title: Kinetics of oxygen binding to hemoglobin A.
abstract: The two-state model [Monod, J., Wyman, J., and Changeux, J. P. (1965) J. Mol. Biol. 12, 88-118] postulates a single conformational change which, in the case of hemoglobin, has been related to the structural differences between deoxy and ligated hemoglobins [Perutz, M. F. (1979) Nature (London) 228, 726-739]. In its simplest form, the model does not represent satisfactorily either the equilibrium or the kinetics of the hemoglobin-oxygen reaction. The kinetic difficulty is with the rate of dissociation from the T-state, and may be met by assuming a wide difference in behavior between alpha- and beta-subunits. Experiments with Ni-Fe hybrids, however, show almost identical rates of combination with, and dissociation from, the two types of subunit, both of which develop R-like reactions as the pH is raised, the alpha-Fe-subunits at lower pH than the beta-Fe-subunits [Shibayama, N., Yonetani, T., Regan, R. M., and Gibson, Q. H. (1995) Biochemistry 34, 14658-14667]. The reactions of oxygen with hemoglobin A and the effect of pH upon them may be represented by assuming behavior of its subunits similar to that of the Ni-Fe hybrids. In such a scheme, alpha-alpha and beta-beta interactions become important elements in cooperativity, and more than two allosteric states are required, for reconsideration of the structural basis of cooperativity.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Rice University, Houston, Texas 77005, USA.
authors.forename: Q H
authors.initials: QH
authors.lastname: Gibson
mesh_terms: D001665:Binding Sites; D002021:Buffers; D006441:Hemoglobin A / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000378:metabolism*; D006801:Humans; D006863:Hydrogen-Ion Concentration; D007501:Iron / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism; D007700:Kinetics; D008024:Ligands; D008956:Models, Chemical; D009532:Nickel / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism; D010100:Oxygen / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000378:metabolism*; D010710:Phosphates; D010782:Photolysis
chemical_list: D002021:Buffers; D008024:Ligands; D010710:Phosphates; D009532:Nickel; D006441:Hemoglobin A; D007501:Iron; D010100:Oxygen