Binding of alkylisocyanides with soybean leghemoglobin: comparisons with sperm whale myoglobin

The binding of various linear and branched chain alkylisocyanides to soybean leghemoglobin has been studied with respect to association and dissociation kinetics and the results compared with those obtained in parallel on sperm whale and horse heart myoglobins; the linear ligands used (methyl to n-h...

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Published in:The Journal of biological chemistry 1979-11, Vol.254 (22), p.11351-11356
Main Authors: Stetzkowski, F, Cassoly, R, Banerjee, R
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Animals
Carbon Monoxide
Glycine max
Hemeproteins
Horses
Kinetics
Leghemoglobin
Myocardium
Myoglobin
Nitriles
Protein Binding
Structure-Activity Relationship
Whales
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Summary:The binding of various linear and branched chain alkylisocyanides to soybean leghemoglobin has been studied with respect to association and dissociation kinetics and the results compared with those obtained in parallel on sperm whale and horse heart myoglobins; the linear ligands used (methyl to n-heptyl) cover a greater distribution of chain lengths than hitherto used. The association rate constants are much higher for leghemoglobin than for myoglobin, while the dissociation rates are slower. For a given protein, the dissociation rate constants are not much different when different isocyanides are used (except for methyl), whereas the association rates show complex behavior in relation with the alkyl chain length; singular differences are observed between leghemoglobin and sperm whale myoglobin in this regard. For myoglobin, the binding rate constants decrease from methyl to n-propyl, but remain approximately the same when the ligand carries a still longer alkyl chain. In contrast, for leghemoglobin, although the rate constants decrease from methyl to n-propyl, they show a progressive and important rise with longer alkyl substituents: n-butyl and n-pentyl.
ISSN:0021-9258
1083-351X
DOI:10.1016/S0021-9258(19)86492-X