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R-state hemoglobin bound to heterotropic effectors: models of the DPG, IHP and RSR13 binding sites
Monique Laberge1, Istvan Kövesi, Takashi Yonetani
1Department of Biophysics and Radiation Biology and MTA-SE Research Group for Biophysics, Faculty of Medicine, Semmelweis University, P.O. Box 263, H-1444 Budapest, Hungary. laberge@puskin.sote.hu
Abstract:
We performed a docking study followed by a 500-ps molecular dynamics simulation of R-state human adult hemoglobin (HbA) complexed to different heterotropic effectors [2,3-diphosphoglycerate (DPG), inositol hexaphosphate (IHP), and 2-[4-[(3,5-dichlorophenylcarbamoyl)-]methyl]-phenoxy]-2-methylpropionic acid (RSR13)) to propose a molecular basis for recently reported interactions of effectors with oxygenated hemoglobin. The simulations were carried out with counterions and explicit solvation. As reported for T-state HbA, the effector binding sites are also located in the central cavity of the R-state and differ depending on effector anionic character. DPG and IHP bind between the alpha-subunits and the RSR13 site spans the alpha1-, alpha2- and beta2-subunits. The generated models provide the first report of the molecular details of R-state HbA bound to heterotropic effectors.
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