Molecular bases for heme: ligand recognition in sperm whale (Physeter Catodon) and Aplysia limacine myoglobin

Menico Rizzi; Paolo Ascenzi; Alessandro Coda; Maurizio Brunori; Martino Bolognesi

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Molecular bases for heme: ligand recognition in sperm whale (Physeter Catodon) and Aplysia limacine myoglobin

Menico Rizzi, Paolo Ascenzi, Alessandro Coda, Maurizio Brunori, Martino Bolognesi

Istituto Nazionale per le Malattie Infettive Lazzaro Spallanzani

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Abstract

The crystal structure of sperm whale myoglobin (Mb):azide complex has been determined and refined at 1.8 Å resolution. The ligand is coordinated to the heme iron, and deeply buried in the inner part of the distal site. The structural organization of this complex differs substantially from that observed in A. limacina Mb: azide complex, in which the iron coordinated ligand is directed towards the outer solvent region of the protein. In the case of sperm whale Mb the bound ligand is stabilized by a hydrogen bond to residue HisE7; in the case of A. limacina Mb the ligand is directly hydrogen bonded to ArgE10. The structures of the complexes described underline different mechanisms of ligand recognition and stabilization in the two Mb's, and allow a rational interpretation of the different kinetic and thermodynamic properties observed in globins lacking a polar residue at the distal E7 site.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	65-73
Number of pages	9
Journal	Rendiconti Lincei
Volume	4
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03001186
Publication status	Published - Mar 1993

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Keywords

Biocrystallography: Protein:ligand interactions
Heme proteins
Myoglobin
Protein structure

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Rizzi, M., Ascenzi, P., Coda, A., Brunori, M., & Bolognesi, M. (1993). Molecular bases for heme: ligand recognition in sperm whale (Physeter Catodon) and Aplysia limacine myoglobin. Rendiconti Lincei, 4(1), 65-73. https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03001186

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