Related Experiment Videos
Oxygen-binding Properties of Complexes between Dextran and Pyridoxal 5-Phosphate-Modified Porcine Hemoglobin
Min Hong1, Wen-Jun Song, Shi-Yun Li
1Shanghai Institute of Biochemistry, the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 200031, China. zhongyi@sunm.shcnc.ac.cn
Abstract:
It was demonstrated by oxygen equilibrium curve that the pyridoxal 5-phosphate(PLP) modified porcine deoxyhemoglobin(pHbbeta) had lower oxygen affinity than that of stroma-free porcine hemoglobin(pHb). Accourding to analysis of SDS-PAGE, the porcine hemoglobin derivatives were not cross-linked between its subunits. A conjugate was synthesized between pHbbeta and p-toluenesolfonyl chloride-actived dextran. The oxygen affinity of Dx-pHbbeta was high than that of pHbbeta, but still lower than that of pHb. Judged by cellulose acetate film electrophoresis, the mobility of Dx-pHbbeta was apparently different from that of pHbbeta. Dx-pHbbeta has characterized absorbance peak in UV spectrum, which can be used to analysis the binding ratio between Dx and pHbbeta.