Figure 1.
A Absorption spectra of γ-irradiated met Mb measured at 77 K after photobleaching with white light. (1) Met Mb before irradiation; (2) 10 kGy dose; (3) 20 kGy; (4) 40 kGy; (5) 70 kGy. The samples were prepared from the same stock solution and irradiated at 77 K up to the shown dose. B Absorption spectra of met Mb (ferric) and cryoreduced Mb (ferrous) measured at 77 K and shown in millimolar absorption units. These spectra were used as the spectral basis for the cryoreduction yield measurements. Insert: Spectra of irradiated apo Mb at a dose 70 kGy after photobleaching. Protein concentration were: (1) 0.6 mM, (2) 0.15 mM.