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Benedetto Salvato
Structural Analogies in Annelid Erythrocruorins
Erythrocruorins from many annelid species have been studied by many authors. In spite of the great similarity of most physicochemical properties and of the electron-micrographs of these proteins, some debated experimental data divide the scientific community, e.g. the Mr of the whole molecule (ranging from 2,500 to 4,1000 kDa) and, in consequence, the Mr of the 1/12 molecules, the Mr and number of the smallest covalently bound subunits and the Mr and number of the globin-like monomers (1).
Organometallic complexes with biological molecules. I. Diorganotin(IV)chloro protoporphyrin IX complexes: Solid-state and solution-phase characterization
Protoporphyrin IX (H4PPIX) complexes of diorganotin(IV)chloro moieties with formula (R2SnCl)2H2PPIX (RMe, Bu and Ph) have been obtained and their solid-state and solution-phase configurations have been studied through spectroscopic investigations. Coordination of the side-chain carboxylates of H4PPIX to R2Sn(IV)Cl moieties, with bridging carboxylate (COO−) has been inferred by comparison of the free and coordinated H4PPIX IR spectra, while the occurrence of a five-coordinated tin(IV) atom in a cis-R2 trigonal bipyramidal structure has been deduced, for all of the synthesized complexes, by rationalization of the nuclear quadrupole splitting parameters, according to the point-charge model for…
Subunits composition and allosteric control in Carcinus aestuarii hemocyanin
Carcinus aestuarii hemocyanin (Hc) exists in two aggregation forms at pH 7.5 and 20 mM Ca2+: 24S accounting for 90% of total hemocyanin and 16S accounting for 10%. Removal of metal cations by EDTA at neutral pH causes the complete dissociation of 24S hemocyanin into two different 16S. At pH 9.2, 24S hemocyanin dissociates into a pH stable 16S and a 5S component. The 5S component consists of three monomeric fractions named CaeSS1 (10%), CaeSS2 (50%) and CaeSS3 (40%); the latter fraction consisting of two isoforms. The fractions CaeSS1, CaeSS2 and CaeSS3 have been studied as far as their reassociation properties to form hexamers are concerned. We investigated the oxygen-binding properties of …
Structural properties, conformational stability and oxygen binding properties of Penaeus monodon hemocyanin
Hemocyanin sequences allineament shows the presence of highly invariant regions especially in the active site and in the tight intersubunits interaction sites. Comparing the aminoacids in contact regions between monomers is possible to interpret the stability of hexamers.
Hemocyanin subunit organization of the gastropod Rapana thomasiana
Abstract RtH1 and RtH2, the two hemocyanin isoforms of the prosobranch gastropod Rapana thomasiana, have been purified by anion-exchange chromatography and studied by SDS–PAGE and immunoelectrophoresis. Both subunit types are built up of eight functional units (FUs). Under reducing conditions subunit RtH2 splits into two fragments, RtH2- a – f and RtH2- gh, suggesting the presence of a disulfide bridge between FU2- f and FU2- g. By proteolytic cleavage of the subunits into three-, two-, and single-FU fragments, purification of fragments by HPLC, N-terminal sequencing of the peptides, and crossed-line immunoelectrophoresis, FUs- a – h of RtH2 and FU- a, FU- d, FU- e, and FU- f of RtH1 were i…
Role of SH-Groups and S-S Bridges in the Main Subunit (1/12 Molecule) of Spirographis Spallanzanii Chlorocruorin
In all species of annelids described, the extracellular hemoglobins show (by electron microscopy) the same quaternary structure constituted by twelve identical subunits. The fine structure of the 1/12 subunit is not well resolved and several models have been proposed for it (2).
Low temperature optical spectroscopy of cobalt-substituted hemocyanin from Carcinus maenas
In this work we report the optical absorption spectra of three cobalt-substituted derivatives of hemocyanin (He) from Carcinus maenas, in the temperature range 300–20 K. The derivatives studied are the mononuclear (Co2+)-He with a single cobalt ion in the “CuA” site, the binuclear (Co2+)2-He and the binuclear mixed metal (Co2+-Cu1+)-He. At low temperature three main bands are clearly resolved; the temperature dependence of their zeroth, first and second moments sheds light on the stereodynamic properties in the surroundings of the chromophore. Within the limits of the reported analysis, in the binuclear derivatives the motions coupled to the chromophore appear to be “essentially harmonic” i…
Molecular heterogeneity of the hemocyanin isolated from the king crabParalithodes camtschaticae
Native Paralithodes camtschaticae hemocyanin is found as a mixture of dodecamers (24S; 80%) and hexamers (16S; 20%). Removal of Ca2+ ions by dialysis against EDTA-containing buffer solution at neutral pH induces complete dissociation of the 24S form into the 16S form. Under these conditions, a further increase in pH to 9.2 produces complete dissociation of the hexamers into monomers (5S). In both cases, the dissociation process is reversible. The dodecamer (24S) is composed of two different hexamers which can be discriminated only by ion-exchange chromatography in the presence of Ca2+ ions. At alkaline pH and in the presence of EDTA, two major monomeric fractions can be separated by ion-exc…