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J. Biol. Chem., Vol. 258, Issue 23, 14219-14232, 12, 1983

Ligand binding to heme proteins. An evaluation of distal effects

MP Mims, AG Porras, JS Olson, RW Noble and JA Peterson

The O2, CO, and alkyl isocyanide-binding properties of a variety of vertebrate and invertebrate heme proteins have been compared in detail to those of protoheme mono-3-(1-imidazoyl)-propylamide monomethyl ester in aqueous suspensions of soap micelles. The proteins examined include: cytochrome P-450cam from Pseudomonas putida, beef heart cytochrome c oxidase, yeast cytochrome c peroxidase, alpha and beta subunits of human hemoglobin, sheep hemoglobin, carp hemoglobin, sperm whale myoglobin, horse heart myoglobin, a monomeric hemoglobin from Glycera dibranchiata, erythrocruorin from Chironomusthummii, soybean leghemoglobin, and several hemoglobins that lack distal histidines. The smallest bimolecular rates were observed for cytochrome P-450 containing bound camphor, cytochrome c oxidase, and cytochrome c peroxidase. In the case of P-450, the extremely low isonitrile binding rates (approximately 1 M-1 S-1 at 20 degrees C) are due to steric exclusion by bound camphor molecules. For the oxidase and peroxidase, inhibition of CO and isonitrile binding appears to be due to the polar nature of the active sites. In the cases of animal hemoglobins and myoglobins, the sixth coordination positions appear to be designed to accommodate diatomic molecules with no steric hindrance by distal protein residues. Protein resistance to the diffusion of CO and O2 does not limit the observed association rate constants. In contrast, ligands containing three or more atoms are sterically hindered both in their final bound positions and during diffusion to the active site. The magnitude of this hindrance (greater than or equal to 2 kcal/mol) exhibits a complex dependence on ligand size and shape. The most important protein residue appears to be His E7. In addition to restricting the size of the sixth coordination position, the distal histidine is also capable of forming a hydrogen bond with bound oxygen molecules. The strength of this hydrogen bond was estimated to be -2 and -1 kcal/mol for mammalian myoglobins and hemoglobins, respectively, and accounts for the smaller CO/O2 partition constants (M values) observed for these proteins in comparison to the constants observed for pentacoordinate model heme compounds.
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