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33 Cards in this Set
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LIGAND
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ANY MOLECULE RERVERSIBLY BINDING IN A SPECIFIC MANNER TO A PROTEIN
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BINDING SITE
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SPECIFIC REGION OF THE PROTEIN INVOLVED IN THE REVERSE BINDING TO LIGAND
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BINDING SITE COMPLEMENT
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BINDING SITE IS COMPLEMENTARY TO LIGAND IN SIZE, SHAPE, CHARGE, & HYDRO- PHILIC/ PHOBIC CHARACTERISTICS
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INDUCED FIT
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PROTEIN-LIGAND BINDING IS OFTEN COUPLED TO A CONFORMATIONAL CHANGE IN PROTEIN THAT MAKES BINDING SITE MORE COMPLEM. TO LIGAND... TIGHTER BINDING OF FLEX PROTEIN TO LIGAND
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COOPERATIVITY
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DESCRIBES SITUATIONS WHERE BINDING AT ONE SITE EITHER INC. OR DECREASES BINDING @ ANOTHER SITE (eg. on another subunit) BY CHANGING CONFORMATION
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MYOGLOBIN
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Protein consisting of a single polypeptide chain with a heme prosthetic group that binds oxygen reversibly
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FUNCTION OF MYOGLOBIN DDEPENDS ON PROTEIN'S ABILITY TO ??
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PROTEIN'S ABILITY TO BIND OXYGEN AND TO RELEASE IT WHEN AND WHERE ITS NEEDED.
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THE REVERSIBLE BINDING OF A PROTEIN (P) TO A LIGAND (L) CAN BE DESCRIBED BY ??
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A SIMPLE EQUILIBRIUM EQUATION
P+L == PL |
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P+L== PL RXN IS CHARACTERRIZED BY ??
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Ka = ASSOCIATION CONSTANT
HIGHER Ka = HIGHER AFFINITY OF THE L FOR THE P |
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RATIO OF BOUND TO FREE PROTEIN IS DIRECTLY PROPORTIONAL TO ??
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CONCENTRATIOON OF A FREE LIGAND
Ka[L]= [PL]/[P] |
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BINDING EQUILIB. FROM STANDPOINT OF THE FRACTION @, OF WHAT??
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OF LIGAND- BINDING SITES ON THE PROTEIN THAT OCCUPIED THE LIGAND
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WHAAT DOES THE FRACTION (theta) @= ?? (3 forms)
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@= binding sites occupied/ total binding sites
@= [PL]/ [PL]+[P] @= [L]/[L]+(1/Ka) |
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[@] IS A ? FUNCTION OF ??
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HYPEROBLIC FUNCTION x=y/(y+z)of [L]
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DISSOCIATION CONSTANT [Kd]
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EQUILIB CONSTANT FOORR RELEASED LIGAND
[L] AT WHICH HALF OF THE AVAIL. LIGAND BIND SISTES ARE OCCUPIED...AT @=0.5 Kd=1/Ka |
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3 EQUATIONS WITH Kd
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Kd= [P][L]/[PL]
[PL]=[P][L]/Kd @=[L]/[L]+Kd |
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EQ. FOR BINDING OF OXYGEN TO MYOGLOBIN
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@=[O2]/[O2]+Kd
substitute concentraation of dissolved o2 for[l] b/c itss a gas Kd= to [O2]0.5 so, @=[o2]/[o2]+[o2]0.5 |
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[VOTILE SUBSSTANCE] IN SOL'N IS PROPORTIONAL TO /??
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LOCAL PAARTIAL PRESSURE OF THE GAS
@=pO2/pO2+P50 |
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HEMOGLOBIN TRANSPORTS
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Hb TRANSPORTS O2 IN RED BLOOD CELLS IN BLOOD
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Hb MUST AQUIRE O2?? AND THEN???
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AQUIRE O2 IN LUNGS ANAD RELEASE IT IN TISSUE
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Hb TRANSPORT OF O2 IN RBC REQUIRES HIGH ENOUGH AND LOW ENOUGH AFFINITY IN???
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HIGH ENOUGH AFFINITY IN LUNGS, BUT LOW ENOUGH AFFINITY IN TISSSUE TO RESPOND TO SMALL CHANGES IN [O2]
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Hb TRANSPORT OF O2 IS ACCOMPLISHED BY????
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COOPERATIVE EFFECTS FROM O2 BINDING TO DIFF. Hb SUBUNITS
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RELATIONSHIP B/W Hb SUBUNITS AND MYOGLOBIN
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STRUCT. RERLATED BUT SUBUNITS AFFECT O2 BINDING
BOTH BIND heme SAME WAY AND USE CONSERVED His ON BOTH SIDES OF heme TO PROTECT AND STABILIZE Fe2+ & o2 binding |
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HEMOGLOBIN'S STRUCTURE
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Mr 64,500 roughly spherical diameter= 5.5nm
TETERAMERIC PROTEIN WITH 4 heme GROUPS (1 ON EACH POLYPEPTIDE CHAIN) |
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ADULT Hb STRUCTURE
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2 TYPES OF GLOBIN:
2 ALPHA CHAINS (141 residues each) 2 BETA CHAINS (146 residues each) |
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R-STATE CONFORMATION OF Hb
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HAS HIGH AFFINITY FOR O2
STABILIZED BY O2 BINDING |
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WHAT IS SHAPE OF HEME GRROUP?
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COMPLEX ORGANIC RING STRUCTURE= PROTOPORPHYRIN =
AND IS BOUND TO A Fe2+ atom |
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WHERE IS HEME GROUP IN MYOGLOBIN?
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HEME IS BOUND IN A POCKET MADE UP LARGELY OF THE E&F HELICES, although amino acid residues from other seg.s of protein alsso participate.
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AMINO ACID RESIDUE DESIGNATION IN MYOGLOBIN MOLECULE?
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INDIV A.A. RESIDUE IS DESIGNATED BY EITHER:
ITS POSITION IN A.A. SEQ OR ITTS LOCATION W/IN THE SEQ. OF A PARTICULAR ALPHA-HELICAL SEGMENT. |
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IN OXY-BINDING CURVES FOR Mb, WHY pO2 AND NOT [O2]?
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IN EXPERIMENTS USING OXY AS A LIGAND, BINDING TO Mb, IT IS THE PARTIAL PRESSURE OF OXY IN GAS PHASE ABOVE THE SOL'N, pO2, THAT IS VARIED
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LOCAL PARTIAL PRESSSURE OF THE SOL'N GAS IS PROPORTIONAL TO/????
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CONCENTRATION OF VOLITILE SUBSTANCE
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WHAT DOES TERM [PL] MEAN IN TERMS OF SPECIFIC MOLECULES????
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[PL]= P(PROTEINS) L(LIGANDS)
LIGAND-BINDING SITES ON THE PROTEIN THAT ARE OCCUPIED |
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HEME BINDS TO CO2 20,000X MORE BETTER THAN TO O2; WHY WE DONT GETT CO2 POISONING?
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IT ONLY BINDS ABOUT 200X BETTER WHEN HEME IS BOUND IN MYOGLOBIN- STERIC HENDERANCE
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WHY IMPORTANT THAT ERYTHROCYTES ARE SMALL CELLS?
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RED BLOOD CELLS- OXYGEN IS BOUND ANAD TRANSPORTED BY Hb IN RBC AND HUMAN ERYTH. ARE SMALL (6-9 um) BICONCAVE DISKS
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