/sup 31/P NMR probes of sipunculan erythrocytes containing the O/sub 2/-carying protein hemerythrin

Journal Article · Tue Jun 14 04:00:00 EDT 1988 · Biochemistry; (United States)

OSTI ID:6956125

Robitaille, P M.L.; Kurtz, Jr, D M

Reported are the first examinations by /sup 31/P NMR of erythrocytes containing the non-heme iron O/sub 2/ carrying protein hemerythrin (Hr). Intact coelomic erythrocytes from the sipunculids Phascolopsis gouldii and Themiste zostericola were shown by /sup 31/P NMR to contain O-phosphorylethanolamine and 2-amino-ethylphosphonate as the major soluble phosphorus metabolites. This combination of major metabolites appears to be unique to sipunculan erythrocytes. Nucleoside triphosphates and mannose 1-phosphate were present in lower concentrations. The concentration of O-phosphorylethanolamine within P. gouldii erythrocytes was established to be > 20 mM. T. zostericola erythrocytes contained relatively high levels of 2-amino-ethylphosphonate and lower levels of O-phosphorylethanolamine compared with those of P. gouldii. For P. gouldii and T. zostericola the intracellular pHs were determined to be 7.2 +/- 0.1 and 7.1 +/- 0.1, respectively, in air-equilibrated erythrocytes, and 6.5 +/- 0.1 in anaerobic P. gouldii erythrocytes. O-Phosphorylethanolamine was found to bind weakly to P. gouldii metHr. This interaction is best characterized by either negative cooperativity or nonspecific binding. O-phosphorylethanolamine strongly inhibits azide binding to the iron site of P. gouldii metHr at pH 7.2. The rate of azide binding decreases by approx. 85-fold in the presence of 0.33 M O-phosphorylethanolamine. However, neither O-phosphorylethanolamine nor 2-aminoethylphosphonate at 0.33 M was found to have any significant effect on O/sub 2/ affinity of P. gouldii deoxyHr. Alternative functions for the two metabolites are suggested.

• Research Organization: Iowa State Univ., Ames (USA)
• OSTI ID: 6956125
• Journal Information: Biochemistry; (United States), Journal Name: Biochemistry; (United States) Vol. 27:12; ISSN BICHA
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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62 RADIOLOGY AND NUCLEAR MEDICINE
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BLOOD
BLOOD CELLS
BODY FLUIDS
CHEMISTRY
ELEMENTS
ERYTHROCYTES
INVERTEBRATES
ISOTOPES
LIGHT NUCLEI
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NMR SPECTRA
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NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE
NUCLEI
ODD-EVEN NUCLEI
OXYGEN
PH VALUE
PHOSPHORUS 31
PHOSPHORUS ISOTOPES
PIGMENTS
RESONANCE
SPECTRA
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