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Ligand pathways in neuroglobin revealed by low-temperature photodissociation and docking experiments.

ABSTRACT: A combined biophysical approach was applied to map gas-docking sites within murine neuroglobin (Ngb), revealing snapshots of events that might govern activity and dynamics in this unique hexacoordinate globin, which is most likely to be involved in gas-sensing in the central nervous system and for which a precise mechanism of action remains to be elucidated. The application of UV-visible microspectroscopy in crystallo, solution X-ray absorption near-edge spectroscopy and X-ray diffraction experiments at 15-40?K provided the structural characterization of an Ngb photolytic intermediate by cryo-trapping and allowed direct observation of the relocation of carbon monoxide within the distal heme pocket after photodissociation. Moreover, X-ray diffraction at 100?K under a high pressure of dioxygen, a physiological ligand of Ngb, unravelled the existence of a storage site for O2 in Ngb which coincides with Xe-III, a previously described docking site for xenon or krypton. Notably, no other secondary sites were observed under our experimental conditions.

SUBMITTER: Ardiccioni C

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6760443 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Ligand pathways in neuroglobin revealed by low-temperature photodissociation and docking experiments.

Ardiccioni Chiara C Arcovito Alessandro A Della Longa Stefano S van der Linden Peter P Bourgeois Dominique D Weik Martin M Montemiglio Linda Celeste LC Savino Carmelinda C Avella Giovanna G Exertier Cécile C Carpentier Philippe P Prangé Thierry T Brunori Maurizio M Colloc'h Nathalie N Vallone Beatrice B

IUCrJ 20190710 Pt 5

A combined biophysical approach was applied to map gas-docking sites within murine neuroglobin (Ngb), revealing snapshots of events that might govern activity and dynamics in this unique hexacoordinate globin, which is most likely to be involved in gas-sensing in the central nervous system and for which a precise mechanism of action remains to be elucidated. The application of UV-visible microspectroscopy <i>in crystallo</i>, solution X-ray absorption near-edge spectroscopy and X-ray diffraction ...[more]

PMID: 31576217

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Ligand pathways in neuroglobin revealed by low-temperature photodissociation and docking experiments.

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Ligand pathways in neuroglobin revealed by low-temperature photodissociation and docking experiments.

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