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JBC, Vol. 250, Issue 4, 1333-1339, Feb, 1975

The effect of potassium chloride on the Bohr effect of human hemoglobin

H. S. Rollema, S. H. de Bruin, L. H. Janssen and G. A. van Os

The normal and differential titration curves of liganded and unliganded hemoglobin were measured at various KCl concentrations (0.1 to 2.0 M). In this range of KCl concentrations, the curves for deoxyhemoglobin showed no salt-induced pK changes of titratable groups. In the same salt concentration range oxyhemoglobin showed a marked change in titration behavior which could only be accounted for by a salt-induced increase in pK of some titratable groups. These results show that the suppression of the alkaline Bohr effect by high concentrations of neutral univalent salt is not caused by a weakening of the salt bridges in deoxyhemoglobin but is due to an interaction of chloride ions with oxyhemoglobin. Measurements of the Bohr effect at various KCl concentrations showed that at low chloride ion concentration (5 times 10-3 M) the alkaline Bohr effect is smaller than at a concentration of 0.1 M. This observation indicates that at a chloride ion concentration of 0.1 M, part of the alkaline Bohr effect is due to an interaction of chloride ions with hemoglobin. Furthermore, at low concentrations of chloride ions the acid Bohr effect has almost vanished. This result suggests that part of the acid Bohr effect arises from an interaction of chloride ions with oxyhemoglobin. The dependence of the Bohr effect upon the chloride ion concentration can be explained by assuming specific binding of chloride ions to both oxy- and deoxyhemoglobin, with deoxyhemoglobin having the highest affinity.
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