Time-resolved FTIR study of CO recombination with horseradish peroxidase

Amandine Marechal, W John Ingledew, Peter R. Rich

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Abstract

Vibrational changes associated with CO recombination to ferrous horseradish peroxidase were investigated by rapid-scan FTIR (Fourier-transform IR) spectroscopy in the 1200-2200 cm(-1) range. At pH 6.0, two conformers of bound CID are present that appear as negative bands at 1905 and 1934 cm(-1) in photolysis spectra. Their recombination rate constants are identical, confirming that they arise from two substates of bound CO that are in rapid thermal equilibrium, rather than from heterogeneous protein sites. A smaller positive band at 2134 cm(-1) also appears on photolysis and decays with the same rate constant, indicative of an intraprotein geminate site involved in recombination or, possibly, a weak-affinity surface CO-binding site. other signals arising from protein and haem in the 1700-1200 cm(-1) range can also be time-resolved with similar kinetics.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1165-1168
Number of pages4
JournalBiochemical Society Transactions
Volume36
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Dec 2008

Keywords

  • carbon monoxide
  • Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR spectroscopy)
  • horseradish peroxidase
  • rapid-scan
  • time-resolved spectroscopy
  • CARBON-MONOXIDE
  • STEP-SCAN
  • CATALYTIC SITE
  • LIGAND-BINDING
  • HEME POCKET
  • SPECTROSCOPY
  • MUTANTS
  • RESOLUTION
  • MYOGLOBIN
  • COMPLEXES

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