Small size globins that have been defined as 'truncated haemoglobins' or as '2/2 haemoglobins' have increasingly been discovered in microorganisms since the early 1990s. Analysis of amino acid sequences allowed to distinguish three groups that collect proteins with specific and common structural properties. All three groups display 3D structures that are based on four main α-helices, which are a subset of the conventional eight-helices globin fold. Specific features, such as the presence of protein matrix tunnels that are held to promote diffusion of functional ligands to/from the haem, distinguish members of the three groups. Haem distal sites vary for their accessibility, local structures, polarity, and ligand stabilization mechanisms, suggesting functional roles that are related to O2/NO chemistry. In a few cases, such activities have been proven in vitro and in vivo through deletion mutants. The issue of 2/2 haemoglobin varied biological functions throughout the three groups remains however fully open.
The diversity of 2/2 (truncated) globins / A. Pesce, M. Bolognesi, M. Nardini. - In: ADVANCES IN MICROBIAL PHYSIOLOGY. - ISSN 0065-2911. - 63(2013 Oct), pp. 49-78. [10.1016/B978-0-12-407693-8.00002-9]
The diversity of 2/2 (truncated) globins
M. BolognesiSecondo
;M. Nardini
2013
Abstract
Small size globins that have been defined as 'truncated haemoglobins' or as '2/2 haemoglobins' have increasingly been discovered in microorganisms since the early 1990s. Analysis of amino acid sequences allowed to distinguish three groups that collect proteins with specific and common structural properties. All three groups display 3D structures that are based on four main α-helices, which are a subset of the conventional eight-helices globin fold. Specific features, such as the presence of protein matrix tunnels that are held to promote diffusion of functional ligands to/from the haem, distinguish members of the three groups. Haem distal sites vary for their accessibility, local structures, polarity, and ligand stabilization mechanisms, suggesting functional roles that are related to O2/NO chemistry. In a few cases, such activities have been proven in vitro and in vivo through deletion mutants. The issue of 2/2 haemoglobin varied biological functions throughout the three groups remains however fully open.File | Dimensione | Formato | |
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