lecture 10 Flashcards
Myoglobin and Hemoglobin:Protein Structure, Function and Allostery
what are normal blood values for hemoglobin? what happens if there is a deviation to these normal limits?
for men: reference range is 13.5 to 17.5 g/dL
for women: reference range is 12.0 to 15.5 g/dL
iron deficiency anemia occurs when the Hb range is lower than this, maybe due to blood loss, insufficient dietary intake, insufficient absorption
what are some symptoms of iron deficiency anemia? how can we prevent this?
fatigue, weakness, short of breath, exercise intolerance - the body needs oxygen to be able to produce the energy the body needs to carry out activity; diet high in foods containing iron, iron supplementation
why are proteins called hemeproteins/hemoproteins?
because they contain a heme prosthetic group
describe the structure of the heme?
an iron porphyrin structure, large, aromatic tetrapyrrole with an iron atom in the middle and various groups pointing from the core
the iron atoms in the Fe2+ oxidation state allows for reversible O2 binding, T/F?
T, but the local geometry of the Fe2+ atom has a substantial influence on this binding
name examples of hemeproteins?
myoglobin (Mb) and hemoglobin (Hb) are globular proteins
what do named examples of hemoproteins do?
serve as oxygen binding and transport proteins
what is the difference between in functionality between hemoglobin and myoglobin?
hemoglobin is found exclusively in the red blood cells and circulates in blood; myoglobin is found in cardiac and skeletal muscle
myoglobin and hemoglobin are not structurally similar? T/F
F, they are structurally similar
In terms myoglobin and hemoglobin tetramers, how do they work?
so myoglobin is a single chain and works alone, whereas Hb is a tetramer of 2 alpha and 2 beta chains and cooperates, though it has four separate parts and had weak interactions at the contact interfaces, each of the four proteins influence each other and work together
so we know the function of hemoglobin, how does the function work?
so to reiterate, the Hb must bind oxygen in lungs and release it in the capillaries. When a first oxygen binds to Fe in the heme, the heme Fe is drawn into the plane of the porphyrin ring and initiates a series of conformational changes that are transmitted to adjacent subunits, ALLOSTERIC interactions occur, and events at one site has effects on sites far away
what amino acid connects the heme to the protein?
His F8; so when oxygen binds to the heme group, the iron sinks further down into the ring and pulls on the attached helix indicating it had been oxygenated and a change in shape of the protein occurs affecting the other subunits without oxygen increasing their affinity for oxygen, increasing cooperatively
how does negative cooperatively affect Hb structure?
it makes it harder for O2 to bind
since we noted the sigmoidal cooperative oxygen binding curve what must this make Hb do?
Hb must be able to bind oxygen in the lungs, release oxygen in the capillaries; if Hb behaved like Mb, very little oxygen would be released
what type of heme protein is myoglobin?
monomeric heme protein
how does myoglobin bind with oxygen?
it cradles the heme group, the Fe in myoglobin Fe2+ is FERROUS IRON which is the form that binds oxygen which binds as the SIXTH LIGAND to Fe
what is the iron form found in myoglobin?
ferrous iron
