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Non-site-specific allosteric effect of oxygen on human hemoglobin under high oxygen partial pressure.


ABSTRACT: Protein allostery is essential for vital activities. Allosteric regulation of human hemoglobin (HbA) with two quaternary states T and R has been a paradigm of allosteric structural regulation of proteins. It is widely accepted that oxygen molecules (O2) act as a "site-specific" homotropic effector, or the successive O2 binding to the heme brings about the quaternary regulation. However, here we show that the site-specific allosteric effect is not necessarily only a unique mechanism of O2 allostery. Our simulation results revealed that the solution environment of high O2 partial pressure enhances the quaternary change from T to R without binding to the heme, suggesting an additional "non-site-specific" allosteric effect of O2. The latter effect should play a complementary role in the quaternary change by affecting the intersubunit contacts. This analysis must become a milestone in comprehensive understanding of the allosteric regulation of HbA from the molecular point of view.

SUBMITTER: Takayanagi M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3978498 | biostudies-literature | 2014

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Non-site-specific allosteric effect of oxygen on human hemoglobin under high oxygen partial pressure.

Takayanagi Masayoshi M   Kurisaki Ikuo I   Nagaoka Masataka M  

Scientific reports 20140408


Protein allostery is essential for vital activities. Allosteric regulation of human hemoglobin (HbA) with two quaternary states T and R has been a paradigm of allosteric structural regulation of proteins. It is widely accepted that oxygen molecules (O2) act as a "site-specific" homotropic effector, or the successive O2 binding to the heme brings about the quaternary regulation. However, here we show that the site-specific allosteric effect is not necessarily only a unique mechanism of O2 alloste  ...[more]

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