Abstract
Various complexes of myoglobin (Mb) with thiolate were studied by use of magnetic circular dichroism (MCD) spectroscopy. 1. 1.|MetMb-ethyl, n-propyl and isopropylmercaptan complexes offered MCD spectra similar to that of cytochrome P-450( P-450) with respect to shape and intensity ratio of Soret MCD to Q 0–0 MCD. The MCD spectra did not show any pH dependence. The complexes reduced by sodium dithionite exhibited the MCD spectrum of deoxyMb, indicative of release of thiolate anion from the heme iron. 2. 2.|Cysteine and cysteine methyl ester coordinated to the heme iron at pH 9.18, but not at pH 6.86 and 11.45. The complex formed at pH 9.18 gave an MCD spectrum similar to that of P-450, and an MCD spectrum of deoxy Mb on reduction with sodium dithionite. 3. 3.|The 2-mercaptoethanol complex exhibited three A terms associated with the Q 0–0, Q 0–1, and Soret transitions at pH 6.86 similar to those of Fe(II) cytochrome c, which indicates that Mb was reduced by this reagent at pH 6.86. At pH 9.18 2-mercaptoethanol gave an MCD spectrum similar to that of alkyl mercaptan just after the addition. With time it changed into deoxy Mb through some intermediate of reduced Mb-thiolate complex. At pH 11.45 2-mercaptoethanol formed complex which exhibited an MCD spectrum similar to those of other alkylmercaptans. 4. 4.|Sodium sulfide gave an MCD spectrum which resembled that of the normal thiol Mb complex just after addition at pH 6.86. The complex was gradually reduced to give a 610 nm trough in addition to the MCD of deoxyMb. The Mb-sulfur complex formed at pH 9.18 was gradually reduced to give an MCD spectrum which was fairly different from that of deoxyMb. A similar MCD spectrum was observed at pH 11.45 just after the addition of Na 2S. These results were considered to suggest the saturation of one of the conjugated double bonds of the porphyrin by sulfur.
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