Abstract:
:Chemical modifications on human hemoglobin were performed with the aim to change both surface and active-site hydrophobicities. The modifications included covalent coupling of poly(ethylene)glycol (5000 MW) on free amino groups and the methyl esterification of free carboxylic groups. The modified hemoglobin was assayed for the oxidation of 11 polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) and 2 organosulfur aromatic compounds. Acenaphthene, anthracene, azulene, benzo(a)pyrene, fluoranthene, fluorene, phenanthrene, and pyrene were transformed to their respective quinones, while for chrysene and biphenyl no biocatalytic reaction could be detected. Dibenzothiophene and thianthrene were oxidized to form sulfoxides. The doubly modified hemoglobin, PEG-Met-hemoglobin, showed up to 10 times higher activity than the unmodified protein. The kinetic constants show that the PEG-Met-hemoglobin has a significantly higher catalytic efficiency. The equilibrium substrate binding constants for unmodified and PEG-Met-modified hemoglobis and hemoglobin show that this catalytic enhancement could be attributed to the affinity increase for hydrophobic substrates in the modified protein.
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Biochem Biophys Res Communjournal_title
Biochemical and biophysical research communicationsauthors
Torres E,Vazquez-Duhalt Rdoi
10.1006/bbrc.2000.3016subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2000-07-14 00:00:00pages
820-3issue
3eissn
0006-291Xissn
1090-2104pii
S0006-291X(00)93016-Xjournal_volume
273pub_type
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