Spectroscopic characterization of heme A reconstituted myoglobin. Academic Article uri icon

abstract

  • The focus of this study was to examine the functional role of the unusual peripheral substitution of heme A. The effects of heme A stereochemistry on the reconstitution of the porphyrin have been examined in the heme A-apo-myoglobin complex using optical absorption and resonance Raman and electron paramagnetic resonance spectroscopies. The addition of one equivalent of heme A to apo-Mb produces a complex which displays spectroscopic signals consistent with a distribution of high- and low-spin heme chromophores. These results indicate that the incorporation of heme A into apo-Mb significantly perturbs the protein refolding.

published proceedings

  • J Inorg Biochem

author list (cited authors)

  • Larsen, R. W., Nunez, D. J., MacLeod, J., Shiemke, A. K., Musser, S. M., Nguyen, H. H., Ondrias, M. R., & Chan, S. I.

citation count

  • 8

complete list of authors

  • Larsen, RW||Nunez, DJ||MacLeod, J||Shiemke, AK||Musser, SM||Nguyen, HH||Ondrias, MR||Chan, SI

publication date

  • October 1992