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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
1993-7-12
pubmed:abstractText
The molecular and electronic structure of the active site of the cyanide-ligated ferric complex of the myoglobin from the mollusc Dolabella auricularia has been investigated using NMR. Analysis of nuclear Overhauser effects has revealed that the correlation times for the internal motion of the heme propionate alpha-CH2 and beta-CH2 groups at ambient temperature are about 5 and 4 ns, respectively. These correlation times indicate that the terminal carboxylate groups of both the heme propionates are not bound to the protein via salt bridges. Although the absence of the propionate-protein interaction does not influence the equilibrium population of the two heme orientational isomers involving rotation about the alpha,gamma-meso axis, it allows the heme to rotate about the iron-His bond in the active site of the myoglobin. Such rotational motion of the heme resulted in an anomalous temperature-dependence of the heme methyl-proton hyperfine shift. Thus the present myoglobin studies provide the first example demonstrating the rotation of the heme about the iron-His bond in native myoglobin.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jun
pubmed:issn
0006-3002
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
4
pubmed:volume
1163
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
287-96
pubmed:dateRevised
2008-11-21
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1993
pubmed:articleTitle
NMR study of the molecular and electronic structure of the heme cavity in Dolabella met-cyano myoglobin.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Biomolecular Engineering, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article