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Alsharabasy AM, Lagarias PI, Papavasileiou KD, Afantitis A, Farràs P, Glynn S, Pandit A. Examining Hemin and its Derivatives: Induction of Heme-Oxygenase-1 Activity and Oxidative Stress in Breast Cancer Cells through Collaborative Experimental Analysis and Molecular Dynamics Simulations. J Med Chem 2024. [PMID: 39159487 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jmedchem.4c00989] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 08/21/2024]
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Hemin triggers intracellular reactive oxygen species (ROS) accumulation and enhances heme oxygenase-1 (HOX-1) activity, indicating its potential as an anticancer agent, though precise control of its intracellular levels is crucial. The study explores the impact of hemin and its derivatives, hemin-tyrosine, and hemin-styrene (H-Styr) conjugates on migration, HOX-1 expression, specific apoptosis markers, mitochondrial functions, and ROS generation in breast cancer cells. Molecular docking and dynamics simulations were used to understand the interactions among HOX-1, heme, and the compounds. Hemin outperforms its derivatives in inducing HOX-1 expression, exhibiting pro-oxidative effects and reducing cell migration. Molecular simulations show that heme binds favorably to HOX-1, followed by the other compounds, primarily through van der Waals and electrostatic forces. However, only van der Waals forces determine the H-Styr complexation. These interactions, influenced by metalloporphyrin characteristics, provide insights into HOX-1 regulation and ROS generation, potentially guiding the development of breast cancer therapies targeting oxidative stress.
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- Amir M Alsharabasy
- CÚRAM, SFI Research Centre for Medical Devices, University of Galway, Galway H91 W2TY, Ireland
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- Department of ChemoInformatics, Novamechanics Ltd., Nicosia 1070, Cyprus
- Department of Chemoinformatics, Novamechanics MIKE, Piraeus 18545, Greece
- Division of Data Driven Innovation, Entelos Institute, Larnaca 6059, Cyprus
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- Department of ChemoInformatics, Novamechanics Ltd., Nicosia 1070, Cyprus
- Department of Chemoinformatics, Novamechanics MIKE, Piraeus 18545, Greece
- Division of Data Driven Innovation, Entelos Institute, Larnaca 6059, Cyprus
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- CÚRAM, SFI Research Centre for Medical Devices, University of Galway, Galway H91 W2TY, Ireland
- School of Biological and Chemical Sciences, Ryan Institute, University of Galway, Galway H91 TK33, Ireland
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- CÚRAM, SFI Research Centre for Medical Devices, University of Galway, Galway H91 W2TY, Ireland
- Discipline of Pathology, Lambe Institute for Translational Research, School of Medicine, University of Galway, Galway H91 YR71, Ireland
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- CÚRAM, SFI Research Centre for Medical Devices, University of Galway, Galway H91 W2TY, Ireland
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Chaudhri N, Guberman-Pfeffer MJ, Zeller M, Brückner C. Oxochlorin frameworks confining a β-hydroxyketone moiety. Dalton Trans 2024; 53:13142-13150. [PMID: 39041824 DOI: 10.1039/d4dt01386g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 07/24/2024]
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Nominally, meso-hydroxyoxochlorins, like known 5-hydroxy-7-oxo-octaethylchlorin (9), its nickel complex [5-hydroxy-7-oxo-octaethylchlorinato]nickel(II) (9Ni), or the novel 5-hydroxy-7,17-dioxo-octaethylbacteriochlorin (10), incorporate an acetylacetonate (acac)-moiety in the enol form in their chromophore structures. X-Ray diffraction studies of the compounds show the presence of a strong H-bond between the enol and flanking β-ketone. Like acac, the functionality can be deprotonated. However, unlike regular acac-like moieties, we did not find any indication that this functionality is competent in chelating any of the 3d or 4d transition metal ions tested. Evidently, the conjugation that contributes to the stability of acac as a ligand cannot be expressed in the meso-hydroxyoxochlorins since it would perturb the aromaticity of the porphyrinic chromophores; in other words, the metal binding energies do not offset the loss in aromaticity. The halochromic properties of the molecules provide some more insight into the location of the protonation/deprotonation sites. The interpretation of the findings is supported by computations.
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- Nivedita Chaudhri
- Department of Chemistry, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT 06269-3060, USA.
- Department of Chemistry, Guru Nanak Dev University Amritsar, Punjab-143005, India
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Baylor University, One Bear Place #97348, Waco, Texas 76706, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Purdue University, 560 Oval Drive, West Lafayette, IN 47907-2084, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT 06269-3060, USA.
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Freeman SL, Oliveira ASF, Gallio AE, Rosa A, Simitakou MK, Arthur CJ, Mulholland AJ, Cherepanov P, Raven EL. Heme binding to the SARS-CoV-2 spike glycoprotein. J Biol Chem 2023; 299:105014. [PMID: 37414149 PMCID: PMC10416065 DOI: 10.1016/j.jbc.2023.105014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/11/2023] [Revised: 06/12/2023] [Accepted: 07/01/2023] [Indexed: 07/08/2023] Open
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The target for humoral immunity, SARS-CoV-2 spike glycoprotein, has become the focus of vaccine research and development. Previous work demonstrated that the N-terminal domain (NTD) of SARS-CoV-2 spike binds biliverdin-a product of heme catabolism-causing a strong allosteric effect on the activity of a subset of neutralizing antibodies. Herein, we show that the spike glycoprotein is also able to bind heme (KD = 0.5 ± 0.2 μM). Molecular modeling indicated that the heme group fits well within the same pocket on the SARS-CoV-2 spike NTD. Lined by aromatic and hydrophobic residues (W104, V126, I129, F192, F194, I203, and L226), the pocket provides a suitable environment to stabilize the hydrophobic heme. Mutagenesis of N121 has a substantive effect on heme binding (KD = 3000 ± 220 μM), confirming the pocket as a major heme binding location of the viral glycoprotein. Coupled oxidation experiments in the presence of ascorbate indicated that the SARS-CoV-2 glycoprotein can catalyze the slow conversion of heme to biliverdin. The heme trapping and oxidation activities of the spike may allow the virus to reduce levels of free heme during infection to facilitate evasion of the adaptive and innate immunity.
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- Samuel L Freeman
- School of Chemistry, Cantock's Close, University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom
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- School of Chemistry, Cantock's Close, University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom
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- School of Chemistry, Cantock's Close, University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom
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- Chromatin Structure and Mobile DNA Laboratory, The Francis Crick Institute, London, United Kingdom
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- Chromatin Structure and Mobile DNA Laboratory, The Francis Crick Institute, London, United Kingdom
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- School of Chemistry, Cantock's Close, University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom
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- School of Chemistry, Cantock's Close, University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom
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- Chromatin Structure and Mobile DNA Laboratory, The Francis Crick Institute, London, United Kingdom; Department of Infectious Disease, St-Mary's Campus, Imperial College London, United Kingdom.
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- School of Chemistry, Cantock's Close, University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom.
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Grzegorzek N, Mao H, Michel P, Junge MJ, Lorenzo ER, Young RM, Krzyaniak MD, Wasielewski MR, Chernick ET. Metalated Porphyrin Stable Free Radicals: Exploration of Electron Spin Communication and Dynamics. J Phys Chem A 2020; 124:6168-6176. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.0c03176] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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- Norbert Grzegorzek
- Institute für Organische Chemie, University of Tübingen, Auf Der Morgenstelle 18, A-Bau, Tübingen 72076, Germany
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- Department of Chemistry and Institute for Sustainability and Energy at Northwestern, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208-3113, United States
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- Institute für Organische Chemie, University of Tübingen, Auf Der Morgenstelle 18, A-Bau, Tübingen 72076, Germany
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- Institute für Organische Chemie, University of Tübingen, Auf Der Morgenstelle 18, A-Bau, Tübingen 72076, Germany
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- Department of Chemistry and Institute for Sustainability and Energy at Northwestern, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208-3113, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Institute for Sustainability and Energy at Northwestern, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208-3113, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Institute for Sustainability and Energy at Northwestern, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208-3113, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Institute for Sustainability and Energy at Northwestern, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208-3113, United States
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- Institute für Organische Chemie, University of Tübingen, Auf Der Morgenstelle 18, A-Bau, Tübingen 72076, Germany
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Adam SM, Wijeratne GB, Rogler PJ, Diaz DE, Quist DA, Liu JJ, Karlin KD. Synthetic Fe/Cu Complexes: Toward Understanding Heme-Copper Oxidase Structure and Function. Chem Rev 2018; 118:10840-11022. [PMID: 30372042 PMCID: PMC6360144 DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrev.8b00074] [Citation(s) in RCA: 145] [Impact Index Per Article: 24.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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Heme-copper oxidases (HCOs) are terminal enzymes on the mitochondrial or bacterial respiratory electron transport chain, which utilize a unique heterobinuclear active site to catalyze the 4H+/4e- reduction of dioxygen to water. This process involves a proton-coupled electron transfer (PCET) from a tyrosine (phenolic) residue and additional redox events coupled to transmembrane proton pumping and ATP synthesis. Given that HCOs are large, complex, membrane-bound enzymes, bioinspired synthetic model chemistry is a promising approach to better understand heme-Cu-mediated dioxygen reduction, including the details of proton and electron movements. This review encompasses important aspects of heme-O2 and copper-O2 (bio)chemistries as they relate to the design and interpretation of small molecule model systems and provides perspectives from fundamental coordination chemistry, which can be applied to the understanding of HCO activity. We focus on recent advancements from studies of heme-Cu models, evaluating experimental and computational results, which highlight important fundamental structure-function relationships. Finally, we provide an outlook for future potential contributions from synthetic inorganic chemistry and discuss their implications with relevance to biological O2-reduction.
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- Suzanne M. Adam
- Department of Chemistry, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland 21218, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland 21218, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland 21218, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland 21218, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland 21218, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland 21218, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland 21218, United States
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Gheidi M, Safari N, Zahedi M. Density functional theory studies on the conversion of hydroxyheme to iron-verdoheme in the presence of dioxygen. Dalton Trans 2018; 46:2146-2158. [PMID: 28120965 DOI: 10.1039/c6dt04250c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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Detailed insight into the second step of heme degradation by heme oxygenase, oxophlorin to verdoheme and biliverdin, is presented. Density functional theory methods are reported for the conversion of oxophlorin to verdoheme. Since it is currently unclear whether dioxygen binding to iron oxophlorin is followed by a reduction or not, in this work we have focused on the difference in reactivity between [(Im)(O2˙)FeIII(PO˙)] (PO˙ is the oxophlorin dianion radical) and [(Im)(O2˙)FeIII(PO)]- (PO is the oxophlorin trianion). Thus, we have shown that in [(Im)(O2˙)FeIII(PO˙)] and [(Im)(O2˙)FeIII(PO)]-, the mechanisms are stepwise with an initial C-O bond activation to form a ring-structure where the oxophlorin is distorted from planarity. This is followed by homolytic dioxygen bond breaking that directly leads to iron-oxo verdoheme products. The [(Im)(O2˙)FeIII(PO˙)] mechanism proceeds via two-state-reactivity patterns on the adjacent doublet and quartet spin state surfaces, whereas the [(Im)(O2˙)FeIII(PO)]- route shows single-state-reactivity on a triplet spin state surface. In both, the rate determining step is the C-O bond activation, with substantially lower barriers on the [(Im)(O2˙)FeIII(PO˙)] surface of 12.15 kcal mol-1 in the gas phase compared to 22.55 kcal mol-1 for the intermediate-spin of [(Im)(O2˙)FeIII(PO)]-. The complete active space self-consistent-field wave functions with second-order multi-reference perturbation theory were also studied. Finally, the effects of the solvent and the medium on the reaction barriers were tested and shown to be considerable.
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- Mahin Gheidi
- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Sciences, Shahid Beheshti University, G. C., Evin, 19839-63113, Tehran, Iran.
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Sciences, Shahid Beheshti University, G. C., Evin, 19839-63113, Tehran, Iran.
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Sciences, Shahid Beheshti University, G. C., Evin, 19839-63113, Tehran, Iran.
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Conger MA, Pokhrel D, Liptak MD. Tight binding of heme to Staphylococcus aureus IsdG and IsdI precludes design of a competitive inhibitor. Metallomics 2018; 9:556-563. [PMID: 28401968 DOI: 10.1039/c7mt00035a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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The micromolar equilibrium constants for heme dissociation from IsdG and IsdI reported in the literature call into question whether these enzymes are actually members of the iron-regulated surface determinant system of Staphylococcus aureus, which harvests heme iron from a host during infection. In order to address this question, the heme dissociation constants for IsdG and IsdI were reevaluated using three approaches. The heme dissociation equilibrium constants were measured using a UV/Vis absorption-detected assay analyzed with an assumption-free model, and using a newly developed fluorescence-detected assay. The heme dissociation rate constants were estimated using apomyoglobin competition assays. Analyses of the UV/Vis absorption data revealed a critical flaw in the previous measurements; heme is 99.9% protein-bound at the micromolar concentrations needed for UV/Vis absorption spectroscopy, which renders accurate equilibrium constant measurement nearly impossible. However, fluorescence can be measured for more dilute samples, and analyses of these data resulted in dissociation equilibrium constants of 1.4 ± 0.6 nM and 12.9 ± 1.3 nM for IsdG and IsdI, respectively. Analyses of the kinetic data obtained from apomyoglobin competition assays estimated heme dissociation rate constants of 0.022 ± 0.002 s-1 for IsdG and 0.092 ± 0.008 s-1 for IsdI. Based upon these data, and what is known regarding the post-translational regulation of IsdG and IsdI, it is proposed that only IsdG is a member of the heme iron acquisition pathway and IsdI regulates heme homeostasis. Furthermore, the nanomolar dissociation constants mean that heme is bound tightly by IsdG and indicates that competitive inhibition of this protein will be difficult. Instead, uncompetitive inhibition based upon a detailed understanding of enzyme mechanism is a more promising antibiotic development strategy.
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- Matthew A Conger
- Department of Chemistry, University of Vermont, Burlington, Vermont 05405, USA.
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Shimizu D, Osuka A. Porphyrinoids as a platform of stable radicals. Chem Sci 2018; 9:1408-1423. [PMID: 29675188 PMCID: PMC5892410 DOI: 10.1039/c7sc05210c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 87] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/08/2017] [Accepted: 01/05/2018] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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The non-innocent ligand nature of porphyrins was observed for compound I in enzymatic cycles of cytochrome P450. Such porphyrin radicals were first regarded as reactive intermediates in catabolism, but recent studies have revealed that porphyrinoids, including porphyrins, ring-contracted porphyrins, and ring-expanded porphyrins, display excellent radical-stabilizing abilities to the extent that radicals can be handled like usual closed-shell organic molecules. This review surveys four types of stable porphyrinoid radical and covers their synthetic methods and properties such as excellent redox properties, NIR absorption, and magnetic properties. The radical-stabilizing abilities of porphyrinoids stem from their unique macrocyclic conjugated systems with high electronic and structural flexibilities.
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- Daiki Shimizu
- Department of Chemistry , Graduate School of Science , Kyoto University , Kyoto 606-8502 , Japan .
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- Department of Chemistry , Graduate School of Science , Kyoto University , Kyoto 606-8502 , Japan .
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Alavi FS, Zahedi M, Safari N, Ryde U. QM/MM Study of the Conversion of Oxophlorin into Verdoheme by Heme Oxygenase. J Phys Chem B 2017; 121:11427-11436. [PMID: 29090581 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.7b08332] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Heme oxygenase is an enzyme that degrades heme, thereby recycling iron in most organisms, including humans. Pervious density functional theory (DFT) calculations have suggested that iron(III) hydroxyheme, an intermediate generated in the first step of heme degradation by heme oxygenase, is converted to iron(III) superoxo oxophlorin in the presence of dioxygen. In this article, we have studied the detailed mechanism of conversion of iron(III) superoxo oxophlorin to verdoheme by using combined quantum mechanics and molecular mechanics (QM/MM) calculations. The calculations employed the B3LYP method and the def2-QZVP basis set, considering dispersion effects with the DFT-D3 approach, obtaining accurate energies with large QM regions of almost 1000 atoms. The reaction was found to be exothermic by -35 kcal/mol, with a rate-determining barrier of 19 kcal/mol in the doublet state. The protein environment and especially water in the enzyme pocket significantly affects the reaction by decreasing the reaction activation energies and changing the structures by providing strategic hydrogen bonds.
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- Fatemeh Sadat Alavi
- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Sciences, Shahid Beheshti University , G.C., Evin, 19839-6313 Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Sciences, Shahid Beheshti University , G.C., Evin, 19839-6313 Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Sciences, Shahid Beheshti University , G.C., Evin, 19839-6313 Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Theoretical Chemistry, Lund University , Chemical Centre, P.O. Box 124, SE-221 00 Lund, Sweden
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Stähler C, Shimizu D, Yoshida K, Furukawa K, Herges R, Osuka A. Stable Ni II Porphyrin meso-Oxy Radical with a Quartet Ground State. Chemistry 2017; 23:7217-7220. [PMID: 28402012 DOI: 10.1002/chem.201701354] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/25/2017] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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10,15,20-Tris(pentafluorophenyl)-substituted NiII -porphyrin meso-oxy radical bearing two coordinating pyridines was synthesized as a stable radical with a quartet ground state (S=3/2). X-ray structural analysis revealed that the NiII porphyrin moiety is fairly planar and the Ni-N bond lengths are considerably longer, indicating the high-spin state of the NiII center. The radical exhibited a quartet ground state, indicating the ferromagnetic interaction between the high-spin NiII center (S=1) and the porphyrin meso-oxy radical (S=1/2).
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- Cosima Stähler
- Otto-Diels-Institut für Organische Chemie, Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel, Otto-Hahn-Platz 4, Kiel, 24098, Germany
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- Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto, 606-8502, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto, 606-8502, Japan
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- Center for Instrumental Analysis, Institute for Research Promotion, Niigata University, Nishi-ku, Niigata, 950-2181, Japan
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- Otto-Diels-Institut für Organische Chemie, Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel, Otto-Hahn-Platz 4, Kiel, 24098, Germany
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- Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto, 606-8502, Japan
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Nagaoka H. An HASApf-redoxin complex causing asymmetric catalytic oxidation via the regenerative formation of a reactive oxygen species. Dalton Trans 2016; 44:13384-93. [PMID: 26135291 DOI: 10.1039/c5dt01768h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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A PP (pea)-HASApf-redoxin complex eluted from encapsulated PP gel with aeration displays asymmetric oxidation activity over 200 times greater than that of a similar protein expressed by E. coli cells. The intermediate spin, identified in the ESR spectrum, appears at g = 4.3 and g = 2.0, suggesting that an iron electron-transfer system for the asymmetric oxidation of secondary alcohols may be successfully created by the PP-HASApf-redoxin complex (39 kDa). FTIR experiments provided values νs(SO2) ≈ 950-1050 cm(-1) and νas(SO2) ≈ 1100-1200 cm(-1) for metal-bound sulfinate S-O and Fe-O vibrations. The sulfur and iron detected by physicochemical inspection (IC/ICP-AES) may facilitate the electron transport of a sulfate-iron complex (e.g., rubredoxin (6 kDa) or ferredoxin (9 kDa)) to the HASApf (21 kDa). The observations are consistently acceptable; i.e., the oxygen-driven PP-HASApf-redoxin complex functions regenerate via the successive asymmetric catalytic event - Fe(ii) + O2 → Fe(iii)-O-O(-) → Fe(iv) = O (oxidizing rac- or rac-) → Fe(ii) + H2O. Therefore, the use of a raw biomaterial as a PP-HASApf-redoxin complex-catalytic system for asymmetric oxidation is an important novelty, despite the apparent difficulties in working with pure dehydrogenase enzymatic/redox-cofactor systems for biotransformation.
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- Hiroyuki Nagaoka
- Sanyo Shokuhin Co., Ltd R & D, 555-4 Asakura, Maebashi, Gunma 371-0811, Japan.
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Unique coupling of mono- and dioxygenase chemistries in a single active site promotes heme degradation. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2016; 113:3779-84. [PMID: 27006503 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1523333113] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Bacterial pathogens must acquire host iron for survival and colonization. Because free iron is restricted in the host, numerous pathogens have evolved to overcome this limitation by using a family of monooxygenases that mediate the oxidative cleavage of heme into biliverdin, carbon monoxide, and iron. However, the etiological agent of tuberculosis, Mycobacterium tuberculosis, accomplishes this task without generating carbon monoxide, which potentially induces its latent state. Here we show that this unusual heme degradation reaction proceeds through sequential mono- and dioxygenation events within the single active center of MhuD, a mechanism unparalleled in enzyme catalysis. A key intermediate of the MhuD reaction is found to be meso-hydroxyheme, which reacts with O2 at an unusual position to completely suppress its monooxygenation but to allow ring cleavage through dioxygenation. This mechanistic change, possibly due to heavy steric deformation of hydroxyheme, rationally explains the unique heme catabolites of MhuD. Coexistence of mechanistically distinct functions is a previously unidentified strategy to expand the physiological outcome of enzymes, and may be applied to engineer unique biocatalysts.
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Shimizu D, Oh J, Furukawa K, Kim D, Osuka A. Triarylporphyrin meso-Oxy Radicals: Remarkable Chemical Stabilities and Oxidation to Oxophlorin π-Cations. J Am Chem Soc 2015; 137:15584-94. [DOI: 10.1021/jacs.5b11223] [Citation(s) in RCA: 64] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Daiki Shimizu
- Department
of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8502, Japan
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- Spectroscopy
Laboratory for Functional π-Electronic Systems and Department
of Chemistry, Yonsei University, Seoul 120-749, South Korea
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- Center
for Instrumental Analysis, Niigata University, Nishi-ku, Niigata 950-2181, Japan
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- Spectroscopy
Laboratory for Functional π-Electronic Systems and Department
of Chemistry, Yonsei University, Seoul 120-749, South Korea
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- Department
of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8502, Japan
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Gram M, Dolberg Anderson U, Johansson ME, Edström-Hägerwall A, Larsson I, Jälmby M, Hansson SR, Åkerström B. The Human Endogenous Protection System against Cell-Free Hemoglobin and Heme Is Overwhelmed in Preeclampsia and Provides Potential Biomarkers and Clinical Indicators. PLoS One 2015; 10:e0138111. [PMID: 26368565 PMCID: PMC4569570 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0138111] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/01/2015] [Accepted: 08/26/2015] [Indexed: 01/27/2023] Open
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Preeclampsia (PE) complicates 3-8% of all pregnancies and manifests clinically as hypertension and proteinuria in the second half of gestation. The pathogenesis of PE is not fully understood but recent studies have described the involvement of cell-free fetal hemoglobin (HbF). Hypothesizing that PE is associated with prolonged hemolysis we have studied the response of the cell-free Hb- and heme defense network. Thus, we have investigated the levels of cell-free HbF (both free, denoted HbF, and in complex with Hp, denoted Hp-HbF) as well as the major human endogenous Hb- and heme-scavenging systems: haptoglobin (Hp), hemopexin (Hpx), α1-microglobulin (A1M) and CD163 in plasma of PE women (n = 98) and women with normal pregnancies (n = 47) at term. A significant increase of the mean plasma HbF concentration was observed in women with PE. Plasma levels of Hp and Hpx were statistically significantly reduced, whereas the level of the extravascular heme- and radical scavenger A1M was significantly increased in plasma of women with PE. The Hpx levels significantly correlated with maternal blood pressure. Furthermore, HbF and the related scavenger proteins displayed a potential to be used as clinical biomarkers for more precise diagnosis of PE and are candidates as predictors of identifying pregnancies with increased risk of obstetrical complications. The results support that PE pathophysiology is associated with increased HbF-concentrations and an activation of the physiological Hb-heme defense systems.
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- Magnus Gram
- Lund University, Department of Clinical Sciences Lund, Infection Medicine, Lund, Sweden
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- Lund University, Department of Clinical Sciences Lund, Obstetrics and Gynecology, Lund, Sweden
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- Lund University, Department of Clinical Sciences Lund, Infection Medicine, Lund, Sweden
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- Lund University, Department of Clinical Sciences Lund, Obstetrics and Gynecology, Lund, Sweden
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- Lund University, Department of Clinical Sciences Lund, Obstetrics and Gynecology, Lund, Sweden
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- Lund University, Department of Clinical Sciences Lund, Obstetrics and Gynecology, Lund, Sweden
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- Lund University, Department of Clinical Sciences Lund, Infection Medicine, Lund, Sweden
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Wilks A, Ikeda-Saito M. Heme utilization by pathogenic bacteria: not all pathways lead to biliverdin. Acc Chem Res 2014; 47:2291-8. [PMID: 24873177 PMCID: PMC4139177 DOI: 10.1021/ar500028n] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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The eukaryotic heme oxygenases (HOs) (E.C. 1.14.99.3) convert heme
to biliverdin, iron, and carbon monoxide (CO) in three successive
oxygenation steps. Pathogenic bacteria require iron for survival and
infection. Extracellular heme uptake from the host plays a critical
role in iron acquisition and virulence. In the past decade, several
HOs required for the release of iron from extracellular heme have
been identified in pathogenic bacteria, including Corynebacterium
diphtheriae, Neisseriae meningitides, and Pseudomonas aeruginosa. The
bacterial enzymes were shown to be structurally and mechanistically
similar to those of the canonical eukaryotic HO enzymes. However,
the recent discovery of the structurally and mechanistically distinct
noncanonical heme oxygenases of Staphylococcus aureus and Mycobacterium tuberculosis has
expanded the reaction manifold of heme degradation. The distinct ferredoxin-like
structural fold and extreme heme ruffling are proposed to give rise
to the alternate heme degradation products in the S.
aureus and M. tuberculosis enzymes. In addition, several “heme-degrading factors”
with no structural homology to either class of HOs have recently been
reported. The identification of these “heme-degrading proteins”
has largely been determined on the basis of in vitro heme degradation
assays. Many of these proteins were reported to produce biliverdin,
although no extensive characterization of the products was performed.
Prior to the characterization of the canonical HO enzymes, the nonenzymatic
degradation of heme and heme proteins in the presence of a reductant
such as ascorbate or hydrazine, a reaction termed “coupled
oxidation”, served as a model for biological heme degradation.
However, it was recognized that there were important mechanistic differences
between the so-called coupled oxidation of heme proteins and enzymatic
heme oxygenation. In the coupled oxidation reaction, the final product,
verdoheme, can readily be converted to biliverdin under hydrolytic
conditions. The differences between heme oxygenation by the canonical
and noncanonical HOs and coupled oxidation will be discussed in the
context of the stabilization of the reactive FeIII–OOH
intermediate and regioselective heme hydroxylation. Thus, in the determination
of heme oxygenase activity in vitro, it is important to ensure that
the reaction proceeds through successive oxygenation steps. We further
suggest that when bacterial heme degradation is being characterized,
a systems biology approach combining genetics, mechanistic enzymology,
and metabolite profiling should be undertaken.
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- Angela Wilks
- Department
of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Maryland, Baltimore, Maryland 21201-1140, United States
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- Institute
of Multidisciplinary Research for Advanced Materials, Tohoku University Katahira, Aoba, Sendai 980-8577, Japan
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Wilks A, Heinzl G. Heme oxygenation and the widening paradigm of heme degradation. Arch Biochem Biophys 2013; 544:87-95. [PMID: 24161941 DOI: 10.1016/j.abb.2013.10.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 60] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/16/2013] [Revised: 10/09/2013] [Accepted: 10/15/2013] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Heme degradation through the action of heme oxygenase (HO) is unusual in that it utilizes heme as both a substrate and cofactor for its own degradation. HO catalyzes the oxygen-dependent degradation of heme to biliverdin with the release of CO and "free" iron. The characterization of HO enzymes from humans to bacteria reveals a similar overall structural fold that contributes to the unique reaction manifold. The heme oxygenases share a similar heme-dependent activation of O2 to the ferric hydroperoxide as that of the cytochrome P450s and peroxidases. However, whereas the P450s promote cleavage of the ferric hydroperoxide OO bond to the oxoferryl species the HOs stabilize the ferric hydroperoxide promoting hydroxylation at the heme edge. The alternate reaction pathway in HO is achieved through the conformational flexibility and extensive hydrogen bond network within the heme binding site priming the heme for hydroxylation. Until recently it was believed that all heme degrading enzymes converted heme to biliverdin and iron, with the release of carbon monoxide (CO). However, the recent discovery of the bacterial IsdG-like heme degrading proteins of Staphylococcus aureus, Bacillus anthracis and Mycobacterium tuberculosis has expanded the reaction manifold of heme oxidation. Characterization of the heme degradation products in the IsdG-like reaction suggests a mechanism distinct from the classical HOs. In the following review we will discuss the structure-function of the canonical HOs as it relates to the emerging alternate reaction manifold of the IsdG-like proteins.
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- Angela Wilks
- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD 21201-1180, USA.
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD 21201-1180, USA
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Garcia-Bosch I, Sharma SK, Karlin KD. A selective stepwise heme oxygenase model system: an iron(IV)-oxo porphyrin π-cation radical leads to a verdoheme-type compound via an isoporphyrin intermediate. J Am Chem Soc 2013; 135:16248-51. [PMID: 24147457 DOI: 10.1021/ja405739m] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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The selective oxidation of the α-position of two heme-Fe(III) tetraarylporphryinate complexes occurs when water(hydroxide) attacks their oxidized Cmpd I-type equivalents, high-valent Fe(IV)═O π-cation radical species ((P(+•))Fe(IV)═O). Stepwise intermediate formation occurs, as detected by UV-vis spectroscopic monitoring or mass spectrometric interrogation, being iron(III) isoporphyrins, iron(III) benzoyl-biliverdins, and the final verdoheme-like products. Heme oxygenase (HO) enzymes could proceed through heterolytic cleavage of an iron(III)-hydroperoxo intermediate to form a transient Cmpd I-type species.
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- Isaac Garcia-Bosch
- Department of Chemistry, The Johns Hopkins University , Baltimore, Maryland 21218, United States
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Heme oxygenase 1 and 2 activities are responsible for initiating most of the degradation of heme, although other enzyme pathways play a role as well. The degradation pathway also includes biliverdin reductase, the activity of which is coupled to oxidation of NADH and NADPH. This overview discusses the pathways and enzymes involved in heme degradation.
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- M D Maines
- University of Rochester School of Medicine, Rochester, New York, USA
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All but a few bacterial species have an absolute need for heme, and most are able to synthesize it via a pathway that is highly conserved among all life domains. Because heme is a rich source for iron, many pathogenic bacteria have also evolved processes for sequestering heme from their hosts. The heme biosynthesis pathways are well understood at the genetic and structural biology levels. In comparison, much less is known about the heme acquisition, trafficking, and degradation processes in bacteria. Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria have evolved similar strategies but different tactics for importing and degrading heme, likely as a consequence of their different cellular architectures. The differences are manifested in distinct structures for molecules that perform similar functions. Consequently, the aim of this chapter is to provide an overview of the structural biology of proteins and protein-protein interactions that enable Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria to sequester heme from the extracellular milieu, import it to the cytosol, and degrade it to mine iron.
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- David R Benson
- Department of Chemistry, University of Kansas, Multidisciplinary Research Building, 2030 Becker Dr., Lawrence, KS, 66047, USA,
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Olsson MG, Allhorn M, Bülow L, Hansson SR, Ley D, Olsson ML, Schmidtchen A, Akerström B. Pathological conditions involving extracellular hemoglobin: molecular mechanisms, clinical significance, and novel therapeutic opportunities for α(1)-microglobulin. Antioxid Redox Signal 2012; 17:813-46. [PMID: 22324321 DOI: 10.1089/ars.2011.4282] [Citation(s) in RCA: 69] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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Hemoglobin (Hb) is the major oxygen (O(2))-carrying system of the blood but has many potentially dangerous side effects due to oxidation and reduction reactions of the heme-bound iron and O(2). Extracellular Hb, resulting from hemolysis or exogenous infusion, is shown to be an important pathogenic factor in a growing number of diseases. This review briefly outlines the oxidative/reductive toxic reactions of Hb and its metabolites. It also describes physiological protection mechanisms that have evolved against extracellular Hb, with a focus on the most recently discovered: the heme- and radical-binding protein α(1)-microglobulin (A1M). This protein is found in all vertebrates, including man, and operates by rapidly clearing cytosols and extravascular fluids of heme groups and free radicals released from Hb. Five groups of pathological conditions with high concentrations of extracellular Hb are described: hemolytic anemias and transfusion reactions, the pregnancy complication pre-eclampsia, cerebral intraventricular hemorrhage of premature infants, chronic inflammatory leg ulcers, and infusion of Hb-based O(2) carriers as blood substitutes. Finally, possible treatments of these conditions are discussed, giving a special attention to the described protective effects of A1M.
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Kakeya K, Nakagawa A, Mizutani T, Hitomi Y, Kodera M. Synthesis, Reactivity, and Spectroscopic Properties of meso-Triaryl-5-oxaporphyrins. J Org Chem 2012; 77:6510-9. [DOI: 10.1021/jo3010342] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Kazuhisa Kakeya
- Department of Molecular Chemistry and Biochemistry,
Faculty of Science and Engineering, and Center for Nanoscience Research, Doshisha University, Kyotanabe, Kyoto 610-0321, Japan
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- Department of Molecular Chemistry and Biochemistry,
Faculty of Science and Engineering, and Center for Nanoscience Research, Doshisha University, Kyotanabe, Kyoto 610-0321, Japan
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- Department of Molecular Chemistry and Biochemistry,
Faculty of Science and Engineering, and Center for Nanoscience Research, Doshisha University, Kyotanabe, Kyoto 610-0321, Japan
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- Department of Molecular Chemistry and Biochemistry,
Faculty of Science and Engineering, and Center for Nanoscience Research, Doshisha University, Kyotanabe, Kyoto 610-0321, Japan
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- Department of Molecular Chemistry and Biochemistry,
Faculty of Science and Engineering, and Center for Nanoscience Research, Doshisha University, Kyotanabe, Kyoto 610-0321, Japan
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Niemevz F, Buldain GY. Phenyl biliverdin isomers obtained by chemical oxidation of iron(III) complex of 5-phenyl protoporphyrin IX. J PORPHYR PHTHALOCYA 2012. [DOI: 10.1142/s1088424604000350] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Oxidative cleavage of synthetic 5-phenyl protohemin IX in pyridine solution in the presence of ascorbic acid (coupled oxidation), followed by esterification of the products with boron trifluoride-methanol rendered mainly three isomeric biliverdins. These were identified by MS and 1D and 2D 1 H NMR as 15-phenyl biliverdin IXβ (1), 10-phenyl biliverdin IXγ (2) and 5-phenyl biliverdin IXδ (3) dimethyl esters. The fact that biliverdin IXα dimethyl ester derivative is not obtained indicates that oxidation fails to occur in the α-meso-carbon bearing the phenyl group.
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- Fernando Niemevz
- Facultad de Farmacia y Bioquímica, Universidad de Buenos Aires. Junín 956, C1113AAD Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Facultad de Farmacia y Bioquímica, Universidad de Buenos Aires. Junín 956, C1113AAD Buenos Aires, Argentina
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Crystallographic studies of heme oxygenase complexed with an unstable reaction intermediate, verdoheme. J Inorg Biochem 2012; 113:102-9. [PMID: 22673156 DOI: 10.1016/j.jinorgbio.2012.04.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/12/2012] [Revised: 04/05/2012] [Accepted: 04/11/2012] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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This article discusses the accuracy of X-ray structural studies of heme oxygenase (HO) in complex with an unstable intermediate, verdoheme. Heme degradation by HO proceeds through three successive steps of O(2) activation. The mechanism of the third step, the ring opening of verdoheme, has been the least understood. Recent structural studies of the verdoheme-HO complex provide detailed information concerning this mechanism. Due to X-ray-induced photoreduction and the instability of verdoheme, it has been difficult to obtain an accurate structure for the ferrous verdoheme-HO complex. Therefore, accurate structural studies, including analysis of the electronic state of the verdoheme-HO complex, are needed to elucidate the proper reaction mechanism.
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Molecular self-modification: homolog of a manganese laundry bleach catalyst oxidatively transforms its tetradentate ligand into a novel hexadentate derivative. J INCL PHENOM MACRO 2011. [DOI: 10.1007/s10847-011-9974-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Yin G, Danby AM, Day V, Roy SB, Carter J, Scheper WM, Busch DH. Similarities and differences in properties and behavior of two H2O2-activated manganese catalysts having structures differing only by methyl and ethyl substituents. J COORD CHEM 2011. [DOI: 10.1080/00958972.2010.544303] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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- Guochuan Yin
- a Department of Chemistry , The University of Kansas , Lawrence , KS 66045 , USA
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- a Department of Chemistry , The University of Kansas , Lawrence , KS 66045 , USA
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- a Department of Chemistry , The University of Kansas , Lawrence , KS 66045 , USA
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- a Department of Chemistry , The University of Kansas , Lawrence , KS 66045 , USA
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- b The Procter and Gamble Company , Cincinnati , OH 45202 , USA
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- a Department of Chemistry , The University of Kansas , Lawrence , KS 66045 , USA
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Lai W, Chen H, Matsui T, Omori K, Unno M, Ikeda-Saito M, Shaik S. Enzymatic Ring-Opening Mechanism of Verdoheme by the Heme Oxygenase: A Combined X-ray Crystallography and QM/MM Study. J Am Chem Soc 2010; 132:12960-70. [DOI: 10.1021/ja104674q] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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- Wenzhen Lai
- Institute of Chemistry and The Lise Meitner-Minerva Center for Computational Quantum Chemistry, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, 91904 Jerusalem, Israel, and Institute of Multidisciplinary Research for Advanced Materials, Tohoku University, Katahira, Sendai, 980-8577, Japan
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- Institute of Chemistry and The Lise Meitner-Minerva Center for Computational Quantum Chemistry, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, 91904 Jerusalem, Israel, and Institute of Multidisciplinary Research for Advanced Materials, Tohoku University, Katahira, Sendai, 980-8577, Japan
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- Institute of Chemistry and The Lise Meitner-Minerva Center for Computational Quantum Chemistry, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, 91904 Jerusalem, Israel, and Institute of Multidisciplinary Research for Advanced Materials, Tohoku University, Katahira, Sendai, 980-8577, Japan
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- Institute of Chemistry and The Lise Meitner-Minerva Center for Computational Quantum Chemistry, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, 91904 Jerusalem, Israel, and Institute of Multidisciplinary Research for Advanced Materials, Tohoku University, Katahira, Sendai, 980-8577, Japan
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- Institute of Chemistry and The Lise Meitner-Minerva Center for Computational Quantum Chemistry, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, 91904 Jerusalem, Israel, and Institute of Multidisciplinary Research for Advanced Materials, Tohoku University, Katahira, Sendai, 980-8577, Japan
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- Institute of Chemistry and The Lise Meitner-Minerva Center for Computational Quantum Chemistry, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, 91904 Jerusalem, Israel, and Institute of Multidisciplinary Research for Advanced Materials, Tohoku University, Katahira, Sendai, 980-8577, Japan
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- Institute of Chemistry and The Lise Meitner-Minerva Center for Computational Quantum Chemistry, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, 91904 Jerusalem, Israel, and Institute of Multidisciplinary Research for Advanced Materials, Tohoku University, Katahira, Sendai, 980-8577, Japan
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Matsui T, Iwasaki M, Sugiyama R, Unno M, Ikeda-Saito M. Dioxygen activation for the self-degradation of heme: reaction mechanism and regulation of heme oxygenase. Inorg Chem 2010; 49:3602-9. [PMID: 20380462 DOI: 10.1021/ic901869t] [Citation(s) in RCA: 59] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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Heme oxygenase (HO) catalyzes the regiospecific conversion of heme to biliverdin, CO, and free iron through three successive oxygenation reactions. HO catalysis is unique in that all three O(2) activations are performed by the substrate itself. This Forum Article overviews our current understanding on the structural and biochemical properties of HO catalysis, especially its first and third oxygenation steps. The HO first step, regiospecific hydroxylation of the porphyrin alpha-meso-carbon atom, is of particular interest because of its sharp contrast to O(2) activation by cytochrome P450. HO was proposed to utilize the FeOOH species but not conventional ferryl hemes as a reactive intermediate for self-hydroxylation. We have succeeded in preparing and characterizing the FeOOH species of HO at low temperature, and our analyses of its reaction, together with mutational and crystallographic studies, reveal that protonation of FeOOH by a distal water molecule is critical in promoting the unique self-hydroxylation. The second oxygenation is a rapid, spontaneous autooxidation of the reactive alpha-meso-hydroxyheme in which the HO enzyme does not play a critical role. Further O(2) activation by verdoheme cleaves its porphyrin macrocycle to form biliverdin and free ferrous iron. This third step has been considered to be a major rate-determining step of HO catalysis to regulate the enzyme activity. Our reaction analysis strongly supports the FeOOH verdoheme as the key intermediate of the ring-opening reaction. This mechanism is very similar to that of the first meso-hydroxylation, and the distal water is suggested to enhance the third step as expected from the similarity. The HO mechanistic studies highlight the catalytic importance of the distal hydrogen-bonding network, and this manuscript also involves our attempts to develop HO inhibitors targeting the unique distal structure.
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- Toshitaka Matsui
- Institute of Multidisciplinary Research for Advanced Materials, Tohoku University, Katahira, Aoba, Sendai 980-8577, Japan.
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Matsui T, Unno M, Ikeda-Saito M. Heme oxygenase reveals its strategy for catalyzing three successive oxygenation reactions. Acc Chem Res 2010; 43:240-7. [PMID: 19827796 DOI: 10.1021/ar9001685] [Citation(s) in RCA: 133] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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Heme oxygenase (HO) is an enzyme that catalyzes the regiospecific conversion of heme to biliverdin IXalpha, CO, and free iron. In mammals, HO has a variety of physiological functions, including heme catabolism, iron homeostasis, antioxidant defense, cellular signaling, and O(2) sensing. The enzyme is also found in plants (producing light-harvesting pigments) and in some pathogenic bacteria, where it acquires iron from the host heme. The HO-catalyzed heme conversion proceeds through three successive oxygenations, a process that has attracted considerable attention because of its reaction mechanism and physiological importance. The HO reaction is unique in that all three O(2) activations are affected by the substrate itself. The first step is the regiospecific self-hydroxylation of the porphyrin alpha-meso carbon atom. The resulting alpha-meso-hydroxyheme reacts in the second step with another O(2) to yield verdoheme and CO. The third O(2) activation, by verdoheme, cleaves its porphyrin macrocycle to release biliverdin and free ferrous iron. In this Account, we provide an overview of our current understanding of the structural and biochemical properties of the complex self-oxidation reactions in HO catalysis. The first meso-hydroxylation is of particular interest because of its distinct contrast with O(2) activation by cytochrome P450. Although most heme enzymes oxidize exogenous substrates by high-valent oxo intermediates, HO was proposed to utilize the Fe-OOH intermediate for the self-hydroxylation. We have succeeded in preparing and characterizing the Fe-OOH species of HO at low temperature, and an analysis of its reaction, together with mutational and crystallographic studies, reveals that protonation of Fe-OOH by a distal water molecule is critical in promoting the unique self-hydroxylation. The second oxygenation is a rapid, spontaneous auto-oxidation of the reactive alpha-meso-hydroxyheme; its mechanism remains elusive, but the HO enzyme has been shown not to play a critical role in it. Until recently, the means of the third O(2) activation had remained unclear as well, but we have recently untangled its mechanistic outline. Reaction analysis of the verdoheme-HO complex strongly suggests the Fe-OOH species as a key intermediate of the ring-opening reaction. This mechanism is very similar to that of the first meso-hydroxylation, including the critical roles of the distal water molecule. A comprehensive study of the three oxygenations of HO highlights the rational design of the enzyme architecture and its catalytic mechanism. Elucidation of the last oxygenation step has enabled a kinetic analysis of the rate-determining step, making it possible to discuss the HO reaction mechanism in relation to its physiological functions.
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- Toshitaka Matsui
- Institute of Multidisciplinary Research for Advanced Materials, Tohoku University, Katahira, Aoba, Sendai 980-8577, Japan
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- Institute of Multidisciplinary Research for Advanced Materials, Tohoku University, Katahira, Aoba, Sendai 980-8577, Japan
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- Institute of Multidisciplinary Research for Advanced Materials, Tohoku University, Katahira, Aoba, Sendai 980-8577, Japan
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Gheidi M, Safari N, Zahedi M. Theoretical investigation of the ring opening process of verdoheme to biliverdin in the presence of dioxygen. J Mol Model 2010; 16:1401-13. [DOI: 10.1007/s00894-010-0644-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/27/2009] [Accepted: 12/10/2009] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Garcia TY, Olmstead MM, Fettinger JC, Balch AL. Cleavage of the Indium(III) Octaethyloxophlorin Dimer, {InIII(OEPO)}2, with Lewis Bases. Importance of Outer-Sphere Hydrogen Bonding in Adduct Structures. Inorg Chem 2008; 47:11417-22. [DOI: 10.1021/ic801605b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Thelma Y. Garcia
- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Davis, California 95616
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Davis, California 95616
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Davis, California 95616
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Evans JP, Niemevz F, Buldain G, de Montellano PO. Isoporphyrin intermediate in heme oxygenase catalysis. Oxidation of alpha-meso-phenylheme. J Biol Chem 2008; 283:19530-9. [PMID: 18487208 PMCID: PMC2443647 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m709685200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/27/2007] [Revised: 05/16/2008] [Indexed: 01/06/2023] Open
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Human heme oxygenase-1 (hHO-1) catalyzes the O2- and NADPH-dependent oxidation of heme to biliverdin, CO, and free iron. The first step involves regiospecific insertion of an oxygen atom at the alpha-meso carbon by a ferric hydroperoxide and is predicted to proceed via an isoporphyrin pi-cation intermediate. Here we report spectroscopic detection of a transient intermediate during oxidation by hHO-1 of alpha-meso-phenylheme-IX, alpha-meso-(p-methylphenyl)-mesoheme-III, and alpha-meso-(p-trifluoromethylphenyl)-mesoheme-III. In agreement with previous experiments (Wang, J., Niemevz, F., Lad, L., Huang, L., Alvarez, D. E., Buldain, G., Poulos, T. L., and Ortiz de Montellano, P. R. (2004) J. Biol. Chem. 279, 42593-42604), only the alpha-biliverdin isomer is produced with concomitant formation of the corresponding benzoic acid. The transient intermediate observed in the NADPH-P450 reductase-catalyzed reaction accumulated when the reaction was supported by H2O2 and exhibited the absorption maxima at 435 and 930 nm characteristic of an isoporphyrin. Product analysis by reversed phase high performance liquid chromatography and liquid chromatography electrospray ionization mass spectrometry of the product generated with H2O2 identified it as an isoporphyrin that, on quenching, decayed to benzoylbiliverdin. In the presence of H218O2, one labeled oxygen atom was incorporated into these products. The hHO-1-isoporphyrin complexes were found to have half-lives of 1.7 and 2.4 h for the p-trifluoromethyl- and p-methyl-substituted phenylhemes, respectively. The addition of NADPH-P450 reductase to the H2O2-generated hHO-1-isoporphyrin complex produced alpha-biliverdin, confirming its role as a reaction intermediate. Identification of an isoporphyrin intermediate in the catalytic sequence of hHO-1, the first such intermediate observed in hemoprotein catalysis, completes our understanding of the critical first step of heme oxidation.
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- John P Evans
- Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, University of California at San Francisco, San Francisco, California 94158, USA
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Gil‐Rodríguez P, Ferreira‐Batista C, Vázquez‐Duhalt R, Valderrama B. A Novel Heme Peroxidase fromRaphanus sativusIntrinsically Resistant to Hydrogen Peroxide. Eng Life Sci 2008. [DOI: 10.1002/elsc.200700073] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Bianchetti CM, Yi L, Ragsdale SW, Phillips GN. Comparison of apo- and heme-bound crystal structures of a truncated human heme oxygenase-2. J Biol Chem 2007; 282:37624-31. [PMID: 17965015 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m707396200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022] Open
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Heme oxygenase (HO) catalyzes the first step in the heme degradation pathway. The crystal structures of apo- and heme-bound truncated human HO-2 reveal a primarily alpha-helical architecture similar to that of human HO-1 and other known HOs. Proper orientation of heme in HO-2 is required for the regioselective oxidation of the alpha-mesocarbon. This is accomplished by interactions within the heme binding pocket, which is made up of two helices. The iron coordinating residue, His(45), resides on the proximal helix. The distal helix contains highly conserved glycine residues that allow the helix to flex and interact with the bound heme. Tyr(154), Lys(199), and Arg(203) orient the heme through direct interactions with the heme propionates. The rearrangements of side chains in heme-bound HO-2 compared with apoHO-2 further elucidate HO-2 heme interactions.
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- Christopher M Bianchetti
- Graduate Program in Biophysics, Center for Eukaryotic Structural Genomics, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI 53706, USA
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Beale SI. Biosynthesis of open-chain tetrapyrroles in plants, algae, and cyanobacteria. CIBA FOUNDATION SYMPOSIUM 2007; 180:156-68; discussion 168-71. [PMID: 7842851 DOI: 10.1002/9780470514535.ch9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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Phycobilins are open-chain tetrapyrroles of plants and algae which act as the chromophores of phycobiliproteins where they function as light energy-harvesting pigments. Phytochromobilin, another open-chain tetrapyrrole, is the chromophore of phytochrome, which functions as a light-sensing pigment in plant development. These open-chain tetrapyrroles are biosynthetically derived from protohaem. Enzyme reactions that convert protohaem to biliverdin IX alpha, and biliverdin IX alpha to phycocyanobilin, have been detected and characterized in extracts of the unicellular rhodophyte Cyanidium caldarium. Algal haem oxygenase and algal biliverdin-IX alpha reductase are both soluble enzymes that use electrons derived from reduced ferredoxin. Biochemical intermediates in the conversion of biliverdin IX alpha to (3E)-phycocyanobilin were identified as 15, 16-dihydrobiliverdin IX alpha, (3Z)-phycoerythrobilin and (3Z)-phycocyanobilin. Separate enzymes catalyse the two two-electron reduction steps in the conversion of biliverdin IX alpha to (3Z)-phycoerythrobilin. Z-to-E isomerization of the phycobilin ethylidine group is catalysed by an enzyme that requires glutathione for activity. Protein-bound phycoerythrobilin can be chemically converted to phytochromobilin which can then be released from the protein by methanolysis. This procedure was used to produce phytochromobilin in quantities sufficient to allow its chemical characterization and use in phytochrome reconstitution experiments. The results indicate that (2R,3E)-phytochromobilin spontaneously condenses with recombinant oat apophytochrome to form photoreversible holoprotein that is spectrally identical to native phytochrome.
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- S I Beale
- Division of Biology and Medicine, Brown University, Providence, RI 02912
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Rath SP, Olmstead MM, Balch AL. Electron Distribution in Iron Octaethyloxophlorin Complexes. Importance of the Fe(III) Oxophlorin Trianion Form in the Bis-pyridine and Bis-imidazole Complexes. Inorg Chem 2006; 45:6083-93. [PMID: 16842017 DOI: 10.1021/ic0607033] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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The apportionment of electrons between iron and the porphyrinic macrocycle in complexes of octaethyloxophlorin (H3OEPO) has been a vexing problem. In particular, for (Py)2Fe(OEPO), which is an important intermediate in heme degradation, three resonance structures involving Fe(III), Fe(II), or Fe(I), respectively, have been considered. To clarify this matter, the electronic and geometric structures of (Py)2Fe(III)(OEPO), (Im)2Fe(III)(OEPO).2THF, and (Im)2Fe(III)(OEPO).1.6CHCl3 have been examined by single-crystal X-ray diffraction, measurement of magnetic moments as a function of temperature, and EPR and NMR spectral studies. The results clearly show that both complexes exist in the Fe(III)/oxophlorin trianion form rather than the Fe(II)/oxophlorin radical form previously established for (2,6-xylylNC)(2)Fe(II)(OEPO.). In the solid state from 10 to 300 K, (Py)2Fe(III)(OEPO) exists in the high-spin (S = 5/2) state with the axial ligands in parallel planes, a planar porphyrin, and long axial Fe-N distances. However, in solution it exists predominantly in a low-spin (S = 1/2) form. In contrast, the structures of (Im)2Fe(III)(OEPO).2THF and (Im)2Fe(III)(OEPO).1.6CHCl3 consist of porphyrins with a severe ruffled distortion, axial ligands in nearly perpendicular planes, and relatively short axial Fe-N distances. The crystallographic, magnetic, EPR, and NMR results all indicate that (Im)2Fe(III)(OEPO) exists in the low-spin Fe(III) form in both the solid state and in solution.
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- Sankar Prasad Rath
- Department of Chemistry, University of California-Davis, Davis, CA 95616, USA
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Sakamoto H, Takahashi K, Higashimoto Y, Harada S, Palmer G, Noguchi M. A kinetic study of the mechanism of conversion of α-hydroxyheme to verdoheme while bound to heme oxygenase. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2005; 338:578-83. [PMID: 16154530 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2005.08.176] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/10/2005] [Accepted: 08/22/2005] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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O2-dependent reactions of the ferric and ferrous forms of alpha-hydroxyheme complexed with water-soluble rat heme oxygenase-1 were examined by rapid-scan stopped-flow measurements. Ferric alpha-hydroxyheme reacted with O2 to form ferric verdoheme with an O2-dependent rate constant of 4x10(5) M(-1) s(-1) at pH 7.4 and 9.0. A decrease of the rate constant to 2.8x10(5) M(-1) s(-1) at pH 6.5 indicates that the reaction proceeds by direct attack of O2 on the pi-neutral radical form of alpha-hydroxyheme, which is generated by deprotonation of the alpha-hydroxy group. The reaction of ferrous alpha-hydroxyheme with O2 yielded ferrous verdoheme in a biphasic fashion involving a new intermediate having absorption maxima at 415 and 815 nm. The rate constants for this two-step reaction were 68 and 145 s(-1). These results show that conversion of alpha-hydroxyheme to verdoheme is much faster than the reduction of coordinated iron (<1 s(-1)) under physiological conditions [Y. Liu, P.R. Ortiz de Montellano, Reaction intermediates and single turnover rate constants for the oxidation of heme by human heme oxygenase-1, J. Biol. Chem. 275 (2000) 5297-5307], suggesting that, in vivo, the conversion of ferric alpha-hydroxyheme to ferric verdoheme precedes the reduction of ferric alpha-hydroxyheme.
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- Hiroshi Sakamoto
- Department of Medical Biochemistry, Kurume University School of Medicine, Kurume, Japan.
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Kim YS, Doré S. Catalytically inactive heme oxygenase-2 mutant is cytoprotective. Free Radic Biol Med 2005; 39:558-64. [PMID: 16043027 DOI: 10.1016/j.freeradbiomed.2005.04.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/19/2004] [Revised: 03/10/2005] [Accepted: 04/10/2005] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Heme oxygenase (HO) catalyzes the rate-limiting step in heme degradation, producing iron, carbon monoxide, and bilirubin/biliverdin. HO consists of two isozymes: HO-1, which is an oxidative stress-response protein, and HO-2, which is constitutively expressed. HO-2 accounts for most HO activity within the nervous system. Its posttranslational modifications and/or interactions with other proteins make HO-2 a unique regulator of cellular homeostasis. Our previous results revealed that brain infarct volume was enlarged in HO-2 knockout mice. A similar neuroprotective role of HO-2 was shown using primary cortical neurons. To better understand the neuroprotective mechanism of HO-2, we used a catalytically inactive mutant, HO-2H45A, and investigated its cellular effects in response to hemin and hydrogen peroxide-induced cytotoxicity. We observed that HO-2WT overexpression in the HEK293 cell lines became less sensitive to hemin, whereas the inactive mutant HO-2H45A was more sensitive to hemin as compared to control. Interestingly, HO-2WT- and HO-2H45A-overexpressing cells were both protected against H2O2-induced oxidative stress and had less oxidatively modified proteins as compared to control cells. These data indicate that when HO-2 cannot metabolize the prooxidant heme, more cytotoxicity is found, whereas, interestingly, the catalytically inactive HO-2H45A was also able to protect cells against oxidative stress injury. These results suggest the multiplicity of action of the HO-2 protein itself.
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- Yun-Sook Kim
- Department of Anesthesiology/Critical Care Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Neuro. Res. Div., 720 Rutland Ave., Ross Research Bldg. 365, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
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Damaso CO, Rubie ND, Moënne-Loccoz P, Rivera M. Reduction of the Ferrous α-Verdoheme−Cytochrome b5 Complex. Inorg Chem 2004; 43:8470-8. [PMID: 15606196 DOI: 10.1021/ic049029k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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The ferrous alpha-verdoheme-cytochrome b(5) complex, [Fe(II)(verdoheme)](+), has been prepared and characterized spectroscopically. Anaerobic addition of excess sodium dithionite to [Fe(II)(verdoheme)](+) at pH 10 produces a one-electron-reduced species with spectroscopic characteristics that suggest a ferrous hexacoordinated verdoheme pineutral radical best formulated as a [Fe(II)(verdoheme*)] --> [Fe(I)(verdoheme)] resonance hybrid. At lower pH values (7.0 and 8.0) the one-electron-reduced species is shown to disproportionate to produce the resting state [Fe(II)(verdoheme)](+) complex and the two-electron-reduced [Fe(II)(verdoheme:)](-) anion. The latter might also be formulated as a resonance hybrid [Fe(I)(verdoheme*)](-) --> [Fe(II)(verdoheme:)](-). The disproportionation reaction becomes very slow as the pH is raised above 9.0. Exposure of the one-electron- or two-electron-reduced verdoheme complexes of cytochrome b(5) to O(2) results in rapid and quantitative reoxidation to the resting state [Fe(II)(verdoheme)](+) complex.
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Rath SP, Olmstead MM, Balch AL. Reactions ofmeso-Hydroxyhemes with Carbon Monoxide and Reducing Agents in Search of the Elusive Species Responsible for theg= 2.006 Resonance of Carbon Monoxide-Treated Heme Oxygenase. Isolation of Diamagnetic Iron(II) Complexes of Octaethyl-meso-hydroxyporphyrin. Inorg Chem 2004; 43:6357-65. [PMID: 15446884 DOI: 10.1021/ic049581+] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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To examine possible models for the g = 2.006 resonance seen when the hydroxylated heme-heme oxygenase complex in the Fe(III) state is treated with CO, the reactivities of CO and reducing agents with (py)(2)Fe(III)(OEPO) and [Fe(III)(OEPO)](2) (OEPO is the trianion of octaethyl-meso-hydroxyporphyrin) have been examined. A pyridine solution of (py)(2)Fe(III)(OEPO) reacts in a matter of minutes with zinc amalgam (or with hydrazine) under an atmosphere of dioxygen-free dinitrogen to produce bright-red (py)(2)Fe(II)(OEPOH).2py.0.33H(2)O, which has been isolated in crystalline form. The (1)H NMR spectrum of (py)(2)Fe(II)(OEPOH) in a pyridine-d(5) solution is indicative of the presence of a diamagnetic compound, and no EPR resonance was observed for this compound. Treatment of a solution of (py)(2)Fe(II)(OEPOH) in pyridine-d(5) with carbon monoxide produces spectral changes after a 30 s exposure that are indicative of the formation of diamagnetic (OC)(py)Fe(II)(OEPOH). Treatment of a green pyridine solution of (py)(2)Fe(III)(OEPO) with carbon monoxide reveals a slow color change to deep red over a 16 h period. Although a resonance at g = 2.006 was observed in the EPR spectrum of the sample during the reaction, the isolated product is EPR silent. The spectroscopic features of the final solution are identical to those of a solution formed by treating (py)(2)Fe(II)(OEPOH) with carbon monoxide. Addition of hydrazine to solutions of (OC)(py)Fe(II)(OEPOH) produces red, diamagnetic (OC)(N(2)H(4))Fe(II)(OEPOH).py in crystalline form. The X-ray crystal structures of (py)(2)Fe(II)(OEPOH).2py.0.33H(2)O and (OC)(N(2)H(4))Fe(II)(OEPOH).py have been determined. Solutions of diamagnetic (OC)(N(2)H(4))Fe(II)(OEPOH).py and (OC)(py)Fe(II)(OEPOH) are extremely air sensitive and are immediately converted in a pyridine solution into paramagnetic (py)(2)Fe(III)(OEPO) in the presence of dioxygen.
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- Sankar Prasad Rath
- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Davis, California 95616, USA
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Rath SP, Olmstead MM, Balch AL. The Effects of Axial Ligands on Electron Distribution and Spin States in Iron Complexes of Octaethyloxophlorin, Intermediates in Heme Degradation. J Am Chem Soc 2004; 126:6379-86. [PMID: 15149235 DOI: 10.1021/ja0316014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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The results presented here show that the nature of the axial ligand can alter the distribution of electrons between the metal and the porphyrin in complexes where there is an oxygen atom replacing one of the meso protons. The complexes (1-MeIm)(2)Fe(III)(OEPO) and (2,6-xylylNC)(2)Fe(II)(OEPO(*)) (where OEPO is the trianionic octaethyloxophlorin ligand and OEPO(*) is the dianionic octaethyloxophlorin radical) were prepared by addition of an excess of the appropriate axial ligand to a slurry of [Fe(III)(OEPO)](2) in chloroform under anaerobic conditions. The magnetic moment of (2,6-xylylNC)(2)Fe(II)(OEPO(*)) is temperature invariant and consistent with a simple S = (1)/(2) ground state. This complex with an EPR resonance at g = 2.004 may be considered as a model for the free-radical like EPR signal seen when the meso-hydroxylated heme/heme oxygenase complex is treated with carbon monoxide. In contrast, the magnetic moment of (1-MeIm)(2)Fe(III)(OEPO) drops with temperature and indicates a spin-state change from an S = (5)/(2) or an admixed S = (3)/(2),(5)/(2) state at high temperatures (near room temperature) to an S = (1)/(2) state at temperatures below 100 K. X-ray diffraction studies show that each complex crystallizes in centrosymmetric form with the expected six-coordinate geometry. The structure of (1-MeIm)(2)Fe(III)(OEPO) has been determined at 90, 129, and 296 K and shows a gradual and selective lengthening of the Fe-N(axial bond). This behavior is consistent with population of a higher spin state at elevated temperatures.
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- Sankar Prasad Rath
- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Davis, California 95616, USA
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Pendrak ML, Chao MP, Yan SS, Roberts DD. Heme oxygenase in Candida albicans is regulated by hemoglobin and is necessary for metabolism of exogenous heme and hemoglobin to alpha-biliverdin. J Biol Chem 2003; 279:3426-33. [PMID: 14615478 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m311550200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 80] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Candida albicans is an opportunistic pathogen that has adapted uniquely to life in mammalian hosts. One of the host factors recognized by this yeast is hemoglobin, which binds to a specific cell surface receptor. In addition to its regulating the expression of adhesion receptors on the yeast, we have found that hemoglobin induces the expression of a C. albicans heme oxygenase (CaHmx1p). Hemoglobin transcriptionally induces the CaHMX1 gene independent of the presence of inorganic iron in the medium. A Renilla luciferase reporter driven by the CaHMX1 promoter demonstrated rapid activation of transcription by hemoglobin and (cobalt protoporphyrin IX) globin but not by apoglobin or other proteins. In contrast, iron deficiency or exogenous hemin did not activate the reporter until after 3 h, suggesting that induction of the promoter by hemoglobin is mediated by receptor signaling rather than heme or iron flux into the cell. As observed following disruption of the Saccharomyces cerevisiae ortholog, HMX1, a CaHMX1 null mutant was unable to grow under iron restriction. This suggests a role for CaHmx1p in inorganic iron acquisition. CaHMX1 encodes a functional heme oxygenase. Exogenous heme or hemoglobin is exclusively metabolized to alpha-biliverdin. CaHMX1 is required for utilization of these exogenous substrates, indicating that C. albicans heme oxygenase confers a nutritional advantage for growth in mammalian hosts.
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- Michael L Pendrak
- Laboratory of Pathology, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892-1500, USA
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Colas C, Ortiz de Montellano PR. Autocatalytic radical reactions in physiological prosthetic heme modification. Chem Rev 2003; 103:2305-32. [PMID: 12797831 DOI: 10.1021/cr0204303] [Citation(s) in RCA: 119] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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- Christophe Colas
- Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, School of Pharmacy, University of California, San Francisco, California 94143-0446, USA
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Avila L, Huang HW, Damaso CO, Lu S, Moënne-Loccoz P, Rivera M. Coupled oxidation vs heme oxygenation: insights from axial ligand mutants of mitochondrial cytochrome b5. J Am Chem Soc 2003; 125:4103-10. [PMID: 12670231 DOI: 10.1021/ja029311v] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Mutation of His-39, one of the axial ligands in rat outer mitochondrial membrane cytochrome b(5) (OM cyt b(5)), to Val produces a mutant (H39V) capable of carrying out the oxidation of heme to biliverdin when incubated with hydrazine and O(2). The reaction proceeds via the formation of an oxyferrous complex (Fe(II)(-)O(2)) that is reduced by hydrazine to a ferric hydroperoxide (Fe(III)(-)OOH) species. The latter adds a hydroxyl group to the porphyrin to form meso-hydroxyheme. The observation that catalase does not inhibit the oxidation of the heme in the H39V mutant is consistent with the formation of a coordinated hydroperoxide (Fe(III)(-)OOH), which in heme oxygenase is the precursor of meso-hydroxyheme. By comparison, mutation of His-63, the other axial ligand in OM cyt b(5), to Val results in a mutant (H63V) capable of oxidizing heme to verdoheme in the absence of catalase. However, the oxidation of heme by H63V is completely inhibited by catalase. Furthermore, whereas the incubation of Fe(III)(-)H63V with H(2)O(2) leads to the nonspecific degradation of heme, the incubation of Fe(II)(-)H63V with H(2)O(2) results in the formation of meso-hydroxyheme, which upon exposure to O(2) is rapidly converted to verdoheme. These findings revealed that although meso-hydroxyheme is formed during the degradation of heme by the enzyme heme oxygenase or by the process of coupled oxidation of model hemes and hemoproteins not involved in heme catabolism, the corresponding mechanisms by which meso-hydroxyheme is generated are different. In the coupled oxidation process O(2) is reduced to noncoordinated H(2)O(2), which reacts with Fe(II)-heme to form meso-hydroxyheme. In the heme oxygenation reaction a coordinated O(2) molecule (Fe(II)(-)O(2)) is reduced to a coordinated peroxide molecule (Fe(III)(-)OOH), which oxidizes heme to meso-hydroxyheme.
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- Ludivina Avila
- Department of Chemistry, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, Oklahoma 74078-3071, USA
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Sakamoto H, Omata Y, Hayashi S, Harada S, Palmer G, Noguchi M. The reactivity of alpha-hydroxyhaem and verdohaem bound to haem oxygenase-1 to dioxygen and sodium dithionite. EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF BIOCHEMISTRY 2002; 269:5231-9. [PMID: 12392555 DOI: 10.1046/j.1432-1033.2002.03230.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Recently we have shown that ferric alpha-hydroxyhaem bound to haem oxygenase-1 can be converted to ferrous verdohaem by approximately an equimolar amount of O2 in the absence of exogenous electrons [Sakamoto, H., Omata, Y., Palmer, G., and Noguchi, M. (1999) J. Biol. Chem.274, 18196-18200]. Contrary to those results, other studies have claimed that the conversion requires both O2 and an electron. More recently, Migita et al. have reported that the major reaction product of ferric alpha-hydroxyhaem with O2 is a ferric porphyrin cation radical that can be converted to ferrous alpha-hydroxyhaem with sodium dithionite [Migita, C. T., Fujii, H., Matera, K. M., Takahashi, S., Zhou, H., and Yoshida, T. (1999) Biochim. Biophys. Acta1432, 203-213]. To clarify the reason(s) for the discrepancy, we compared the reactions; i.e. alpha-hydroxyhaem to verdohaem and verdohaem to biliverdin, under various conditions as well as according to the procedures of Migita. We find that complex formation of alpha-hydroxyhaem with haem oxygenase may be small and a substantial amount of free alpha-hydroxyhaem may remain, depending on the reconstitution conditions; this could lead to a misinterpretation of the experimental results. We also find that ferrous verdohaem appears to be air-sensitive and is therefore easily converted to a further oxidized species with excess O2. Finally, we find that dithionite seems to be inappropriate for investigating the haem oxygenase reaction, because it reduces ferrous verdohaem to a further reduced species that has not been seen in the haem degradation system driven by NADPH-cytochrome P450 reductase.
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- Hiroshi Sakamoto
- Department of Medical Biochemistry, Kurume University School of Medicine, Japan
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Heme oxygenase has evolved to carry out the oxidative cleavage of heme, a reaction essential in physiological processes as diverse as iron reutilization and cellular signaling in mammals, synthesis of essential light-harvesting pigments in cyanobacteria and higher plants, and the acquisition of iron by bacterial pathogens. In all of these processes, heme oxygenase has evolved a similar structural and mechanistic scaffold to function within seemingly diverse physiological pathways. The heme oxygenase reaction is catalytically distinct from that of other hemoproteins such as the cytochromes P450, peroxidases, and catalases, but shares a hemoprotein scaffold that has evolved to generate a distinct activated oxygen species. In the following review we discuss the evolution of the structural and functional properties of heme oxygenase in light of the recent crystal structures of the mammalian and bacterial enzymes.
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- Angela Wilks
- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, School of Pharmacy, University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD 21201-1180, USA.
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A flexible oxophlorin macrocycle, which allows the location of labile hydrogen atoms alternatively at the pyrrole nitrogen, oxygen, or meso-carbon atoms, has been studied by density functional theory (DFT). DFT calculations were carried out on oxophlorin 1, 5-hydroxyporphyrin 2, and two isomers of oxophlorin 3 and 4 (the proton added at the tetrahedral C(15) or the C(10) meso-carbon, respectively). The oxophlorin-hydroxyporphyrin structural changes are appropriately reflected by the significant changes of the meso carbon-oxygen bond lengths, which are in the limits of typical C=O and C-O distances. The rearrangement that creates the iso-oxophlorin macrocycle 3 (4) results in near tetrahedral geometry around the C(15) (C(10)) carbon atom, with the C(14)-C(15) and C(15)-C(16) (C(9)-C(10) and C(10)-C(11)) bond lengths corresponding to a single C-C bond. 5-Hydroxyporphyrin 2 is aromatic and has a bond pattern resembling that of regular porphyrin. In 1, 3, and 4, a localization of single and double bonds was seen, which agrees with the nonaromatic nature of oxophlorin, or isooxophlorin. The relative stability decreases in the order: 2 (0) > 3 (4.85) > 1 (5.11) > 4 (10.04) > 3-cis (12.89) (the number in parentheses is the relative energy, in kcal mol-1). The energy difference between the NH-cis and NH-trans tautomers, which is 8.04 kcal mol-1 for 3, results from a destabilizing NH-NH cis-interaction. DFT calculations were performed on the oxophlorin dianion radical (OP.)2- and a series of metallooxophlorin radicals ([(OP.)LiI]-, [(OP.)ZnII], [(OP.)GaIII]+, and (OP.)GaIIIF, in order to assess their electronic structures. Typically, the largest atomic spin density was found at the C(10) (C(20)) and C(15) meso positions, with the spin density at C(15) being twice as large as that at C(10). The spin density at the C(5) atom is negligible. A large spin density was found at the O(5) oxygen atom. The amount of spin density at the meso positions decreased as the cationic charge increased. When considering the absolute values of the spin densities, the opposite trend was observed at the pyrrolic carbon atoms. The spin density at the nucleus (Fermi contact terms) has also been analyzed. The spin distributions of iron oxophlorins determined by NMR were attributed to an oxophlorin radical electronic structure. The calculated spin density maps accounted for the essential NMR spectroscopic features of important intermediates in the heme degradation process--iron oxophlorin complexes. The DFT calculations reproduced the following spectroscopic patterns: a) |delta H(15)|>|delta H(10)|>>|delta (beta-H)|, b) a sign alteration of the contact shifts for identical substituents located on the same pyrrole ring.
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- Ludmiła Szterenberg
- Department of Chemistry, University of Wrocław, 14F. Joliot-Curie St. 50-383 Wrocław, Poland
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Wojaczyński J, Stępień M, Latos‐Grażyński L. Monomeric and Dimeric Iron(III) Complexes of 5‐Hydroxy‐10,15,20‐triphenylporphyrin: Formation of Cyano and Pyridine Complexes of (5‐Oxo‐10,15,20‐triphenylphlorin)iron. Eur J Inorg Chem 2002. [DOI: 10.1002/1099-0682(200207)2002:7<1806::aid-ejic1806>3.0.co;2-#] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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- Jacek Wojaczyński
- Department of Chemistry, University of Wrocław, 14 F. Joliot‐Curie St., 50‐383 Wrocław, Poland
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Wrocław, 14 F. Joliot‐Curie St., 50‐383 Wrocław, Poland
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Y. Buldain G, Niemevz F, E. Alvarez D. Chemical Oxidation of Synthetic Iron(III)-Complex of 15-Phenyl Protoporphyrin IX. HETEROCYCLES 2002. [DOI: 10.3987/com-01-9369] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Latos-Grazyński L, Wojaczyński J, Koerner R, Johnson JJ, Balch AL. Verdoheme reactivity. Remarkable paramagnetically shifted (1)H NMR spectra of intermediates from the addition of hydroxide or methoxide with Fe(II) and Fe(III) verdohemes. Inorg Chem 2001; 40:4971-7. [PMID: 11531446 DOI: 10.1021/ic010227a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
Abstract
Studies of the reaction of 5-oxaporphyrin iron complexes (verdohemes) with methoxide ion or hydroxide ion have been undertaken to understand the initial step of ring opening of verdohemes. High-spin [ClFe(III)(OEOP)] undergoes a complex series of reactions upon treatment with hydroxide ion in chloroform, and similar species are also detected in dichloromethane, acetonitrile, and dimethyl sulfoxide. Three distinct paramagnetic intermediates have been identified by (1)H NMR spectroscopy. These reactive species are formed by addition of hydroxide to the macrocycle and to the iron as an axial ligand. Treatment of low-spin [(py)(2)Fe(II)(OEOP)]Cl (OEOP is the monoanion of octaethyl-5-oxaporphyrin) with excess methoxide ion in pyridine solution produces [(py)(n)()Fe(II)(OEBOMe)] (n = 1 or 2) ((OEBOMe), dianion of octaethylmethoxybiliverdin), whose (1)H NMR spectrum undergoes marked alteration upon addition of further amounts of methoxide ion. An identical (1)H NMR spectrum, which is characterized by methylene resonances with both upfield and downfield paramagnetic shifts, is formed upon treatment of [Fe(II)(OEBOMe)](2) with methoxide in pyridine solution and results from the formation of [(MeO)Fe(II)(OEBOMe)](-).
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- L Latos-Grazyński
- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Davis, California 95616, USA
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Sigman JA, Wang X, Lu Y. Coupled oxidation of heme by myoglobin is mediated by exogenous peroxide. J Am Chem Soc 2001; 123:6945-6. [PMID: 11448209 DOI: 10.1021/ja015776u] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- J A Sigman
- Department of Chemistry, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801, USA
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