title: Cooperative binding of chlorpromazine with hemoglobin.
abstract: The binding of chlorpromazine (CPZ), an widely used tranquilizer, with hemoglobin (Hb) at pH 6.5 has been investigated by means of spectrophotometry, circular dichroism (CD), and equilibrium dialysis. In CD spectra Hb treated with CPZ exhibited a blue shift of 5 nm in the visible wavelength range. The positively cooperative nature of binding was revealed by equilibrium dialysis experiments. The basic parameters, namely, the cooperative binding constant (K), the degree of cooperativity (q), and the number of amino acids (n) occupied by one CPZ molecule were evaluated from spectrophotometric and dialysis experiments and found to be sensitive to NaCl concentration, suggesting the electrostatic nature of the binding process.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biophysics, Molecular Biology and Genetics, University of Calcutta, India.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bhattacharyya
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Chaudhuri
authors.forename: R K
authors.initials: RK
authors.lastname: Poddar
mesh_terms: D000596:Amino Acids / Q000378:metabolism; D000818:Animals; D002746:Chlorpromazine / Q000378:metabolism*; D002942:Circular Dichroism; D006041:Goats; D006454:Hemoglobins / Q000378:metabolism*; D012965:Sodium Chloride / Q000494:pharmacology; D013057:Spectrum Analysis
chemical_list: D000596:Amino Acids; D006454:Hemoglobins; D012965:Sodium Chloride; D002746:Chlorpromazine