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Hille R. Xanthine Oxidase-A Personal History. Molecules 2023; 28:1921. [PMID: 36838909 PMCID: PMC9966888 DOI: 10.3390/molecules28041921] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/20/2023] [Revised: 02/10/2023] [Accepted: 02/13/2023] [Indexed: 02/22/2023] Open
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A personal perspective is provided regarding the work in several laboratories, including the author's, that has established the reaction mechanism of xanthine oxidase and related enzymes.
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- Russ Hille
- Department of Biochemistry, University of California, Riverside, CA 92521, USA
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Castillo RG, Henthorn JT, McGale J, Maganas D, DeBeer S. Kβ X-Ray Emission Spectroscopic Study of a Second-Row Transition Metal (Mo) and Its Application to Nitrogenase-Related Model Complexes. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2020; 59:12965-12975. [PMID: 32363668 PMCID: PMC7496169 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202003621] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/10/2020] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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In recent years, X-ray emission spectroscopy (XES) in the Kβ (3p-1s) and valence-to-core (valence-1s) regions has been increasingly used to study metal active sites in (bio)inorganic chemistry and catalysis, providing information about the metal spin state, oxidation state and the identity of coordinated ligands. However, to date this technique has been limited almost exclusively to first-row transition metals. In this work, we present an extension of Kβ XES (in both the 4p-1s and valence-to-1s [or VtC] regions) to the second transition row by performing a detailed experimental and theoretical analysis of the molybdenum emission lines. It is demonstrated in this work that Kβ2 lines are dominated by spin state effects, while VtC XES of a 4d transition metal provides access to metal oxidation state and ligand identity. An extension of Mo Kβ XES to nitrogenase-relevant model complexes shows that the method is sufficiently sensitive to act as a spectator probe for redox events that are localized at the Fe atoms. Mo VtC XES thus has promise for future applications to nitrogenase, as well as a range of other Mo-containing biological cofactors. Further, the clear assignment of the origins of Mo VtC XES features opens up the possibility of applying this method to a wide range of second-row transition metals, thus providing chemists with a site-specific tool for the elucidation of 4d transition metal electronic structure.
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- Rebeca G. Castillo
- Department of Inorganic SpectroscopyMax Planck Institute for Chemical Energy ConversionStiftstrasse 34–3645470Mülheim an der RuhrGermany
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- Department of Inorganic SpectroscopyMax Planck Institute for Chemical Energy ConversionStiftstrasse 34–3645470Mülheim an der RuhrGermany
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- Department of Inorganic SpectroscopyMax Planck Institute for Chemical Energy ConversionStiftstrasse 34–3645470Mülheim an der RuhrGermany
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- Max-Planck-Institut für KohlenforschungKaiser-Wilhelm-Platz 145470Mülheim an der RuhrGermany
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- Department of Inorganic SpectroscopyMax Planck Institute for Chemical Energy ConversionStiftstrasse 34–3645470Mülheim an der RuhrGermany
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Castillo RG, Henthorn JT, McGale J, Maganas D, DeBeer S. Kβ X‐Ray Emission Spectroscopic Study of a Second‐Row Transition Metal (Mo) and Its Application to Nitrogenase‐Related Model Complexes. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2020. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.202003621] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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- Rebeca G. Castillo
- Department of Inorganic Spectroscopy Max Planck Institute for Chemical Energy Conversion Stiftstrasse 34–36 45470 Mülheim an der Ruhr Germany
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- Department of Inorganic Spectroscopy Max Planck Institute for Chemical Energy Conversion Stiftstrasse 34–36 45470 Mülheim an der Ruhr Germany
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- Department of Inorganic Spectroscopy Max Planck Institute for Chemical Energy Conversion Stiftstrasse 34–36 45470 Mülheim an der Ruhr Germany
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Kohlenforschung Kaiser-Wilhelm-Platz 1 45470 Mülheim an der Ruhr Germany
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- Department of Inorganic Spectroscopy Max Planck Institute for Chemical Energy Conversion Stiftstrasse 34–36 45470 Mülheim an der Ruhr Germany
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Maia LB, Moura I, Moura JJ. EPR Spectroscopy on Mononuclear Molybdenum-Containing Enzymes. FUTURE DIRECTIONS IN METALLOPROTEIN AND METALLOENZYME RESEARCH 2017. [DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-59100-1_4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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Affiliation(s)
- Russ Hille
- Department of Biochemistry, University of California, Riverside, Riverside, California 92521, United States
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of California, Riverside, Riverside, California 92521, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Duquesne University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15282, United States
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Cao H, Hall J, Hille R. X-ray crystal structure of arsenite-inhibited xanthine oxidase: μ-sulfido,μ-oxo double bridge between molybdenum and arsenic in the active site. J Am Chem Soc 2011; 133:12414-7. [PMID: 21761899 PMCID: PMC3163118 DOI: 10.1021/ja2050265] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Xanthine oxidoreductase is a molybdenum-containing enzyme that catalyzes the hydroxylation reaction of sp(2)-hybridized carbon centers of a variety of substrates, including purines, aldehydes, and other heterocyclic compounds. The complex of arsenite-inhibited xanthine oxidase has been characterized previously by UV-vis, electron paramagnetic resonance, and X-ray absorption spectroscopy (XAS), and the catalytically essential sulfido ligand of the square-pyrimidal molybdenum center has been suggested to be involved in arsenite binding through either a μ-sulfido,μ-oxo double bridge or a single μ-sulfido bridge. However, this is contrary to the crystallographically observed single μ-oxo bridge between molybdenum and arsenic in the desulfo form of aldehyde oxidoreductase from Desulfovibrio gigas (an enzyme closely related to xanthine oxidase), whose molybdenum center has an oxo ligand replacing the catalytically essential sulfur, as seen in the functional form of xanthine oxidase. Here we use X-ray crystallography to characterize the molybdenum center of arsenite-inhibited xanthine oxidase and solve the structures of the oxidized and reduced inhibition complexes at 1.82 and 2.11 Å resolution, respectively. We observe μ-sulfido,μ-oxo double bridges between molybdenum and arsenic in the active sites of both complexes. Arsenic is four-coordinate with a distorted trigonal-pyramidal geometry in the oxidized complex and three-coordinate with a distorted trigonal-planar geometry in the reduced complex. The doubly bridged binding mode is in agreement with previous XAS data indicating that the catalytically essential sulfur is also essential for the high affinity of reduced xanthine oxidoreductase for arsenite.
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- Hongnan Cao
- University of California, Riverside, Department of Biochemistry, 1463 Boyce Hall, CA 92521
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- University of California, Riverside, Department of Biochemistry, 1463 Boyce Hall, CA 92521
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- University of California, Riverside, Department of Biochemistry, 1463 Boyce Hall, CA 92521
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Rana A, Sutradhar M, Mandal SS, Ghosh S. Synthesis, chemical and electrochemical studies of complexes of a tridentate ONS chelating ligand built around the elusive [MoVIOS]2+core. J COORD CHEM 2010. [DOI: 10.1080/00958970903082176] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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- Arindam Rana
- a Department of Inorganic Chemistry , Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science , Jadavpur, Kolkata 700 032, India
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- b Department of Chemistry , University College of Science, University of Calcutta , 92, Acharya Prafulla Chandra Road, Kolkata 700 009, India
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- b Department of Chemistry , University College of Science, University of Calcutta , 92, Acharya Prafulla Chandra Road, Kolkata 700 009, India
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- a Department of Inorganic Chemistry , Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science , Jadavpur, Kolkata 700 032, India
- b Department of Chemistry , University College of Science, University of Calcutta , 92, Acharya Prafulla Chandra Road, Kolkata 700 009, India
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Hille R. EPR Studies of Xanthine Oxidoreductase and Other Molybdenum-Containing Hydroxylases. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2009. [DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4419-1139-1_5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/19/2023]
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Chaves S, Gil M, Canário S, Jelic R, Romão MJ, Trincão J, Herdtweck E, Sousa J, Diniz C, Fresco P, Santos MA. Biologically relevant O,S-donor compounds. Synthesis, molybdenum complexation and xanthine oxidase inhibition. Dalton Trans 2008:1773-82. [DOI: 10.1039/b717172b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Doonan CJ, Rubie ND, Peariso K, Harris HH, Knottenbelt SZ, George GN, Young CG, Kirk ML. Electronic Structure Description of the cis-MoOS Unit in Models for Molybdenum Hydroxylases. J Am Chem Soc 2007; 130:55-65. [DOI: 10.1021/ja068512m] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Christian J. Doonan
- Contribution from The Department of Chemistry and Biological Chemistry, The University of New Mexico, MSC03 20601 University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87131-0001, School of Chemistry, University of Melbourne, Victoria 3010, Australia, and Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory, SLAC Stanford University, P.O. Box 4349, MS 69 Stanford, California 94309
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- Contribution from The Department of Chemistry and Biological Chemistry, The University of New Mexico, MSC03 20601 University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87131-0001, School of Chemistry, University of Melbourne, Victoria 3010, Australia, and Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory, SLAC Stanford University, P.O. Box 4349, MS 69 Stanford, California 94309
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- Contribution from The Department of Chemistry and Biological Chemistry, The University of New Mexico, MSC03 20601 University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87131-0001, School of Chemistry, University of Melbourne, Victoria 3010, Australia, and Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory, SLAC Stanford University, P.O. Box 4349, MS 69 Stanford, California 94309
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- Contribution from The Department of Chemistry and Biological Chemistry, The University of New Mexico, MSC03 20601 University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87131-0001, School of Chemistry, University of Melbourne, Victoria 3010, Australia, and Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory, SLAC Stanford University, P.O. Box 4349, MS 69 Stanford, California 94309
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- Contribution from The Department of Chemistry and Biological Chemistry, The University of New Mexico, MSC03 20601 University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87131-0001, School of Chemistry, University of Melbourne, Victoria 3010, Australia, and Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory, SLAC Stanford University, P.O. Box 4349, MS 69 Stanford, California 94309
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- Contribution from The Department of Chemistry and Biological Chemistry, The University of New Mexico, MSC03 20601 University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87131-0001, School of Chemistry, University of Melbourne, Victoria 3010, Australia, and Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory, SLAC Stanford University, P.O. Box 4349, MS 69 Stanford, California 94309
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- Contribution from The Department of Chemistry and Biological Chemistry, The University of New Mexico, MSC03 20601 University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87131-0001, School of Chemistry, University of Melbourne, Victoria 3010, Australia, and Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory, SLAC Stanford University, P.O. Box 4349, MS 69 Stanford, California 94309
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- Contribution from The Department of Chemistry and Biological Chemistry, The University of New Mexico, MSC03 20601 University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87131-0001, School of Chemistry, University of Melbourne, Victoria 3010, Australia, and Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory, SLAC Stanford University, P.O. Box 4349, MS 69 Stanford, California 94309
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Hemann C, Ilich P, Stockert AL, Choi EY, Hille R. Resonance Raman studies of xanthine oxidase: The reduced enzyme-product complex with violapterin. J Phys Chem B 2007; 109:3023-31. [PMID: 16851316 DOI: 10.1021/jp046636k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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A study of the molecular, electronic, and vibrational characteristics of the molybdenum-containing enzyme complex xanthine oxidase with violapterin has been carried out using density functional theory calculations and resonance Raman spectroscopy. The electronic structure calculations were carried out on a model consisting of the enzyme molybdopterin cofactor [in the four-valent, reduced state; Mo(IV)O(SH)] covalently linked to violapterin (1H,3H,8H-pteridine-2,4,7-trione in the neutral form) via an oxygen bridge, Mo-O-C7. Full geometry optimizations were performed for all models using the SDD basis set and the three-parameter exchange functional of Becke combined with the Lee, Yang, and Parr correlational functional. Harmonic vibrational frequencies were determined for a variety of isotopes in an attempt to correlate experimentally observed shifts upon 18O-labeling of the Mo-OR bridge to bound product as well as shifts seen upon substitution of solvent-exchangeable protons in samples prepared in D2O. The theoretical vibrational frequencies compared favorably with experimentally observed vibrational modes in the resonance Raman spectra of the reduced xanthine oxidase-violapterin complex prepared in H2O and D2O and with 18O-labeled product. Correlating the isotopic shifts from the calculations with those from the resonance Raman experiments resulted in complete normal mode assignments for all modes observed in the 350-1750 cm(-1) range. The present work demonstrates that a model in which the violapterin is coordinated to the molybdenum of the active site in a simple end-on manner via the hydroxyl group introduced by an enzyme accurately predicts the observed resonance Raman spectrum of the complex. Given the numerous modes involving the bridging oxygen, a side-on binding mode can be eliminated.
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- Craig Hemann
- Department of Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio 43210, USA
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Laughlin LJ, Eagle AA, George GN, Tiekink ERT, Young CG. Synthesis, Characterization, and Biomimetic Chemistry of cis-Oxosulfidomolybdenum(VI) Complexes Stabilized by an Intramolecular Mo(O)S···S Interaction. Inorg Chem 2007; 46:939-48. [PMID: 17257038 DOI: 10.1021/ic061213d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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The reactions of jade-green Tp*MoIVO(S2PR2) [Tp* = hydrotris(3,5-dimethylpyrazol-1-yl)borate; R = Et, Pri, Ph] with propylene sulfide produce ochre-red Tp*MoVIOS{SP(S)R2}. The complexes have been characterized by microanalysis, mass spectrometry, cyclic voltammetry, spectroscopy (IR, NMR, UV-vis, and X-ray absorption), and X-ray crystallography. The distorted-octahedral isopropyl and phenyl derivatives feature a tridentate fac-Tp* ligand, a terminal oxo ligand, and a unique five-membered Mo(=S){SP(=S)R2 ring moiety formed by a weak, intramolecular, bonding interaction between the Mo=S1 and (uncoordinated) S3=P moieties. The Mo=S1 [2.227(2) A (R = Pri) and 2.200(2) A (R = Ph)] and S1...S3 distances [2.396(3) A (R = Pri) and 2.383(2) A (R = Ph)] are indicative of a pi-bonded Mo=S1 unit and a weak (bond order ca. 1/3) S1...S3 interaction; the solid-state structures are maintained in solution according to S K-edge X-ray absorption data. The complexes react with excess cyanide to form thiocyanate and Tp*MoO(S2PR2), under anaerobic conditions, or Tp*MoO2(S2PR2), under aerobic conditions; the latter models the production of thiocyanate and desulfo molybdenum hydroxylases upon cyanolysis of molybdenum hydroxylases. The complexes react with triphenylphosphine to give Tp*MoO(S2PR2) and SPPh3, with cobaltocene or hydrosulfide ion to produce [Tp*MoVOS(S2PR2)]-, and with ferrocenium salts to yield [Tp*MoVO(S3PR2)]+; in the last two reactions, Mo(V) is produced by direct or induced internal redox reactions, respectively. The presence of the Mo(O)=S...S interaction does not radically lengthen the Mo=S bond in the complexes or preclude them from reactions typical of unperturbed oxosulfidomolybdenum(VI) complexes.
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- Les J Laughlin
- School of Chemistry, University of Melbourne, Victoria 3010, Australia
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Thapper A, Boer DR, Brondino CD, Moura JJG, Romão MJ. Correlating EPR and X-ray structural analysis of arsenite-inhibited forms of aldehyde oxidoreductase. J Biol Inorg Chem 2006; 12:353-66. [PMID: 17139522 DOI: 10.1007/s00775-006-0191-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/10/2006] [Accepted: 10/27/2006] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Two arsenite-inhibited forms of each of the aldehyde oxidoreductases from Desulfovibrio gigas and Desulfovibrio desulfuricans have been studied by X-ray crystallography and electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) spectroscopy. The molybdenum site of these enzymes 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. Arsenite addition to active as-prepared enzyme or to a reduced desulfo form yields two different species called A and B, respectively, which show different Mo(V) EPR signals. Both EPR signals show strong hyperfine and quadrupolar couplings with an arsenic nucleus, which suggests that arsenic interacts with molybdenum through an equatorial ligand. X-ray data of single crystals prepared from EPR-active samples show in both inhibited forms that the arsenic atom interacts with the molybdenum ion through an oxygen atom at the catalytic labile site and that the sulfido ligand is no longer present. EPR and X-ray data indicate that the main difference between both species is an equatorial ligand to molybdenum which was determined to be an oxo ligand in species A and a hydroxyl/water ligand in species B. The conclusion that the sulfido ligand is not essential to determine the EPR properties in both Mo-As complexes is achieved through EPR measurements on a substantial number of randomly oriented chemically reduced crystals immediately followed by X-ray studies on one of those crystals. EPR saturation studies show that the electron transfer pathway, which is essential for catalysis, is not modified upon inhibition.
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- Anders Thapper
- REQUIMTE-CQFB, Departamento de Química, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, 2829-516, Caparica, Portugal
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Brondino CD, Romão MJ, Moura I, Moura JJG. Molybdenum and tungsten enzymes: the xanthine oxidase family. Curr Opin Chem Biol 2006; 10:109-14. [PMID: 16480912 DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2006.01.034] [Citation(s) in RCA: 73] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/10/2005] [Accepted: 01/26/2006] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Mononuclear molybdenum and tungsten are found in the active site of a diverse group of enzymes that, in general, catalyze oxygen atom transfer reactions. Enzymes of the xanthine oxidase family are the best-characterized mononuclear Mo-containing enzymes. Several 3D structures of diverse members of this family are known. Recently, the structures of substrate-bound and arsenite-inhibited forms of two members of this family have also been reported. In addition, spectroscopic studies have been utilized to elucidate fine details that complement the structural information. Altogether, these studies have provided an important amount of information on the characteristics of the active site and the electron transfer pathways.
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- Carlos D Brondino
- Facultad de Bioquímica y Ciencias Biológicas, Universidad Nacional del Litoral, Campus Universitario, 3000 Santa Fe, Argentina.
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Bekele T, Christian CF, Lipton MA, Singleton DA. "Concerted" transition state, stepwise mechanism. Dynamics effects in C2-C6 enyne allene cyclizations. J Am Chem Soc 2005; 127:9216-23. [PMID: 15969600 PMCID: PMC2501108 DOI: 10.1021/ja0508673] [Citation(s) in RCA: 110] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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The C2-C6 (Schmittel)/ene cyclization of enyne-allenes is studied by a combination of kinetic isotope effects, theoretical calculations, and dynamics trajectories. For the cyclization of allenol acetate 9, the isotope effect (k(CH3)/k(CD3) is approximately 1.43. The isotope effect is interpreted in terms of a highly asynchronous transition state near the concerted/stepwise boundary. This is supported by density functional theory calculations that locate a highly asynchronous transition structure for the concerted ene reaction. However, calculations of both the experimental system and a model reaction were unable to locate a transition structure for formation of the diradical intermediate of a stepwise mechanism. The stepwise mechanism and the asynchronous concerted mechanism start out geometrically similar, and the two pathways appear to have merged as far as the initial transition structure. For the model reaction, quasiclassical direct dynamics trajectories emanating from the initial transition structure afforded the diradical intermediate in 29 out of 101 trajectories. A large portion of the remaining trajectories completes hydrogen transfer before carbon-carbon bond formation, despite the advanced carbon-carbon bond formation in the asynchronous transition structure. Overall, the single minimum-energy path from starting material to product is inadequate to describe the reaction, and a consideration of dynamic effects is necessary to understand the mechanism. The implications of these observations toward questions of concert in other reactions are discussed.
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- Tefsit Bekele
- Department of Chemistry, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907, USA
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Schmittel M, Vavilala C. Kinetic Isotope Effects in the Thermal C2−C6 Cyclization of Enyne-allenes: Experimental Evidence Supports a Stepwise Mechanism. J Org Chem 2005; 70:4865-8. [PMID: 15932332 DOI: 10.1021/jo0504971] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Kinetic isotope effects suggest that the thermal C2-C6 cyclization of enyne-allenes proceeds through a stepwise diradical mechanism. This is even true if steric bulk at the alkyne terminus is large, contrary to theoretical predictions by Engels.
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- Michael Schmittel
- Organische Chemie I, FB 8, Universität Siegen, Adolf-Reichwein-Strasse, D-57068 Siegen, Germany.
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Doonan CJ, Stockert A, Hille R, George GN. Nature of the Catalytically Labile Oxygen at the Active Site of Xanthine Oxidase. J Am Chem Soc 2005; 127:4518-22. [PMID: 15783235 DOI: 10.1021/ja042500o] [Citation(s) in RCA: 73] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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In this paper we report the results of molybdenum K-edge X-ray absorption studies performed on the oxidized active site of xanthine oxidase at pH 6 and 10. These results indicate that the active site possesses one terminal oxygen ligand (Mo=O), two thiolate ligands (Mo-S), one terminal sulfido ligand (Mo=S), and one Mo-OH moiety. EXAFS analysis demonstrates that the Mo-OH bond shortens from 1.97 A at pH 6 to 1.75 A at pH 10, which is consistent with the generation of a Mo-O- moiety. This study provides convincing structural evidence that the catalytic oxygen donor at the oxidized active site of xanthine oxidase is Mo-OH rather than the Mo-OH2 ligation previously suggested by X-ray crystallography. These results support a mechanism initiated by base-assisted nucleophilic attack of the substrate by Mo-OH.
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- Christian J Doonan
- Department of Geological Sciences, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan S7N 5E2, Canada
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Cosper MM, Neese F, Astashkin AV, Carducci MD, Raitsimring AM, Enemark JH. Determination of the g-Tensors and Their Orientations for cis,trans-(L-N2S2)MoVOX (X = Cl, SCH2Ph) by Single-Crystal EPR Spectroscopy and Molecular Orbital Calculations. Inorg Chem 2005; 44:1290-301. [PMID: 15732969 DOI: 10.1021/ic0483850] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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A single-crystal study of cis,trans-(L-N2S2)MoVOCl (1) doped into cis,trans-(N2S2)MoVIO2 (3) has enabled the g-tensor of 1 and its orientation with respect to the molecular structure to be determined. The EPR parameters (g1, 2.004; g2, 1.960; g3, 1.946; A1, 71.7 x 10(-4) cm(-1); A2, 11.7 x 10(-4) cm(-1); A3, 32.0 x 10(-4) cm(-1)) of cis,trans-(L-N2S2)MoVOCl [L-N2S2H2 = N,N'-dimethyl-N,N'-bis(mercaptophenyl)ethylenediamine] mimic those of the low-pH form of sulfite oxidase and the "very rapid" species of xanthine oxidase. The principal axis that corresponds to g1 is rotated approximately 10 degrees from the Mo[triple bond]O vector, while the principal axis that corresponds to g3 is located in the equatorial plane and approximately 38 degrees from the Mo-Cl vector. Independent theoretical calculations of the g-tensor of 1 were performed using two types of techniques: (1) the spectroscopically parametrized intermediate neglect of differential overlap technique (INDO/S) combined with single-excitation configuration interaction (CIS); (2) a scalar relativistic DFT (BP86 and B3LYP functionals) treatment using the zeroth order regular approximation to relativistic effects (ZORA) in combination with recently developed accurate multicenter mean field spin-orbit operators (RI-SOMF) and the estimation of solvent effects using dielectric continuum theory at the conductor-like screening model (COSMO) level. The excellent agreement between experiment and theory, as well as the high consistency between the INDO/S and BP86/ZORA results, provides a sound basis for analysis of the calculated orientation of the g-tensor for cis,trans-(L-N2S2)MoVO(SCH2Ph) (2), for which single-crystal EPR data are not available but which contains three equatorial sulfur donor atoms, as occurs in sulfite oxidase and xanthine oxidase. The implications of these results for the EPR spectra of the Mo(V) centers of enzymes are discussed.
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Boer DR, Thapper A, Brondino CD, Romão MJ, Moura JJG. X-ray Crystal Structure and EPR Spectra of “Arsenite-Inhibited” Desulfovibrio gigas Aldehyde Dehydrogenase: A Member of the Xanthine Oxidase Family. J Am Chem Soc 2004; 126:8614-5. [PMID: 15250689 DOI: 10.1021/ja0490222] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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X-ray crystallography has been used to determine the structure of arsenite-inhibited aldehyde dehydrogenase from Desulfovibrio gigas, a member of the xanthine oxidase family of mononuclear molybdenum enzymes. The structure shows an AsO3 moiety bound to the molybdenum atom of the active site through one of the oxygen atoms. A reduced sample of arsenite-inhibited aldehyde dehydrogenase has a Mo(V) signal that shows anisotropic hyperfine and quadrupole coupling to one arsenic atom. This signal has a strong resemblance with a previously reported signal for arsenite-inhibited xanthine oxidase.
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- D Roeland Boer
- REQUIMTE-Departamento de Química, CQFB, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, 2829-516 Caparica, Portugal
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McNaughton RL, Helton ME, Cosper MM, Enemark JH, Kirk ML. Nature of the Oxomolybdenum−Thiolate π-Bond: Implications for Mo−S Bonding in Sulfite Oxidase and Xanthine Oxidase. Inorg Chem 2004; 43:1625-37. [PMID: 14989655 DOI: 10.1021/ic034206n] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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The electronic structure of cis,trans-(L-N(2)S(2))MoO(X) (where L-N(2)S(2) = N,N'-dimethyl-N,N'-bis(2-mercaptophenyl)ethylenediamine and X = Cl, SCH(2)C(6)H(5), SC(6)H(4)-OCH(3), or SC(6)H(4)CF(3)) has been probed by electronic absorption, magnetic circular dichroism, and resonance Raman spectroscopies to determine the nature of oxomolybdenum-thiolate bonding in complexes possessing three equatorial sulfur ligands. One of the phenyl mercaptide sulfur donors of the tetradentate L-N(2)S(2) chelating ligand, denoted S(180), coordinates to molybdenum in the equatorial plane such that the OMo-S(180)-C(phenyl) dihedral angle is approximately 180 degrees, resulting in a highly covalent pi-bonding interaction between an S(180) p orbital and the molybdenum d(xy) orbital. This highly covalent bonding scheme is the origin of an intense low-energy S --> Mo d(xy) bonding-to-antibonding LMCT transition (E(max) approximately 16000 cm(-)(1), epsilon approximately 4000 M(-)(1) cm(-)(1)). Spectroscopically calibrated bonding calculations performed at the DFT level of theory reveal that S(180) contributes approximately 22% to the HOMO, which is predominantly a pi antibonding molecular orbital between Mo d(xy) and the S(180) p orbital oriented in the same plane. The second sulfur donor of the L-N(2)S(2) ligand is essentially nonbonding with Mo d(xy) due to an OMo-S-C(phenyl) dihedral angle of approximately 90 degrees. Because the formal Mo d(xy) orbital is the electroactive or redox orbital, these Mo d(xy)-S 3p interactions are important with respect to defining key covalency contributions to the reduction potential in monooxomolybdenum thiolates, including the one- and two-electron reduced forms of sulfite oxidase. Interestingly, the highly covalent Mo-S(180) pi bonding interaction observed in these complexes is analogous to the well-known Cu-S(Cys) pi bond in type 1 blue copper proteins, which display electronic absorption and resonance Raman spectra that are remarkably similar to these monooxomolybdenum thiolate complexes. Finally, the presence of a covalent Mo-S pi interaction oriented orthogonal to the MOO bond is discussed with respect to electron-transfer regeneration in sulfite oxidase and Mo=S(sulfido) bonding in xanthine oxidase.
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- Rebecca L McNaughton
- Departments of Chemistry, The University of New Mexico, MSC03 2060, 1 University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87131-0001, USA
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Ilich P, Hille R. Oxo, sulfido, and tellurido Mo-enedithiolate models for xanthine oxidase: understanding the basis of enzyme reactivity. J Am Chem Soc 2002; 124:6796-7. [PMID: 12059179 DOI: 10.1021/ja011957k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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The active site of the mononuclear molybdenum enzyme xanthine oxidase has an LMoOS(OH) center that catalyzes the hydroxylation of substrate (L representing an enedithiolate ligand contributed by a pterin cofactor in the enzyme). Reaction of the enzyme with cyanide results in the replacement of the Mo=S group with a second Mo=O group, which results in loss of enzyme activity. To understand the basis for this loss of activity, we have computationally examined the interaction of a model for the LMoO2(OH) as well the LMoOTe(OH) congener of the enzyme with formamide (a substrate for the enzyme). Our electronic structure calculations for the oxo congener indicate a reduced electron density on the hydrogen being transferred from substrate in the course of the reaction, a shorter O-H bond in the transition state, and a longer nascent O-C bond of product, factors which combine to account for the loss of reactivity in the LMoO2(OH) species. Interestingly, our calculations indicate that the Te congener is characterized by an increased electron density on the hydrogen species being transferred, a longer Te-H bond in the transition state, and a shorter O-C nascent bond in the product and suggest that a Te congener of xanthine oxidase, were it to be prepared experimentally, should exhibit catalytic activity.
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- Predrag Ilich
- Department of Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio 43210, USA.
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Hille R, Anderson RF. Coupled electron/proton transfer in complex flavoproteins: solvent kinetic isotope effect studies of electron transfer in xanthine oxidase and trimethylamine dehydrogenase. J Biol Chem 2001; 276:31193-201. [PMID: 11395485 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m100673200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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A solvent kinetic isotope effect study of electron transfer in two complex flavoproteins, xanthine oxidase and trimethylamine dehydrogenase, has been undertaken. With xanthine oxidase, electron transfer from the molybdenum center to the proximal iron-sulfur center of the enzyme occurs with a modest solvent kinetic isotope effect of 2.2, indicating that electron transfer out of the molybdenum center is at least partially coupled to deprotonation of the Mo(V) donor. A Marcus-type analysis yields a decay factor, beta, of 1.4 A(-1), indicating that, although the pyranopterin cofactor of the molybdenum center forms a nearly contiguous covalent bridge from the molybdenum atom to the proximal iron-sulfur center of the enzyme, it affords no exceptionally effective mode of electron transfer between the two centers. For trimethylamine dehydrogenase, rates of electron equilibration between the flavin and iron-sulfur center of the one-electron reduced enzyme have been determined, complementing previous studies of electron transfer in the two-electron reduced form. The results indicate a substantial solvent kinetic isotope effect of 10 +/- 4, consistent with a model for electron transfer that involves discrete protonation/deprotonation and electron transfer steps. This contrasts to the behavior seen with xanthine oxidase, and the basis for this difference is discussed in the context of the structures for the two proteins and the ionization properties of their flavin sites. With xanthine oxidase, a rationale is presented as to why it is desirable in certain cases that the physical layout of redox-active sites not be uniformly increasing in reduction potential in the direction of physiological electron transfer.
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- R Hille
- Department of Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio 43210-1218, USA
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- R Hille
- Department of Medical Biochemistry, Ohio State University, 333 Hamilton Hall, 1645 Neil Avenue, Columbus, OH 43210-1218, USA
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Ellis PJ, Conrads T, Hille R, Kuhn P. Crystal structure of the 100 kDa arsenite oxidase from Alcaligenes faecalis in two crystal forms at 1.64 A and 2.03 A. Structure 2001; 9:125-32. [PMID: 11250197 DOI: 10.1016/s0969-2126(01)00566-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 196] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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BACKGROUND Arsenite oxidase from Alcaligenes faecalis NCIB 8687 is a molybdenum/iron protein involved in the detoxification of arsenic. It is induced by the presence of AsO(2-) (arsenite) and functions to oxidize As(III)O(2-), which binds to essential sulfhydryl groups of proteins and dithiols, to the relatively less toxic As(V)O(4)(3-) (arsenate) prior to methylation. RESULTS Using a combination of multiple isomorphous replacement with anomalous scattering (MIRAS) and multiple-wavelength anomalous dispersion (MAD) methods, the crystal structure of arsenite oxidase was determined to 2.03 A in a P2(1) crystal form with two molecules in the asymmetric unit and to 1.64 A in a P1 crystal form with four molecules in the asymmetric unit. Arsenite oxidase consists of a large subunit of 825 residues and a small subunit of approximately 134 residues. The large subunit contains a Mo site, consisting of a Mo atom bound to two pterin cofactors, and a [3Fe-4S] cluster. The small subunit contains a Rieske-type [2Fe-2S] site. CONCLUSIONS The large subunit of arsenite oxidase is similar to other members of the dimethylsulfoxide (DMSO) reductase family of molybdenum enzymes, particularly the dissimilatory periplasmic nitrate reductase from Desulfovibrio desulfuricans, but is unique in having no covalent bond between the polypeptide and the Mo atom. The small subunit has no counterpart among known Mo protein structures but is homologous to the Rieske [2Fe-2S] protein domain of the cytochrome bc(1) and cytochrome b(6)f complexes and to the Rieske domain of naphthalene 1,2-dioxygenase.
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- P J Ellis
- Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory, Stanford University, 94309, Stanford, CA, USA
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Peariso K, Zhou ZS, Smith AE, Matthews RG, Penner-Hahn JE. Characterization of the zinc sites in cobalamin-independent and cobalamin-dependent methionine synthase using zinc and selenium X-ray absorption spectroscopy. Biochemistry 2001; 40:987-93. [PMID: 11170420 DOI: 10.1021/bi001711c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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X-ray absorption spectroscopy has been used to investigate binding of selenohomocysteine to cobalamin-independent (MetE) and cobalamin-dependent (MetH) methionine synthase enzymes of Escherichia coli. We have shown previously [Peariso et al. (1998) J. Am. Chem. Soc. 120, 8410-8416] that the Zn sites in both enzymes show an increase in the number of sulfur ligands when homocysteine binds. The present data provide direct evidence that this change is due to coordination of the substrate to the Zn. Addition of L-selenohomocysteine to either MetE or the N-terminal fragment of MetH, MetH(2-649), causes changes in the zinc X-ray absorption near-edge structure that are remarkably similar to those observed following the addition of L-homocysteine. Zinc EXAFS spectra show that the addition of L-selenohomocysteine changes the coordination environment of the zinc in MetE from 2S + 2(N/O) to 2S + 1(N/O) + 1Se and in MetH(2-649) from 3S + 1(N/O) to 3S + 1Se. The Zn-S, Zn-Se, and Se-S bond distances determined from the zinc and selenium EXAFS data indicate that the zinc sites in substrate-bound MetE and MetH(2-649) both have an approximately tetrahedral geometry. The selenium edge energy for selenohomocysteine shifts to higher energy when binding to either methionine synthase enzyme, suggesting that there is a slight decrease in the effective charge of the selenium. Increases in the Zn-Cys bond distances upon selenohomocysteine binding together with identical magnitudes of the shifts to higher energy in the Se XANES spectra of MetE and MetH(2-649) suggest that the Lewis acidity of the Zn sites in these enzymes appears the same to the substrate and is electronically buffered by the Zn-Cys interaction.
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- K Peariso
- Department of Chemistry, The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-1055, USA
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Xanthine oxidoreductases (XOR), xanthine dehydrogenase (XDH, EC1.1.1.204) and xanthine oxidase (XO, EC1.2.3.2), are the best-studied molybdenum-containing iron-sulfur flavoproteins. The mammalian enzymes exist originally as the dehydrogenase form (XDH) but can be converted to the oxidase form (XO) either reversibly by oxidation of sulfhydryl residues of the protein molecule or irreversibly by proteolysis. The active form of the enzyme is a homodimer of molecular mass 290 kDa. Each subunit contains one molybdopterin group, two non-identical [2Fe-2S] centers, and one flavin adenine dinucleotide (FAD) cofactor. This review focuses mainly on the role of the two iron-sulfur centers in catalysis, as recently elucidated by means of X-ray crystal structure and site-directed mutagenesis studies. The arrangements of cofactors indicate that the two iron-sulfur centers provide an electron transfer pathway from molybdenum to FAD. However, kinetic and thermodynamic studies suggest that these two iron-sulfur centers have roles not only in the pathway of electron flow, but also as an electron sink to provide electrons to the FAD center so that the reactivity of FAD with the electron acceptor substrate might be thermodynamically controlled by way of one-electron-reduced or fully reduced state.
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- T Nishino
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Nippon Medical School, Tokyo, Japan.
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Thapper A, Lorber C, Fryxelius J, Behrens A, Nordlander E. Synthesis and reactivity studies of model complexes for molybdopterin-dependent enzymes. J Inorg Biochem 2000; 79:67-74. [PMID: 10830849 DOI: 10.1016/s0162-0134(00)00010-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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The molybdenum cofactor (Moco)-containing enzymes are divided into three classes that are named after prototypical members of each family, viz. sulfite oxidase, DMSO reductase and xanthine oxidase. Functional or structural models have been prepared for these three prototypical enzymes: (i) The complex [MoO2(mnt)2]2- (mnt2- = 1,2-dicyanoethylenedithiolate) has been found to be able to oxidize hydrogen sulfite to HSO4- and is thus a functional model of sulfite oxidase. Kinetic and computational studies indicate that the reaction proceeds via attack of the substrate at one of the oxo ligands of the complex, rather than at the metal. (ii) The coordination geometries of the mono-oxo [Mo(VI)(O-Ser)(S2)2] entity (S2 = dithiolene moiety of molybdopterin) found in the crystal structure of R. sphaeroides DMSO reductase and the corresponding des-oxo Mo(IV) unit have been reproduced in the complexes [M(VI)O(OSiR3)(bdt)2] and [M(VI)O(OSiR3)(bdt)2] (M = Mo,W; bdt = benzene dithiolate). (iii) A facile route has been developed for the preparation of complexes containing a cis-Mo(VI)OS molybdenum oxo, sulfido moiety similar to that detected in the oxidized form of xanthine oxidase.
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- A Thapper
- Chemical Center, Lund University, Sweden
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Mader ML, Carducci MD, Enemark JH. Analogues for the molybdenum center of sulfite oxidase: oxomolybdenum(V) complexes with three thiolate sulfur donor atoms. Inorg Chem 2000; 39:525-31. [PMID: 11229572 DOI: 10.1021/ic990768o] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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cis,trans-(L-N2S2)Mo(V)O(SR) [L-N2S2H2 = N,N'-dimethyl-N,N'-bis(mercaptophenyl)ethylenediamine; R = CH2Ph, CH2CH3, and p-C6H4-Y (Y = CF3, Cl, Br, F, H, CH3, CH2CH3, and OCH3)] are the first structurally characterized mononuclear Mo compounds with three thiolate donors, as occurs at the Mo active site in sulfite oxidase. X-ray crystal structures of the cis,trans-(L-N2S2)Mo(V)O(SR) compounds, where R = CH2Ph, CH2CH3, p-C6H4-OCH3, and p-C6H4-CF3, show a similar coordination geometry about the Mo atom with all three sulfur thiolate donors in the equatorial plane. This coordination geometry places two adjacent S ppi orbitals parallel to the Mo=O bond, analogous to the orientation in the ene-dithiolate ligand in sulfite oxidase; the third S ppi orbital lies in the equatorial plane. Charge-transfer transitions from the S p to the Mo d orbitals occur at approximately 28,000 cm(-1) (epsilon: 4,400-6,900 L mol(-1)] cm(-1)) and 15,500 cm(-1) (epsilon: 3,200-4,900 L mol(-1) cm(-1)). The EPR parameters are nearly identical for all the cis,trans-(L-N2S2)Mo(V)O(SR) compounds (g1 approximately 2.022, g2 approximately 1.963, g3 approximately 1.956, Al approximately 58.4 x 10(-4) cm(-1), A2 approximately 23.7 x 10(-4) cm(-1), A3 approximately 22.3 x 10(-4) cm(-1)) and are typical of an oxo-Mo(V) center coordinated by multiple thiolate donors. The g and A tensors are related by a 24 degrees rotation about the coincident g2 and A2 tensor elements, reflecting the approximate Cs coordination symmetry. These EPR parameters more closely mimic those of the low pH form of sulfite oxidase and the "very rapid" species of xanthine oxidase than previous model compounds with two or four thiolate donors. The cis,trans-(L-N2S2)Mo(V)O(SR) compounds undergo a quasi-reversible, one-electron reduction and an irreversible oxidation that show a linear dependence upon the Hammett parameter, sigmap, of the Y group. The cis,trans-(L-N2S2)Mo(V)O(SR) compounds provide a well-defined platform for the systematic investigation of the electronic structures of the Mo(V)OS3 centers and their implications for molybdoenzymes.
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- M L Mader
- Department of Chemistry, University of Arizona, Tucson 85721-0041, USA
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Jones RM, Inscore FE, Hille R, Kirk ML. Freeze-Quench Magnetic Circular Dichroism Spectroscopic Study of the "Very Rapid" Intermediate in Xanthine Oxidase. Inorg Chem 1999; 38:4963-4970. [PMID: 11671238 DOI: 10.1021/ic990154j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Freeze-quench magnetic circular dichroism spectroscopy (MCD) has been used to trap and study the excited-state electronic structure of the Mo(V) active site in a xanthine oxidase intermediate generated with substoichiometric concentrations of the slow substrate 2-hydroxy-6-methylpurine. EPR spectroscopy has shown that the intermediate observed in the MCD experiment is the "very rapid" intermediate, which lies on the main catalytic pathway. The low-energy (< approximately 30 000 cm(-1)) C-term MCD of this intermediate is remarkably similar to that of the model compound LMoO(bdt) (L = hydrotris(3,5-dimethyl-1-pyrazolyl)borate; bdt = 1,2-benzenedithiolate), and the MCD bands have been assigned as dithiolate S(ip) --> Mo d(xy) and S(op) --> Mo d(xz,yz) LMCT transitions. These transitions result from a coordination geometry of the intermediate where the Mo=O bond is oriented cis to the ene-1,2-dithiolate of the pyranopterin. Since X-ray crystallography has indicated that a terminal sulfido ligand is oriented cis to the ene-1,2-dithiolate in oxidized xanthine oxidase related Desulfovibrio gigas aldehyde oxidoreductase, we have suggested that a conformational change occurs upon substrate binding. The substrate-mediated conformational change is extremely significant with respect to electron-transfer regeneration of the active site, as covalent interactions between the redox-active Mo d(xy) orbital and the S(ip) orbitals of the ene-1,2-dithiolate are maximized when the oxo ligand is oriented cis to the dithiolate plane. This underlies the importance of the ene-1,2-dithiolate portion of the pyranopterin in providing an efficient superexchange pathway for electron transfer. The results of this study indicate that electron-transfer regeneration of the active site may be gated by the orientation of the Mo=O bond relative to the ene-1,2-dithiolate chelate. Poor overlap between the Mo d(xy) orbital and the S(ip) orbitals of the dithiolate in the oxidized enzyme geometry may provide a means of preventing one-electron reduction of the active site, resulting in enzyme inhibition with respect to the two-electron oxidation of native substrates.
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- Robert M. Jones
- Department of Chemistry, The University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico 81731-1096, and Department of Medical Biochemistry, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio 43210
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Thapper A, Donahue JP, Musgrave KB, Willer MW, Nordlander E, Hedman B, Hodgson KO, Holm RH. The Unperturbed Oxo−Sulfido Functional Group cis-MoVIOS Related to That in the Xanthine Oxidase Family of Molybdoenzymes: Synthesis, Structural Characterization, and Reactivity Aspects. Inorg Chem 1999. [DOI: 10.1021/ic990440v] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Anders Thapper
- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138, Department of Chemistry and Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory, SLAC, Stanford University, Stanford, California, and Inorganic Chemistry I, Chemical Center, Lund University, S-22100 Lund, Sweden
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138, Department of Chemistry and Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory, SLAC, Stanford University, Stanford, California, and Inorganic Chemistry I, Chemical Center, Lund University, S-22100 Lund, Sweden
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138, Department of Chemistry and Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory, SLAC, Stanford University, Stanford, California, and Inorganic Chemistry I, Chemical Center, Lund University, S-22100 Lund, Sweden
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138, Department of Chemistry and Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory, SLAC, Stanford University, Stanford, California, and Inorganic Chemistry I, Chemical Center, Lund University, S-22100 Lund, Sweden
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138, Department of Chemistry and Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory, SLAC, Stanford University, Stanford, California, and Inorganic Chemistry I, Chemical Center, Lund University, S-22100 Lund, Sweden
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138, Department of Chemistry and Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory, SLAC, Stanford University, Stanford, California, and Inorganic Chemistry I, Chemical Center, Lund University, S-22100 Lund, Sweden
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138, Department of Chemistry and Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory, SLAC, Stanford University, Stanford, California, and Inorganic Chemistry I, Chemical Center, Lund University, S-22100 Lund, Sweden
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138, Department of Chemistry and Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory, SLAC, Stanford University, Stanford, California, and Inorganic Chemistry I, Chemical Center, Lund University, S-22100 Lund, Sweden
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Ilich P, Hille R. Mechanism of Formamide Hydroxylation Catalyzed by a Molybdenum−Dithiolene Complex: A Model for Xanthine Oxidase Reactivity. J Phys Chem B 1999. [DOI: 10.1021/jp9904825] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Predrag Ilich
- The Department of Medical Biochemistry, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio 43210
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- The Department of Medical Biochemistry, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio 43210
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Xia M, Dempski R, Hille R. The reductive half-reaction of xanthine oxidase. Reaction with aldehyde substrates and identification of the catalytically labile oxygen. J Biol Chem 1999; 274:3323-30. [PMID: 9920873 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.274.6.3323] [Citation(s) in RCA: 71] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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The kinetics of xanthine oxidase has been investigated with the aim of addressing several outstanding questions concerning the reaction mechanism of the enzyme. Steady-state and rapid kinetic studies with the substrate 2,5-dihydroxybenzaldehyde demonstrated that (kcat/Km)app and kred/Kd exhibit comparable bell-shaped pH dependence with pKa values of 6.4 +/- 0.2 and 8.4 +/- 0.2, with the lower pKa assigned to an active-site residue of xanthine oxidase (possibly Glu-1261, by analogy to Glu-869 in the crystallographically known aldehyde oxidase from Desulfovibrio gigas) and the higher pKa to substrate. Early steps in the catalytic sequence have been investigated by following the reaction of the oxidized enzyme with a second aldehyde substrate, 2-aminopteridine-6-aldehyde. The absence of a well defined acid limb in this pH profile and other data indicate that this complex represents an Eox.S rather than Ered.P complex (i.e. no chemistry requiring the active-site base has taken place in forming the long wavelength-absorbing complex seen with this substrate). It appears that xanthine oxidase (and by inference, the closely related aldehyde oxidases) hydroxylates both aromatic heterocycles and aldehydes by a mechanism involving base-assisted catalysis. Single-turnover experiments following incorporation of 17O into the molybdenum center of the enzyme demonstrated that a single oxygen atom is incorporated at a site that gives rise to strong hyperfine coupling to the unpaired electron spin of the metal in the MoV oxidation state. By analogy to the hyperfine interactions seen in a homologous series of molybdenum model compounds, we conclude that this strongly coupled, catalytically labile site represents a metal-coordinated hydroxide rather than the Mo=O group and that this Mo-OH represents the oxygen that is incorporated into product in the course of catalysis.
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- M Xia
- Department of Medical Biochemistry, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio 43210-1218, USA
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Simple and Complex Iron-Sulfur Proteins in Sulfate Reducing Bacteria. ADVANCES IN INORGANIC CHEMISTRY 1999. [DOI: 10.1016/s0898-8838(08)60083-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Michaud AL, Herrick JA, Duplain JE, Manson JL, Hemann C, Ilich P, Donohoe RJ, Hille R, Oertling WA. FTIR characterization of heterocycles lumazine and violapterin in solution: effects of solvent on anionic forms. BIOSPECTROSCOPY 1998; 4:235-56. [PMID: 9706383 DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1520-6343(1998)4:4<235::aid-bspy3>3.0.co;2-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectra have been obtained from solution samples of the heterocycles uracil, lumazine, and violapterin and reveal interpretable carbonyl stretching frequencies. Spectra of conjugate bases of lumazine and violapterin demonstrate decreases in these carbonyl stretching frequencies upon ionization. Based on isotopic shifts from amide deuterated analogs, semiempirical QCFF/PI calculations were used to assign the vibrational frequencies in the region 1100-1800 cm-1 observed from samples in dimethylsulfoxide (DMSO) and aqueous solutions to specific normal modes. The observed deuterium shifts and the calculations suggest that, in some cases, N-H bending motions are coupled to the C=O stretching motions of the pyrimidine ring. These data suggest that for lumazine anions a change in solvent can significantly change the mixing of the N-H bending and C=O stretching vibrational motions. This implies that vibrational analysis for lumazine species in relatively noninteracting media like nonpolar solvents, mulls or pellets cannot necessarily be transferred to the system when it is dissolved in a polar, hydrogen-bonding solvent such as water. Although other explanations can be offered, our vibrational analysis suggests that the changes in normal mode composition of the predominantly C=O stretching vibrations of lumazine anion on going from dimethylsulfoxide to water solution are consistent with a change in the predominant tautomer of the heterocycle. This change appears to correspond to a shifting of the location of the remaining acidic proton to a different ring nitrogen atom. This interpretation is of interest in view of recent ab initio calculations which suggest that proton shifts may occur during the hydroxylation of lumazine as mediated by the enzyme xanthine oxidase.
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- A L Michaud
- Department of Chemistry/Biochemistry, Eastern Washington University, Cheney 99004-2431, USA
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Romão MJ, Knäblein J, Huber R, Moura JJ. Structure and function of molybdopterin containing enzymes. PROGRESS IN BIOPHYSICS AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 1998; 68:121-44. [PMID: 9652170 DOI: 10.1016/s0079-6107(97)00022-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 63] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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Molybdopterin containing enzymes are present in a wide range of living systems and have been known for several decades. However, only in the past two years have the first crystal structures been reported for this type of enzyme. This has represented a major breakthrough in this field. The enzymes share common structural features, but reveal different polypeptide folding topologies. In this review we give an account of the related spectroscopic information and the crystallographic results, with emphasis on structure-function studies.
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- M J Romão
- Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica, Oeiras, Portugal.
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Protein X-ray crystallography has revealed the structures of the active sites of several molybdenum- and tungsten-containing enzymes that catalyze formal hydroxylation and oxygen atom transfer reactions. Each molybdenum (or tungsten) atom is coordinated by one (or two) ene-dithiolate groups of a novel pterin (molybdopterin), and the active sites are further differentiated from one another by the number of terminal oxo and/or sulfido groups and by coordinated amino acid residues. These active-site structures have no precedent in the coordination chemistry of molybdenum and tungsten.
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- J McMaster
- Department of Chemistry, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721, USA.
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Voityuk AA, Albert K, Romão MJ, Huber R, Rösch N. Substrate Oxidation in the Active Site of Xanthine Oxidase and Related Enzymes. A Model Density Functional Study. Inorg Chem 1998. [DOI: 10.1021/ic9707570] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Alexander A. Voityuk
- Lehrstuhl für Theoretische Chemie, Technische Universität München, D-85747 Garching, Germany, Instituto de Technologia Química e Biológica, 2780 Oeiras, Portugal, Departamento di Química, Instituto Superior Técnico, 1096 Lisboa Codex, Portugal, and Max-Planck-Institut für Biochemie, D-82152 Martinsried, Germany
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- Lehrstuhl für Theoretische Chemie, Technische Universität München, D-85747 Garching, Germany, Instituto de Technologia Química e Biológica, 2780 Oeiras, Portugal, Departamento di Química, Instituto Superior Técnico, 1096 Lisboa Codex, Portugal, and Max-Planck-Institut für Biochemie, D-82152 Martinsried, Germany
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- Lehrstuhl für Theoretische Chemie, Technische Universität München, D-85747 Garching, Germany, Instituto de Technologia Química e Biológica, 2780 Oeiras, Portugal, Departamento di Química, Instituto Superior Técnico, 1096 Lisboa Codex, Portugal, and Max-Planck-Institut für Biochemie, D-82152 Martinsried, Germany
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- Lehrstuhl für Theoretische Chemie, Technische Universität München, D-85747 Garching, Germany, Instituto de Technologia Química e Biológica, 2780 Oeiras, Portugal, Departamento di Química, Instituto Superior Técnico, 1096 Lisboa Codex, Portugal, and Max-Planck-Institut für Biochemie, D-82152 Martinsried, Germany
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- Lehrstuhl für Theoretische Chemie, Technische Universität München, D-85747 Garching, Germany, Instituto de Technologia Química e Biológica, 2780 Oeiras, Portugal, Departamento di Química, Instituto Superior Técnico, 1096 Lisboa Codex, Portugal, and Max-Planck-Institut für Biochemie, D-82152 Martinsried, Germany
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Structure and function of the xanthine-oxidase family of molybdenum enzymes. STRUCTURE AND BONDING 1998. [DOI: 10.1007/3-540-62888-6_3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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Cossy J, Bouzide A, Pfau M. Intramolecular Ene Reactions. Stereo- and Enantioselective Synthesis of Spirolactams through Thermolysis of Enamino Carboxamides. J Org Chem 1997; 62:7106-7113. [PMID: 11671813 DOI: 10.1021/jo970257o] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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A new and facile access to spirolactams based on the thermal rearrangement of tertiary and secondary enamino carboxamides has been developed. The enamine group of an enamino carboxamide, in which no electron-withdrawing group is present in the enophile, can be involved in the ene reaction and the enamino carboxamide can be transformed into enamino or imino spirolactams. In the case of secondary carboxamido enamines, the diastereoselectivity is higher than 98%. If chiral nonracemic analogs are utilized, 50-54% enantiomeric excesses can be achieved in the final products.
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- Janine Cossy
- Laboratoire de Chimie Organique associé au CNRS (URA 476), ESPCI, 10 rue Vauquelin, 75231 Paris Cedex 05, France
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Voityuk AA, Albert K, Köstlmeier S, Nasluzov VA, Neyman KM, Hof P, Huber R, Romão MJ, Rösch N. Prediction of Alternative Structures of the Molybdenum Site in the Xanthine Oxidase-Related Aldehyde Oxido Reductase. J Am Chem Soc 1997. [DOI: 10.1021/ja963901+] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [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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Balagopalakrishna C, Kimbrough JT, Westmoreland TD. Electronic Structural Contributions to g Values and Molybdenum Hyperfine Coupling Constants in Oxyhalide Anions of Molybdenum(V). Inorg Chem 1996. [DOI: 10.1021/ic951142a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- Department of Chemistry, Wesleyan University, Middletown, Connecticut 06459
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- Russ Hille
- Department of Medical Biochemistry, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio 43210-1218
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Bray MR, Deeth RJ. A Density Functional Study of Active Site Models for Xanthine Oxidase. Inorg Chem 1996; 35:5720-5724. [PMID: 11666767 DOI: 10.1021/ic960135z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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The suggestion that hydroxide is coordinated to the oxidised molybdenum site in xanthine oxidase (XnO) is tested theoretically by computing the structures of a range of four-, five-, and six-coordinate active site models. The local density approximation of density functional theory has been used with the two experimentally verified singly bonded sulfur ligands modeled by both dithiolene, [SRCCRS](2-) (R = H and CH(3)), and thiolate, [CH(3)S](-) groups. Both ligand types give virtually identical results for analogous species. Based on a comparison of the computed M-L distances and those reported in recent EXAFS studies, it is concluded that both four- and six-coordination are unlikely since the optimized Mo-S contacts are too short or too long respectively. Of the five-coordinate MoOS(SR)(2)X models, the ones with X = [OH](-) give computed M-L bond lengths in excellent agreement with the reported EXAFS data while X = H(2)O, NH(3), [CH(3)S](-), and O(2-) give relatively poor agreement. The theoretical results imply that the active site represents a stable, preferred geometry rather than some imposed entatic state.
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- Mark R. Bray
- Inorganic Computational Chemistry Group, Department of Chemistry, University of Warwick, Coventry CV4 7AL, U.K
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Howes BD, Bray RC, Richards RL, Turner NA, Bennett B, Lowe DJ. Evidence favoring molybdenum-carbon bond formation in xanthine oxidase action: 17Q- and 13C-ENDOR and kinetic studies. Biochemistry 1996; 35:1432-43. [PMID: 8634273 DOI: 10.1021/bi9520500] [Citation(s) in RCA: 75] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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The reaction mechanism of the molybdoenzyme xanthine oxidase has been further investigated by 13C and 17O ENDOR of molybdenum(V) species and by kinetic studies of exchange of oxygen isotopes. Three EPR signal-giving species were studied: (i) Very Rapid, a transient intermediate in substrate turnover, (ii) Inhibited, the product of an inhibitory side reaction with aldehyde substrates, and (iii) Alloxanthine, a species formed by reaction of reduced enzyme with the inhibitor, alloxanthine. The Very Rapid signal was developed either with [8-13C]xanthine or with 2-oxo-6-methylpurine using enzyme equilibrated with [17O]H2O. The Inhibited signal was developed with 2H13C2HO and the Alloxanthine signal by using [17O]H2O. Estimates of Mo-C distances were made, from the anisotropic components of the 13C-couplings, by corrected dipolar coupling calculations and by back-calculation from assumed possible structures. Estimated distances in the Inhibited and Very Rapid species were about 1.9 and less than 2.4 A, respectively. A Mo-C bond in the Inhibited species is very strongly suggested, presumably associated with side-on bonding to molybdenum of the carbonyl of the aldehyde substrate. For the Very Rapid species, a Mo-C bond is highly likely. Coupling from a strongly coupled 17O, not in the form of an oxo group, and no coupling from other oxygens was detected in the Very Rapid species. No coupled oxygens were detected in the Alloxanthine species. That the coupled oxygen of the Very Rapid species is the one that appears in the product uric acid molecule was confirmed by new kinetic data. It is concluded that this oxygen of the Very Rapid species does not, as frequently assumed, originate from the oxo group of the oxidized enzyme. A new turnover mechanism is proposed, not involving direct participation of the oxo ligand group, and based on that of Coucouvanis et al. [Coucouvanis, D., Toupadakis, A., Lane, J. D., Koo, S. M., Kim, C. G., Hadjikyriacou, A. (1991) J. Am. Chem. Soc. 113, 5271-5282]. It involves formal addition of the elements of the substrate (e.g., xanthine) across the Mo = S double bond, to give a Mo(VI) species. This is followed by attack of a "buried" water molecule (in the vicinity of molybdenum and perhaps a ligand of it) on the bound substrate carbon, to give an intermediate that on intramolecular one-electron oxidation gives the Very Rapid species. The latter, in keeping with the 13C, 17O, and 33S couplings, is presumed to have the 8-CO group of the uric acid product molecule bonded side-on to molybdenum, with the sulfido molybdenum ligand retained, as in the oxidized enzyme.
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- B D Howes
- School of Chemistry and Molecular Sciences, University of Sussex, Brighton, U.K
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Romão MJ, Archer M, Moura I, Moura JJ, LeGall J, Engh R, Schneider M, Hof P, Huber R. Crystal structure of the xanthine oxidase-related aldehyde oxido-reductase from D. gigas. Science 1995; 270:1170-6. [PMID: 7502041 DOI: 10.1126/science.270.5239.1170] [Citation(s) in RCA: 310] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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The crystal structure of the aldehyde oxido-reductase (Mop) from the sulfate reducing anaerobic Gram-negative bacterium Desulfovibrio gigas has been determined at 2.25 A resolution by multiple isomorphous replacement and refined. The protein, a homodimer of 907 amino acid residues subunits, is a member of the xanthine oxidase family. The protein contains a molybdopterin cofactor (Mo-co) and two different [2Fe-2S] centers. It is folded into four domains of which the first two bind the iron sulfur centers and the last two are involved in Mo-co binding. Mo-co is a molybdenum molybdopterin cytosine dinucleotide. Molybdopterin forms a tricyclic system with the pterin bicycle annealed to a pyran ring. The molybdopterin dinucleotide is deeply buried in the protein. The cis-dithiolene group of the pyran ring binds the molybdenum, which is coordinated by three more (oxygen) ligands.
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- M J Romão
- Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica, Oeiras, Portugal
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Okamoto K, Nishino T. Mechanism of inhibition of xanthine oxidase with a new tight binding inhibitor. J Biol Chem 1995; 270:7816-21. [PMID: 7713871 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.270.14.7816] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023] Open
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The mechanism of inhibition of milk xanthine oxidase and xanthine dehydrogenase by the tight binding inhibitor, sodium-8-(3-methoxy-4-phenylsulfinylphenyl)pyrazolo[1,5-a]-1,3,5- triazine-4-olate monohydrate (BOF-4272), was studied after separation of the two isomers. The steady state kinetics showed that the inhibition by these compounds was a mixed type. One of the isomers had a Ki value of 1.2 x 10(-9) M and a Ki' value of 9 x 10(-9) M, while the other isomer had a Ki value of 3 x 10(-7) M and a Ki' value of 9 x 10(-6) M. Spectral changes were not observed by mixing either the oxidized or reduced form of the enzyme with BOF-4272. The stopped-flow study and the effects of BOF-4272 on various substrates showed that BOF-4272 bound to the xanthine binding site of the enzyme. Kd values of the enzyme and one of the isomers, which has a higher affinity for the enzyme, were also found to be 2 x 10(-9) M for the active form of the enzyme and 7 x 10(-9) M for the desulfo-form using fluorometric titration, and the binding has stoichiometry of 1:1. The inhibitor could not bind to the enzyme when the enzyme was previously treated with oxipurinol.
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- K Okamoto
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Nippon Medical School, Tokyo, Japan
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Arsenic ions, frequently present as environmental pollutants, are very toxic for most microorganisms. Some microbial strains possess genetic determinants that confer resistance. In bacteria, these determinants are often found on plasmids, which has facilitated their study at the molecular level. Bacterial plasmids conferring arsenic resistance encode specific efflux pumps able to extrude arsenic from the cell cytoplasm thus lowering the intracellular concentration of the toxic ions. In Gram-negative bacteria, the efflux pump consists of a two-component ATPase complex. ArsA is the ATPase subunit and is associated with an integral membrane subunit, ArsB. Arsenate is enzymatically reduced to arsenite (the substrate of ArsB and the activator of ArsA) by the small cytoplasmic ArsC polypeptide. In Gram-positive bacteria, comparable arsB and arsC genes (and proteins) are found, but arsA is missing. In addition to the wide spread plasmid arsenic resistance determinant, a few bacteria confer resistance to arsenite with a separate determinant for enzymatic oxidation of more-toxic arsenite to less-toxic arsenate. In contrast to the detailed information on the mechanisms of arsenic resistance in bacteria, little work has been reported on this subject in algae and fungi.
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- C Cervantes
- Instituto de Investigaciones Químico-Biológicas, Universidad Michoacana, Mich., Mexico
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