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ACTA CRYSTALLOGRAPHICA SECTION D-STRUCTURAL BIOLOGY
卷 61, 期 -, 页码 566-573出版社
INT UNION CRYSTALLOGRAPHY
DOI: 10.1107/S0907444905004622
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- NIDDK NIH HHS [R21 DK 06423] Funding Source: Medline
Human hemoglobin binds oxygen cooperatively and functions as a tetramer composed of two identical alpha beta heterodimers. While human hemoglobin is the best characterized allosteric protein, the quaternary R ( oxygenated or liganded) to T ( deoxygenated) structural transition remains controversial. The R2 state has been postulated to represent either an intermediate or final quaternary state elicited by ligand binding. However, the biological relevance of the R2 state has been questioned as it has not been observed crystallographically under physiological conditions. The high-resolution R2 quaternary structures of human COHbC (beta E6K) and COHbS (beta E6V) are reported at neutral pH and low ionic strength using PEG 4000 as a precipitant. Crystals of COHbC, COHbS and their mixtures are isomorphous, indicating that they share the same tertiary and quaternary structures. In contrast, oxyHbA or COHbA did not yield crystals at neutral pH under similar conditions. Solubility studies and modeling suggest that at neutral pH and low ionic strength the beta 6 mutant hemoglobins crystallize (beta K6 > beta V6) as a result of more favorable lattice contacts.
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