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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
6663
pubmed:dateCreated
1998-1-22
pubmed:abstractText
The tenet of high-affinity nitric oxide (NO) binding to a haemoglobin (Hb) has shaped our view of haem proteins and of small diffusible signaling molecules. Specifically, NO binds rapidly to haem iron in Hb (k approximately 10[7] M[-1] s[-1]) and once bound, the NO activity is largely irretrievable (Kd approximately 10[-5] s[-1]); the binding is purportedly so tight as to be unaffected by O2 or CO. However, these general principles do not consider the allosteric state of Hb or the nature of the allosteric effector, and they mostly derive from the functional behaviour of fully nitrosylated Hb, whereas Hb is only partially nitrosylated in vivo. Here we show that oxygen drives the conversion of nitrosylhaemoglobin in the 'tense' T (or partially nitrosylated, deoxy) structure to S-nitrosohaemoglobin in the 'relaxed' R (or ligand-bound, oxy) structure. In the absence of oxygen, nitroxyl anion (NO-) is liberated in a reaction producing methaemoglobin. The yields of both S-nitrosohaemoglobin and methaemoglobin are dependent on the NO/Hb ratio. These newly discovered reactions elucidate mechanisms underlying NO function in the respiratory cycle, and provide insight into the aetiology of S-nitrosothiols, methaemoglobin and its related valency hybrids. Mechanistic reexamination of NO interactions with other haem proteins containing allosteric-site thiols may be warranted.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Cysteine, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Hemoglobins, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Ligands, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Mercaptoethanol, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Nitric Oxide, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Nitroso Compounds, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Oxygen, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/S-Nitrosothiols, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/S-nitrosomercaptoethanol, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Sulfhydryl Compounds, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/deoxyhemoglobin, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/nitrosyl hemoglobin
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jan
pubmed:issn
0028-0836
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
8
pubmed:volume
391
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
169-73
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1998
pubmed:articleTitle
Reactions between nitric oxide and haemoglobin under physiological conditions.
pubmed:affiliation
Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Department of Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina 27710, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, In Vitro, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.