Preliminary neutron and X-ray crystallographic studies of equine cyanomethemoglobin

Acta Crystallogr Sect F Struct Biol Cryst Commun. 2010 Apr 1;66(Pt 4):474-7. doi: 10.1107/S1744309110007840. Epub 2010 Mar 31.

Abstract

Room-temperature and 100 K X-ray and room-temperature neutron diffraction data have been measured from equine cyanomethemoglobin to 1.7 A resolution using a home source, to 1.6 A resolution on NE-CAT at the Advanced Photon Source and to 2.0 A resolution on the PCS at Los Alamos Neutron Science Center, respectively. The cyanomethemoglobin is in the R state and preliminary room-temperature electron and neutron scattering density maps clearly show the protonation states of potential Bohr groups. Interestingly, a water molecule that is in the vicinity of the heme group and coordinated to the distal histidine appears to be expelled from this site in the low-temperature structure.

Publication types

  • Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Crystallography, X-Ray
  • Horses*
  • Methemoglobin / analogs & derivatives*
  • Methemoglobin / chemistry
  • Models, Molecular
  • Neutron Diffraction
  • Protein Structure, Tertiary

Substances

  • cyanomethemoglobin
  • Methemoglobin