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Infrared-monitored flash-photolysis of carboxymyoglobin

Vittitow, Joseph Lawrence

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Title
Infrared-monitored flash-photolysis of carboxymyoglobin
Author(s)
Vittitow, Joseph Lawrence
Issue Date
1989
Department of Study
Physics
Discipline
Physics
Degree Granting Institution
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Degree Name
Ph.D.
Degree Level
Dissertation
Keyword(s)
  • Physics, Molecular
  • Biophysics, General
Language
eng
Abstract
  • An infrared-monitored flash-photolysis apparatus capable of measuring absorbance changes to 10$\sp{-3}$OD over a time range from 10$\mu$s to 10s is described. Measurements made on this apparatus, combined with slower measurements made on a Fourier-transform infrared spectrometer, of the CO-rebinding kinetics of the A$\sb0$, A$\sb1$, and A$\sb3$ conformations of sperm-whale myoglobin (Mb) at atmospheric pressure and neutral pH are reported. The A$\sb0$, A$\sb1$, and A$\sb3$ rebinding kinetics are shown to be non-exponential and parameterized by activation-enthalpy distributions differing in prefactor $k\sb0\ (\log(k\sb0/s)$ = 10.8, 9.3, and 9.8 for the A$\sb0$, A$\sb1$, and A$\sb3$ conformations, respectively) and peak activation-enthalpy $H\sb{p}\ (H\sb{p} = 10.4$, 9.6, and 17.6 kJ/M, respectively).
  • "CO-rebinding kinetics of MbCO ensembles prepared along different paths in the pressure-temperature plane (""freeze"" and ""squeeze-freeze-release"" ensembles) monitored at two frequencies within the A$\sb1$ band are also reported. No differences between kinetics monitored at 1943.0cm$\sp{-1}$ and 1947.5cm$\sp{-1}$, and none between the kinetics of the freeze and squeeze-freeze-release ensembles, are resolved. The large uncertainty in the determination of the peak $H\sb{p}$ of the activation-enthalpy distribution ($H\sb{p}$ = 15 (+8,$-$7)kJ/M for the squeeze-freeze-release ensemble monitored at 1943.0cm$\sp{-1}$) suggests limits of the capability of the apparatus, which are discussed in terms of time resolution."
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Copyright 1989 Vittitow, Joseph Lawrence

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