Chatake Toshiyuki, Shibayama Naoya, Park Sam-Yong, Kurihara Kazuo, Tamada Taro, Tanaka Ichiro, Niimura Nobuo, Kuroki Ryota, Morimoto Yukio
Research Reactor Institute, Kyoto University, Kumatori, Osaka 590-0494, Japan.
J Am Chem Soc. 2007 Dec 5;129(48):14840-1. doi: 10.1021/ja0749441. Epub 2007 Nov 9.
The protonation states of buried histidine residues in human deoxyhemoglobin were unambiguously identified by using a neutron crystallographic technique. Unexpectedly, the neutron structure reveals that both the alpha- and beta-distal histidines (Hisalpha58 and Hisbeta63) adopt a positively charged, fully (doubly) protonated form, suggesting their contribution to the Bohr effect. In addition, the neutron data provide an accurate picture of the alpha1beta1 hydrogen-bonding network and allow us to observe unambiguously the nature of the intradimeric interactions at an atomic level.
通过使用中子晶体学技术,明确鉴定了人脱氧血红蛋白中埋藏的组氨酸残基的质子化状态。出乎意料的是,中子结构显示α-和β-远端组氨酸(Hisα58和Hisβ63)均采用带正电荷的完全(双重)质子化形式,表明它们对玻尔效应有贡献。此外,中子数据提供了α1β1氢键网络的精确图像,并使我们能够在原子水平上明确观察二聚体内相互作用的性质。