Protein tertiary structural changes visualized by time-resolved X-ray solution scattering

J Phys Chem B. 2009 Oct 8;113(40):13131-3. doi: 10.1021/jp906983v.

Abstract

We obtained a solution structural model of myoglobin (Mb) formed upon the CO photolysis of MbCO by analyzing time-resolved X-ray solution scattering data. An experiment-restrained rigid-body molecular dynamics simulation was used to find the best model whose theoretical difference scattering curve gives a satisfactory agreement with the experimental data at the time delay of 10 ns. The obtained solution model shows structural changes similar to crystallographic models for MbCO --> Mb but also displays a noticeable difference in that the N-terminus and F helix show larger structural changes.

Publication types

  • Letter
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Carbon Monoxide / chemistry
  • Computer Simulation
  • Models, Molecular
  • Myoglobin / chemistry*
  • Photolysis
  • Protein Structure, Tertiary*
  • Scattering, Radiation
  • X-Rays

Substances

  • Myoglobin
  • Carbon Monoxide