THIOL GROUPS OF NORMAL ADULT HUMAN HAEMOGLOBIN
THIOL GROUPS OF NORMAL ADULT HUMAN HAEMOGLOBIN
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DOI:
10.1042/bj0690027
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发表时间:
1958-01-01
影响因子:
4.1
通讯作者:
CECIL, R
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作者:
ALLISON, AC;CECIL, R
In view of discrepancies in earlier work the thiol content of normal adult human hemoglobin was reinvestigated. Both the native and denatured protein were titrated amperometrically with mercuric chloride and with phenylmercuric hydroxide. Native carboxyhemoglobin hydroxide. Native carboxyhemoglobin binds 2.2 Hg++ions and 2.2 molecules of phenylmercuric hydroxide/molecule. Reasons are given for concluding that the 2 mercaptides formed are Prot:S:HgCl and Prot:S:HgPh. The figure of 2.2 therefore represents the reactive thiol groups/molecule of native protein, as compared with 4 given by previous workers. Denatured carboxyhaemoglobin binds three Hg++ ions and 6 molecules of phenylmercuric hydroxide/molecule. In this case the 2 mercaptides formed are assumed to be (Prot:S)2Hg and Prot:S:HgPh. The total number of thiol groups/molecule of carboxyhaemoglobin is therefore 6, as compared with 8 given by previous workers.