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Heck J, Kucenko A, Hoffmann A, Herres-Pawlis S. Position of substituents directs the electron transfer properties of entatic state complexes: new insights from guanidine-quinoline copper complexes. Dalton Trans 2024; 53:12527-12542. [PMID: 39016043 DOI: 10.1039/d4dt01539h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 07/18/2024]
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In a previous study, we showed that the properties and the ability as an entatic state model of copper guanidine quinoline complexes are significantly influenced by a methyl or methyl ester substituent in the 2-position. To prove the importance of the 2-position of the substituent, two novel guanidine quinoline ligands with a methyl or methyl ester substituent in the 4-position and the corresponding copper complexes were synthesized and characterized in this study. The influence of the substituent position on the copper complexes was investigated with various experimental and theoretical methods. The molecular structures of the copper complexes were examined in the solid state by single-crystal X-ray diffraction (SCXRD) and by density functional theory (DFT) calculations indicating a strong dependency on the substituent position compared to the systems substituted in the 2-position from the previous study. Further, the significantly different influence on the donor properties in dependency on the substituent position was analyzed with natural bond orbital (NBO) calculations. By the determination of the redox potentials, the impact on the electrochemical stabilization was examined. With regard to further previously analyzed guanidine quinoline copper complexes, the electrochemical stabilization was correlated with the charge-transfer energies calculated by NBO analysis and ground state energies, revealing the substituent influence and enabling a comparatively easy and accurate possibility for the theoretical calculation of the relative redox potential. Finally, the electron transfer properties were quantified by determining the electron self-exchange rates via the Marcus theory and by theoretical calculation of the reorganization energies via Nelsen's four-point method. The results gave important insights into the dependency between the ability of the copper complexes as entatic state model and the type and position of the substituent.
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- Joshua Heck
- Institute of Inorganic Chemistry, RWTH Aachen University, Landoltweg 1a, 52074 Aachen, Germany.
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- Institute of Inorganic Chemistry, RWTH Aachen University, Landoltweg 1a, 52074 Aachen, Germany.
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- Institute of Inorganic Chemistry, RWTH Aachen University, Landoltweg 1a, 52074 Aachen, Germany.
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- Institute of Inorganic Chemistry, RWTH Aachen University, Landoltweg 1a, 52074 Aachen, Germany.
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Falcone E, Hureau C. Redox processes in Cu-binding proteins: the "in-between" states in intrinsically disordered peptides. Chem Soc Rev 2023; 52:6595-6600. [PMID: 37701947 PMCID: PMC10544051 DOI: 10.1039/d3cs00443k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/07/2023] [Indexed: 09/14/2023]
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We report on a concept that some of us first described a decade ago for pure electron transfer [V. Balland, C. Hureau and J.-M. Savéant, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U. S. A., 2010, 107, 17113]. In the present viewpoint, based on more recent results, we refine and extend this "in-between state" concept to explain the formation of reactive oxygen species by copper ions bound to the amyloid-β (Aβ) peptide involved in Alzheimer's disease. In such intrinsically disordered peptides, the Cu coordination is versatile due to the lack of stable folding and the presence of multiple possible binding anchors. Hence, the Cu(I) and Cu(II) ions do impose their favoured sites, with Cu(I) bound in a linear fashion between two His residues and Cu(II) in a square-based pyramid bound to Asp1 amine and carbonyl groups and two His residues in the equatorial plane. Hence a direct electron transfer is prevented and alternatively an in-between state (IBS) mechanism applies, whose description and analysis with respect to other electron transfer processes is the topic of the present viewpoint.
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- Enrico Falcone
- Institut de Chimie (UMR 7177), Université de Strasbourg, CNRS, Strasbourg, France
- School of Chemistry, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK
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Griffin PJ, Olshansky L. Rapid Electron Transfer Self-Exchange in Conformationally Dynamic Copper Coordination Complexes. J Am Chem Soc 2023; 145:20158-20162. [PMID: 37683290 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.3c05935] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 09/10/2023]
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We report the electron transfer (ET) self-exchange rate constants (k11) for a pair of CuII/I complexes utilizing dpaR (dpa = dipicolylaniline, R = OMe, SMe) ligands assessed by NMR line broadening experiments. These ligands afford copper complexes that are conformationally dynamic in one oxidation state. With R = OMe, the CuI complex is dynamic, while with R = SMe, the CuII complex is dynamic. Both complexes exhibit unexpectedly large k11 values of 2.48(6) × 105 and 2.21(9) × 106 M-1 s-1 for [CuCl(dpaOMe)]+/0 and [CuCl(dpaSMe)]+/0, respectively. Among the fastest reported molecular copper coordination complexes to date, that of [CuCl(dpaSMe)]+/0 exceeds all others by an order of magnitude and compares only with those observed in type 1 blue copper proteins. The dynamicity of these complexes establishes pre-steady-state conformational equilibria that minimize the inner-sphere reorganization energies to 0.71 and 0.62 eV for R = OMe and SMe, respectively. In contrast to the emphasis on rigidity in the formulation of entatic states applied to blue copper proteins, the success of these two systems highlights the relevance of conformational dynamicity in mediating rapid ET.
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- Paul J Griffin
- Department of Chemistry, Center for Biophysics and Quantitative Biology, and Materials Research Laboratory, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 600 South Mathews Avenue, Urbana, Illinois 61801, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Center for Biophysics and Quantitative Biology, and Materials Research Laboratory, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 600 South Mathews Avenue, Urbana, Illinois 61801, United States
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Hagen WR, Louro RO. A Comparative Multi-Frequency EPR Study of Dipolar Interaction in Tetra-Heme Cytochromes. Int J Mol Sci 2023; 24:12713. [PMID: 37628894 PMCID: PMC10454114 DOI: 10.3390/ijms241612713] [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: 07/05/2023] [Revised: 08/04/2023] [Accepted: 08/09/2023] [Indexed: 08/27/2023] Open
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Distances between Fe ions in multiheme cytochromes are sufficiently short to make the intramolecular dipole-dipole interaction between hemes probable. In the analysis of EPR data from cytochromes, this interaction has thus far been ignored under the assumption that spectra are the simple sum of non-interacting components. Here, we use a recently developed low-frequency broadband EPR spectrometer to establish the extent of dipolar interaction in the example cytochromes, characterize its spectral signatures, and identify present limitations in the analysis. Broadband EPR spectra of Shewanella oneidensis MR-1 small tetraheme cytochrome (STC) have been collected over the frequency range of 0.45 to 13.11 GHz, and they have been compared to similar data from Desulfovibrio vulgaris Hildenborough cytochrome c3. The two cases are representative examples of two very different heme topologies and corresponding electron-transfer properties in tetraheme proteins. While in cytochrome c3, the six Fe-Fe distances can be sorted into two well-separated groups, those in STC are diffuse. Since the onset of dipolar interaction between Fe-Fe pairs is already observed in the X-band, the g values are determined in the simulation of the 13.11 GHz spectrum. Low-frequency spectra are analyzed with the inclusion of dipolar interaction based on available structural data on mutual distances and orientations between all hemes. In this procedure, all 24 possible assignments of individual heme spectra to heme topologies are sampled. The 24 configurations can be reduced to a few, but inspection falls short of a unique assignment, due to a remaining lack of understanding of the fine details of these complex spectra. In general, the EPR analysis suggests the four-heme system in c3 to be more rigid than that in STC, which is proposed to be related to different physiological roles in electron transfer.
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- Wilfred R. Hagen
- Department of Biotechnology, Delft University of Technology, Building 58, Van der Maasweg 9, 2629 HZ Delft, The Netherlands
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- Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier (ITQB-NOVA), Universidade Nova de Lisboa, 2780-157 Oeiras, Portugal
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Interplay of electronic and geometric structure on Cu phenanthroline, bipyridine and derivative complexes, synthesis, characterization, and reactivity towards oxygen. Coord Chem Rev 2023. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ccr.2022.214943] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Atom engineering-regulated in situ transition of Cu(I)-Cu(II) for efficient overcoming cancer drug resistance. Sci China Chem 2022. [DOI: 10.1007/s11426-022-1340-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/14/2022]
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Cu(Proline) 2 Complex: A Model of Bio-Copper Structural Ambivalence. MOLECULES (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2022; 27:molecules27185846. [PMID: 36144582 PMCID: PMC9502899 DOI: 10.3390/molecules27185846] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/22/2022] [Revised: 08/17/2022] [Accepted: 09/05/2022] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Complexes of Cu2+(d9) with proline may be considered a simple model to address the structural flexibility and electronic properties of copper metalloproteins. To discuss optical electronic spectra and infrared spectral responses, we use quantum chemistry applied to model systems prepared under different geometries and degree of hydration. A comparison of experimental data with calculations indicates that first explicit neighbor water clustering next to the Cu2+(d9) complex is critical for a correct description of the electronic properties of this system. We deduce that the moderately hydrated trans conformer is the main structural form of the complex in water. Further, we suggest that the antisymmetric stretching mode of the carbonyl moieties of the conformer is dominant in the spectrally broadened infrared resonance at 1605 cm−1, where inhomogeneity of the transition at the blue side can be ascribed to a continuum of less optimal interactions with the solvent. Extracted structural properties and hydration features provide information on the structural flexibility/plasticity specific to Cu2+(d9) systems in correlation with the electronic behavior upon photoexcitation. We discuss the role and the nature of the axial ligand in bio-copper structural ambivalence and reactivity.
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Heck J, Metz F, Buchenau S, Teubner M, Grimm-Lebsanft B, Spaniol TP, Hoffmann A, Rübhausen MA, Herres-Pawlis S. Manipulating electron transfer - the influence of substituents on novel copper guanidine quinolinyl complexes. Chem Sci 2022; 13:8274-8288. [PMID: 35919707 PMCID: PMC9297705 DOI: 10.1039/d2sc02910c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/24/2022] [Accepted: 06/11/2022] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Copper guanidine quinolinyl complexes act as good entatic state models due to their distorted structures leading to a high similarity between Cu(i) and Cu(ii) complexes. For a better understanding of the entatic state principle regarding electron transfer a series of guanidine quinolinyl ligands with different substituents in the 2- and 4-position were synthesized to examine the influence on the electron transfer properties of the corresponding copper complexes. Substituents with different steric or electronic influences were chosen. The effects on the properties of the copper complexes were studied applying different experimental and theoretical methods. The molecular structures of the bis(chelate) copper complexes were examined in the solid state by single-crystal X-ray diffraction and in solution by X-ray absorption spectroscopy and density functional theory (DFT) calculations revealing a significant impact of the substituents on the complex structures. For a better insight natural bond orbital (NBO) calculations of the ligands and copper complexes were performed. The electron transfer was analysed by the determination of the electron self-exchange rates following Marcus theory. The obtained results were correlated with the results of the structural analysis of the complexes and of the NBO calculations. Nelsen's four-point method calculations give a deeper understanding of the thermodynamic properties of the electron transfer. These studies reveal a significant impact of the substituents on the properties of the copper complexes.
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- Joshua Heck
- Institute of Inorganic Chemistry, RWTH Aachen University Landoltweg 1a 52074 Aachen Germany
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- Institute of Inorganic Chemistry, RWTH Aachen University Landoltweg 1a 52074 Aachen Germany
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- Institute of Nanostructure and Solid State Physics, University of Hamburg Luruper Chaussee 149 22761 Hamburg Germany
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- Institute of Inorganic Chemistry, RWTH Aachen University Landoltweg 1a 52074 Aachen Germany
- Institute of Nanostructure and Solid State Physics, University of Hamburg Luruper Chaussee 149 22761 Hamburg Germany
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- Institute of Nanostructure and Solid State Physics, University of Hamburg Luruper Chaussee 149 22761 Hamburg Germany
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- Institute of Inorganic Chemistry, RWTH Aachen University Landoltweg 1a 52074 Aachen Germany
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- Institute of Inorganic Chemistry, RWTH Aachen University Landoltweg 1a 52074 Aachen Germany
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- Institute of Nanostructure and Solid State Physics, University of Hamburg Luruper Chaussee 149 22761 Hamburg Germany
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- Institute of Inorganic Chemistry, RWTH Aachen University Landoltweg 1a 52074 Aachen Germany
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Matsumura H, Faponle AS, Hagedoorn PL, Tosha T, de Visser SP, Moënne-Loccoz P. Mechanism of substrate inhibition in cytochrome-c dependent NO reductases from denitrifying bacteria (cNORs). J Inorg Biochem 2022; 231:111781. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jinorgbio.2022.111781] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/28/2021] [Revised: 02/21/2022] [Accepted: 02/24/2022] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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Kushwaha R, Kumar A, Saha S, Bajpai S, Yadav AK, Banerjee S. Os(II) complexes for catalytic anticancer therapy: recent update. Chem Commun (Camb) 2022; 58:4825-4836. [PMID: 35348152 DOI: 10.1039/d2cc00341d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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The recent dramatic enhancement in cancer-related mortality and the drawbacks (side effects and resistance) of Pt-based first-generation chemotherapeutics have escalated the need for new cancer medicines with unique anticancer activities for better human life. To overcome the demerits of Pt-based cancer drugs, the concept of catalytic anticancer agents has recently been presented in the field of anticancer metallodrug development research. Many intracellular transformations in cancer cells are catalyzed by metal complexes, including pyruvate reduction to lactate, NAD(P)+ reduction to NAD(P)H and vice versa, and the conversion of 3O2 to reactive oxygen species (ROS). These artificial in-cell changes with non-toxic and catalytic dosages of metal complexes have been shown to disrupt several essential intracellular processes which ultimately cause cell death. This new approach could develop potent next-generation catalytic anticancer drugs. In this context, recently, several 16/18 electron Os(II)-based complexes have shown promising catalytic anticancer activities with unique anticancer mechanisms. Herein, we have delineated the catalytic anticancer activity of Os(II) complexes from a critical viewpoint. These catalysts are reported to induce the in-cell catalytic transfer hydrogenation of pyruvate and important quinones to create metabolic disorder and photocatalytic ROS generation for oxidative stress generation in cancer cells. Overall, these Os(II) catalysts have the potential to be novel catalytic cancer drugs with new anticancer mechanisms.
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- Rajesh Kushwaha
- Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology (BHU), Varanasi, UP-221005, India.
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- Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology (BHU), Varanasi, UP-221005, India.
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- Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology (BHU), Varanasi, UP-221005, India.
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- Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology (BHU), Varanasi, UP-221005, India.
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- Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology (BHU), Varanasi, UP-221005, India.
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- Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology (BHU), Varanasi, UP-221005, India.
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Richezzi M, Ferreyra J, Puzzolo J, Milesi L, Palopoli CM, Moreno DM, Hureau C, Signorella SR. Versatile Activity of a Copper(II) Complex Bearing a N4‐Tetradentate Schiff Base Ligand with Reduced Oxygen Species. Eur J Inorg Chem 2022. [DOI: 10.1002/ejic.202101042] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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- Micaela Richezzi
- Universidad Nacional de Rosario Facultad de Ciencias Bioquimicas y Farmaceuticas Química Física ARGENTINA
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- Universidad Nacional de Rosario Facultad de Ciencias Bioquimicas y Farmaceuticas Química Física ARGENTINA
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- Universidad Nacional de Rosario Facultad de Ciencias Bioquimicas y Farmaceuticas Química Física ARGENTINA
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- Universidad Nacional de Rosario Facultad de Ciencias Bioquimicas y Farmaceuticas Química Física ARGENTINA
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- Universidad Nacional de Rosario Facultad de Ciencias Bioquimicas y Farmaceuticas Química Física ARGENTINA
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- Universidad Nacional de Rosario Facultad de Ciencias Bioquimicas y Farmaceuticas Química Física ARGENTINA
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- CNRS: Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique LCC - Laboratoire de Chimie de Coordination FRANCE
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Frank P, Benfatto M. Symmetry Breaking in Solution-Phase [Cu(tsc) 2(H 2O) 2] 2+: Emergent Asymmetry in Cu-S Distances and in Covalence. J Phys Chem B 2021; 125:10779-10795. [PMID: 34546762 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.1c05022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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The structure of aqueous Cu(II)-bis-thiosemicarbazide, [Cu(tsc)2]2+, is reported following EXAFS and MXAN analyses of the copper K-edge X-ray absorption (XAS) spectrum. The rising K-edge feature at 8987.1 eV is higher energy than those of crystalline models, implying unique electronic and structural solution states. EXAFS analysis (k = 2-13 Å-1; 2 × Cu-N = 2.02 ± 0.01 Å; 2 × Cu-S = 2.27 ± 0.01 Å; Cu-Oax = 2.41 ± 0.04 Å) could not resolve 5- versus 6-coordinate models. However, MXAN fits converged to an asymmetric broken symmetry 6-coordinate model with cis-disposed TSC ligands (Cu-Oax = 2.07 and 2.54 Å; Cu-N = 1.94 Å, 1.98 Å; Cu-S = 2.20 Å, 2.41 Å). Transition dipole integral evaluation of the sulfur K-edge XAS 1s → 3p valence transition feature at 2470.7 eV yielded a Cu-S covalence of 0.66 e-, indicating Cu1.34+. The high Cu-S covalence and short Cu-S bond in aqueous [Cu(tsc)2(H2O)2]2+ again contradict the need for a protein rack to explain the unique structure of the blue copper active site. MXAN models of dissolved Cu(II) complex ions have invariably featured broken centrosymmetry. The potential energy ground state for dissolved Cu(II) evidently includes the extended solvation field, providing a target for improved physical theory. A revised solvation model for aqueous Cu(II), |[Cu(H2O)5]·14H2O|2+, is presented.
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- Patrick Frank
- Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Lightsource, SLAC, Stanford University, Menlo Park, California 94025, United States.,Department of Chemistry, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, United States
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- Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati-INFN, P.O. Box 13, 00044 Frascati, Italy
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Lyu Y, Scrimin P. Mimicking Enzymes: The Quest for Powerful Catalysts from Simple Molecules to Nanozymes. ACS Catal 2021. [DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.1c01219] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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- Yanchao Lyu
- University of Padova, Department of Chemical Sciences, via Marzolo, 1, 35131 Padova, Italy
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- University of Padova, Department of Chemical Sciences, via Marzolo, 1, 35131 Padova, Italy
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Bím D, Alexandrova AN. Electrostatic regulation of blue copper sites. Chem Sci 2021; 12:11406-11413. [PMID: 34667549 PMCID: PMC8447924 DOI: 10.1039/d1sc02233d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/21/2021] [Accepted: 07/26/2021] [Indexed: 01/06/2023] Open
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In the last 50 years, the blue copper proteins became central targets of investigation. Extensive experiments focused on the Cu coordination to probe the effect of local perturbations on its properties. We found that local electric fields, generated by charged residues evolutionarily placed throughout the protein edifice, mainly second sphere, but also more remotely, constitute an additional significant factor regulating blue copper proteins. These fields are not random, but exhibit a highly specific directionality, negative with respect to the and vectors in the Cu first shell. The field magnitude contributes to fine-tuning of the geometric and electronic properties of Cu sites in individual blue copper proteins. Specifically, the local electric fields evidently control the Cu–SMet bond distance, Cu(ii)–SCys bond covalency, and the energies of the frontier molecular orbitals, which, in turn, govern the Cu(ii/i) reduction potential and the relative absorption intensities at 450 nm and 600 nm. Intramolecular electric fields in blue copper proteins are oriented in a fixed way to modulate properties of their copper sites: they control the first-shell copper interactions to influence geometric, spectroscopic, and redox behavior.![]()
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- Daniel Bím
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, Los Angeles 607 Charles E. Young Drive East Los Angeles CA 90095-1569 USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, Los Angeles 607 Charles E. Young Drive East Los Angeles CA 90095-1569 USA .,California NanoSystems Institute, University of California, Los Angeles 570 Westwood Plaza Los Angeles California 90095-1569 USA
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Fan Z, Huang J, Huang H, Banerjee S. Metal-Based Catalytic Drug Development for Next-Generation Cancer Therapy. ChemMedChem 2021; 16:2480-2486. [PMID: 34028190 DOI: 10.1002/cmdc.202100297] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/29/2021] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Considering the high increase in mortality caused by cancer in recent years, cancer drugs with novel mechanisms of anticancer action are urgently needed to overcome the drawbacks of platinum-based chemotherapeutics. Recently, in the area of metal-based cancer drug development research, the concept of catalytic cancer drugs has been introduced with organometallic RuII , OsII , RhIII and IrIII complexes. These complexes are reported as catalysts for many important biological transformations in cancer cells such as nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD(P)H) oxidation to NAD+ , reduction of NAD+ to NADH, and reduction of pyruvate to lactate. These unnatural intracellular transformations with catalytic and nontoxic doses of metal complexes are known to severely perturb several important biochemical pathways and could be the antecedent of next-generation catalytic cancer drug development. In this concept, we delineate the prospects of such recently reported organometallic RuII , OsII , RhIII and IrIII complexes as future catalytic cancer drugs. This new approach has the potential to deliver new cancer drug candidates.
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- Zhongxian Fan
- School of Pharmaceutical Science (Shenzhen), Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, 510275, China
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- School of Pharmaceutical Science (Shenzhen), Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, 510275, China
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- School of Pharmaceutical Science (Shenzhen), Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, 510275, China
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- Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology (BHU), Varanasi, UP-221005, India
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Banerjee S, Sadler PJ. Transfer hydrogenation catalysis in cells. RSC Chem Biol 2021; 2:12-29. [PMID: 34458774 PMCID: PMC8341873 DOI: 10.1039/d0cb00150c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/14/2020] [Accepted: 10/10/2020] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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Hydrogenation reactions in biology are usually carried out by enzymes with nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD(P)H) or flavin mononucleotide (FAMH2)/flavinadenine dinucleotide (FADH2) as cofactors and hydride sources. Industrial scale chemical transfer hydrogenation uses small molecules such as formic acid or alcohols (e.g. propanol) as hydride sources and transition metal complexes as catalysts. We focus here on organometallic half-sandwich RuII and OsII η6-arene complexes and RhIII and IrIII η5-Cp x complexes which catalyse hydrogenation of biomolecules such as pyruvate and quinones in aqueous media, and generate biologically important species such as H2 and H2O2. Organometallic catalysts can achieve enantioselectivity, and moreover can be active in living cells, which is surprising on account of the variety of poisons present. Such catalysts can induce reductive stress using formate as hydride source or oxidative stress by accepting hydride from NAD(P)H. In some cases, photocatalytic redox reactions can be induced by light absorption at metal or flavin centres. These artificial transformations can interfere in biochemical pathways in unusual ways, and are the basis for the design of metallodrugs with novel mechanisms of action.
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- Samya Banerjee
- Department of Chemistry, University of Warwick, Gibbet Hill Road Coventry CV4 7AL UK
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Warwick, Gibbet Hill Road Coventry CV4 7AL UK
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Llanos L, Vera C, Vega A, Aravena D, Lemus L. Reactivity of Cu IN 4 Flattened Complexes: Interplay between Coordination Geometry and Ligand Flexibility. Inorg Chem 2020; 59:15061-15073. [PMID: 33021785 DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.0c02037] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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The relation between redox activity and coordination geometry in CuIN4 complexes indicates that more flattened structures tend to be more reactive. Such a preorganization of the ligand confers to the complex geometries closer to a transition state, which has been termed the "entatic" state in metalloproteins, more recently extending this concept for copper complexes. However, many aspects of the redox chemistry of CuI complexes cannot be explained only by flattening. For instance, the role of ligand flexibility in this context is an open debate nowadays. To analyze this point, we studied oxidation properties of a series of five monometallic CuI Schiff-base complexes, [CuI(Ln)]+, which span a range of geometries from a distorted square planar (n = 3) to a distorted tetrahedron (n = 6, 7). This stepped control of the structure around the CuI atom allows us to explore the effect of the flattening distortion on both the electronic and redox properties through the series. Experimental studies were complemented by a theoretical analysis based on density functional theory calculations. As expected, oxidation was favored in the flattened structures, spanning a broad potential window of 370 mV for the complete series. This orderly behavior was tested in the reductive dehalogenation reaction of tetrachloroethane (TCE). Kinetic studies show that CuI oxidation by TCE is faster as the flattening distortion is higher and the oxidation potentials of the metal are lower. However, the most reactive complex was not the more planar, contradicting the trend expected from oxidation potentials. The origin of this irregularity is related to ligand flexibility and its connection with the atom/electron transfer reaction path, highlighting the need to consider effects beyond flattening distortion to better understand the reactivity of this important class of complexes.
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- Leonel Llanos
- Departamento de Química de los Materiales, Facultad de Química y Biología, Universidad de Santiago de Chile, Av. Libertador Bernardo O'Higgins 3363, Estacio'n Central, Santiago, Chile
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- Departamento de Química de los Materiales, Facultad de Química y Biología, Universidad de Santiago de Chile, Av. Libertador Bernardo O'Higgins 3363, Estacio'n Central, Santiago, Chile
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- Facultad de Ciencias Exactas, Departamento de Ciencias Químicas, Universidad Andrés Bello, Quillota 980, Viña del Mar, Chile.,Centro para el Desarrollo de Nanociencias y Nanotecnología, CEDENNA, Santiago, Chile
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- Departamento de Química de los Materiales, Facultad de Química y Biología, Universidad de Santiago de Chile, Av. Libertador Bernardo O'Higgins 3363, Estacio'n Central, Santiago, Chile
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- Departamento de Química de los Materiales, Facultad de Química y Biología, Universidad de Santiago de Chile, Av. Libertador Bernardo O'Higgins 3363, Estacio'n Central, Santiago, Chile
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Biggs GS, Klein OJ, Boss SR, Barker PD. Unlocking the Full Evolutionary Potential of Artificial Metalloenzymes Through Direct Metal-Protein Coordination : A review of recent advances for catalyst development. JOHNSON MATTHEY TECHNOLOGY REVIEW 2020. [DOI: 10.1595/205651320x15928204097766] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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Generation of artificial metalloenzymes (ArMs) has gained much inspiration from the general understanding of natural metalloenzymes. Over the last decade, a multitude of methods generating transition metal-protein hybrids have been developed and many of these new-to-nature constructs
catalyse reactions previously reserved for the realm of synthetic chemistry. This perspective will focus on ArMs incorporating 4d and 5d transition metals. It aims to summarise the significant advances made to date and asks whether there are chemical strategies, used in nature to optimise
metal catalysts, that have yet to be fully recognised in the synthetic enzyme world, particularly whether artificial enzymes produced to date fully take advantage of the structural and energetic context provided by the protein. Further, the argument is put forward that, based on precedence,
in the majority of naturally evolved metalloenzymes the direct coordination bonding between the metal and the protein scaffold is integral to catalysis. Therefore, the protein can attenuate metal activity by positioning ligand atoms in the form of amino acids, as well as making non-covalent
contributions to catalysis, through intermolecular interactions that pre-organise substrates and stabilise transition states. This highlights the often neglected but crucial element of natural systems that is the energetic contribution towards activating metal centres through protein fold
energy. Finally, general principles needed for a different approach to the formation of ArMs are set out, utilising direct coordination inspired by the activation of an organometallic cofactor upon protein binding. This methodology, observed in nature, delivers true interdependence between
metal and protein. When combined with the ability to efficiently evolve enzymes, new problems in catalysis could be addressed in a faster and more specific manner than with simpler small molecule catalysts.
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- George S. Biggs
- Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge Lensfield Road, Cambridge, CB2 1EW UK
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge Lensfield Road, Cambridge, CB2 1EW UK
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge Lensfield Road, Cambridge, CB2 1EW UK
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge Lensfield Road, Cambridge, CB2 1EW UK
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Balogh RK, Gyurcsik B, Jensen M, Thulstrup PW, Köster U, Christensen NJ, Mørch FJ, Jensen ML, Jancsó A, Hemmingsen L. Flexibility of the CueR Metal Site Probed by Instantaneous Change of Element and Oxidation State from Ag I to Cd II. Chemistry 2020; 26:7451-7457. [PMID: 32045037 PMCID: PMC7317920 DOI: 10.1002/chem.202000132] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/10/2020] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Selectivity for monovalent metal ions is an important facet of the function of the metalloregulatory protein CueR. 111Ag perturbed angular correlation of γ‐rays (PAC) spectroscopy probes the metal site structure and the relaxation accompanying the instantaneous change from AgI to CdII upon 111Ag radioactive decay. That is, a change from AgI, which activates transcription, to CdII, which does not. In the frozen state (−196 °C) two nuclear quadrupole interactions (NQIs) are observed; one (NQI1) agrees well with two coordinating thiolates and an additional longer contact to the S77 backbone carbonyl, and the other (NQI2) reflects that CdII has attracted additional ligand(s). At 1 °C only NQI2 is observed, demonstrating that relaxation to this structure occurs within ≈10 ns of the decay of 111Ag. Thus, transformation from AgI to CdII rapidly disrupts the functional linear bis(thiolato)AgI metal site structure. This inherent metal site flexibility may be central to CueR function, leading to remodelling into a non‐functional structure upon binding of non‐cognate metal ions. In a broader perspective, 111Ag PAC spectroscopy may be applied to probe the flexibility of protein metal sites.
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- Ria K Balogh
- Department of Inorganic and Analytical Chemistry, University of Szeged, Dóm tér 7, 6720, Szeged, Hungary
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- Department of Inorganic and Analytical Chemistry, University of Szeged, Dóm tér 7, 6720, Szeged, Hungary
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- Hevesy Laboratory, DTU-Health, Technical University of Denmark, Frederiksborgvej 399, 4000, Roskilde, Denmark
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Copenhagen, Universitetsparken 5, 2100, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Institut Laue-Langevin, 71 avenue des Martyrs, 38042, Grenoble, France
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, University of Copenhagen, Thorvaldsensvej 40, 1, 871, Frederiksberg C, Denmark
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Copenhagen, Universitetsparken 5, 2100, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen, Universitetsparken 5, 2100, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Department of Inorganic and Analytical Chemistry, University of Szeged, Dóm tér 7, 6720, Szeged, Hungary
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Copenhagen, Universitetsparken 5, 2100, Copenhagen, Denmark
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