Abstract
We report the first quantitative analysis of the Fe K-edge polarized x-ray absorption near edge structure of the iron protein carbonmonoxy-myoglobin (MbCO) single crystal and of its cryogenic photoproduct Mb(*)CO. The CO-Fe-heme local structure has been determined using a novel fitting procedure based on the full multiple scattering approach. The extracted local structure of Mb(*)CO includes a Fe-CO distance of (3.08+/-0.07) A, with a tilting angle between the heme normal and the Fe-C vector of (37+/-7) degrees, and a bending angle between the Fe-C vector and the C-O bond of (31+/-5) degrees.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 155501-155501 |
Number of pages | 1 |
Journal | Physical Review Letters |
Volume | 87 |
Publication status | Published - 2001 |
Keywords
- Animals
- Binding Sites
- Carbon Monoxide
- Crystallography, X-Ray
- Heme
- Iron
- Myoglobin
- Photolysis
- Protein Conformation
- Scattering, Radiation
- Spectrometry, X-Ray Emission
- Whales