FORMATE BINDING TO FERRIC WILD-TYPE AND MUTANT MYOGLOBINS THERMODYNAMIC AND X-RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHIC STUDY

• Published in: FEBS Letters
• Main Authors: Leci E, Brancaccio A, Tarricone C, Bolognesi M, Desideri A, Ascenzi P., CUTRUZZOLA', Francesca, TRAVAGLINI ALLOCATELLI, Carlo
• Other Authors: Leci, E, Brancaccio, A, Cutruzzola', Francesca, Tarricone, C, Bolognesi, M, Desideri, A, Ascenzi, P.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV, PO BOX 211, 1000 AE AMSTERDAM, NETHERLANDS 1995
• Subjects: Sperm whale
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11573/406726; https://doi.org/10.1016/0014-5793(94)01324-T; http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=A1995QB66500001&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=0c7ff228ccbaaa74236f48834a34396a; http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-0028878467&partnerID=65&md5=06ceee69891629a8f0b59f400ab0cb17

The X-ray crystal structure of the formate derivative of ferric loggerhead sea turtle (Caretta caretta) Mb has been determined at 2.0 Angstrom resolution (R = 0.164) by difference Fourier techniques. Formate, sitting in the central part of the heme distal site, is coordinated to the heme iron as unideatate ligand, through the O1 oxygen atom, and is hydrogen bonded to the distal His(64)(E7) NE2 atom through O2. Thermodynamics for formate binding to ferric loggerhead sea turtle Mb, sperm whale Mb, Aplysia limacina Mb, as well as to the VR and VRS mutants of sperm whale Mb were obtained between pH 4.5 and 8.5, at 20.0 degrees C. These results, representing the first structure of a ferric hemoprotein:formate complex solved by X-ray crystallography, outline the role of amino acid residues at positions E7, F8 and E10 in modulating ligand binding properties of oxygen carrying proteins.