Biological Assembly 1  

 3D View: Structure | Electron Density | Ligand Interaction

Pseudo Symmetry: Dihedral - D2  (3D View)
Pseudo Stoichiometry: Homo 4-mer - A4 Global Symmetry: Cyclic - C2  (3D View)
Global Stoichiometry: Hetero 4-mer - A2B2 

Biological assembly 1 assigned by authors and generated by PISA (software)

Macromolecule Content

• Total Structure Weight: 65.11 kDa 
• Atom Count: 4862 
• Modelled Residue Count: 578 
• Deposited Residue Count: 578 
• Unique protein chains: 2

1BAB

HEMOGLOBIN THIONVILLE: AN ALPHA-CHAIN VARIANT WITH A SUBSTITUTION OF A GLUTAMATE FOR VALINE AT NA-1 AND HAVING AN ACETYLATED METHIONINE NH2 TERMINUS

• DOI: 10.2210/pdb1BAB/pdb

• Classification: OXYGEN TRANSPORT
• Organism(s): Homo sapiens
• Mutation(s): No 


• Deposited: 1992-05-06 Released: 1994-01-31 
• Deposition Author(s): Kavanaugh, J.S., Arnone, A.

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Experimental Data Snapshot

• Method: X-RAY DIFFRACTION
• Resolution: 1.50 Å
• R-Value Observed: 0.157 

Literature

Hemoglobin Thionville. An alpha-chain variant with a substitution of a glutamate for valine at NA-1 and having an acetylated methionine NH2 terminus.

Vasseur, C., Blouquit, Y., Kister, J., Prome, D., Kavanaugh, J.S., Rogers, P.H., Guillemin, C., Arnone, A., Galacteros, F., Poyart, C., Rosa, J., Wajcman, H.

(1992) J Biol Chem 267: 12682-12691

• PubMed: 1618774 
• Primary Citation of Related Structures:  
  1BAB


• PubMed Abstract: 
  

In hemoglobin (Hb) Thionville, the substitution of a glutamic acid for the alpha-chain NH2-terminal valine inhibits the cleavage of the initiator methionine which is then acetylated. The elongation of the alpha-chain NH2 terminus modifies the three-dimensional structure of hemoglobin at a region that is known to have an important role in the allosteric regulation of oxygen binding. Relative to Hb A, Hb Thionville has a lower affinity for oxygen, and the heterotropic allosteric effects of protons, chloride, and bezafibrate are reduced. In contrast, the response to 2,3-diphosphoglycerate is normal. Analysis of oxygen equilibrium data within the framework of the two-state allosteric model indicates that the structure of deoxy Hb Thionville is stabilized relative to that of deoxy Hb A. The x-ray crystal structure of deoxy Hb Thionville shows that the glutamate side chain extends away from the alpha 1-alpha 2 interface, whereas the methionine side chain (which has two conformations) extends into the alpha 1-alpha 2 interface, physically displacing chloride and bezafibrate. The increased stability of deoxy Hb Thionville is due to new intrasubunit and intersubunit contacts made by the methionine. These interactions replace the indirect contacts, made through bound chloride ions, that Val-1 alpha normally contributes to the alpha 1-alpha 2 interface.

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Organizational Affiliation: 

Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale U 299, Hôpital de Bicêtre, Le Kremlin Bicêtre, France.

Macromolecules

Entity ID: 1
Molecule	Chains	Sequence Length	Organism	Details	Image
HEMOGLOBIN THIONVILLE (DEOXY) (ALPHA CHAIN)	A, C	143	Homo sapiens	Mutation(s): 0  Gene Names: HBA1, HBA2
UniProt & NIH Common Fund Data Resources
Find proteins for P69905 (Homo sapiens) Explore P69905  Go to UniProtKB:  P69905
PHAROS:  P69905 GTEx:  ENSG00000188536ENSG00000206172

Entity ID: 2
Molecule	Chains	Sequence Length	Organism	Details	Image
HEMOGLOBIN THIONVILLE (DEOXY) (BETA CHAIN)	B, D	146	Homo sapiens	Mutation(s): 0  Gene Names: HBB
UniProt & NIH Common Fund Data Resources
Find proteins for P68871 (Homo sapiens) Explore P68871  Go to UniProtKB:  P68871
PHAROS:  P68871 GTEx:  ENSG00000244734

Small Molecules

Ligands 2 Unique
ID	Chains	Name / Formula / InChI Key	2D Diagram
HEM (Subject of Investigation/LOI)	E [auth A], G [auth B], H [auth C], J [auth D]	PROTOPORPHYRIN IX CONTAINING FE C34 H32 Fe N4 O4 KABFMIBPWCXCRK-RGGAHWMASA-L
SO4	F [auth B], I [auth D]	SULFATE ION O4 S QAOWNCQODCNURD-UHFFFAOYSA-L

Experimental Data & Validation

Experimental Data

• Method: X-RAY DIFFRACTION
• Resolution: 1.50 Å
• R-Value Observed: 0.157 
• Space Group: P 1 2₁ 1

Unit Cell:

Length ( Å )	Angle ( ˚ )
a = 63.2	α = 90
b = 83.6	β = 99.3
c = 53.8	γ = 90

Software Package:

Software Name	Purpose
PROLSQ	refinement

Structure Validation

Ligand Structure Quality Assessment  

Entry History 

Deposition Data

• Deposited Date: 1992-05-06 
• Released Date: 1994-01-31 
Deposition Author(s): Kavanaugh, J.S., Arnone, A.

Revision History  

• Version 1.0: 1994-01-31
  Type: Initial release
  
• Version 1.1: 2008-03-24
  Changes: Version format compliance
• Version 1.2: 2011-07-13
  Changes: Advisory, Version format compliance