3-DIMENSIONAL RECONSTRUCTION OF THE 14-FILAMENT FIBERS OF HEMOGLOBIN-S
3-DIMENSIONAL RECONSTRUCTION OF THE 14-FILAMENT FIBERS OF HEMOGLOBIN-S
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DOI:
10.1016/0022-2836(79)90434-0
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发表时间:
1979-01-01
影响因子:
5.6
通讯作者:
EDELSTEIN, SJ
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作者:
DYKES, GW;CREPEAU, RH;EDELSTEIN, SJ
The supramolecular structure of [human] S was studied by EM and computer-based image reconstruction. Negatively stained fibers prepared by the lysis of sickled cells or the stirring of Hb S hemolysates were almost exclusively of the 20 nm diameter form. These fibers had a periodic variation in diameter between the extremes of 18 nm and 23 nm. Computed Fourier transforms of the fibers showed a highly complex pattern of reciprocal space maxima, with 30 maxima on 20 layer-lines clearly resolved. The Bessel orders of the maxima were assigned with the aid of a newly developed technique, a combined real-space Fourier-space reconstruction method (RE-FORM). This method utilized the filtered image produced by the inverse Fourier transform of the low-resolution maxima to calculate in real space the cross-section of a helical fiber. The REFORM analysis indicated that the fibers had an elliptical cross-section and were composed of 14 hexagonally packed filaments with 10 outer filaments surrounding 4 inner filaments. On the basis of this cross-section, the Bessel orders of all the maxima were assigned, permitting the calculation of 3-dimensional reconstructions by Fourier-Bessel synthesis. From these reconstructions details of the location of Hb S molecules of each filament were obtained. Hb S molecules were staggered in adjacent filaments to produce a closely packed helical structure. Reconstructions of fibers at various stages of disassembly revealed a stable intermediate containing 10 filaments which could be characterized in terms of the loss of 2 pairs of specific outer filaments. A partially disassembled fiber with only 6 filaments at positions corresponding to 3 inner and 3 outer filaments of the parent structure was also identified. The 6-filament structure appeared to be produced from the 10-filament structure by the loss of 2 specific pairs of filaments. Pairs of filaments are evidently significant structural units in the stabilization of the complete fibers, and the orientation of the molecules in these pairs may be related to the filament pairs known to occur in crystals of Hb S.