type OMIM:[[http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/dispomim.cgi?id=141900 141900]], Heinz body anemia OMIM:[[http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/dispomim.cgi?id=141850 141850]], Heinz body anemias, alpha- OMIM:[[http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/dispomim.cgi?id=141800 141800]], Heinz body anemias, beta- OMIM:[[http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/dispomim.cgi?id=141900 141900]], Hemoglobin H disease OMIM:[[http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/dispomim.cgi?id=141850 141850]], Hypochromic microcytic anemia OMIM:[[http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/dispomim.cgi?id=141850 141850]], Methemoglobinemias, alpha- OMIM:[[http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/dispomim.cgi?id=141800 141800]], Methemoglobinemias, beta- OMIM:[[http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/dispomim.cgi?id=141900 141900]], Sickle cell anemia OMIM:[[http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/dispomim.cgi?id=141900 141900]], Thalassemia, alpha- OMIM:[[http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/dispomim.cgi?id=141850 141850]], Thalassemia-beta, dominant inclusion-body OMIM:[[http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/dispomim.cgi?id=141900 141900]], Thalassemias, alpha- OMIM:[[http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/dispomim.cgi?id=141800 141800]], Thalassemias, beta- OMIM:[[http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/dispomim.cgi?id=141900 141900]] | |||
==About this Structure== | ==About this Structure== | ||
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[[Category: tertiary structure changes]] | [[Category: tertiary structure changes]] | ||
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