Mb, Hb, Allostery, and Motors

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QUATERNARY STRUCTURES AND COMPLEX ENZYMES
Myoglobin
Hemoglobin
Motor Proteins
Actin-Myosin
Conclusion

QUATERNARY STRUCTURES AND COMPLEX ENZYMES

Advantages of complex (quaternary) protein structures

• Stability: decreased surface-to-volume -> more hydrophobic interactions

• New sites: e.g., immunoglobulin binding sites

• Coupled reactions:

trptophan synthetase:

Indoleglycerol-P --> G3P + indole

Indole + ser --> trp

purine (A, G) synthesis: 10 reactions, 6

enzymes, 1 complex (in purine depleted medium)

• Cooperativity: e.g., allostery

Example of Cooperativity: Mb/Hb (Myoglobin and Hemoglobin)

shows advantage of quaternary structure
shows examples of flexibility: low ΔG of shape change

Myoglobin

• MW ca 17,000 daltons

• 75% -helix

• Heme prosthetic group: protoporphyrin ring plus Fe²⁺

• Heme binds O₂ as porphyrin-Fe²⁺-O2, color change from brown --> red

• Serves as an O₂ buffer

• Hyperbolic saturation curve shows that there is no coordinate activity

Why is this an O₂ buffer? High slope below the P₅₀ means that considerable Mb is charged (or uncharged) for a small change in pO₂ (as pO₂ drops, MbO₂ replenishes O₂)

Hemoglobin

• Tetramer of myoglobin-like subunits, each with...

• Heme prosthetic groups: protoporphyrin ring plus Fe2+

• MW ca 4 x 17,000 daltons

• 75% -helix

• Complexed with O2, porphyrin-Fe2+-O2, brown --> red

• Better O₂ buffer (at a higher [O₂])

• Sigmoid saturation curve shows that there is coordinate activity: “positive, homotropic, allosteric effector"

Bohr effect: H⁺, CO₂ promote dissociation of O₂ from Hb-O₂: "negative, heterotropic, allosteric effector." The Bohr effect in hemoglobin can also be depicted as an oxygen-binding curve. There is a proportional relationship between the affinity of pxygen and pH level. As the pH level decreases, the affinity of oxygen in hemoglobin also decreases. As hemoglobin approaches low pH, more oxygen is released.

2,3-bisphosphoglycerate also promotes dissociation of O_2.Purified hemoglobin binds much more tightly to the oxygen, making it less useful in oxygen transport. The difference in characteristics is due to the presence of 2,3-Bisphosphoglycerate(2,3-BPG) in human blood, which acts as an allosteric effector. An allosteric effector binds in one site and affects binding in another. 2,3-BPG binds to a pocket in the T-state (taut) of hemoglobin and is released as it forms the R-state (relaxed). The presence of 2,3-BPG means that more oxygen must be bound to the hemoglobin before the transition to the R-form is possible.

Lung conditions (Low H+, CO2) promotes O2 saturation; tissue conditions (high H+, CO2) promote O2 release; 2,4-BPG magnifies the allosteric effects. Allosteric effects match the saturation curve to the conditions in lung and tissue.