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Burgmayer SJN, Kirk ML. Advancing Our Understanding of Pyranopterin-Dithiolene Contributions to Moco Enzyme Catalysis. Molecules 2023; 28:7456. [PMID: 38005178 PMCID: PMC10673323 DOI: 10.3390/molecules28227456] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/03/2023] [Revised: 10/23/2023] [Accepted: 10/24/2023] [Indexed: 11/26/2023] Open
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The pyranopterin dithiolene ligand is remarkable in terms of its geometric and electronic structure and is uniquely found in mononuclear molybdenum and tungsten enzymes. The pyranopterin dithiolene is found coordinated to the metal ion, deeply buried within the protein, and non-covalently attached to the protein via an extensive hydrogen bonding network that is enzyme-specific. However, the function of pyranopterin dithiolene in enzymatic catalysis has been difficult to determine. This focused account aims to provide an overview of what has been learned from the study of pyranopterin dithiolene model complexes of molybdenum and how these results relate to the enzyme systems. This work begins with a summary of what is known about the pyranopterin dithiolene ligand in the enzymes. We then introduce the development of inorganic small molecule complexes that model aspects of a coordinated pyranopterin dithiolene and discuss the results of detailed physical studies of the models by electronic absorption, resonance Raman, X-ray absorption and NMR spectroscopies, cyclic voltammetry, X-ray crystallography, and chemical reactivity.
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, The University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87131, USA
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Burgmayer SJN. Making Moco: A Personal History. Molecules 2023; 28:7296. [PMID: 37959716 PMCID: PMC10649979 DOI: 10.3390/molecules28217296] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/06/2023] [Revised: 10/19/2023] [Accepted: 10/23/2023] [Indexed: 11/15/2023] Open
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This contribution describes the path of my nearly forty-year quest to understand the special ligand coordinated to molybdenum and tungsten ions in their respective enzymes. Through this quest, I aimed to discover why nature did not simply use a methyl group on the dithiolene that chelates Mo and W but instead chose a complicated pyranopterin. My journey sought answers through the synthesis of model Mo compounds that allowed systematic investigations of the interactions between molybdenum and pterin and molybdenum and pterin-dithiolene and revealed special features of the pyranopterin dithiolene chelate bound to molybdenum.
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Kirk ML, Lepluart J, Yang J. Resonance Raman spectroscopy of pyranopterin molybdenum enzymes. J Inorg Biochem 2022; 235:111907. [PMID: 35932756 PMCID: PMC10575615 DOI: 10.1016/j.jinorgbio.2022.111907] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/30/2022] [Revised: 05/16/2022] [Accepted: 06/16/2022] [Indexed: 10/17/2022]
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Resonance Raman spectroscopy (rR) is a powerful spectroscopic probe that is widely used for studying the geometric and electronic structure of metalloproteins. In this focused review, we detail how resonance Raman spectroscopy has contributed to a greater understanding of electronic structure, geometric structure, and the reaction mechanisms of pyranopterin molybdenum enzymes. The review focuses on the enzymes sulfite oxidase (SO), dimethyl sulfoxide reductase (DMSOR), xanthine oxidase (XO), and carbon monoxide dehydrogenase. Specifically, we highlight how Mo-Ooxo, Mo-Ssulfido, Mo-Sdithiolene, and dithiolene CC vibrational modes, isotope and heavy atom perturbations, resonance enhancement, and associated Raman studies of small molecule analogs have provided detailed insight into the nature of these metalloenzyme active sites.
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- Martin L Kirk
- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, The University of New Mexico, MSC03 2060, 1 University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87131-0001, United States.
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, The University of New Mexico, MSC03 2060, 1 University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87131-0001, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, The University of New Mexico, MSC03 2060, 1 University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87131-0001, United States
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Gates C, Varnum H, Getty C, Loui N, Chen J, Kirk ML, Yang J, Nieter Burgmayer SJ. Protonation and Non-Innocent Ligand Behavior in Pyranopterin Dithiolene Molybdenum Complexes. Inorg Chem 2022; 61:13728-13742. [PMID: 36000991 PMCID: PMC10544801 DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.2c01234] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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The complex [TEA][Tp*MoIV(O)(S2BMOPP)] (1) [TEA = tetraethylammonium, Tp* = tris(3,5-dimethylpyrazolyl)hydroborate, and BMOPP = 6-(3-butynyl-2-methyl-2-ol)-2-pivaloyl pterin] is a structural analogue of the molybdenum cofactor common to all pyranopterin molybdenum enzymes because it possesses a pyranopterin-ene-1,2-dithiolate ligand (S2BMOPP) that exists primarily in the ring-closed pyrano structure as a resonance hybrid of ene-dithiolate and thione-thiolate forms. Compound 1, the protonated [Tp*MoIV(O)(S2BMOPP-H)] (1-H) and one-electron-oxidized [Tp*MoV(O)(S2BMOPP)] [1-Mo(5+)] species have been studied using a combination of electrochemistry, electronic absorption, and electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) spectroscopy. Additional insight into the nature of these molecules has been derived from electronic structure computations. Differences in dithiolene C-S bond lengths correlate with relative contributions from both ene-dithiolate and thione-thiolate resonance structures. Upon protonation of 1 to form 1-H, large spectroscopic changes are observed with transitions assigned as Mo(xy) → pyranopterin metal-to-ligand charge transfer and dithiolene → pyranopterin intraligand charge transfer, respectively, and this underscores a dramatic change in electronic structure between 1 and 1-H. The changes in electronic structure that occur upon protonation of 1 are also reflected in a large >300 mV increase in the Mo(V/IV) redox potential for 1-H, resulting from the greater thione-thiolate resonance contribution and decreased charge donation that stabilize the Mo(IV) state in 1-H with respect to one-electron oxidation. EPR spin Hamiltonian parameters for one-electron-oxidized 1-Mo(5+) and uncyclized [Tp*MoV(O)(S2BDMPP)] [3-Mo(5+)] [BDMPP = 6-(3-butynyl-2,2-dimethyl)-2-pivaloyl pterin] are very similar to each other and to those of [Tp*MoVO(bdt)] (bdt = 1,2-ene-dithiolate). This indicates that the dithiolate form of the ligand dominates at the Mo(V) level, consistent with the demand for greater S → Mo charge donation and a corresponding increase in Mo-S covalency as the oxidation state of the metal is increased. Protonation of 1 represents a simple reaction that models how the transfer of a proton from neighboring acidic amino acid residues to the Mo cofactor at a nitrogen atom within the pyranopterin dithiolene (PDT) ligand in pyranopterin molybdenum enzymes can impact the electronic structure of the Mo-PDT unit. This work also illustrates how pyran ring-chain tautomerization drives changes in resonance contributions to the dithiolene chelate and may adjust the reduction potential of the Mo ion.
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- Cassandra Gates
- Department of Chemistry, Bryn Mawr College, Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania 19010, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Bryn Mawr College, Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania 19010, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Bryn Mawr College, Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania 19010, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Bryn Mawr College, Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania 19010, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, The University of New Mexico, MSC03 2060, 1 University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87131-0001, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, The University of New Mexico, MSC03 2060, 1 University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87131-0001, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, The University of New Mexico, MSC03 2060, 1 University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87131-0001, United States
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Colston KJ, Basu P. Synthesis, Redox and Spectroscopic Properties of Pterin of Molybdenum Cofactors. Molecules 2022; 27:3324. [PMID: 35630801 PMCID: PMC9146068 DOI: 10.3390/molecules27103324] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/25/2022] [Revised: 05/18/2022] [Accepted: 05/19/2022] [Indexed: 12/10/2022] Open
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Pterins are bicyclic heterocycles that are found widely across Nature and are involved in a variety of biological functions. Notably, pterins are found at the core of molybdenum cofactor (Moco) containing enzymes in the molybdopterin (MPT) ligand that coordinates molybdenum and facilitates cofactor activity. Pterins are diverse and can be widely functionalized to tune their properties. Herein, the general methods of synthesis, redox and spectroscopic properties of pterin are discussed to provide more insight into pterin chemistry and their importance to biological systems.
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis, Indianapolis, IN 46202, USA;
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González PJ, Rivas MG, Ferroni FM, Rizzi AC, Brondino CD. Electron transfer pathways and spin–spin interactions in Mo- and Cu-containing oxidoreductases. Coord Chem Rev 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ccr.2021.214202] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Dille SA, Colston KJ, Ratvasky SC, Pu J, Basu P. Interligand communication in a metal mediated LL'CT system - a case study. RSC Adv 2021; 11:24381-24386. [PMID: 34354823 PMCID: PMC8285364 DOI: 10.1039/d1ra04716g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/17/2021] [Accepted: 07/06/2021] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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A series of oxo-Mo(iv) complexes, [MoO(Dt2−)(Dt0)] (where Dt2− = benzene-1,2-dithiol (bdt), toluene-3,4-dithiol (tdt), quinoxaline-2,3-dithiol (qdt), or 3,6-dichloro-benzene-1,2-dithiol (bdtCl2); Dt0 = N,N′-dimethylpiperazine-2,3-dithione (Me2Dt0) or N,N′-diisopropylpiperazine-2,3-dithione (iPr2Dt0)), possessing a fully oxidized and a fully reduced dithiolene ligand have been synthesized and characterized. The assigned oxidation states of coordinated dithiolene ligands are supported with spectral and crystallographic data. The molecular structure of [MoO(tdt)(iPr2Dt0)] (6) demonstrates a large ligand fold angle of 62.6° along the S⋯S vector of the Dt0 ligand. The electronic structure of this system is probed by density functional theory (DFT) calculations. The HOMO is largely localized on the Dt2− ligand while virtual orbitals are mostly Mo and Dt0 in character. Modeling the electronic spectrum of 6 with time dependent (TD) DFT calculations attributes the intense low energy transition at ∼18 000 cm−1 to a ligand-to-ligand charge transfer (LL′CT). The electron density difference map (EDDM) for the low energy transition depicts the electron rich Dt2− ligand donating charge density to the redox-active orbitals of the electron deficient Dt0 ligand. Electronic communication between dithiolene ligands is facilitated by a Mo-monooxo center and distortion about its primary coordination sphere. The interligand communication between non-innocent dithiolene ligands of different oxidation states has been described in a Mo system. The fully reduced ene-dithiolate (Dt2−) acts as a donor moiety to the oxidized dithione (Dt0) in an LL′CT process.![]()
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- Sara A Dille
- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Indiana University - Purdue University Indianapolis Indianapolis IN 46202 USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Indiana University - Purdue University Indianapolis Indianapolis IN 46202 USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Duquesne University Pittsburgh PA 15282 USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Indiana University - Purdue University Indianapolis Indianapolis IN 46202 USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Indiana University - Purdue University Indianapolis Indianapolis IN 46202 USA
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Dille SA, Colston KJ, Mogesa B, Cassell J, Perera E, Zeller M, Basu P. The Impact of Ligand Oxidation State and Fold Angle on the Charge Transfer Processes of Mo
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O‐Dithione Complexes. Eur J Inorg Chem 2021. [DOI: 10.1002/ejic.202001155] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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- Sara A. Dille
- School Science Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis 402 N. Blackford St. Indianapolis IN 462020 USA
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- School Science Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis 402 N. Blackford St. Indianapolis IN 462020 USA
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- Bayer School of Natural Science Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry Duquesne University 600 Forbes Ave. Pittsburgh PA 15282 USA
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- School Science Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis 402 N. Blackford St. Indianapolis IN 462020 USA
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- Bayer School of Natural Science Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry Duquesne University 600 Forbes Ave. Pittsburgh PA 15282 USA
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- College of Science Department of Chemistry Purdue University 560 Oval Dr. West Lafayette In 47907 USA
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- School Science Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis 402 N. Blackford St. Indianapolis IN 462020 USA
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Kirk ML, Kc K. Molybdenum and Tungsten Cofactors and the Reactions They Catalyze. Met Ions Life Sci 2020; 20:/books/9783110589757/9783110589757-015/9783110589757-015.xml. [PMID: 32851830 PMCID: PMC8176780 DOI: 10.1515/9783110589757-015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2023]
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The last 20 years have seen a dramatic increase in our mechanistic understanding of the reactions catalyzed by pyranopterin Mo and W enzymes. These enzymes possess a unique cofactor (Moco) that contains a novel ligand in bioinorganic chemistry, the pyranopterin ene-1,2-dithiolate. A synopsis of Moco biosynthesis and structure is presented, along with our current understanding of the role Moco plays in enzymatic catalysis. Oxygen atom transfer (OAT) reactivity is discussed in terms of breaking strong metal-oxo bonds and the mechanism of OAT catalyzed by enzymes of the sulfite oxidase (SO) family that possess dioxo Mo(VI) active sites. OAT reactivity is also discussed in members of the dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO) reductase family, which possess des-oxo Mo(IV) sites. Finally, we reveal what is known about hydride transfer reactivity in xanthine oxidase (XO) family enzymes and the formate dehydrogenases. The formal hydride transfer reactivity catalyzed by xanthine oxidase family enzymes is complex and cleaves substrate C-H bonds using a mechanism that is distinct from monooxygenases. The chapter primarily highlights developments in the field that have occurred since ~2000, which have contributed to our collective structural and mechanistic understanding of the three canonical pyranopterin Mo enzymes families: XO, SO, and DMSO reductase.
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Here we highlight past work on metal-dithiolene interactions and how the unique electronic structure of the metal-dithiolene unit contributes to both the oxidative and reductive half reactions in pyranopterin molybdenum and tungsten enzymes. The metallodithiolene electronic structures detailed here were interrogated using multiple ground and excited state spectroscopic probes on the enzymes and their small molecule analogs. The spectroscopic results have been interpreted in the context of bonding and spectroscopic calculations, and the pseudo-Jahn-Teller effect. The dithiolene is a unique ligand with respect to its redox active nature, electronic synergy with the pyranopterin component of the molybdenum cofactor, and the ability to undergo chelate ring distortions that control covalency, reduction potential, and reactivity in pyranopterin molybdenum and tungsten enzymes.
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- Jing Yang
- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, The University of New Mexico, MSC03 2060, Albuquerque, NM 87131-0001, USA
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- Department of Chemistry Biochemistry, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, The University of New Mexico, MSC03 2060, Albuquerque, NM 87131-0001, USA
- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +1-505-277-5992
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Nasibipour M, Safaei E, Wojtczak A, Jagličić Z, Galindo A, Masoumpour MS. A biradical oxo-molybdenum complex containing semiquinone and o-aminophenol benzoxazole-based ligands. RSC Adv 2020; 10:40853-40866. [PMID: 35519205 PMCID: PMC9059147 DOI: 10.1039/d0ra06351g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/21/2020] [Accepted: 10/16/2020] [Indexed: 12/27/2022] Open
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We report a new mononuclear molybdenum(iv) complex, MoOLBISLSQ, in which LSQ (2,4-di-tert-butyl o-semibenzoquinone ligand) has been prepared from the reaction of the o-iminosemibenzoquinone form of a tridentate non-innocent benzoxazole ligand, LBIS, and MoO2(acac)2. The complex was characterized by X-ray crystallography, elemental analysis, IR and UV-vis spectroscopy and magnetic susceptibility measurements. The crystal structure of MoOLBISLSQ revealed a distorted octahedral geometry around the metal centre, surrounded by one O and two N atoms of LBIS and two O atoms of LSQ. The effective magnetic moment (μeff) of MoOLBISLSQ decreased from 2.36 to 0.2 μB in the temperature range of 290 to 2 K, indicating a singlet ground state caused by antiferromagnetic coupling between the metal and ligand centred unpaired electrons. Also, the latter led to the EPR silence of the complex. Cyclic voltammetry (CV) studies indicate both ligand and metal-centered redox processes. MoOLBISLSQ was applied as a catalyst for the oxidative cleavage of cyclohexene to adipic acid and selective oxidation of sulfides to sulfones with aqueous hydrogen peroxide. Biradical molybdenum(iv) complex, MoOLBISLSQ, has been prepared from the reaction of the o-iminosemibenzoquinone form of a tridentate non-innocent benzoxazole ligand, LBIS, and MoO2(acac)2 and used as catalyst in oxidation reaction..![]()
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- Mina Nasibipour
- Department of Chemistry
- College of Sciences
- Shiraz University
- Shiraz
- Iran
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- Department of Chemistry
- College of Sciences
- Shiraz University
- Shiraz
- Iran
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- Nicolaus Copernicus University
- Faculty of Chemistry
- 87-100 Torun
- Poland
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- Institute of Mathematics
- Physics and Mechanics & Faculty of Civil and Geodetic Engineering
- University of Ljubljana
- Ljubljana
- Slovenia
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- Departamento de Química Inorgánica
- Facultad de Química
- Universidad de Sevilla
- 41071 Sevilla
- Spain
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Gisewhite DR, Nagelski AL, Cummins DC, Yap GPA, Burgmayer SJN. Modeling Pyran Formation in the Molybdenum Cofactor: Protonation of Quinoxalyl-Dithiolene Promoting Pyran Cyclization. Inorg Chem 2019; 58:5134-5144. [PMID: 30942584 DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.9b00194] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Mononuclear Mo and W enzymes require a unique ligand known as molybdopterin (MPT). This ligand binds the metal through a dithiolene chelate, and the dithiolene bridges a reduced pyranopterin group. Pyran scission and formation have been proposed as a reaction of the MPT ligand that may occur within the enzymes to adjust reactivity at the Mo atom. We address this issue by investigating oxo-Mo(IV) model complexes containing dithiolenes substituted by pterin or quinoxaline and a hydroxyalkyl poised to form a pyran ring. While the pterin-dithiolene model complex exhibits a low energy, reversible pyran cyclization, here we report that pyran cyclization does not spontaneously occur in the quinoxalyl-dithiolene model. However, protonating the quinoxalyl-dithiolene model induces pyran cyclization forming an unstable, pyrano-quinoxalyl-dithiolene complex which subsequently dehydrates and rearranges to a pyrrolo-quinoxlyl-dithiolene complex that was previously characterized. The protonated pyrano-quinoxalyl-dithiolene complex was characterized by absorption spectroscopy and cyclic voltammetry, and these results suggest pyran cyclization leads to a significant change in the Mo electronic structure exhibited as a strong intraligand charge transfer (ILCT) transition and 370 mV positive shift of the Mo(V/IV) reduction potential. The influence of protonation on quinoxaline reactivity supports the hypothesis that the local protein environment in the second coordination sphere of molybdenum cofactor (Moco) could control pyran cyclization. The results also demonstrate that the remarkable chemical reactivity of the pterin-dithiolene ligand is subtly distinct and not reproduced by the simpler quinoxaline analog that is often used to replace pterin in synthetic Moco models.
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- Douglas R Gisewhite
- Department of Chemistry , Bryn Mawr College , Bryn Mawr , Pennsylvania 19010 , United States
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- Department of Chemistry , Bryn Mawr College , Bryn Mawr , Pennsylvania 19010 , United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry , University of Delaware , Newark , Delaware 19716 , United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry , University of Delaware , Newark , Delaware 19716 , United States
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- Department of Chemistry , Bryn Mawr College , Bryn Mawr , Pennsylvania 19010 , United States
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Chrysochos N, Ahmadi M, Wahlefeld S, Rippers Y, Zebger I, Mroginski MA, Schulzke C. Comparison of molybdenum and rhenium oxo bis-pyrazine-dithiolene complexes - in search of an alternative metal centre for molybdenum cofactor models. Dalton Trans 2019; 48:2701-2714. [PMID: 30720825 DOI: 10.1039/c8dt04237c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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A pair of structurally precise analogues of molybdenum and rhenium complexes, [Et4N]/K2[MoO(prdt)2] and K[ReO(prdt)2] (prdt = pyrazine-2,3-dithiolene), were synthesized. These complexes serve as structural models for the active sites of bacterial molybdenum cofactor containing enzymes. They were comprehensively characterized and investigated by NMR, computationally supported IR and resonance Raman spectroscopy, cyclic voltammetry, mass spectrometry, elemental analysis and single-crystal X-ray diffraction. All compiled data are discussed in the context of comparing chemical and electronic structures and consequences thereof. This study constitutes the first investigation of a potential alternative Moco model system bearing rhenium as the central metal in an identical coordination environment to its molybdenum analogue. Structural evaluation revealed a slightly stronger M[double bond, length as m-dash]O bond in the rhenium complex in accordance with spectroscopic results, i.e. observed bond strengths. Thermodynamic parameters for the redox processes MoIV ↔ MoV and ReIV ↔ ReV were obtained by temperature dependent cyclic voltammetry. In contrast to molybdenum, rhenium loses entropy upon reduction and its redox potential is more temperature sensitive, indicating more significant differences than the respective diagonal relationship between the two metals in the periodic table might suggest and questioning rhenium's suitability as a functional artificial active site metal.
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- Nicolas Chrysochos
- Institut für Biochemie, Universität Greifswald, Felix-Hausdorff-Straße 4, 17487 Greifswald, Germany.
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Coordination chemistry of mononuclear ruthenium complexes bearing versatile 1,8-naphthyridine units: Utilization of specific reaction sites constructed by the secondary coordination sphere. Coord Chem Rev 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ccr.2017.11.024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Gisewhite DR, Yang J, Williams BR, Esmail A, Stein B, Kirk ML, Burgmayer SJN. Implications of Pyran Cyclization and Pterin Conformation on Oxidized Forms of the Molybdenum Cofactor. J Am Chem Soc 2018; 140:12808-12818. [PMID: 30200760 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.8b05777] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/17/2023]
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The large family of mononuclear molybdenum and tungsten enzymes all possess the special ligand molybdopterin (MPT), which consists of a metal-binding dithiolene chelate covalently bound to a pyranopterin group. MPT pyran cyclization/scission processes have been proposed to modulate the reactivity of the metal center during catalysis. We have designed several small-molecule models for the Mo-MPT cofactor that allow detailed investigation into how pyran cyclization modulates electronic communication between the dithiolene and pterin moieties and how this cyclization alters the electronic environment of the molybdenum catalytic site. Using a combination of cyclic voltammetry, vibrational spectroscopy (FT-IR and rR), electronic absorption spectroscopy, and X-ray absorption spectroscopy, distinct changes in the Mo≡O stretching frequency, Mo(V/IV) reduction potential, and electronic structure across the pterin-dithiolene ligand are observed as a function of pyran ring closure. The results are significant, for they reveal that a dihydropyranopterin is electronically coupled into the Mo-dithiolene group due to a coplanar conformation of the pterin and dithiolene units, providing a mechanism for the electron-deficient pterin to modulate the Mo environment. A spectroscopic signature identified for the dihydropyranopterin-dithiolene ligand on Mo is a strong dithiolene → pterin charge transfer transition. In the absence of a pyran group bridge between pterin and dithiolene, the pterin rotates out of plane, largely decoupling the system. The results support a hypothesis that pyran cyclization/scission processes in MPT may function as a molecular switch to electronically couple and decouple the pterin and dithiolene to adjust the redox properties in certain pyranopterin molybdenum enzymes.
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- Douglas R Gisewhite
- Department of Chemistry , Bryn Mawr College , Bryn Mawr , Pennsylvania 19010 , United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology , The University of New Mexico , MSC03 2060, 1 University of New Mexico , Albuquerque , New Mexico 87131-0001 , United States
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- Department of Chemistry , Bryn Mawr College , Bryn Mawr , Pennsylvania 19010 , United States
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- Department of Chemistry , Bryn Mawr College , Bryn Mawr , Pennsylvania 19010 , United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology , The University of New Mexico , MSC03 2060, 1 University of New Mexico , Albuquerque , New Mexico 87131-0001 , United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology , The University of New Mexico , MSC03 2060, 1 University of New Mexico , Albuquerque , New Mexico 87131-0001 , United States
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- Department of Chemistry , Bryn Mawr College , Bryn Mawr , Pennsylvania 19010 , United States
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Dong C, Yang J, Reschke S, Leimkühler S, Kirk ML. Vibrational Probes of Molybdenum Cofactor-Protein Interactions in Xanthine Dehydrogenase. Inorg Chem 2017; 56:6830-6837. [PMID: 28590138 DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.7b00028] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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The pyranopterin dithiolene (PDT) ligand is an integral component of the molybdenum cofactor (Moco) found in all molybdoenzymes with the sole exception of nitrogenase. However, the roles of the PDT in catalysis are still unknown. The PDT is believed to be bound to the proteins by an extensive hydrogen-bonding network, and it has been suggested that these interactions may function to fine-tune Moco for electron- and atom-transfer reactivity in catalysis. Here, we use resonance Raman (rR) spectroscopy to probe Moco-protein interactions using heavy-atom congeners of lumazine, molecules that bind tightly to both wild-type xanthine dehydrogenase (wt-XDH) and its Q102G and Q197A variants following enzymatic hydroxylation to the corresponding violapterin product molecules. The resulting enzyme-product complexes possess intense near-IR absorption, allowing high-quality rR spectra to be collected on wt-XDH and the Q102G and Q197A variants. Small negative frequency shifts relative to wt-XDH are observed for the low-frequency Moco vibrations. These results are interpreted in the context of weak hydrogen-bonding and/or electrostatic interactions between Q102 and the -NH2 terminus of the PDT, and between Q197 and the terminal oxo of the Mo≡O group. The Q102A, Q102G, Q197A, and Q197E variants do not appreciably affect the kinetic parameters kred and kred/KD, indicating that a primary role for these glutamine residues is to stabilize and coordinate Moco in the active site of XO family enzymes but to not directly affect the catalytic throughput. Raman frequency shifts between wt-XDH and its Q102G variant suggest that the changes in the electron density at the Mo ion that accompany Mo oxidation during electron-transfer regeneration of the catalytically competent active site are manifest in distortions at the distant PDT amino terminus. This implies a primary role for the PDT as a conduit for facilitating enzymatic electron-transfer reactivity in xanthine oxidase family enzymes.
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- Chao Dong
- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, The University of New Mexico , MSC03 2060, 1 University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87131-0001, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, The University of New Mexico , MSC03 2060, 1 University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87131-0001, United States
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- Institute of Biochemistry and Biology, Department of Molecular Enzymology, University of Potsdam , 14476 Potsdam, Germany
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- Institute of Biochemistry and Biology, Department of Molecular Enzymology, University of Potsdam , 14476 Potsdam, Germany
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, The University of New Mexico , MSC03 2060, 1 University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87131-0001, United States
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- Charles G. Young
- Department of Chemistry and PhysicsLa Trobe Institute for Molecular ScienceLa Trobe University3086MelbourneVictoriaAustralia
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Yang J, Mogesa B, Basu P, Kirk ML. Large Ligand Folding Distortion in an Oxomolybdenum Donor-Acceptor Complex. Inorg Chem 2015; 55:785-93. [PMID: 26692422 DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.5b02252] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Interligand charge transfer is examined in the novel metallo-dithiolene complex MoO(SPh)2((i)Pr2Dt(0)) (where (i)Pr2Dt(0) = N,N'-isopropyl-piperazine-2,3-dithione). The title complex displays a remarkable 70° "envelope"-type fold of the five-membered dithiolene ring, which is bent upward toward the terminal oxo ligand. A combination of electronic absorption and resonance Raman spectroscopies have been used to probe the basic electronic structure responsible for the large fold-angle distortion. The intense charge transfer transition observed at ∼18 000 cm(-1) is assigned as a thiolate → dithione ligand-to-ligand charge transfer (LL'CT) transition that also possesses Mo(IV) → dithione charge transfer character. Strong orbital mixing between occupied and virtual orbitals with Mo(x(2)-y(2)) orbital character is derived from a strong pseudo Jahn-Teller effect, which drives the large fold-angle distortion to yield a double-well potential in the electronic ground state.
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- Jing Yang
- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, The University of New Mexico , MSC03 2060, 1 University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87131-0001, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Duquesne University , Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15282, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Duquesne University , Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15282, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, The University of New Mexico , MSC03 2060, 1 University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87131-0001, United States
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Wu SY, Rothery RA, Weiner JH. Pyranopterin Coordination Controls Molybdenum Electrochemistry in Escherichia coli Nitrate Reductase. J Biol Chem 2015; 290:25164-73. [PMID: 26297003 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m115.665422] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/14/2015] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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We test the hypothesis that pyranopterin (PPT) coordination plays a critical role in defining molybdenum active site redox chemistry and reactivity in the mononuclear molybdoenzymes. The molybdenum atom of Escherichia coli nitrate reductase A (NarGHI) is coordinated by two PPT-dithiolene chelates that are defined as proximal and distal based on their proximity to a [4Fe-4S] cluster known as FS0. We examined variants of two sets of residues involved in PPT coordination: (i) those interacting directly or indirectly with the pyran oxygen of the bicyclic distal PPT (NarG-Ser(719), NarG-His(1163), and NarG-His(1184)); and (ii) those involved in bridging the two PPTs and stabilizing the oxidation state of the proximal PPT (NarG-His(1092) and NarG-His(1098)). A S719A variant has essentially no effect on the overall Mo(VI/IV) reduction potential, whereas the H1163A and H1184A variants elicit large effects (ΔEm values of -88 and -36 mV, respectively). Ala variants of His(1092) and His(1098) also elicit large ΔEm values of -143 and -101 mV, respectively. An Arg variant of His(1092) elicits a small ΔEm of +18 mV on the Mo(VI/IV) reduction potential. There is a linear correlation between the molybdenum Em value and both enzyme activity and the ability to support anaerobic respiratory growth on nitrate. These data support a non-innocent role for the PPT moieties in controlling active site metal redox chemistry and catalysis.
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- Sheng-Yi Wu
- From the Department of Biochemistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta T6G 2H7, Canada
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- From the Department of Biochemistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta T6G 2H7, Canada
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- From the Department of Biochemistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta T6G 2H7, Canada
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Jurss JW, Khnayzer RS, Panetier JA, El Roz KA, Nichols EM, Head-Gordon M, Long JR, Castellano FN, Chang CJ. Bioinspired design of redox-active ligands for multielectron catalysis: effects of positioning pyrazine reservoirs on cobalt for electro- and photocatalytic generation of hydrogen from water. Chem Sci 2015; 6:4954-4972. [PMID: 29142725 PMCID: PMC5664355 DOI: 10.1039/c5sc01414j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 81] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/18/2015] [Accepted: 06/09/2015] [Indexed: 01/18/2023] Open
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Mononuclear metalloenzymes in nature can function in cooperation with precisely positioned redox-active organic cofactors in order to carry out multielectron catalysis. Inspired by the finely tuned redox management of these bioinorganic systems, we present the design, synthesis, and experimental and theoretical characterization of a homologous series of cobalt complexes bearing redox-active pyrazines. These donor moieties are locked into key positions within a pentadentate ligand scaffold in order to evaluate the effects of positioning redox non-innocent ligands on hydrogen evolution catalysis. Both metal- and ligand-centered redox features are observed in organic as well as aqueous solutions over a range of pH values, and comparison with analogs bearing redox-inactive zinc(ii) allows for assignments of ligand-based redox events. Varying the geometric placement of redox non-innocent pyrazine donors on isostructural pentadentate ligand platforms results in marked effects on observed cobalt-catalyzed proton reduction activity. Electrocatalytic hydrogen evolution from weak acids in acetonitrile solution, under diffusion-limited conditions, reveals that the pyrazine donor of axial isomer 1-Co behaves as an unproductive electron sink, resulting in high overpotentials for proton reduction, whereas the equatorial pyrazine isomer complex 2-Co is significantly more active for hydrogen generation at lower voltages. Addition of a second equatorial pyrazine in complex 3-Co further minimizes overpotentials required for catalysis. The equatorial derivative 2-Co is also superior to its axial 1-Co congener for electrocatalytic and visible-light photocatalytic hydrogen generation in biologically relevant, neutral pH aqueous media. Density functional theory calculations (B3LYP-D2) indicate that the first reduction of catalyst isomers 1-Co, 2-Co, and 3-Co is largely metal-centered while the second reduction occurs at pyrazine. Taken together, the data establish that proper positioning of non-innocent pyrazine ligands on a single cobalt center is indeed critical for promoting efficient hydrogen catalysis in aqueous media, akin to optimally positioned redox-active cofactors in metalloenzymes. In a broader sense, these findings highlight the significance of electronic structure considerations in the design of effective electron-hole reservoirs for multielectron transformations.
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- Jonah W Jurss
- Department of Chemistry , University of California , Berkeley , California 94720 , USA . ; ;
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry , University of Mississippi , University , MS 38677 , USA
- Chemical Sciences Division , Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory , Berkeley , California 94720 , USA
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- Department of Chemistry , North Carolina State University , Raleigh , NC 27695-8204 , USA .
- Department of Natural Sciences , Lebanese American University , Beirut 1102-2801 , Chouran , Lebanon
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- Department of Chemistry , University of California , Berkeley , California 94720 , USA . ; ;
- Materials Sciences Division , Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory , Berkeley , California 94720 , USA
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- Department of Chemistry , North Carolina State University , Raleigh , NC 27695-8204 , USA .
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- Department of Chemistry , University of California , Berkeley , California 94720 , USA . ; ;
- Chemical Sciences Division , Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory , Berkeley , California 94720 , USA
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- Department of Chemistry , University of California , Berkeley , California 94720 , USA . ; ;
- Chemical Sciences Division , Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory , Berkeley , California 94720 , USA
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- Department of Chemistry , University of California , Berkeley , California 94720 , USA . ; ;
- Materials Sciences Division , Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory , Berkeley , California 94720 , USA
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- Department of Chemistry , North Carolina State University , Raleigh , NC 27695-8204 , USA .
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- Department of Chemistry , University of California , Berkeley , California 94720 , USA . ; ;
- Department of Molecular and Cell Biology , University of California , Berkeley , California 94720 , USA
- Chemical Sciences Division , Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory , Berkeley , California 94720 , USA
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute , University of California , Berkeley , California 94720 , USA
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Majumdar A. Structural and functional models in molybdenum and tungsten bioinorganic chemistry: description of selected model complexes, present scenario and possible future scopes. Dalton Trans 2015; 43:8990-9003. [PMID: 24798698 DOI: 10.1039/c4dt00631c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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A brief description about some selected model complexes in molybdenum and tungsten bioinorganic chemistry is provided. The synthetic strategies involved and their limitations are discussed. Current status of molybdenum and tungsten bioinorganic modeling chemistry is presented briefly and synthetic problems associated therein are analyzed. Possible future directions which may expand the scope of modeling chemistry are suggested.
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- Amit Majumdar
- Department of Inorganic Chemistry, Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science, 2A & 2B Raja S. C. Mullick Road, Jadavpur, Kolkata 700032, India.
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Williams BR, Gisewhite D, Kalinsky A, Esmail A, Burgmayer SJN. Solvent-Dependent Pyranopterin Cyclization in Molybdenum Cofactor Model Complexes. Inorg Chem 2015; 54:8214-22. [PMID: 25942001 DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.5b00532] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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The conserved pterin dithiolene ligand that coordinates molybdenum (Mo) in the cofactor (Moco) of mononuclear Mo enzymes can exist in both a tricyclic pyranopterin dithiolene form and as a bicyclic pterin-dithiolene form as observed in protein crystal structures of several bacterial molybdoenzymes. Interconversion between the tricyclic and bicyclic forms via pyran scission and cyclization has been hypothesized to play a role in the catalytic mechanism of Moco. Therefore, understanding the interconversion between the tricyclic and bicyclic forms, a type of ring-chain tautomerism, is an important aspect of study to understand its role in catalysis. In this study, equilibrium constants (K(eq)) as well as enthalpy, entropy, and free energy values are obtained for pyran ring tautomerism exhibited by two Moco model complexes, namely, (Et4N)[Tp*Mo(O)(S2BMOPP)] (1) and (Et4N)[Tp*Mo(O)(S2PEOPP)] (2), as a solvent-dependent equilibrium process. Keq values obtained from (1)H NMR data in seven deuterated solvents show a correlation between solvent polarity and tautomer form, where solvents with higher polarity parameters favor the pyran form.
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- Benjamin R Williams
- Department of Chemistry, Bryn Mawr College , Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania 19010, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Bryn Mawr College , Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania 19010, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Bryn Mawr College , Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania 19010, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Bryn Mawr College , Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania 19010, United States
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Basu P, Nieter Burgmayer SJ. Recent developments in the study of molybdoenzyme models. J Biol Inorg Chem 2015; 20:373-83. [PMID: 25578808 PMCID: PMC4336637 DOI: 10.1007/s00775-014-1228-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/09/2014] [Accepted: 12/07/2014] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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Over the past two decades, a plethora of crystal structures of molybdenum enzymes has appeared in the literature providing a clearer picture of the enzymatic active sites and increasing the challenge to chemists to develop accurate models for those sites. In this minireview we discuss the most recent model studies aimed to reproduce detailed features of the pterin-dithiolene ligand, both as the uncoordinated form and as a chelate coordinated to molybdenum.
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- Partha Basu
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Duquesne University, Pittsburgh, PA 15282
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Rothery RA, Weiner JH. Shifting the metallocentric molybdoenzyme paradigm: the importance of pyranopterin coordination. J Biol Inorg Chem 2014; 20:349-72. [PMID: 25267303 DOI: 10.1007/s00775-014-1194-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/30/2014] [Accepted: 09/15/2014] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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In this review, we test the hypothesis that pyranopterin coordination plays a critical role in defining substrate reactivities in the four families of mononuclear molybdenum and tungsten enzymes (Mo/W-enzymes). Enzyme families containing a single pyranopterin dithiolene chelate have been demonstrated to have reactivity towards two (sulfite oxidase, SUOX-fold) and five (xanthine dehydrogenase, XDH-fold) types of substrate, whereas the major family of enzymes containing a bis-pyranopterin dithiolene chelate (dimethylsulfoxide reductase, DMSOR-fold) is reactive towards eight types of substrate. A second bis-pyranopterin enzyme (aldehyde oxidoreductase, AOR-fold) family catalyzes a single type of reaction. The diversity of reactions catalyzed by each family correlates with active site variability, and also with the number of pyranopterins and their coordination by the protein. In the case of the AOR-fold enzymes, inflexibility of pyranopterin coordination correlates with their limited substrate specificity (oxidation of aldehydes). In examples of the SUOX-fold and DMSOR-fold enzymes, we observe three types of histidine-containing charge-transfer relays that can: (1) connect the piperazine ring of the pyranopterin to the substrate-binding site (SUOX-fold enzymes); (2) provide inter-pyranopterin communication (DMSOR-fold enzymes); and (3) connect a pyran ring oxygen to deeply buried water molecules (the DMSOR-fold NarGHI-type nitrate reductases). Finally, sequence data mining reveals a number of bacterial species whose predicted proteomes contain large numbers (up to 64) of Mo/W-enzymes, with the DMSOR-fold enzymes being dominant. These analyses also reveal an inverse correlation between Mo/W-enzyme content and pathogenicity.
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- Richard A Rothery
- Department of Biochemistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, T6G 2H7, Canada
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Sparacino-Watkins C, Stolz JF, Basu P. Nitrate and periplasmic nitrate reductases. Chem Soc Rev 2014; 43:676-706. [PMID: 24141308 DOI: 10.1039/c3cs60249d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 186] [Impact Index Per Article: 18.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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The nitrate anion is a simple, abundant and relatively stable species, yet plays a significant role in global cycling of nitrogen, global climate change, and human health. Although it has been known for quite some time that nitrate is an important species environmentally, recent studies have identified potential medical applications. In this respect the nitrate anion remains an enigmatic species that promises to offer exciting science in years to come. Many bacteria readily reduce nitrate to nitrite via nitrate reductases. Classified into three distinct types--periplasmic nitrate reductase (Nap), respiratory nitrate reductase (Nar) and assimilatory nitrate reductase (Nas), they are defined by their cellular location, operon organization and active site structure. Of these, Nap proteins are the focus of this review. Despite similarities in the catalytic and spectroscopic properties Nap from different Proteobacteria are phylogenetically distinct. This review has two major sections: in the first section, nitrate in the nitrogen cycle and human health, taxonomy of nitrate reductases, assimilatory and dissimilatory nitrate reduction, cellular locations of nitrate reductases, structural and redox chemistry are discussed. The second section focuses on the features of periplasmic nitrate reductase where the catalytic subunit of the Nap and its kinetic properties, auxiliary Nap proteins, operon structure and phylogenetic relationships are discussed.
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Dong C, Yang J, Leimkühler S, Kirk ML. Pyranopterin dithiolene distortions relevant to electron transfer in xanthine oxidase/dehydrogenase. Inorg Chem 2014; 53:7077-9. [PMID: 24979205 PMCID: PMC4215880 DOI: 10.1021/ic500873y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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The reducing substrates 4-thiolumazine and 2,4-dithiolumazine have been used to form Mo(IV)-product complexes with xanthine oxidase (XO) and xanthine dehydrogenase. These Mo(IV)-product complexes display an intense metal-to-ligand charge-transfer (MLCT) band in the near-infrared region of the spectrum. Optical pumping into this MLCT band yields resonance Raman spectra of the Mo site that are devoid of contributions from the highly absorbing FAD and 2Fe2S clusters in the protein. The resonance Raman spectra reveal in-plane bending modes of the bound product and low-frequency molybdenum dithiolene and pyranopterin dithiolene vibrational modes. This work provides keen insight into the role of the pyranopterin dithiolene in electron-transfer reactivity.
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- Chao Dong
- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, The University of New Mexico , MSC03 2060, 1 University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87131-0001, United States
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Hilken S, Kaletta F, Heinsch A, Neudörfl JM, Berkessel A. Synthesis of an Oxidation-Stable Analogue of Cyclic Pyranopterin Monophosphate (cPMP). European J Org Chem 2014. [DOI: 10.1002/ejoc.201301784] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Marangon J, Correia HD, Brondino CD, Moura JJG, Romão MJ, González PJ, Santos-Silva T. Kinetic and structural studies of aldehyde oxidoreductase from Desulfovibrio gigas reveal a dithiolene-based chemistry for enzyme activation and inhibition by H(2)O(2). PLoS One 2014; 8:e83234. [PMID: 24391748 PMCID: PMC3877041 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0083234] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/02/2013] [Accepted: 10/31/2013] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Mononuclear Mo-containing enzymes of the xanthine oxidase (XO) family catalyze the oxidative hydroxylation of aldehydes and heterocyclic compounds. The molybdenum active site shows a distorted square-pyramidal geometry in which two ligands, a hydroxyl/water molecule (the catalytic labile site) and a sulfido ligand, have been shown to be essential for catalysis. The XO family member aldehyde oxidoreductase from Desulfovibrio gigas (DgAOR) is an exception as presents in its catalytically competent form an equatorial oxo ligand instead of the sulfido ligand. Despite this structural difference, inactive samples of DgAOR can be activated upon incubation with dithionite plus sulfide, a procedure similar to that used for activation of desulfo-XO. The fact that DgAOR does not need a sulfido ligand for catalysis indicates that the process leading to the activation of inactive DgAOR samples is different to that of desulfo-XO. We now report a combined kinetic and X-ray crystallographic study to unveil the enzyme modification responsible for the inactivation and the chemistry that occurs at the Mo site when DgAOR is activated. In contrast to XO, which is activated by resulfuration of the Mo site, DgAOR activation/inactivation is governed by the oxidation state of the dithiolene moiety of the pyranopterin cofactor, which demonstrates the non-innocent behavior of the pyranopterin in enzyme activity. We also showed that DgAOR incubation with dithionite plus sulfide in the presence of dioxygen produces hydrogen peroxide not associated with the enzyme activation. The peroxide molecule coordinates to molybdenum in a η2 fashion inhibiting the enzyme activity.
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- Jacopo Marangon
- REQUIMTE/CQFB, Departamento de Química, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Caparica, Setubal, Portugal
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- REQUIMTE/CQFB, Departamento de Química, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Caparica, Setubal, Portugal
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- Departamento de Física, Facultad de Bioquímica y Ciencias Biológicas, Universidad Nacional del Litoral, Santa Fe, Argentina
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- REQUIMTE/CQFB, Departamento de Química, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Caparica, Setubal, Portugal
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- REQUIMTE/CQFB, Departamento de Química, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Caparica, Setubal, Portugal
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- REQUIMTE/CQFB, Departamento de Química, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Caparica, Setubal, Portugal
- Departamento de Física, Facultad de Bioquímica y Ciencias Biológicas, Universidad Nacional del Litoral, Santa Fe, Argentina
- * E-mail: (PJG); (TS-S)
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- REQUIMTE/CQFB, Departamento de Química, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Caparica, Setubal, Portugal
- * E-mail: (PJG); (TS-S)
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Espa D, Pilia L, Marchiò L, Mercuri ML, Serpe A, Sessini E, Deplano P. Near-infrared pigments based on ion-pair charge transfer salts of dicationic and dianionic metal-dithiolene [M(II) = Pd, Pt] complexes. Dalton Trans 2013; 42:12429-39. [PMID: 23863989 DOI: 10.1039/c3dt51407b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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Mixing [M(Et2dazdt)2](BF4)2 [M = Ni(II), Pd(II), Pt(II); Et2dazdt = N,N'-diethyl-perhydrodiazepine-2,3-dithione] with (Bu4N)2[M(mnt)2] (mnt = maleonitrile-2,3-dithiolate) in CH3CN produces the known mixed ligand dithiolene complex [Ni(Et2dazdt)(mnt)] in the nickel case and ion-pair salts [M(Et2dazdt)2][M(mnt)2] in the palladium (1) and platinum (2) cases. Structural characterization of 2 shows that the anionic (donor) and cationic (acceptor) complexes form an irregular stack that lies in the bc crystallographic plane. The shortest contacts exchanged by the anion and cation molecules within each stack are those occurring through the hydrogen atoms of the CH2 groups of Et2dazdt and the Pt(2)-S(22) segment (d(H(81a)-S(22) = 2.981(3) Å) and the nitrogen atom of the cyano group of mnt and the carbon atom of one of the thione moieties (d(N(12)-C(11) = 3.179(3) Å). The Pt atom of [Pt(mnt)2](2-) is surrounded by two hydrogen atoms of the Et2dazdt ligand, whereas the Pt atom of [Pt(Et2dazdt)2](2+) is surrounded by two carbon atoms of the dithiolate moiety of mnt. Intramolecular interactions are due to contacts exchanged mainly through H-atoms, which are suitable to mediate charge-transfer (CT) interactions. In fact, these salts are characterized by a long wavelength CT peak [λmax = 905 nm (1), 937 nm (2)], which makes them candidates as near-infrared pigments, whose properties are tunable with the redox features of the components, the energy of the NIR absorption being relatable to the driving force of electron transfer from the donor (dianion) to the acceptor (dication). A thorough description of interactions occurring between the complex anions and complex cations has been achieved by investigating the Hirshfeld surface (HS) properties. Computational methods are in agreement with experimental findings and allow us to highlight the electronic features of the components of these CT salts, providing a structure-property relationship, useful in designing new candidates to optimize the desired properties.
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- Davide Espa
- Dipartimento di Scienze Chimiche e Geologiche, Research Unit of INSTM, Università di Cagliari, S.S. 554-Bivio per Sestu, I09042 Monserrato-Cagliari, Italy
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Kapovsky M, Dares C, Dodsworth ES, Begum RA, Raco V, Lever ABP. Proton-Induced Disproportionation of a Ruthenium Noninnocent Ligand Complex Yielding a Strong Oxidant and a Strong Reductant. Inorg Chem 2012; 52:169-81. [DOI: 10.1021/ic301573c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Maria Kapovsky
- Department of Chemistry, York University, 4700 Keele St., Toronto, Ontario,
Canada M3J1P3
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- Department of Chemistry, York University, 4700 Keele St., Toronto, Ontario,
Canada M3J1P3
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- Department of Chemistry, York University, 4700 Keele St., Toronto, Ontario,
Canada M3J1P3
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- Department of Chemistry, York University, 4700 Keele St., Toronto, Ontario,
Canada M3J1P3
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- Department of Chemistry, York University, 4700 Keele St., Toronto, Ontario,
Canada M3J1P3
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- Department of Chemistry, York University, 4700 Keele St., Toronto, Ontario,
Canada M3J1P3
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Williams BR, Fu Y, Yap GPA, Burgmayer SJN. Structure and reversible pyran formation in molybdenum pyranopterin dithiolene models of the molybdenum cofactor. J Am Chem Soc 2012; 134:19584-7. [PMID: 23157708 DOI: 10.1021/ja310018e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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The syntheses and X-ray structures of two molybdenum pyranopterin dithiolene complexes in biologically relevant Mo(4+) and Mo(5+) states are reported. Crystallography reveals that these complexes possess a pyran ring formed through a spontaneous cyclization reaction of a dithiolene side-chain hydroxyl group at a C═N bond of the pterin. NMR data on the Mo(4+) complex suggest that a reversible pyran ring cyclization occurs in solution. These results provide experimental evidence that the pyranopterin dithiolene ligand in molybdenum and tungsten enzymes could participate in catalysis through dynamic processes modulated by the protein.
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- Benjamin R Williams
- Department of Chemistry, Bryn Mawr College, Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania 19010-2899, United States
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Pyranopterin conformation defines the function of molybdenum and tungsten enzymes. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2012; 109:14773-8. [PMID: 22927383 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1200671109] [Citation(s) in RCA: 67] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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We have analyzed the conformations of 319 pyranopterins in 102 protein structures of mononuclear molybdenum and tungsten enzymes. These span a continuum between geometries anticipated for quinonoid dihydro, tetrahydro, and dihydro oxidation states. We demonstrate that pyranopterin conformation is correlated with the protein folds defining the three major mononuclear molybdenum and tungsten enzyme families, and that binding-site micro-tuning controls pyranopterin oxidation state. Enzymes belonging to the bacterial dimethyl sulfoxide reductase (DMSOR) family contain a metal-bis-pyranopterin cofactor, the two pyranopterins of which have distinct conformations, with one similar to the predicted tetrahydro form, and the other similar to the predicted dihydro form. Enzymes containing a single pyranopterin belong to either the xanthine dehydrogenase (XDH) or sulfite oxidase (SUOX) families, and these have pyranopterin conformations similar to those predicted for tetrahydro and dihydro forms, respectively. This work provides keen insight into the roles of pyranopterin conformation and oxidation state in catalysis, redox potential modulation of the metal site, and catalytic function.
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Tiberti M, Papaleo E, Russo N, De Gioia L, Zampella G. Evidence for the Formation of a Mo–H Intermediate in the Catalytic Cycle of Formate Dehydrogenase. Inorg Chem 2012; 51:8331-9. [DOI: 10.1021/ic300863d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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- Matteo Tiberti
- Department of Biotechnology
and Biosciences, University of Milano-Bicocca, Piazza della Scienza 2, 20126 Milan, Italy
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- Department of Biotechnology
and Biosciences, University of Milano-Bicocca, Piazza della Scienza 2, 20126 Milan, Italy
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Calabria, via P. Bucci,
Arcavacata di Rende (CS) 87036, Italy
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- Department of Biotechnology
and Biosciences, University of Milano-Bicocca, Piazza della Scienza 2, 20126 Milan, Italy
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- Department of Biotechnology
and Biosciences, University of Milano-Bicocca, Piazza della Scienza 2, 20126 Milan, Italy
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