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Cation Modulation of Hemoglobin Interaction with Sodium n-Dodecyl Sulfate (SDS). III: Calcium Interaction with R- and Mixed Spin States of Hemoglobin S at pH 5.0: The Musical Chair Paradox

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We investigate the interaction of Ca2+ (0–500 µM) and a membrane mimic (0.60 mM SDS) with both the R- and mixed spin states hemoglobin S (HbS) as a function of time. These interactions were carried out at pH 5.0. We aim at ascertaining if there is or are differences in the UV–Visible spectra of such interactions to account for the dynamics of calcium ion concentrations [Ca2+] in initiating structures which may ultimately suggest HbS polymerization and or resistance to Plasmodium attack. From our results, we conclude that (a) simultaneous interaction of 40 µM Ca2+ and 0.60 mM SDS with the R state protein would promote structural formations that can “lock up” the protein for nucleation on the membranes and or become cytotoxic to the parasite; (b) simultaneous R state HbS-SDS or R state HbS-Ca2+ would lead to enhanced hemin formation and less deoxyHb species. This condition is unlikely to precipitate polymerization in the HbS but the resulting hemin would poison the parasite; (c) the mixed spin state HbS-SDS and 40 µM Ca2+ interaction yields more toxic products to that of the interaction of the mixed spin HbS-SDS with 500 µM Ca2+ thus suggesting why the 40 µM Ca2+ is important in parasite Hb proteolysis; and (d) pronounced structural changes on interaction with SDS and Ca2+ are more in the R state to the mixed spin state.

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  1. Department of Chemistry, University of Idaho, 875 Perimeter Dr. MS 2343, Moscow, ID, 83844-2343, USA

    Charles O. Nwamba

  2. Department of Biochemistry, University of Nigeria, Nsukka, Nigeria

    Ferdinand C. Chilaka

  3. Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran

    Ali Akbar Moosavi-Movahedi

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Nwamba, C.O., Chilaka, F.C. & Moosavi-Movahedi, A.A. Cation Modulation of Hemoglobin Interaction with Sodium n-Dodecyl Sulfate (SDS). III: Calcium Interaction with R- and Mixed Spin States of Hemoglobin S at pH 5.0: The Musical Chair Paradox. Cell Biochem Biophys 67, 547–555 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12013-013-9540-9

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