期刊名称：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
印刷版ISSN：0027-8424
电子版ISSN：1091-6490
出版年度：1973
卷号：70
期号：9
页码：2595-2599
DOI：10.1073/pnas.70.9.2595
语种：English
出版社：The National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
摘要：Bifunctional pyridoxal derivatives with a charged side chain in the 5' position react specifically with the N-terminal valine residues of hemoglobin. Three of these compounds, which have only a single negative charge in the side chain, are highly selective for the [α]-chain N-terminal residues in the oxy conformation while pyridoxal phosphate, with two negative charges, reacts specifically with the {beta} N-terminal in deoxyhemoglobin. Schiff's base formation, therefore, results in decreased oxygen affinity with pyridoxal phosphate but increased oxygen affinity with the other three compounds. Reduction with sodium borohydride leads to irreversible coupling at either end of the molecule, and preparation and properties of such derivatives are described.
