Abadan Y, Chien E Y, Chu K, Eng C D, Nienhaus G U, Sligar S G
Department of Physics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 61801, USA.
Biophys J. 1995 Jun;68(6):2497-504. doi: 10.1016/S0006-3495(95)80432-7.
We have studied the proximal mutants L89I and H97F of MbCO with FTIR and temperature-derivative spectroscopy at temperatures between 10 and 160 K. The mutations give rise only to minor alterations of the stretch spectra of the bound and photodissociated CO ligand. The most pronounced difference is a larger population in the A3 substate at approximately 1930 cm-1 in the mutants. The barrier distributions, as determined by temperature-derivative spectroscopy, are very similar to native MbCO after short illumination. Extended illumination leads to substantial increases of the rebinding barriers in native MbCO and the proximal mutants. A larger fraction of light-relaxed states is found in the proximal mutants, implying that the conformational energy landscape has been modified to more easily allow light-induced transitions. These and other spectroscopic data imply that the large changes in the binding properties are brought about by a light-induced conformational relaxation involving the structure at the heme iron. Similarities with spectral hole-burning studies and physical models are discussed.
我们利用傅里叶变换红外光谱(FTIR)和温度导数光谱,在10至160K的温度范围内研究了肌红蛋白一氧化碳(MbCO)的近端突变体L89I和H97F。这些突变仅导致结合态和光解离态一氧化碳配体的伸缩光谱发生微小变化。最显著的差异是,在突变体中,位于约1930 cm-1处的A3亚态存在更大的布居数。通过温度导数光谱确定的能垒分布,在短时间光照后与天然MbCO非常相似。长时间光照会导致天然MbCO和近端突变体的重新结合能垒大幅增加。在近端突变体中发现了更大比例的光弛豫态,这意味着构象能量景观已被改变,从而更容易实现光诱导跃迁。这些以及其他光谱数据表明,结合特性的巨大变化是由涉及血红素铁结构的光诱导构象弛豫引起的。文中还讨论了与光谱烧孔研究和物理模型的相似性。