title: Characterization of interactions of nitric oxide with human hemoglobin A by infrared spectroscopy.
abstract: Infrared spectra permit direct measurements of cysteine thiols as well as nitric oxide bound to heme iron in human hemoglobin A nitrosyl. A single symmetric N-O stretch band of nitric oxide bound to Fe2+ is detected amid strong water and protein bands in the Hb14N16O minus Hb15N16O difference spectrum. Nitric oxide accepts electron density from metal in bent-end-on FeI2+)-14N-16O (nu NO = 1616.5 cm-1) and donates electron density to metal in linear Fe(3+)-14N-16O (nu NO = 1925 cm-1). S-H stretch bands reveal that changes in protein conformation occur at alpha-104, beta-93, and beta-112 cysteines upon conversion of deoxyHb to HbNO but that no reactions of thiols with NO occur. Furthermore, no infrared band for S-nitrosothiol is detected. Changes in amide I spectra reflect NO binding induced changes in protein secondary structure.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Colarado State University, Fort Collins 80523.
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Sampath
authors.forename: X J
authors.initials: XJ
authors.lastname: Zhao
authors.forename: W S
authors.initials: WS
authors.lastname: Caughey
mesh_terms: D001665:Binding Sites; D003545:Cysteine; D006441:Hemoglobin A / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D007501:Iron / Q000032:analysis; D009569:Nitric Oxide / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000378:metabolism; D011487:Protein Conformation; D013055:Spectrophotometry, Infrared / Q000379:methods
chemical_list: D009569:Nitric Oxide; D006441:Hemoglobin A; D007501:Iron; D003545:Cysteine