Heme Synthesis Flashcards
4 pyrrole rings
Porphyrins
Porphyrins + metal ions
Metalloporphyrins
Reduced porphyrins
Phorphorynogen
Heme + proteins
Hemoproteins
Biosynthesis of heme ring occurs in the
mitochondria and cytosol
Heme is synthesized from
Succinyl CoA
Glycine
Examples of hemoproteins
Hemoglobin CYP450
Myoglobin catalase
Cytochrome c Tryptophan pyrrolase
Needed to activate glycine
Pyridoxal phosphate
Rate limiting step in Heme Synthesis
ALA Synthase
Occurs in all cells due to the requirement for heme as a prosthetic
Group of enzymes and electron transport chain proteins
Heme Synthesis
Major locations of heme synthesis
Liver (CYP450)
Erythroid progenitor cells (hemoglobin)
Integral or Intrinsic Proteins
Band 3
Glycophorin
Peripheral or Extrinsic Proteins
Spectrin
Actin
Protein 4.1
Two forms of Quarternary Structure of Hemoglobin
R (relaxed) form
T (taut) form
Binds oxygen several hundred times more readily than T form
Increase in this form shifts the curve to the left
R relaxed form
Ends of b chains form salt bridges stabilizing it
Reduced affinity for oxygen
Inc in this form shifts the curve to the right
Ex
T (tense) form
Chlorophyll
Heme of hemoglobin
Inc acidity
Dec pH
Shift to the right
Bohr effect
Inc Partial pressure of CO2
HCO3 leaves the RBCs into plasma
Shift to the right
Bohr effect