THE CRYSTAL-STRUCTURE OF HUMAN DEOXYHEMOGLOBIN AT 1.74A RESOLUTION
THE CRYSTAL-STRUCTURE OF HUMAN DEOXYHEMOGLOBIN AT 1.74A RESOLUTION
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DOI:
10.1016/0022-2836(84)90472-8
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发表时间:
1984-01-01
影响因子:
5.6
通讯作者:
FOURME, R
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作者:
FERMI, G;PERUTZ, MF;FOURME, R
The structure of human deoxyhemoglobin was refined at 1.74 .ANG. resolution using data collected on film at room temperature from a synchrotron X-ray source. The crystallographic R-factor is 16.0.degree.. The estimated error in atomic positions is 0.1 .ANG. overall, 0.14 .ANG. for main-chain atoms of internal segments, and 0.05 .ANG. for the Fe atoms. The effects of intermolecular contacts on the structure were investigated; such contacts cause only highly localized distortions, as judged from the degree of molecular asymmetry that they induce. The geometry of the Fe.sbd.N complex closely resembles that of the deoxymyoglobin structure and of the 5-coordinated model compound. The distance of the Fe from the mean plane of N(porphyrin) is 0.40(5) .ANG. and 0.36(5) .ANG., respectively, at the .alpha. and .beta. hemes, in contrast to the corresponding distance of +0.12(8) .ANG. and -0.11(8) .ANG. in HbO2; the Fe.sbd.N.epsilon.(F8) bond length is 2.12(4) .ANG. and the Fe.sbd.N(porphyrin) bond length is 2.06(l2) .ANG.; the last is also in good agreement with extended X-ray fluorescence spectroscopy measurements on deoxyhemoglobin. The hemes are domed toward the proximal side; the separation between the mean planes of N(porphyrin) and C(porphyrin) being 0.16(6) .ANG. and 0.10(6) .ANG., respectively, at the .alpha. and .beta. hemes. At the .alpha. hemes, the normals to the mean pyrrole planes are tilted uniformly toward the heme center, by .apprx. 3.degree. relative to the heme normal, and there is a folding of .apprx. 4.degree. of the heme about an axis running between the methene carbons that are betwen the pyrrole rings bearing like-type side-chains. At the .beta. hemes, there is no such folding, and only pyrroles II and IV (those eclipsed by His F8) are appreciably tilted, by .apprx. 8.degree.. The independence of these parameters from restraints imposed on the model was verified by unrestrained refinement of the entire molecule starting from a structure with modified heme geometry.