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J. Biol. Chem., Vol. 263, Issue 2, 682-689, Jan, 1988

Quaternary interactions in hemoglobin beta subunit tetramers. Kinetics of ligand binding and self-assembly

JS Philo, JW Lary and TM Schuster
Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of Connecticut, Storrs 06268.

We have investigated the rates of monomer in equilibrium with tetramer self-association of oxygenated beta SH subunits of human hemoglobin A as well as the influence of self-association on the binding kinetics for O2 and CO. A 4 beta in equilibrium with 2 beta 2 in equilibrium with beta 4 assembly pathway can be used to describe the association equilibria and kinetics. We have determined all four elementary rate constants for this assembly pathway at 15 degrees C in 0.1 M Tris-HCl, 0.1 M NaCl, 1 mM Na2EDTA, pH 7.4. These data imply that a significant amount (approximately 17%) of beta 2 can be present. Laser photolysis kinetic studies of O2 binding indicate that the O2 association rate constant is unaffected by the degree of self-association. In contrast, photolysis of beta CO solutions shows an overall rate of CO binding that increases at higher protein concentrations. These data are consistent with a concentration-dependent equilibrium between two protein species with CO association rates differing by a factor of 2.5, but they do not appear to be compatible with a direct assignment of different CO binding rates to the different assembly states. Rather, we believe the data imply that CO binding to beta oligomers is heterogeneous, with both a fast binding and a slow binding form being present in single association states. The fast binding form predominates (approximately equal to 87%) in beta 4, while the beta monomer has very little or none of the fast binding form. We propose that the slow binding component within beta 4 may be those subunits with rotationally disordered hemes (La Mar, G. N., Yamamoto, Y., Jue, T., Smith, K. M., and Pandey, R. K. (1985) Biochemistry 24, 3826-3831). The implications of these findings for the use of isolated subunits as models for the subunits within "R state" hemoglobin tetramers are discussed.
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