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BIOPHYSICAL JOURNAL
Volume 90, Issue 4, Pages L27-L29Publisher
CELL PRESS
DOI: 10.1529/biophysj.105.078097
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The Fe-CO bond dissociation energy (BDE) in myoglobin (Mb) has been calculated with B3LYP quantum mechanics/molecular mechanics methods for 22 different Mb conformations, generated from molecular dynamics simulations. Our average BDE of 8.1 kcal/mol agrees well with experiment and shows that Mb weakens the Fe-CO bond by 5.8 kcal/mol; the calculations provide detailed atomistic insight into the origin of this effect. BDEs for Mb conformations with the R carbonmonoxy tertiary structure are on average 2.6 kcal/mol larger than those with the T deoxy tertiary structure, suggesting two functionally distinct allosteric states. This allostery is partly explained by the reduction in distal cavity steric crowding as Mb moves from its T to R tertiary structure.
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