Protein Function
Quaternary structure of deoxy- and oxyhemoglobin
D-2,3-bisphosphoglycerate (BPG)
BPD binds to hemoglobin and decreases the oxygen affinity and keeps it in the deoxy form.
BPG binds 1:1 with a K=1x10-5 M to the
BPG binds specifically to the deoxy state and
At 100 torr or arterial blood, hemoglobin is 95% saturated
At 30 torr or venous blood, hemoglobin is 55% saturated
Hemoglobin releases 40% of its oxygen. In the
absence of BPG, little oxygen is released. Between BPG, CO2, H+, and Cl- all O
2 binding is accounted
BPG restores the 37% release of O2 at higher
elevations
Hemoglobin mutants
There are about 500 variants of hemoglobin 95% are single amino acid substitution.
5 % of the worlds population carries a different sequence form the normal.
•Changes in surface charge
Changes in surface rarely change the function of hemoglobin with the exception of the sickle cell mutation.
Internal residues cause the hemoglobin to contort to different shapes and alter its binding properties. Heinz bodies are
precipitated aggregates of hemoglobin. Usually cause hemolytic anemia characteristic by cell lysis.
Hb Hammersmith Phe CD1(42) Ser. The Phe wedges the heme in place, without it the heme falls out of the protein.
Hb Bristol Val E11(67) Asp occludes O2 from the pocket.
Hb Bibba substitutes a Pro in the middle of H helix kinks the chain.
Stabilizing Methemoglobin. Or the Fe(III) state eliminates the oxygen binding to the heme. Diagnostic of a blue color or cyanosis.
Hb Boston His E7(58) Tyr (the distal His)
Hb Iwate His F8(87) Tyr “black mouth disease Japan
They have chocolate brown blood.
Changes at the 1-2 interface usually have lower Hill
coefficients. Stabilize either the T or R state
Polycythemia, a ruddy complexion
Hb Yakima Asp G1(99) His eliminates H-bonding that stabilizes the T form at the 1-2 interface and
stabilizes the R state P50 =12 torr
Hb Kansas Asn G4(102) Thr eliminates H-bonding
that stabilizes the T form at the 1-2 interface and so
Fetal Hemoglobin
•Fetal hemoglobin has a different subunit called a
subunit or 22.
•In Fetal hemoglobin, BPG does not affect this variant and the baby’s blood will get its oxygen from the
mothers hemoglobin.