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J. Biol. Chem., Vol. 263, Issue 18, 8810-8815, 06, 1988

Structure and function of the myoglobin containing octaethylhemin as a prosthetic group

S Neya, N Funasaki and K Imai
Department of Physical Chemistry, Kyoto Pharmaceutical University, Japan.

Spectrophotometric titration of ferric octaethylporphyrin (OEP) with apomyoglobin revealed their 1:1 complex formation. Proton NMR spectrum of the OEP-reconstituted deoxymyoglobin exhibits an exchangeable peak from the proximal F8 histidine at 78.5 ppm, indicating the incorporation of iron OEP into the heme cavity to form the Fe-N(His-F8) bond. OEP metmyoglobin without external ligand has an iron-bound water that deprotonates above pH 7.8. Affinities of the aquometmyoglobin for several ionic ligands were comparable with those of native metmyoglobin. Deoxy OEP myoglobin at 25 degrees C reversibly binds oxygen with an affinity of P50 = 0.8 mm Hg, which is similar to that of native protein. These results indicate that iron OEP serves as a prosthetic group for myoglobin with normal function, despite the significant structural and electronic difference between OEP and protoporphyrin. The unexpected functional similarity between native and OEP myoglobins was interpreted in terms of a structural perturbation at the heme distal site caused by introduction of bulky OEP into the heme pocket.
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