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The Structural Analysis of Large Noncovalent Oxygen Binding Proteins Current Protein <strong>and</strong> Peptide Science, 2008, Vol. 9, No. 2 157<br />

Fig. (1). Experimental data <strong>and</strong> models for AmHb <strong>and</strong> LtHb.<br />

(a) The bracelet model of HBL-Hb. Left: Electron micrographs of HBL-Hb, negatively stained. The arrows indicate the two frequent orientations;<br />

top view (t) <strong>and</strong> side view (s). Right: The bracelet model where 12 dodecamers decorate a framework of linkers. (b) Surface representation<br />

at a threshold displaying the expected molecular volume (EMV) of the native AmHb (left) <strong>and</strong> LtHb (right).The molecules observed<br />

along their 6-fold axis are displayed in such a way that the upper hexagonal layers have exactly the same orientations with the broken line<br />

joining opposite vertices vertically oriented. The vertices of the lower layer are 1° clockwise <strong>and</strong> 16° anticlockwise rotated relatively to those<br />

of the upper layer in AmHb <strong>and</strong> LtHb respectively. Another consequence of this rotation is the different shape of the holes (bordered by a<br />

black line). Because of the eclipsed disposition of the two layers, the hole is large in AmHb while the 16° rotation strongly reduces its size in<br />

LtHb (reprinted from [91], with permission from Elsevier). (c) The molecular weight of AmHb <strong>and</strong> LtHb determined by SEC-MALLS. Left:<br />

MALLS analysis of AmHb give an average molecular mass of 3 648 ± 24 kDa with a slight polydispersity as indicated by the slope of the<br />

individual estimates. Right: The calculated apparent molecular weight of the CO-hemoglobin of L. terrestris across the chromatographic peak<br />

(reprinted from [96], with permission from ASBMB). The calculated weight-average molecular mass for the entire peak is 4.10 ± 0.1 MDa<br />

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