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J. Biol. Chem., Vol. 265, Issue 31, 18823-18828, 11, 1990

Thermodynamic study of protein dynamic structure in the oxygen binding reaction of myoglobin

F Sato, Y Shiro, Y Sakaguchi, T Iizuka and H Hayashi
Department of Physics, Faculty of Science and Technology, Keio University, Yokohama, Japan.

We examined the flash photolysis of oxy complexes of sperm whale myoglobin (Mb) on the nanosecond time scale at ambient temperatures. In this time range, we can observe the geminate reaction of Mb with the O2 ligand existing in the protein matrix after the photodissociation from the heme iron. We found that the fraction of the geminate component to the total O2 photodissociation exhibited temperature dependences. The geminate fraction decreased with rising temperature, indicating that the protein fluctuation is enhanced at high temperature because of thermal agitation. However, the temperature-dependent behavior showed a break at 20 degrees C. Concerning the geminate O2 escaping reaction from the protein matrix to the solvent region, the activation energy above 20 degrees C (0.4 +/- 0.4 kcal/mol) is significantly lower than that below 20 degrees C (5.1 +/- 0.4 kcal/mol). Thermodynamic analysis on the basis of the transition state theory indicated that the O2 escaping reaction above 20 degrees C is entropy dominated whereas that below 20 degrees C is enthalpy dominated. The results were qualitatively compatible with the theoretical prediction by J. Kottalam and D. A. Case [1988) J. Am. Chem. Soc. 110, 7690-7697). Comparing the kinetic and thermodynamic process of the O2 geminate reaction among several Mbs, we concluded that the geminate O2 reaction with Mb is governed by the dynamic motion of the protein which is sensitively controlled by the static interaction of the heme moiety with the surroundings.
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