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ArticleThe Biochemical journal2020

Effect of NH2-terminal acetylation on the oxygenation properties of vertebrate haemoglobin.

Chandrasekhar Natarajan, Anthony V Signore, Vikas Kumar, Roy E Weber, Angela Fago, Jay F Storz

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Article in The Biochemical journal, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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5 citing papers in PubMed, 8 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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6 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Chandrasekhar NatarajanSchool of Biological Sciences, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE 68588, U.S.A.
Anthony V SignoreSchool of Biological Sciences, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE 68588, U.S.A.
Vikas KumarMass Spectrometry and Proteomics Core Facility, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE 68198, U.S.A.
Roy E WeberZoophysiology, Department of Biology, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark.
Angela FagoZoophysiology, Department of Biology, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark.
Jay F StorzSchool of Biological Sciences, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE 68588, U.S.A.
University of Nebraska–Lincoln · USAarhus University · DKUniversity of Nebraska Medical Center · US

Funding

Mutational Pleiotropy, Epistasis, and the Adaptive Evolution of Hemoglobin FunctionR01HL087216 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN · PI STORZ, JAY · 2008 to 2021
$4.5M
NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL087216
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In vertebrate haemoglobin (Hb), the NH2-terminal residues of the α- and β-chain subunits are thought to play an important role in the allosteric binding of protons (Bohr effect), CO2 (as carbamino derivatives), chloride ions, and organic phosphates. Accordingly, acetylation of the α- and/or β-chain NH2-termini may have significant effects on the oxygenation properties of Hb. Here we investigate the effect of NH2-terminal acetylation by using a newly developed expression plasmid system that enables us to compare recombinantly expressed Hbs that are structurally identical except for the presence or absence of NH2-terminal acetyl groups. Experiments with native and recombinant Hbs of representative vertebrates reveal that NH2-terminal acetylation does not impair the Bohr effect, nor does it significantly diminish responsiveness to allosteric cofactors, such as chloride ions or organic phosphates. These results suggest that observed variation in the oxygenation properties of vertebrate Hbs is principally explained by amino acid divergence in the constituent globin chains rather than post-translational modifications of the globin chain NH2-termini.

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AcetylationAllosteric RegulationHemoglobinsHumansOxygenHemoglobinsOxygenamino-terminal acetylationBohr effectoxygen bindingpost-translational modificationrecombinant hemoglobin

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PMID32936244
PMCPMC8317498
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