The interaction of human neuroglobin with hydrogen sulphide

IUBMB Life - Tập 60 Số 2 - Trang 135-138 - 2008
Thomas Brittain1, Y. Yosaatmadja1, Kristen Henty1
1School of Biological Sciences, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand

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Abstract

Neuroglobin has been identified to protect brain neurons from apoptotic stress. Hydrogen sulphide has a role in the brain as a neuromodulator, involving NMDA receptor activation. Here we report on studies of the in vitro interaction of ferric neuroglobin with hydrogen sulphide. Hydrogen sulphide binds very tightly to the heme group of neuroglobin in a biphasic reaction. The faster of the two reaction processes is concentration dependent whilst the slower process is not. The rate of hydrogen sulphide binding is pH sensitive and as the pH is reduced over the physiological range the rate of reaction increases by a factor of ∼10. This change in reactivity appears to reflect the ionisation of the heme distal His ligand rather than a preference for the binding of H2S. We discuss the potential role of neuroglobin in the modulation of hydrogen sulphide sensitivity of neurons in the brain. © 2008 IUBMB IUBMB Life, 60(2): 135–138, 2008

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IUBMB Life

Tập 60 Số 2

135-138

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