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Arakawa M, Kono S, Sekine Y, Terasaki A. Reaction of size-selected iron-oxide cluster cations with methane: a model study of rapid methane loss in Mars' atmosphere. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2024; 26:14684-14690. [PMID: 38716515 DOI: 10.1039/d4cp01337a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/23/2024]
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We report gas-phase reactions of free iron-oxide clusters, FenOm+, and their Ar adducts with methane in the context of chemical processes in Mars' atmosphere. Methane activation was observed to produce FenOmCH2+/FenOmCD2+ and FenOmC+, where the reactivity exhibited size and composition dependence. For example, the rate coefficients of methane activation for Fe3O+ and Fe4O+ were estimated to be 1 × 10-13 and 3 × 10-13 cm3 s-1, respectively. Based on these reaction rate coefficients, the presence of iron-oxide clusters/particles with a density as low as 107 cm-3 in Mars' atmosphere would explain the rapid loss of methane observed recently by the Curiosity rover.
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- Masashi Arakawa
- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Kyushu University, 744 Motooka, Nishi-ku, Fukuoka 819-0395, Japan.
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Kyushu University, 744 Motooka, Nishi-ku, Fukuoka 819-0395, Japan.
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- Earth-Life Science Institute (ELSI), Tokyo Institute of Technology, 2-12-1 Ookayama, Meguro-ku, Tokyo 152-8550, Japan.
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Kyushu University, 744 Motooka, Nishi-ku, Fukuoka 819-0395, Japan.
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Li RN, Chen SL. Mechanistic Insights into the N-Hydroxylations Catalyzed by the Binuclear Iron Domain of SznF Enzyme: Key Piece in the Synthesis of Streptozotocin. Chemistry 2024; 30:e202303845. [PMID: 38212866 DOI: 10.1002/chem.202303845] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/19/2023] [Revised: 01/10/2024] [Accepted: 01/11/2024] [Indexed: 01/13/2024]
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SznF, a member of the emerging family of heme-oxygenase-like (HO-like) di-iron oxidases and oxygenases, employs two distinct domains to catalyze the conversion of Nω-methyl-L-arginine (L-NMA) into N-nitroso-containing product, which can subsequently be transformed into streptozotocin. Using unrestricted density functional theory (UDFT) with the hybrid functional B3LYP, we have mechanistically investigated the two sequential hydroxylations of L-NMA catalyzed by SznF's binuclear iron central domain. Mechanism B primarily involves the O-O bond dissociation, forming Fe(IV)=O, induced by the H+/e- introduction to the FeA side of μ-1,2-peroxo-Fe2(III/III), the substrate hydrogen abstraction by Fe(IV)=O, and the hydroxyl rebound to the substrate N radical. The stochastic addition of H+/e- to the FeB side (mechanism C) can transition to mechanism B, thereby preventing enzyme deactivation. Two other competing mechanisms, involving the direct O-O bond dissociation (mechanism A) and the addition of H2O as a co-substrate (mechanism D), have been ruled out.
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- Rui-Ning Li
- Key Laboratory of Cluster Science of Ministry of Education, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing, 100081, China
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- Key Laboratory of Cluster Science of Ministry of Education, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing, 100081, China
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Tucci FJ, Rosenzweig AC. Direct Methane Oxidation by Copper- and Iron-Dependent Methane Monooxygenases. Chem Rev 2024; 124:1288-1320. [PMID: 38305159 PMCID: PMC10923174 DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrev.3c00727] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2024]
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Methane is a potent greenhouse gas that contributes significantly to climate change and is primarily regulated in Nature by methanotrophic bacteria, which consume methane gas as their source of energy and carbon, first by oxidizing it to methanol. The direct oxidation of methane to methanol is a chemically difficult transformation, accomplished in methanotrophs by complex methane monooxygenase (MMO) enzyme systems. These enzymes use iron or copper metallocofactors and have been the subject of detailed investigation. While the structure, function, and active site architecture of the copper-dependent particulate methane monooxygenase (pMMO) have been investigated extensively, its putative quaternary interactions, regulation, requisite cofactors, and mechanism remain enigmatic. The iron-dependent soluble methane monooxygenase (sMMO) has been characterized biochemically, structurally, spectroscopically, and, for the most part, mechanistically. Here, we review the history of MMO research, focusing on recent developments and providing an outlook for future directions of the field. Engineered biological catalysis systems and bioinspired synthetic catalysts may continue to emerge along with a deeper understanding of the molecular mechanisms of biological methane oxidation. Harnessing the power of these enzymes will necessitate combined efforts in biochemistry, structural biology, inorganic chemistry, microbiology, computational biology, and engineering.
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- Frank J Tucci
- Departments of Molecular Biosciences and of Chemistry, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208, United States
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- Departments of Molecular Biosciences and of Chemistry, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208, United States
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Li Y, Abelson C, Que L, Wang D. 10 6-fold faster C-H bond hydroxylation by a Co III,IV2(µ-O) 2 complex [via a Co III2(µ-O)(µ-OH) intermediate] versus its Fe IIIFe IV analog. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2023; 120:e2307950120. [PMID: 38085777 PMCID: PMC10743362 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2307950120] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/11/2023] [Accepted: 11/04/2023] [Indexed: 12/24/2023] Open
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The hydroxylation of C-H bonds can be carried out by the high-valent CoIII,IV2(µ-O)2 complex 2a supported by the tetradentate tris(2-pyridylmethyl)amine ligand via a CoIII2(µ-O)(µ-OH) intermediate (3a). Complex 3a can be independently generated either by H-atom transfer (HAT) in the reaction of 2a with phenols as the H-atom donor or protonation of its conjugate base, the CoIII2(µ-O)2 complex 1a. Resonance Raman spectra of these three complexes reveal oxygen-isotope-sensitive vibrations at 560 to 590 cm-1 associated with the symmetric Co-O-Co stretching mode of the Co2O2 diamond core. Together with a Co•••Co distance of 2.78(2) Å previously identified for 1a and 2a by Extended X-ray Absorption Fine Structure (EXAFS) analysis, these results provide solid evidence for their "diamond core" structural assignments. The independent generation of 3a allows us to investigate HAT reactions of 2a with phenols in detail, measure the redox potential and pKa of the system, and calculate the O-H bond strength (DO-H) of 3a to shed light on the C-H bond activation reactivity of 2a. Complex 3a is found to be able to transfer its hydroxyl ligand onto the trityl radical to form the hydroxylated product, representing a direct experimental observation of such a reaction by a dinuclear cobalt complex. Surprisingly, reactivity comparisons reveal 2a to be 106-fold more reactive in oxidizing hydrocarbon C-H bonds than corresponding FeIII,IV2(µ-O)2 and MnIII,IV2(µ-O)2 analogs, an unexpected outcome that raises the prospects for using CoIII,IV2(µ-O)2 species to oxidize alkane C-H bonds.
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- Yan Li
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Center for Biomolecular Structure and Dynamics, University of Montana, Missoula, MT59812
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- Department of Chemistry and Center for Metals in Biocatalysis, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN55455
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- Department of Chemistry and Center for Metals in Biocatalysis, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN55455
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Center for Biomolecular Structure and Dynamics, University of Montana, Missoula, MT59812
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Zars E, Gravogl L, Gau MR, Carroll PJ, Meyer K, Mindiola DJ. Isostructural bridging diferrous chalcogenide cores [Fe II(μ-E)Fe II] (E = O, S, Se, Te) with decreasing antiferromagnetic coupling down the chalcogenide series. Chem Sci 2023; 14:6770-6779. [PMID: 37350823 PMCID: PMC10283490 DOI: 10.1039/d3sc01094e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/27/2023] [Accepted: 05/24/2023] [Indexed: 06/24/2023] Open
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Iron compounds containing a bridging oxo or sulfido moiety are ubiquitous in biological systems, but substitution with the heavier chalcogenides selenium and tellurium, however, is much rarer, with only a few examples reported to date. Here we show that treatment of the ferrous starting material [(tBupyrpyrr2)Fe(OEt2)] (1-OEt2) (tBupyrpyrr2 = 3,5-tBu2-bis(pyrrolyl)pyridine) with phosphine chalcogenide reagents E = PR3 results in the neutral phosphine chalcogenide adduct series [(tBupyrpyrr2)Fe(EPR3)] (E = O, S, Se; R = Ph; E = Te; R = tBu) (1-E) without any electron transfer, whereas treatment of the anionic starting material [K]2[(tBupyrpyrr2)Fe2(μ-N2)] (2-N2) with the appropriate chalcogenide transfer source yields cleanly the isostructural ferrous bridging mono-chalcogenide ate complexes [K]2[(tBupyrpyrr2)Fe2(μ-E)] (2-E) (E = O, S, Se, and Te) having significant deviation in the Fe-E-Fe bridge from linear in the case of E = O to more acute for the heaviest chalcogenide. All bridging chalcogenide complexes were analyzed using a variety of spectroscopic techniques, including 1H NMR, UV-Vis electronic absorbtion, and 57Fe Mössbauer. The spin-state and degree of communication between the two ferrous ions were probed via SQUID magnetometry, where it was found that all iron centers were high-spin (S = 2) FeII, with magnetic exchange coupling between the FeII ions. Magnetic studies established that antiferromagnetic coupling between the ferrous ions decreases as the identity of the chalcogen is tuned from O to the heaviest congener Te.
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- Ethan Zars
- Department of Chemistry, University of Pennsylvania 231 S 34th St Philadelphia PA 19104 USA
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- Department of Chemistry & Pharmacy, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen - Nürnberg (FAU) Egerlandstr. 1 91058 Erlangen Bavaria Germany
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Pennsylvania 231 S 34th St Philadelphia PA 19104 USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Pennsylvania 231 S 34th St Philadelphia PA 19104 USA
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- Department of Chemistry & Pharmacy, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen - Nürnberg (FAU) Egerlandstr. 1 91058 Erlangen Bavaria Germany
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Pennsylvania 231 S 34th St Philadelphia PA 19104 USA
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Chai J, Guo G, McSweeney SM, Shanklin J, Liu Q. Structural basis for enzymatic terminal C-H bond functionalization of alkanes. Nat Struct Mol Biol 2023; 30:521-526. [PMID: 36997762 PMCID: PMC10113152 DOI: 10.1038/s41594-023-00958-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/22/2022] [Accepted: 03/01/2023] [Indexed: 04/01/2023]
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Alkane monooxygenase (AlkB) is a widely occurring integral membrane metalloenzyme that catalyzes the initial step in the functionalization of recalcitrant alkanes with high terminal selectivity. AlkB enables diverse microorganisms to use alkanes as their sole carbon and energy source. Here we present the 48.6-kDa cryo-electron microscopy structure of a natural fusion from Fontimonas thermophila between AlkB and its electron donor AlkG at 2.76 Å resolution. The AlkB portion contains six transmembrane helices with an alkane entry tunnel within its transmembrane domain. A dodecane substrate is oriented by hydrophobic tunnel-lining residues to present a terminal C-H bond toward a diiron active site. AlkG, an [Fe-4S] rubredoxin, docks via electrostatic interactions and sequentially transfers electrons to the diiron center. The archetypal structural complex presented reveals the basis for terminal C-H selectivity and functionalization within this broadly distributed evolutionary class of enzymes.
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- Jin Chai
- Biology Department, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, NY, USA
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- Biology Department, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, NY, USA
- NSLS-II, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, NY, USA
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- Biology Department, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, NY, USA.
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- Biology Department, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, NY, USA.
- NSLS-II, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, NY, USA.
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Kass D, Yao S, Krause KB, Corona T, Richter L, Braun T, Mebs S, Haumann M, Dau H, Lohmiller T, Limberg C, Drieß M, Ray K. Spectroscopic Properties of a Biologically Relevant [Fe 2 (μ-O) 2 ] Diamond Core Motif with a Short Iron-Iron Distance. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2023; 62:e202209437. [PMID: 36541062 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202209437] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/29/2022] [Revised: 12/05/2022] [Accepted: 12/16/2022] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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Diiron cofactors in enzymes perform diverse challenging transformations. The structures of high valent intermediates (Q in methane monooxygenase and X in ribonucleotide reductase) are debated since Fe-Fe distances of 2.5-3.4 Å were attributed to "open" or "closed" cores with bridging or terminal oxido groups. We report the crystallographic and spectroscopic characterization of a FeIII 2 (μ-O)2 complex (2) with tetrahedral (4C) centres and short Fe-Fe distance (2.52 Å), persisting in organic solutions. 2 shows a large Fe K-pre-edge intensity, which is caused by the pronounced asymmetry at the TD FeIII centres due to the short Fe-μ-O bonds. A ≈2.5 Å Fe-Fe distance is unlikely for six-coordinate sites in Q or X, but for a Fe2 (μ-O)2 core containing four-coordinate (or by possible extension five-coordinate) iron centres there may be enough flexibility to accommodate a particularly short Fe-Fe separation with intense pre-edge transition. This finding may broaden the scope of models considered for the structure of high-valent diiron intermediates formed upon O2 activation in biology.
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- Dustin Kass
- Institut für Chemie, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Brook-Taylor-Straße 2, 12489, Berlin, Germany
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- Institut für Chemie, Technische Universität Berlin, Straße des 17. Juni 115, 10623, Berlin, Germany
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- Institut für Chemie, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Brook-Taylor-Straße 2, 12489, Berlin, Germany
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- Institut für Chemie, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Brook-Taylor-Straße 2, 12489, Berlin, Germany
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- Institut für Chemie, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Brook-Taylor-Straße 2, 12489, Berlin, Germany
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- Institut für Chemie, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Brook-Taylor-Straße 2, 12489, Berlin, Germany
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- Fachbereich Physik, Freie Universität Berlin, Arnimallee 14, 14195, Berlin, Germany
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- Fachbereich Physik, Freie Universität Berlin, Arnimallee 14, 14195, Berlin, Germany
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- Fachbereich Physik, Freie Universität Berlin, Arnimallee 14, 14195, Berlin, Germany
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- Institut für Chemie, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Brook-Taylor-Straße 2, 12489, Berlin, Germany.,EPR4Energy Joint Lab, Department Spins in Energy Conversion and Quantum Information Science, Helmholtz Zentrum Berlin für Materialien und Energie GmbH, Albert-Einstein-Straße 16, 12489, Berlin, Germany
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- Institut für Chemie, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Brook-Taylor-Straße 2, 12489, Berlin, Germany
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- Institut für Chemie, Technische Universität Berlin, Straße des 17. Juni 115, 10623, Berlin, Germany
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- Institut für Chemie, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Brook-Taylor-Straße 2, 12489, Berlin, Germany
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Wang Y, Wang J, Wei J, Wang C, Wang H, Yang X. Catalytic Mechanisms and Active Species of Benzene Hydroxylation Reaction System Based on Fe-Based Enzyme-Mimetic Structure. Catal Letters 2022. [DOI: 10.1007/s10562-022-04238-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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Wang Y, Dong L, Su H, Liu Y. Dioxygen Activation and N δ,N ε-Dihydroxylation Mechanism Involved in the Formation of N-Nitrosourea Pharmacophore in Streptozotocin Catalyzed by Nonheme Diiron Enzyme SznF. Inorg Chem 2022; 61:15721-15734. [PMID: 36148800 DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.2c02814] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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SznF is a nonheme diiron-dependent enzyme that catalyzes the critical N-nitrosation involved in the formation of the N-nitrosourea moiety in the pancreatic cancer drug streptozotocin. The N-nitrosation contains two successive N-hydroxylation and N-nitrosation steps, which are carried out by two separate active sites, namely, the central domain and cupin domain. Recently, the crystal structure of SznF was obtained, and the central domain was proved to contain a diiron cofactor to catalyze the N-hydroxylation. In this work, to gain insights into the O2 activation and the successive N-hydroxylation mechanism, on the basis of the high-resolution crystal structure, the enzyme-substrate complex models were constructed, and a series of combined QM/MM calculations were performed. Based on our calculations, the activation of O2 starts from the diiron(II,III)-superoxo (S) to generate the diiron(IV)-oxo species (Q) via a diiron(III,III)-peroxo (P)-like transition state or unstable intermediate (P'), and species P' can be described as a hybridization of diiron(IV)-oxo species and diiron(III,III)-peroxo (P) owing to the long distances of Fe1-Fe2 (4.22 Å) and O1-O2 (1.89 Å), which is different from those of other nonheme diiron enzymes. In the following hydroxylation of Nδ and Nε, the Nδ-hydroxylation was confirmed to occur first, agreeing with the experimental observations. Because the diiron(IV)-oxo species (Q) is responsible for hydroxylation, the reaction follows the H-abstraction/OH rebound mechanism, and the first abstraction occurs on the Nδ-H rather than Nε-H, which may be attributed to the different orientation of Fe(IV)-oxo relative to N-H as well as the bond dissociation enthalpies of two N-H bonds. The hydroxylation of N-methyl-L-arginine does not employ the diiron(III,III)-hydroperoxo (P″) to trigger the electrophilic attack of the guanidine to directly form the N-O bond, as previously suggested. In addition, our calculations also revealed that the direct attack of the Fe(IV)═O unit to the Nδ of the substrate corresponds to a higher barrier than that in the H-abstraction/OH rebound mechanism. These results may provide useful information for understanding the formation of the di-hydroxylation intermediate involved in the biosynthesis of N-nitrosation.
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- Yijing Wang
- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong 250100, China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Qilu Normal University, Jinan, Shandong 250013, China
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- Tianjin Institute of Industrial Biotechnology, Chinese Academy of Science, Tianjin 300308, China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong 250100, China
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Cutsail GE, Banerjee R, Rice DB, McCubbin Stepanic O, Lipscomb JD, DeBeer S. Determination of the iron(IV) local spin states of the Q intermediate of soluble methane monooxygenase by Kβ X-ray emission spectroscopy. J Biol Inorg Chem 2022; 27:573-582. [PMID: 35988092 PMCID: PMC9470658 DOI: 10.1007/s00775-022-01953-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/13/2022] [Accepted: 08/07/2022] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Soluble methane monooxygenase (sMMO) facilitates the conversion of methane to methanol at a non-heme FeIV2 intermediate MMOHQ, which is formed in the active site of the sMMO hydroxylase component (MMOH) during the catalytic cycle. Other biological systems also employ high-valent FeIV sites in catalysis; however, MMOHQ is unique as Nature’s only identified FeIV2 intermediate. Previous 57Fe Mössbauer spectroscopic studies have shown that MMOHQ employs antiferromagnetic coupling of the two FeIV sites to yield a diamagnetic cluster. Unfortunately, this lack of net spin prevents the determination of the local spin state (Sloc) of each of the irons by most spectroscopic techniques. Here, we use Fe Kβ X-ray emission spectroscopy (XES) to characterize the local spin states of the key intermediates of the sMMO catalytic cycle, including MMOHQ trapped by rapid-freeze-quench techniques. A pure XES spectrum of MMOHQ is obtained by subtraction of the contributions from other reaction cycle intermediates with the aid of Mössbauer quantification. Comparisons of the MMOHQ spectrum with those of known Sloc = 1 and Sloc = 2 FeIV sites in chemical and biological models reveal that MMOHQ possesses Sloc = 2 iron sites. This experimental determination of the local spin state will help guide future computational and mechanistic studies of sMMO catalysis.
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- George E Cutsail
- Max Planck Institute for Chemical Energy Conversion, Stiftstrasse 34-36, 45470, Mülheim an der Ruhr, Germany.
- Institute of Inorganic Chemistry, University of Duisburg-Essen, Universitätsstrasse 5-7, 45117, Essen, Germany.
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- Department of Biochemistry Molecular Biology and Biophysics, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, 55455, USA
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- Max Planck Institute for Chemical Energy Conversion, Stiftstrasse 34-36, 45470, Mülheim an der Ruhr, Germany
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- Max Planck Institute for Chemical Energy Conversion, Stiftstrasse 34-36, 45470, Mülheim an der Ruhr, Germany
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- Department of Biochemistry Molecular Biology and Biophysics, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, 55455, USA
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- Max Planck Institute for Chemical Energy Conversion, Stiftstrasse 34-36, 45470, Mülheim an der Ruhr, Germany.
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Nandy A, Adamji H, Kastner DW, Vennelakanti V, Nazemi A, Liu M, Kulik HJ. Using Computational Chemistry To Reveal Nature’s Blueprints for Single-Site Catalysis of C–H Activation. ACS Catal 2022. [DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.2c02096] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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- Aditya Nandy
- Department of Chemical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, United States
- Department of Chemistry, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, United States
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, United States
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, United States
- Department of Biological Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, United States
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, United States
- Department of Chemistry, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, United States
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, United States
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, United States
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, United States
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Zhou TP, Deng WH, Wu Y, Liao RZ. QM/MM Calculations Suggested Concerted O‒O Bond Cleavage and Substrate Oxidation by Nonheme Diiron Toluene/o‐xylene Monooxygenase. Chem Asian J 2022; 17:e202200490. [DOI: 10.1002/asia.202200490] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/12/2022] [Revised: 06/01/2022] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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- Tai-Ping Zhou
- Huazhong University of Science and Technology School of chemistry and chemical engineering CHINA
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- Huazhong University of Science and Technology School of chemistry and chemical engineering CHINA
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- Huazhong University of Science and Technology School of chemistry and chemical engineering CHINA
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- Huazhong University of Science and technology College of Chemistry and Chemical Engeneering Luoyulu 1037 430074 Wuhan CHINA
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Mahor D, Cong Z, Weissenborn MJ, Hollmann F, Zhang W. Valorization of Small Alkanes by Biocatalytic Oxyfunctionalization. CHEMSUSCHEM 2022; 15:e202101116. [PMID: 34288540 DOI: 10.1002/cssc.202101116] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/27/2021] [Revised: 07/18/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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The oxidation of alkanes into valuable chemical products is a vital reaction in organic synthesis. This reaction, however, is challenging, owing to the inertness of C-H bonds. Transition metal catalysts for C-H functionalization are frequently explored. Despite chemical alternatives, nature has also evolved powerful oxidative enzymes (e. g., methane monooxygenases, cytochrome P450 oxygenases, peroxygenases) that are capable of transforming C-H bonds under very mild conditions, with only the use of molecular oxygen or hydrogen peroxide as electron acceptors. Although progress in alkane oxidation has been reviewed extensively, little attention has been paid to small alkane oxidation. The latter holds great potential for the manufacture of chemicals. This Minireview provides a concise overview of the most relevant enzyme classes capable of small alkanes (C<6 ) oxyfunctionalization, describes the essentials of the catalytic mechanisms, and critically outlines the current state-of-the-art in preparative applications.
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- Durga Mahor
- National Innovation Center for Synthetic Biotechnology, Tianjin Institute of Industrial Biotechnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 32 West 7th Avenue, Tianjin Airport Economic Area, Tianjin, 300308, P. R. China
- Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Berhampur, Odisha, 760010, India
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Biofuels and Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Synthetic Biology, Qingdao Institute of Bioenergy and Bioprocess Technology Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao, Shandong, 266101, P. R. China
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- Leibniz Institute of Plant Biochemistry, Weinberg 3, 06120 Halle, Saale), Germany
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- Department of Biotechnology, Delft University of Technology, Van der Maasweg 9, 2629HZ, Delft, The Netherlands
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- National Innovation Center for Synthetic Biotechnology, Tianjin Institute of Industrial Biotechnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 32 West 7th Avenue, Tianjin Airport Economic Area, Tianjin, 300308, P. R. China
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Röhs FLB, Dammers S, Stammler A, Oldengott J, Bögge H, Bill E, Glaser T. Dinuclear Diferrous Complexes of a Bis(tetradentate) Dinucleating Ligand: Influence of the Exogenous Ligands on the Molecular and Electronic Structures. Eur J Inorg Chem 2022. [DOI: 10.1002/ejic.202200177] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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- Bielefeld University: Universitat Bielefeld Fakultät für Chemie GERMANY
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- Bielefeld University: Universitat Bielefeld Fakultät für Chemie GERMANY
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- Bielefeld University: Universitat Bielefeld Fakultät für Chemie GERMANY
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- Bielefeld University: Universitat Bielefeld Fakultät für Chemie GERMANY
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- Mulheimer Max-Planck-Institute: Max-Planck-Institut fur chemische Energiekonversion Max-Planck-Institut für Chemische Energiekonversion GERMANY
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- Bielefeld University: Universitat Bielefeld Department of Chemistry Universitätsstr. 24 33615 Bielefeld GERMANY
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Nayek A, Ahmed ME, Samanta S, Dinda S, Patra S, Dey SG, Dey A. Bioinorganic Chemistry on Electrodes: Methods to Functional Modeling. J Am Chem Soc 2022; 144:8402-8429. [PMID: 35503922 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.2c01842] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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One of the major goals of bioinorganic chemistry has been to mimic the function of elegant metalloenzymes. Such functional modeling has been difficult to attain in solution, in particular, for reactions that require multiple protons and multiple electrons (nH+/ne-). Using a combination of heterogeneous electrochemistry, electrode and molecule design one may control both electron transfer (ET) and proton transfer (PT) of these nH+/ne- reactions. Such control can allow functional modeling of hydrogenases (H+ + e- → 1/2 H2), cytochrome c oxidase (O2 + 4 e- + 4 H+ → 2 H2O), monooxygenases (RR'CH2 + O2 + 2 e- + 2 H+ → RR'CHOH + H2O) and dioxygenases (S + O2 → SO2; S = organic substrate) in aqueous medium and at room temperatures. In addition, these heterogeneous constructs allow probing unnatural bioinspired reactions and estimation of the inner- and outer-sphere reorganization energy of small molecules and proteins.
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- Abhijit Nayek
- School of Chemical Sciences, Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science, 2A Raja SC Mullick Road, Kolkata, WB India 700032
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- School of Chemical Sciences, Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science, 2A Raja SC Mullick Road, Kolkata, WB India 700032
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- School of Chemical Sciences, Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science, 2A Raja SC Mullick Road, Kolkata, WB India 700032
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- School of Chemical Sciences, Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science, 2A Raja SC Mullick Road, Kolkata, WB India 700032
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- School of Chemical Sciences, Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science, 2A Raja SC Mullick Road, Kolkata, WB India 700032
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- School of Chemical Sciences, Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science, 2A Raja SC Mullick Road, Kolkata, WB India 700032
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- School of Chemical Sciences, Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science, 2A Raja SC Mullick Road, Kolkata, WB India 700032
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Cutsail III GE, DeBeer S. Challenges and Opportunities for Applications of Advanced X-ray Spectroscopy in Catalysis Research. ACS Catal 2022. [DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.2c01016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- George E. Cutsail III
- Max Planck Institute for Chemical Energy Conversion, Stiftstr. 34-36, 45470 Mülheim an der Ruhr, Germany
- Institute of Inorganic Chemistry, University of Duisburg-Essen, Universitätsstr. 5-7, 45117 Essen, Germany
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- Max Planck Institute for Chemical Energy Conversion, Stiftstr. 34-36, 45470 Mülheim an der Ruhr, Germany
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Lee C, Hwang Y, Kang HG, Lee SJ. Electron Transfer to Hydroxylase through Component Interactions in Soluble Methane Monooxygenase. J Microbiol Biotechnol 2022; 32:287-293. [PMID: 35131957 PMCID: PMC9628860 DOI: 10.4014/jmb.2201.01029] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/24/2022] [Revised: 02/02/2022] [Accepted: 02/03/2022] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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The hydroxylation of methane (CH4) is crucial to the field of environmental microbiology, owing to the heat capacity of methane, which is much higher than that of carbon dioxide (CO2). Soluble methane monooxygenase (sMMO), a member of the bacterial multicomponent monooxygenase (BMM) superfamily, is essential for the hydroxylation of specific substrates, including hydroxylase (MMOH), regulatory component (MMOB), and reductase (MMOR). The diiron active site positioned in the MMOH α-subunit is reduced through the interaction of MMOR in the catalytic cycle. The electron transfer pathway, however, is not yet fully understood due to the absence of complex structures with reductases. A type II methanotroph, Methylosinus sporium 5, successfully expressed sMMO and hydroxylase, which were purified for the study of the mechanisms. Studies on the MMOH-MMOB interaction have demonstrated that Tyr76 and Trp78 induce hydrophobic interactions through π-π stacking. Structural analysis and sequencing of the ferredoxin domain in MMOR (MMOR-Fd) suggested that Tyr93 and Tyr95 could be key residues for electron transfer. Mutational studies of these residues have shown that the concentrations of flavin adenine dinucleotide (FAD) and iron ions are changed. The measurements of dissociation constants (Kds) between hydroxylase and mutated reductases confirmed that the binding affinities were not significantly changed, although the specific enzyme activities were significantly reduced by MMOR-Y93A. This result shows that Tyr93 could be a crucial residue for the electron transfer route at the interface between hydroxylase and reductase.
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- Chaemin Lee
- Department of Chemistry, Jeonbuk National University, Jeonju 54896, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Chemistry, Jeonbuk National University, Jeonju 54896, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Neurology, Research Institute of Clinical Medicine of Jeonbuk National University and Biomedical Research Institute of Jeonbuk National University Hospital, Jeonju 54907, Republic of Korea,Corresponding authors H.G. Kang Phone: +82-63-250-1590 Fax: +82-63-251-9363 E-mail:
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- Department of Chemistry, Jeonbuk National University, Jeonju 54896, Republic of Korea,Institute for Molecular Biology and Genetics, Jeonbuk National University, Jeonju 54896, Republic of Korea,
S.J. Lee Phone: +82-63-270-3412 Fax: +82-63-270-3407 E-mail:
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Walleck S, Zimmermann TP, Hachmeister H, Pilger C, Huser T, Katz S, Hildebrandt P, Stammler A, Bögge H, Bill E, Glaser T. Generation of a μ-1,2-hydroperoxo Fe IIIFe III and a μ-1,2-peroxo Fe IVFe III Complex. Nat Commun 2022; 13:1376. [PMID: 35296656 PMCID: PMC8927127 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-022-28894-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/23/2021] [Accepted: 02/17/2022] [Indexed: 12/05/2022] Open
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μ-1,2-Peroxo-diferric intermediates (P) of non-heme diiron enzymes are proposed to convert upon protonation either to high-valent active species or to activated P′ intermediates via hydroperoxo-diferric intermediates. Protonation of synthetic μ-1,2-peroxo model complexes occurred at the μ-oxo and not at the μ-1,2-peroxo bridge. Here we report a stable μ-1,2-peroxo complex {FeIII(μ-O)(μ-1,2-O2)FeIII} using a dinucleating ligand and study its reactivity. The reversible oxidation and protonation of the μ-1,2-peroxo-diferric complex provide μ-1,2-peroxo FeIVFeIII and μ-1,2-hydroperoxo-diferric species, respectively. Neither the oxidation nor the protonation induces a strong electrophilic reactivity. Hence, the observed intramolecular C-H hydroxylation of preorganized methyl groups of the parent μ-1,2-peroxo-diferric complex should occur via conversion to a more electrophilic high-valent species. The thorough characterization of these species provides structure-spectroscopy correlations allowing insights into the formation and reactivities of hydroperoxo intermediates in diiron enzymes and their conversion to activated P′ or high-valent intermediates. Iron coordination complexes can be used to gain insight on biologically relevant iron-oxygen compounds generated in iron metalloenzymes. Here, the authors characterise a μ-1,2-hydroperoxo FeIIIFeIII and a μ-1,2-peroxo FeIVFeIII, and study their reactivity in C-H activation.
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- Stephan Walleck
- Lehrstuhl für Anorganische Chemie I, Fakultät für Chemie, Universität Bielefeld, Universitätsstr. 25, D-33615, Bielefeld, Germany
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- Lehrstuhl für Anorganische Chemie I, Fakultät für Chemie, Universität Bielefeld, Universitätsstr. 25, D-33615, Bielefeld, Germany
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- Biomolekulare Photonik, Fakultät für Physik, Universität Bielefeld, Universitätsstr. 25, D-33615, Bielefeld, Germany
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- Biomolekulare Photonik, Fakultät für Physik, Universität Bielefeld, Universitätsstr. 25, D-33615, Bielefeld, Germany
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- Biomolekulare Photonik, Fakultät für Physik, Universität Bielefeld, Universitätsstr. 25, D-33615, Bielefeld, Germany
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- Institut für Chemie, Technische Universität Berlin, Straße des 17. Juni 135, D-10623, Berlin, Germany
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- Institut für Chemie, Technische Universität Berlin, Straße des 17. Juni 135, D-10623, Berlin, Germany
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- Lehrstuhl für Anorganische Chemie I, Fakultät für Chemie, Universität Bielefeld, Universitätsstr. 25, D-33615, Bielefeld, Germany
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- Lehrstuhl für Anorganische Chemie I, Fakultät für Chemie, Universität Bielefeld, Universitätsstr. 25, D-33615, Bielefeld, Germany
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Chemische Energiekonversion, Stiftstr. 34-36, D-45470, Mülheim an der Ruhr, Germany
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- Lehrstuhl für Anorganische Chemie I, Fakultät für Chemie, Universität Bielefeld, Universitätsstr. 25, D-33615, Bielefeld, Germany.
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Rohde GT, Xue G, Que L. Explorations of the nonheme high-valent iron-oxo landscape: crystal structure of a synthetic complex with an [FeIV2(μ-O) 2] diamond core relevant to the chemistry of sMMOH. Faraday Discuss 2022; 234:109-128. [PMID: 35171169 DOI: 10.1039/d1fd00066g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Methanotrophic bacteria utilize methane monooxygenase (MMO) to carry out the first step in metabolizing methane. The soluble enzymes employ a hydroxylase component (sMMOH) with a nonheme diiron active site that activates O2 and generates a powerful oxidant capable of converting methane to methanol. It is proposed that the diiron(II) center in the reduced enzyme reacts with O2 to generate a diferric-peroxo intermediate called P that then undergoes O-O cleavage to convert into a diiron(IV) derivative called Q, which carries out methane hydroxylation. Most (but not all) of the spectroscopic data of Q accumulated by various groups to date favor the presence of an FeIV2(μ-O)2 unit with a diamond core. The Que lab has had a long-term interest in making synthetic analogs of iron enzyme intermediates. To this end, the first crystal structure of a complex with a FeIIIFeIV(μ-O)2 diamond core was reported in 1999, which exhibited an Fe⋯Fe distance of 2.683(1) Å. Now more than 20 years later, a complex with an FeIV2(μ-O)2 diamond core has been synthesized in sufficient purity to allow diffraction-quality crystals to be grown. Its crystal structure has been solved, revealing an Fe⋯Fe distance of 2.711(4) Å for comparison with structural data for related complexes with lower iron oxidation states.
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- Gregory T Rohde
- Department of Chemistry, Center for Metals in Biocatalysis, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455, USA.
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- Department of Chemistry, Center for Metals in Biocatalysis, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455, USA.
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- Department of Chemistry, Center for Metals in Biocatalysis, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455, USA.
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Das B, Al-Hunaiti A, Carey A, Lidin S, Demeshko S, Repo T, Nordlander E. A di‑iron(III) μ-oxido complex as catalyst precursor in the oxidation of alkanes and alkenes. J Inorg Biochem 2022; 231:111769. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jinorgbio.2022.111769] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/05/2021] [Revised: 02/10/2022] [Accepted: 02/10/2022] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Song X, Liu J, Wang B. Emergence of Function from Nonheme Diiron Oxygenases: A Quantum Mechanical/Molecular Mechanical Study of Oxygen Activation and Organophosphonate Catabolism Mechanisms by PhnZ. ACS Catal 2022. [DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.1c05116] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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- Xitong Song
- State Key Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces and Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory of Theoretical and Computational Chemistry, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361005, People’s Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces and Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory of Theoretical and Computational Chemistry, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361005, People’s Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces and Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory of Theoretical and Computational Chemistry, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361005, People’s Republic of China
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Mikata Y, Aono Y, Yamamoto C, Nakayama H, Matsumoto A, Kotegawa F, Harada M, Katano H, Kobayashi Y, Yanagisawa S, Kubo M, Kajiwara A, Kodera M. A Synthetic Model for the Possible Fe IV2(μ-O) 2 Core of Methane Monooxygenase Intermediate Q Derived from a Structurally Characterized Fe IIIFe IV(μ-O) 2 Complex. Inorg Chem 2022; 61:786-790. [PMID: 34822245 DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.1c02699] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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A bis(μ-oxo)diiron(IV,IV) complex as a model for intermediate Q in the methane monooxygenase reaction cycle has been prepared. The precursor complex with a [FeIIIFeIV(μ-O)2] core was fully characterized by X-ray crystallography and other spectroscopic analyses and was converted to the [FeIV2(μ-O)2] complex via electrochemical oxidation at 1000 mV (vs Ag/Ag+) in acetone at 193 K. The UV-vis spectral features, Mössbauer parameters (ΔEQ = 2.079 mm/s and δ = -0.027 mm/s), and EXAFS analysis (Fe-O/N = 1.73/1.96 Å and Fe···Fe = 2.76 Å) support the structure of the low-spin (S = 1, for each Fe) [FeIV2(μ-O)2] core. The rate constants of the hydrogen abstraction reaction from 9,10-dihydroanthracene at 243 K suggest the high reactivity of these synthetic bis(μ-oxo)diiron complexes supported by simple N4 tripodal ligand.
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- Yuji Mikata
- Department of Chemistry, Biology, and Environmental Science, Faculty of Science, Nara Women's University, Nara 630-8506, Japan
- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Nara Women's University, Nara 630-8506, Japan
- KYOUSEI Science Center, Nara Women's University, Nara 630-8506, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Nara Women's University, Nara 630-8506, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry, Biology, and Environmental Science, Faculty of Science, Nara Women's University, Nara 630-8506, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Nara Women's University, Nara 630-8506, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry, Biology, and Environmental Science, Faculty of Science, Nara Women's University, Nara 630-8506, Japan
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- Department of Computer Science and Clothing Environment, Faculty of Human Life and Environment, Nara Women's University, Nara 630-8506, Japan
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- Department of Computer Science and Clothing Environment, Faculty of Human Life and Environment, Nara Women's University, Nara 630-8506, Japan
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- Department of Bioscience, Fukui Prefectural University, Eiheiji, Fukui 910-1195, Japan
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- Department of Engineering Science, Graduate School of Informatics and Engineering, The University of Electro-Communications, 1-5-1 Chofugaoka, Chofu, Tokyo 182-8585, Japan
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- Graduate School of Life Science, University of Hyogo, 3-2-1 Koto, Kamigori-cho, Ako-gun, Hyogo 678-1297, Japan
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- Graduate School of Life Science, University of Hyogo, 3-2-1 Koto, Kamigori-cho, Ako-gun, Hyogo 678-1297, Japan
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- Department of Materials Science, Nara University of Education, Takabatake-cho, Nara 630-8528, Japan
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- Department of Molecular Chemistry and Biochemistry, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Doshisha University, Tatara Miyakodani 1-3, Kyotanabe, Kyoto 610-0321, Japan
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Banerjee R, Srinivas V, Lebrette H. Ferritin-Like Proteins: A Conserved Core for a Myriad of Enzyme Complexes. Subcell Biochem 2022; 99:109-153. [PMID: 36151375 DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-00793-4_4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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Ferritin-like proteins share a common fold, a four α-helix bundle core, often coordinating a pair of metal ions. Although conserved, the ferritin fold permits a diverse set of reactions, and is central in a multitude of macromolecular enzyme complexes. Here, we emphasize this diversity through three members of the ferritin-like superfamily: the soluble methane monooxygenase, the class I ribonucleotide reductase and the aldehyde deformylating oxygenase. They all rely on dinuclear metal cofactors to catalyze different challenging oxygen-dependent reactions through the formation of multi-protein complexes. Recent studies using cryo-electron microscopy, serial femtosecond crystallography at an X-ray free electron laser source, or single-crystal X-ray diffraction, have reported the structures of the active protein complexes, and revealed unprecedented insights into the molecular mechanisms of these three enzymes.
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- Rahul Banerjee
- Department of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology and Biophysics, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden.
- Laboratoire de Microbiologie et Génétique Moléculaires (LMGM), Centre de Biologie Intégrative (CBI), CNRS, UPS, Université de Toulouse, Toulouse, France.
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Zhang S, Li X, Wang Y, Yan L, Wei J, Liu Y. Computational Study of the C5-Hydroxylation Mechanism Catalyzed by the Diiron Monooxygenase PtmU3 as Part of the Platensimycin Biosynthesis. Inorg Chem 2021; 60:17783-17796. [PMID: 34762413 DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.1c02407] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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PtmU3 is a newly identified nonheme diiron monooxygenase, which installs a C-5 β-hydroxyl group into the C-19 CoA-ester intermediate involved in the biosynthesis of unique diterpene-derived scaffolds of platensimycin and platencin. PtmU3 possesses a noncanonical diiron active site architecture of a saturated six-coordinate iron center and lacks the μ-oxo bridge. Although the hydroxylation process is a simple reaction for nonheme mononuclear iron-dependent enzymes, how PtmU3 employs the diiron center to catalyze the H-abstraction and OH-rebound is still unknown. In particular, the electronic characteristic of diiron is also unclear. To understand the catalytic mechanism of PtmU3, we constructed two reactant models in which both the Fe1II-Fe2III-superoxo and Fe1II-Fe2IV═O are considered to trigger the H-abstraction and performed a series of quantum mechanics/molecular mechanics calculations. Our calculation results reveal that PtmU3 is a special monooxygenase, that is, both atoms of the dioxygen molecule can be incorporated into two molecules of the substrate by the successive reactions. In the first-round reaction, PtmU3 uses the Fe1II-Fe2III-superoxo to install a hydroxyl group into the substrate, generating the high-reactive Fe1II-Fe2IV═O complex. In the second-round reaction, the Fe1II-Fe2IV═O species is responsible for the hydroxylation of another molecule of the substrate. In the diiron center, Fe2 adopts the high spin state (S = 5/2) during the catalysis, whereas for Fe1, in addition to its structural role, it may also play an assistant role for Fe1 catalysis. In the two successive OH-installing steps, the H-abstraction is always the rate-liming step. E241 and D308 not only act as bridging ligands to connect two Fe ions but also take part in the electron reorganization. Owing to the high reactivity of Fe1II-Fe2IV═O compared to Fe1II-Fe2III-superoxo, besides the C5-hydroxylation, the C3- or C18-hydroxylation was also calculated to be feasible.
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- Shiqing Zhang
- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shandong University, Jinan 250100, Shandong, China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shandong University, Jinan 250100, Shandong, China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shandong University, Jinan 250100, Shandong, China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shandong University, Jinan 250100, Shandong, China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shandong University, Jinan 250100, Shandong, China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shandong University, Jinan 250100, Shandong, China
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Wang S, Xu L, Wang J. Iron-Based Dual Active Site-Mediated Peroxymonosulfate Activation for the Degradation of Emerging Organic Pollutants. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY 2021; 55:15412-15422. [PMID: 34697942 DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.1c06205] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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It is still a challenge to synthesize highly efficient and stable catalysts for the Fenton-like reaction. In this study, we constructed an integrated catalyst with highly dispersed iron-based dual active sites, in which Fe2N and single-atom Fe (SA-Fe) were embedded into nitrogen- and oxygen-co-doped graphitic carbon (Fe-N-O-GC-350). Extended X-ray absorption fine structure (EXAFS) confirmed the coordination structure of iron, and line combination fitting (LCF) demonstrated the coexistence of Fe2N and SA-Fe with percentages of 75 and 25%, respectively. Iron-based dual active sites endowed Fe-N-O-GC-350 with superior catalytic activity to activate peroxymonosulfate (PMS) as evidenced by the fast degradation rate of sulfamethoxazole (SMX) (0.24 min-1) in the presence of 0.4 mM PMS and 0.1 g/L Fe-N-O-GC-350. Unlike the reported singlet oxygen and high-valent iron oxo-mediated degradation induced by the SA-Fe catalyst, both surface-bound reactive species and singlet oxygen contributed to SMX degradation, while surface-bound reactive species dominated. Density functional theory (DFT) simulation indicated that Fe2N and SA-Fe enhanced the adsorption of PMS, which played a key role in PMS activation. The Fe-N-O-GC-350/PMS system had resistance to the interference of common inorganic anions and high oxidation capacity to recalcitrant organic contaminants. This study elucidated the important role of Fe2N in PMS activation and provide a clue to design rationally catalysts with iron-based dual active sites to activate PMS for the degradation of emerging organic pollutants.
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- Shizong Wang
- Laboratory of Environmental Technology, INET, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, P. R. China
- Beijing Key Laboratory of Radioactive Wastes Treatment, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, P. R. China
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- Department of Nuclear Engineering and Technology, School of Energy and Power Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, P. R. China
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- Laboratory of Environmental Technology, INET, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, P. R. China
- Beijing Key Laboratory of Radioactive Wastes Treatment, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, P. R. China
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Plant monounsaturated fatty acids: Diversity, biosynthesis, functions and uses. Prog Lipid Res 2021; 85:101138. [PMID: 34774919 DOI: 10.1016/j.plipres.2021.101138] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/03/2021] [Revised: 11/02/2021] [Accepted: 11/06/2021] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Monounsaturated fatty acids are straight-chain aliphatic monocarboxylic acids comprising a unique carbon‑carbon double bond, also termed unsaturation. More than 50 distinct molecular structures have been described in the plant kingdom, and more remain to be discovered. The evolution of land plants has apparently resulted in the convergent evolution of non-homologous enzymes catalyzing the dehydrogenation of saturated acyl chain substrates in a chemo-, regio- and stereoselective manner. Contrasted enzymatic characteristics and different subcellular localizations of these desaturases account for the diversity of existing fatty acid structures. Interestingly, the location and geometrical configuration of the unsaturation confer specific characteristics to these molecules found in a variety of membrane, storage, and surface lipids. An ongoing research effort aimed at exploring the links existing between fatty acid structures and their biological functions has already unraveled the importance of several monounsaturated fatty acids in various physiological and developmental contexts. What is more, the monounsaturated acyl chains found in the oils of seeds and fruits are widely and increasingly used in the food and chemical industries due to the physicochemical properties inherent in their structures. Breeders and plant biotechnologists therefore develop new crops with high monounsaturated contents for various agro-industrial purposes.
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Jacobs AB, Banerjee R, Deweese DE, Braun A, Babicz JT, Gee LB, Sutherlin KD, Böttger LH, Yoda Y, Saito M, Kitao S, Kobayashi Y, Seto M, Tamasaku K, Lipscomb JD, Park K, Solomon EI. Nuclear Resonance Vibrational Spectroscopic Definition of the Fe(IV) 2 Intermediate Q in Methane Monooxygenase and Its Reactivity. J Am Chem Soc 2021; 143:16007-16029. [PMID: 34570980 PMCID: PMC8631202 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.1c05436] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Methanotrophic bacteria utilize the nonheme diiron enzyme soluble methane monooxygenase (sMMO) to convert methane to methanol in the first step of their metabolic cycle under copper-limiting conditions. The structure of the sMMO Fe(IV)2 intermediate Q responsible for activating the inert C-H bond of methane (BDE = 104 kcal/mol) remains controversial, with recent studies suggesting both "open" and "closed" core geometries for its active site. In this study, we employ nuclear resonance vibrational spectroscopy (NRVS) to probe the geometric and electronic structure of intermediate Q at cryogenic temperatures. These data demonstrate that Q decays rapidly during the NRVS experiment. Combining data from several years of measurements, we derive the NRVS vibrational features of intermediate Q as well as its cryoreduced decay product. A library of 90 open and closed core models of intermediate Q is generated using density functional theory to analyze the NRVS data of Q and its cryoreduced product as well as prior spectroscopic data on Q. Our analysis reveals that a subset of closed core models reproduce these newly acquired NRVS data as well as prior data. The reaction coordinate with methane is also evaluated using both closed and open core models of Q. These studies show that the potent reactivity of Q toward methane resides in the "spectator oxo" of its Fe(IV)2O2 core, in contrast to nonheme mononuclear Fe(IV)═O enzyme intermediates that H atoms abstract from weaker C-H bonds.
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- Ariel B. Jacobs
- Department of Chemistry, Stanford University, 333 Campus Drive, Stanford, California, 94305, United States
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- Department of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology and Biophysics, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55391 U.S.A
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- Department of Chemistry, Stanford University, 333 Campus Drive, Stanford, California, 94305, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Stanford University, 333 Campus Drive, Stanford, California, 94305, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Stanford University, 333 Campus Drive, Stanford, California, 94305, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Stanford University, 333 Campus Drive, Stanford, California, 94305, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Stanford University, 333 Campus Drive, Stanford, California, 94305, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Stanford University, 333 Campus Drive, Stanford, California, 94305, United States
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- Japan Synchrotron Radiation Research Institute, Hyogo 679-5198, Japan
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- Department of Physics, Graduate School of Science, Tohoku University, Sendai, Miyagi 980-8578 Japan
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- Institute for Integrated Radiation and Nuclear Science, Kyoto University, Osaka, 590-0494
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- Institute for Integrated Radiation and Nuclear Science, Kyoto University, Osaka, 590-0494
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- Institute for Integrated Radiation and Nuclear Science, Kyoto University, Osaka, 590-0494
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- RIKEN SPring-8 Center, RIKEN, Sayo, Hyogo, 679-5148, Japan
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- Department of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology and Biophysics, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55391 U.S.A
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- Department of Chemistry, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), Daejeon 34141, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Chemistry, Stanford University, 333 Campus Drive, Stanford, California, 94305, United States,Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Light Source, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford University, Menlo Park, California, 94025, United States
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Chandra A, Ansari M, Monte‐Pérez I, Kundu S, Rajaraman G, Ray K. Ligand‐Constraint‐Induced Peroxide Activation for Electrophilic Reactivity. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2021. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.202100438] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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- Anirban Chandra
- Department of Chemistry Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin Brook-Taylor-Strasse 2 12489 Berlin Germany
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- Department of Chemistry Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Powai Mumbai Maharashtra 400 076 India
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- Department of Chemistry Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin Brook-Taylor-Strasse 2 12489 Berlin Germany
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- Department of Chemistry Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin Brook-Taylor-Strasse 2 12489 Berlin Germany
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- Department of Chemistry Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Powai Mumbai Maharashtra 400 076 India
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- Department of Chemistry Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin Brook-Taylor-Strasse 2 12489 Berlin Germany
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Chandra A, Ansari M, Monte-Pérez I, Kundu S, Rajaraman G, Ray K. Ligand-Constraint-Induced Peroxide Activation for Electrophilic Reactivity. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2021; 60:14954-14959. [PMID: 33843113 PMCID: PMC8252416 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202100438] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/11/2021] [Revised: 03/26/2021] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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μ‐1,2‐peroxo‐bridged diiron(III) intermediates P are proposed as reactive intermediates in various biological oxidation reactions. In sMMO, P acts as an electrophile, and performs hydrogen atom and oxygen atom transfers to electron‐rich substrates. In cyanobacterial ADO, however, P is postulated to react by nucleophilic attack on electrophilic carbon atoms. In biomimetic studies, the ability of μ‐1,2‐peroxo‐bridged dimetal complexes of Fe, Co, Ni and Cu to act as nucleophiles that effect deformylation of aldehydes is documented. By performing reactivity and theoretical studies on an end‐on μ‐1,2‐peroxodicobalt(III) complex 1 involving a non‐heme ligand system, L1, supported on a Sn6O6 stannoxane core, we now show that a peroxo‐bridged dimetal complex can also be a reactive electrophile. The observed electrophilic chemistry, which is induced by the constraints provided by the Sn6O6 core, represents a new domain for metal−peroxide reactivity.
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- Anirban Chandra
- Department of Chemistry, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Brook-Taylor-Strasse 2, 12489, Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Powai, Mumbai, Maharashtra, 400 076, India
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- Department of Chemistry, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Brook-Taylor-Strasse 2, 12489, Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Chemistry, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Brook-Taylor-Strasse 2, 12489, Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Powai, Mumbai, Maharashtra, 400 076, India
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- Department of Chemistry, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Brook-Taylor-Strasse 2, 12489, Berlin, Germany
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Balamurugan M, Suresh E, Palaniandavar M. μ-Oxo-bridged diiron(iii) complexes of tripodal 4N ligands as catalysts for alkane hydroxylation reaction using m-CPBA as an oxidant: substrate vs. self hydroxylation. RSC Adv 2021; 11:21514-21526. [PMID: 35478792 PMCID: PMC9034113 DOI: 10.1039/d1ra03135j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/22/2021] [Accepted: 05/28/2021] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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A series of non-heme μ-oxo-bridged dinuclear iron(iii) complexes of the type [Fe2(μ-O)(L1–L6)2Cl2]Cl21–6 have been isolated and their catalytic activity towards oxidative transformation of alkanes into alcohols has been studied using m-choloroperbenzoic acid (m-CPBA) as an oxidant. All the complexes were characterized by CHN, electrochemical, and UV-visible spectroscopic techniques. The molecular structures of 2 and 5 have been determined successfully by single crystal X-ray diffraction analysis and both possesses octahedral coordination geometry and each iron atom is coordinated by four nitrogen atoms of the 4N ligand and a bridging oxygen. The sixth position of each octahedron is coordinated by a chloride ion. The (μ-oxo)diiron(iii) core is linear in 2 (Fe–O–Fe, 180.0°), whereas it is non-linear (Fe–O–Fe, 161°) in 5. All the diiron(iii) complexes show quasi-reversible one electron transfer in the cyclic voltammagram and catalyze the hydroxylation of alkanes like cyclohexane, adamantane with m-CPBA as an oxidant. In acetonitrile solution, adding excess m-CPBA to the diiron(iii) complex 2 without chloride ions leads to intramolecular hydroxylation reaction of the oxidant. Interestingly, 2 catalyzes alkane hydroxylation in the presence of chloride ions, but intramolecular hydroxylation in the absence of chloride ions. The observed selectivity for cyclohexane (A/K, 5–7) and adamantane (3°/2°, 9–18) suggests the involvement of high-valent iron–oxo species rather than freely diffusing radicals in the catalytic reaction. Moreover, 4 oxidizes (A/K, 7) cyclohexane very efficiently up to 513 TON while 5 oxidizes adamantane with good selectivity (3°/2°, 18) using m-CPBA as an oxidant. The electronic effects of ligand donors dictate the efficiency and selectivity of catalytic hydroxylation of alkanes. The ligand stereoelectronic effect of diiron(iii) complexes determines the efficiency and selectivity of catalytic alkane hydroxylation with m-CPBA as an oxidant.![]()
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- Mani Balamurugan
- School of Chemistry, Bharathidasan University Tiruchirappalli 620 024 Tamil Nadu India
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- Analytical Science Discipline, Central Salt and Marine Chemicals Research Institute Bhavnagar 364 002 India
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Göltl F, Bhandari S, Mavrikakis M. Thermodynamics Perspective on the Stepwise Conversion of Methane to Methanol over Cu-Exchanged SSZ-13. ACS Catal 2021. [DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.1c00691] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Florian Göltl
- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, University of Wisconsin−Madison, 1415 Engineering Drive, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, United States
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- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, University of Wisconsin−Madison, 1415 Engineering Drive, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, United States
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- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, University of Wisconsin−Madison, 1415 Engineering Drive, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, United States
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Schulz C, Castillo RG, Pantazis DA, DeBeer S, Neese F. Structure-Spectroscopy Correlations for Intermediate Q of Soluble Methane Monooxygenase: Insights from QM/MM Calculations. J Am Chem Soc 2021; 143:6560-6577. [PMID: 33884874 PMCID: PMC8154522 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.1c01180] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/31/2021] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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The determination of the diiron core intermediate structures involved in the catalytic cycle of soluble methane monooxygenase (sMMO), the enzyme that selectively catalyzes the conversion of methane to methanol, has been a subject of intense interest within the bioinorganic scientific community. Particularly, the specific geometry and electronic structure of the intermediate that precedes methane binding, known as intermediate Q (or MMOHQ), has been debated for over 30 years. Some reported studies support a bis-μ-oxo-bridged Fe(IV)2O2 closed-core conformation Fe(IV)2O2 core, whereas others favor an open-core geometry, with a longer Fe-Fe distance. The lack of consensus calls for a thorough re-examination and reinterpretation of the spectroscopic data available on the MMOHQ intermediate. Herein, we report extensive simulations based on a hybrid quantum mechanics/molecular mechanics approach (QM/MM) approach that takes into account the complete enzyme to explore possible conformations for intermediates MMOHox and MMOHQ of the sMMOH catalytic cycle. High-level quantum chemical approaches are used to correlate specific structural motifs with geometric parameters for comparison with crystallographic and EXAFS data, as well as with spectroscopic data from Mössbauer spectroscopy, Fe K-edge high-energy resolution X-ray absorption spectroscopy (HERFD XAS), and resonance Raman 16O-18O difference spectroscopy. The results provide strong support for an open-core-type configuration in MMOHQ, with the most likely topology involving mono-oxo-bridged Fe ions and alternate terminal Fe-oxo and Fe-hydroxo groups that interact via intramolecular hydrogen bonding. The implications of an open-core intermediate Q on the reaction mechanism of sMMO are discussed.
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- Christine
E. Schulz
- Max-Planck-Institut
für Kohlenforschung, Kaiser-Wilhelm-Platz 1, 45470 Mülheim an der Ruhr, Germany
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- Max
Planck Institute for Chemical Energy Conversion, Stiftstr. 34-36, 45470 Mülheim an der Ruhr, Germany
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- Max-Planck-Institut
für Kohlenforschung, Kaiser-Wilhelm-Platz 1, 45470 Mülheim an der Ruhr, Germany
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- Max
Planck Institute for Chemical Energy Conversion, Stiftstr. 34-36, 45470 Mülheim an der Ruhr, Germany
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- Max-Planck-Institut
für Kohlenforschung, Kaiser-Wilhelm-Platz 1, 45470 Mülheim an der Ruhr, Germany
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Asakura H, Tanaka T. Recent Applications of X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy in Combination with High Energy Resolution Fluorescence Detection. CHEM LETT 2021. [DOI: 10.1246/cl.200848] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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- Hiroyuki Asakura
- Elements Strategy Initiative for Catalysts & Batteries (ESICB), Kyoto University, 1-30 Goryo-Ohara, Nishikyo-ku, Kyoto 615-8245, Japan
- Department of Molecular Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto University, Kyotodaigaku Katsura, Nishikyo-ku, Kyoto 615-8510, Japan
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- Elements Strategy Initiative for Catalysts & Batteries (ESICB), Kyoto University, 1-30 Goryo-Ohara, Nishikyo-ku, Kyoto 615-8245, Japan
- Department of Molecular Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto University, Kyotodaigaku Katsura, Nishikyo-ku, Kyoto 615-8510, Japan
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Khider MLK, Brautaset T, Irla M. Methane monooxygenases: central enzymes in methanotrophy with promising biotechnological applications. World J Microbiol Biotechnol 2021; 37:72. [PMID: 33765207 PMCID: PMC7994243 DOI: 10.1007/s11274-021-03038-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/04/2020] [Accepted: 03/09/2021] [Indexed: 12/02/2022]
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Worldwide, the use of methane is limited to generating power, electricity, heating, and for production of chemicals. We believe this valuable gas can be employed more widely. Here we review the possibility of using methane as a feedstock for biotechnological processes based on the application of synthetic methanotrophs. Methane monooxygenase (MMO) enables aerobic methanotrophs to utilize methane as a sole carbon and energy source, in contrast to industrial microorganisms that grow on carbon sources, such as sugar cane, which directly compete with the food market. However, naturally occurring methanotrophs have proven to be difficult to manipulate genetically and their current industrial use is limited to generating animal feed biomass. Shifting the focus from genetic engineering of methanotrophs, towards introducing metabolic pathways for methane utilization in familiar industrial microorganisms, may lead to construction of efficient and economically feasible microbial cell factories. The applications of a technology for MMO production are not limited to methane-based industrial synthesis of fuels and value-added products, but are also of interest in bioremediation where mitigating anthropogenic pollution is an increasingly relevant issue. Published research on successful functional expression of MMO does not exist, but several attempts provide promising future perspectives and a few recent patents indicate that there is an ongoing research in this field. Combining the knowledge on genetics and metabolism of methanotrophy with tools for functional heterologous expression of MMO-encoding genes in non-methanotrophic bacterial species, is a key step for construction of synthetic methanotrophs that holds a great biotechnological potential.
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- May L K Khider
- Department of Biotechnology and Food Science, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway
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- Department of Biotechnology and Food Science, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway
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- Department of Biotechnology and Food Science, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway.
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Methanotrophic bacteria represent a potential route to methane utilization and mitigation of methane emissions. In the first step of their metabolic pathway, aerobic methanotrophs use methane monooxygenases (MMOs) to activate methane, oxidizing it to methanol. There are two types of MMOs: a particulate, membrane-bound enzyme (pMMO) and a soluble, cytoplasmic enzyme (sMMO). The two MMOs are completely unrelated, with different architectures, metal cofactors, and mechanisms. The more prevalent of the two, pMMO, is copper-dependent, but the identity of its copper active site remains unclear. By contrast, sMMO uses a diiron active site, the catalytic cycle of which is well understood. Here we review the current state of knowledge for both MMOs, with an emphasis on recent developments and emerging hypotheses. In addition, we discuss obstacles to developing expression systems, which are needed to address outstanding questions and to facilitate future protein engineering efforts.
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- Christopher W Koo
- Departments of Molecular Biosciences and of Chemistry, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL 60208, USA.
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Miller KR, Biswas S, Jasniewski A, Follmer AH, Biswas A, Albert T, Sabuncu S, Bominaar EL, Hendrich MP, Moënne-Loccoz P, Borovik AS. Artificial Metalloproteins with Dinuclear Iron-Hydroxido Centers. J Am Chem Soc 2021; 143:2384-2393. [PMID: 33528256 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.0c12564] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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Dinuclear iron centers with a bridging hydroxido or oxido ligand form active sites within a variety of metalloproteins. A key feature of these sites is the ability of the protein to control the structures around the Fe centers, which leads to entatic states that are essential for function. To simulate this controlled environment, artificial proteins have been engineered using biotin-streptavidin (Sav) technology in which Fe complexes from adjacent subunits can assemble to form [FeIII-(μ-OH)-FeIII] cores. The assembly process is promoted by the site-specific localization of the Fe complexes within a subunit through the designed mutation of a tyrosinate side chain to coordinate the Fe centers. An important outcome is that the Sav host can regulate the Fe···Fe separation, which is known to be important for function in natural metalloproteins. Spectroscopic and structural studies from X-ray diffraction methods revealed uncommonly long Fe···Fe separations that change by less than 0.3 Å upon the binding of additional bridging ligands. The structural constraints imposed by the protein host on the di-Fe cores are unique and create examples of active sites having entatic states within engineered artificial metalloproteins.
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- Kelsey R Miller
- Department of Chemistry, 1102 Natural Sciences II, University of California, Irvine, California 92697, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Carnegie Mellon University, 4400 Fifth Avenue, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213, United States
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, University of California, Irvine, California 92697, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, 1102 Natural Sciences II, University of California, Irvine, California 92697, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, 1102 Natural Sciences II, University of California, Irvine, California 92697, United States
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Oregon Health & Science University, Mail Code HRC3, 3181 SW Sam Jackson Park Road, Portland, Oregon 97239, United States
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Oregon Health & Science University, Mail Code HRC3, 3181 SW Sam Jackson Park Road, Portland, Oregon 97239, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Carnegie Mellon University, 4400 Fifth Avenue, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Carnegie Mellon University, 4400 Fifth Avenue, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213, United States
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Oregon Health & Science University, Mail Code HRC3, 3181 SW Sam Jackson Park Road, Portland, Oregon 97239, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, 1102 Natural Sciences II, University of California, Irvine, California 92697, United States
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Li Y, Handunneththige S, Xiong J, Guo Y, Talipov MR, Wang D. Opening the Co III,IV2(μ-O) 2 Diamond Core by Lewis Bases Leads to Enhanced C-H Bond Cleaving Reactivity. J Am Chem Soc 2020; 142:21670-21678. [PMID: 33325694 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.0c07294] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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The high-valent diiron(IV) intermediate Q is the key oxidant that cleaves strong C-H bonds of methane in the catalytic cycle of soluble methane monooxygenase (sMMO). sMMO-Q was previously reported as a bis-μ-oxo FeIV2(μ-O)2 diamond core but was recently described to have an open core with a long Fe···Fe distance. We recently reported a high-valent CoIII,IV2(μ-O)2 diamond core complex (1) that is highly reactive with sp3 C-H bonds. In this work, we demonstrated that the C-H bond cleaving reactivity of 1 can be further enhanced by introducing a Lewis base X, affording faster kinetic rate constants and the ability to cleave stronger C-H bonds compared to 1. We proposed that 1 first reacts with X in a fast equilibrium to form an open core species X-CoIII-O-CoIV-O (1-X). We were able to characterize 1-X using EPR spectroscopy and DFT calculations. 1-X exhibited an S = 1/2 EPR signal distinct from that of the parent complex 1. DFT calculations showed that 1-X has an open core with the spin density heavily delocalized in the CoIV-O unit. Moreover, 1-X has a more favorable thermodynamic driving force and a smaller activation barrier than 1 to carry out C-H bond activation reactions. Notably, 1-X is at least 4 orders of magnitude more reactive than its diiron open core analogues. Our findings indicate that the diamond core isomerization is likely a practical enzymatic strategy to unmask the strong oxidizing power of sMMO-Q necessary to attack the highly inert C-H bonds of methane.
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- Yan Li
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Center for Biomolecular Structure and Dynamics, University of Montana, Missoula, Montana 59812, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, New Mexico 88003, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, New Mexico 88003, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Center for Biomolecular Structure and Dynamics, University of Montana, Missoula, Montana 59812, United States
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Draksharapu A, Xu S, Que L. Ce IV - and HClO 4 -Promoted Assembly of an Fe 2IV (μ-O) 2 Diamond Core from its Monomeric Fe IV =O Precursor at Room Temperature. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2020; 59:22484-22488. [PMID: 32902902 PMCID: PMC7708462 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202010027] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/21/2020] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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Diiron(IV)-oxo species are proposed to effect the cleavage of strong C-H bonds by nonheme diiron enzymes such as soluble methane monooxygenase (sMMO) and fatty acid desaturases. However, synthetic mimics of such diiron(IV) oxidants are rare. Herein we report the reaction of (TPA*)FeII (1) (TPA*=tris(3,5-dimethyl-4-methoxypyridyl-2-methyl)amine) in CH3 CN with 4 equiv CAN and 200 equiv HClO4 at 20 °C to form a complex with an [FeIV2 (μ-O)2 ]4+ core. CAN and HClO4 play essential roles in this unprecedented transformation, in which the comproportionation of FeIII -O-CeIV and FeIV =O/Ce4+ species is proposed to be involved in the assembly of the [FeIV2 (μ-O)2 ]4+ core.
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- Apparao Draksharapu
- Department of Chemistry and Center for Metals in Biocatalysis, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, 55455, USA
- Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, Kanpur, 208016, India
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- Department of Chemistry and Center for Metals in Biocatalysis, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, 55455, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Center for Metals in Biocatalysis, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, 55455, USA
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Draksharapu A, Xu S, Que L. Ce
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‐ and HClO
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‐Promoted Assembly of an Fe
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Diamond Core from its Monomeric Fe
IV
=O Precursor at Room Temperature. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2020. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.202010027] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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- Apparao Draksharapu
- Department of Chemistry and Center for Metals in Biocatalysis University of Minnesota Minneapolis Minnesota 55455 USA
- Department of Chemistry Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur Kanpur 208016 India
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- Department of Chemistry and Center for Metals in Biocatalysis University of Minnesota Minneapolis Minnesota 55455 USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Center for Metals in Biocatalysis University of Minnesota Minneapolis Minnesota 55455 USA
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Zimmermann TP, Orth N, Finke S, Limpke T, Stammler A, Bögge H, Walleck S, Ivanović-Burmazović I, Glaser T. Catalytic H 2O 2 Activation by a Diiron Complex for Methanol Oxidation. Inorg Chem 2020; 59:15563-15569. [PMID: 33081463 DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.0c02698] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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In nature, C-H bond oxidation of CH4 involves a peroxo intermediate that decays to the high-valent active species of either a "closed" {FeIV(μ-O)2FeIV} core or an "open" {FeIV(O)(μ-O)FeIV(O)} core. To mimic and to obtain more mechanistic insight in this reaction mode, we have investigated the reactivity of the bioinspired diiron complex [(susan){Fe(OH)(μ-O)Fe(OH)}]2+ [susan = 4,7-dimethyl-1,1,10,10-tetrakis(2-pyridylmethyl)-1,4,7,10-tetraazadecane], which catalyzes CH3OH oxidation with H2O2 to HCHO and HCO2H. The kinetics is faster in the presence of a proton. 18O-labeling experiments show that the active species, generated by a decay of the initially formed peroxo intermediate [(susan){FeIII(μ-O)(μ-O2)FeIII}]2+, contains one reactive oxygen atom from the μ-oxo and another from the μ-peroxo bridge of its peroxo precursor. Considering an FeIVFeIV active species, a "closed" {FeIV(μ-O)2FeIV} core explains the observed labeling results, while a scrambling of the terminal and bridging oxo ligands is required to account for an "open" {FeIV(O)(μ-O)FeIV(O)} core.
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- Department Chemie und Pharmazie, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Egerlandstraße 1, D-91058 Erlangen, Germany
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- Fakultät für Chemie, Universität Bielefeld, Universitätsstraße 25, D-33615 Bielefeld, Germany
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- Fakultät für Chemie, Universität Bielefeld, Universitätsstraße 25, D-33615 Bielefeld, Germany
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- Fakultät für Chemie, Universität Bielefeld, Universitätsstraße 25, D-33615 Bielefeld, Germany
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- Fakultät für Chemie, Universität Bielefeld, Universitätsstraße 25, D-33615 Bielefeld, Germany
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- Fakultät für Chemie, Universität Bielefeld, Universitätsstraße 25, D-33615 Bielefeld, Germany
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- Department Chemie und Pharmazie, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Egerlandstraße 1, D-91058 Erlangen, Germany.,Department Chemie, Ludwigs-Maximilians-Universität, Butenandtstraße 5-13, 81377 München, Germany
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- Fakultät für Chemie, Universität Bielefeld, Universitätsstraße 25, D-33615 Bielefeld, Germany
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Kannan N, Patil AR, Sinha A. Direct C-H bond halogenation and pseudohalogenation of hydrocarbons mediated by high-valent 3d metal-oxo species. Dalton Trans 2020; 49:14344-14360. [PMID: 33057538 DOI: 10.1039/d0dt02533j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Late-stage direct functionalization of the C-H bond is synthetically desirable. Metalloenzymes having metal-oxo active sites are well known to selectively catalyze hydroxylation and halogenation reactions with high efficiency. This review highlights the recent developments in the field of direct C-H halogenation and pseudohalogenation reactions catalyzed by the functional models of metalloenzymes.
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- Neppoliyan Kannan
- Department of Chemistry, School of Advanced Science, Vellore Institute of Technology, Vellore-632014, Tamil Nadu, India.
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- Department of Chemistry, School of Advanced Science, Vellore Institute of Technology, Vellore-632014, Tamil Nadu, India.
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- Department of Chemistry, School of Advanced Science, Vellore Institute of Technology, Vellore-632014, Tamil Nadu, India.
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Ansari M, Senthilnathan D, Rajaraman G. Deciphering the origin of million-fold reactivity observed for the open core diiron [HO-Fe III-O-Fe IV[double bond, length as m-dash]O] 2+ species towards C-H bond activation: role of spin-states, spin-coupling, and spin-cooperation. Chem Sci 2020; 11:10669-10687. [PMID: 33209248 PMCID: PMC7654192 DOI: 10.1039/d0sc02624g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/08/2020] [Accepted: 06/16/2020] [Indexed: 01/26/2023] Open
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High-valent metal-oxo species have been characterised as key intermediates in both heme and non-heme enzymes that are found to perform efficient aliphatic hydroxylation, epoxidation, halogenation, and dehydrogenation reactions. Several biomimetic model complexes have been synthesised over the years to mimic both the structure and function of metalloenzymes. The diamond-core [Fe2(μ-O)2] is one of the celebrated models in this context as this has been proposed as the catalytically active species in soluble methane monooxygenase enzymes (sMMO), which perform the challenging chemical conversion of methane to methanol at ease. In this context, a report of open core [HO(L)FeIII-O-FeIV(O)(L)]2+ (1) gains attention as this activates C-H bonds a million-fold faster compared to the diamond-core structure and has the dual catalytic ability to perform hydroxylation as well as desaturation with organic substrates. In this study, we have employed density functional methods to probe the origin of the very high reactivity observed for this complex and also to shed light on how this complex performs efficient hydroxylation and desaturation of alkanes. By modelling fifteen possible spin-states for 1 that could potentially participate in the reaction mechanism, our calculations reveal a doublet ground state for 1 arising from antiferromagnetic coupling between the quartet FeIV centre and the sextet FeIII centre, which regulates the reactivity of this species. The unusual stabilisation of the high-spin ground state for FeIV[double bond, length as m-dash]O is due to the strong overlap of with the orbital, reducing the antibonding interactions via spin-cooperation. The electronic structure features computed for 1 are consistent with experiments offering confidence in the methodology chosen. Further, we have probed various mechanistic pathways for the C-H bond activation as well as -OH rebound/desaturation of alkanes. An extremely small barrier height computed for the first hydrogen atom abstraction by the terminal FeIV[double bond, length as m-dash]O unit was found to be responsible for the million-fold activation observed in the experiments. The barrier height computed for -OH rebound by the FeIII-OH unit is also smaller suggesting a facile hydroxylation of organic substrates by 1. A strong spin-cooperation between the two iron centres also reduces the barrier for second hydrogen atom abstraction, thus making the desaturation pathway competitive. Both the spin-state as well as spin-coupling between the two metal centres play a crucial role in dictating the reactivity for species 1. By exploring various mechanistic pathways, our study unveils the fact that the bridged μ-oxo group is a poor electrophile for both C-H activation as well for -OH rebound. As more and more evidence is gathered in recent years for the open core geometry of sMMO enzymes, the idea of enhancing the reactivity via an open-core motif has far-reaching consequences.
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- Mursaleem Ansari
- Department of Chemistry , Indian Institute of Technology Bombay , Mumbai 400076 , India .
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- Center for Computational Chemistry , CRD , PRIST University , Vallam , Thanjavur , Tamilnadu 613403 , India
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- Department of Chemistry , Indian Institute of Technology Bombay , Mumbai 400076 , India .
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Duan Y, Petzold M, Saleem‐Batcha R, Teufel R. Bacterial Tropone Natural Products and Derivatives: Overview of their Biosynthesis, Bioactivities, Ecological Role and Biotechnological Potential. Chembiochem 2020; 21:2384-2407. [PMID: 32239689 PMCID: PMC7497051 DOI: 10.1002/cbic.201900786] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/30/2019] [Revised: 04/02/2020] [Indexed: 12/05/2022]
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Tropone natural products are non-benzene aromatic compounds of significant ecological and pharmaceutical interest. Herein, we highlight current knowledge on bacterial tropones and their derivatives such as tropolones, tropodithietic acid, and roseobacticides. Their unusual biosynthesis depends on a universal CoA-bound precursor featuring a seven-membered carbon ring as backbone, which is generated by a side reaction of the phenylacetic acid catabolic pathway. Enzymes encoded by separate gene clusters then further modify this key intermediate by oxidation, CoA-release, or incorporation of sulfur among other reactions. Tropones play important roles in the terrestrial and marine environment where they act as antibiotics, algaecides, or quorum sensing signals, while their bacterial producers are often involved in symbiotic interactions with plants and marine invertebrates (e. g., algae, corals, sponges, or mollusks). Because of their potent bioactivities and of slowly developing bacterial resistance, tropones and their derivatives hold great promise for biomedical or biotechnological applications, for instance as antibiotics in (shell)fish aquaculture.
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- Ying Duan
- Faculty of BiologyUniversity of Freiburg79104FreiburgGermany
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- Faculty of BiologyUniversity of Freiburg79104FreiburgGermany
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- Faculty of BiologyUniversity of Freiburg79104FreiburgGermany
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Jones JC, Banerjee R, Shi K, Aihara H, Lipscomb JD. Structural Studies of the Methylosinus trichosporium OB3b Soluble Methane Monooxygenase Hydroxylase and Regulatory Component Complex Reveal a Transient Substrate Tunnel. Biochemistry 2020; 59:2946-2961. [PMID: 32692178 PMCID: PMC7457393 DOI: 10.1021/acs.biochem.0c00459] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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The metalloenzyme soluble methane monooxygenase (sMMO) consists of hydroxylase (sMMOH), regulatory (MMOB), and reductase components. When sMMOH forms a complex with MMOB, the rate constants are greatly increased for the sequential access of O2, protons, and CH4 to an oxygen-bridged diferrous metal cluster located in the buried active site. Here, we report high-resolution X-ray crystal structures of the diferric and diferrous states of both sMMOH and the sMMOH:MMOB complex using the components from Methylosinus trichosporium OB3b. These structures are analyzed for O2 access routes enhanced when the complex forms. Previously reported, lower-resolution structures of the sMMOH:MMOB complex from the sMMO of Methylococcus capsulatus Bath revealed a series of cavities through sMMOH postulated to serve as the O2 conduit. This potential role is evaluated in greater detail using the current structures. Additionally, a search for other potential O2 conduits in the M. trichosporium OB3b sMMOH:MMOB complex revealed a narrow molecular tunnel, termed the W308-tunnel. This tunnel is sized appropriately for O2 and traverses the sMMOH-MMOB interface before accessing the active site. The kinetics of reaction of O2 with the diferrous sMMOH:MMOB complex in solution show that use of the MMOB V41R variant decreases the rate constant for O2 binding >25000-fold without altering the component affinity. The location of Val41 near the entrance to the W308-tunnel is consistent with the tunnel serving as the primary route for the transfer of O2 into the active site. Accordingly, the crystal structures show that formation of the diferrous sMMOH:MMOB complex restricts access through the chain of cavities while opening the W308-tunnel.
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- Jason C. Jones
- Department of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, and Biophysics, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455, United States
- Center for Metals in Biocatalysis University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455, United States
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- Department of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, and Biophysics, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455, United States
- Center for Metals in Biocatalysis University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455, United States
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- Department of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, and Biophysics, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455, United States
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- Department of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, and Biophysics, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455, United States
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- Department of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, and Biophysics, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455, United States
- Center for Metals in Biocatalysis University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455, United States
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Shteinman AA. Bioinspired Oxidation of Methane: From Academic Models of Methane Monooxygenases to Direct Conversion of Methane to Methanol. KINETICS AND CATALYSIS 2020. [DOI: 10.1134/s0023158420030180] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Bím D, Chalupský J, Culka M, Solomon EI, Rulíšek L, Srnec M. Proton-Electron Transfer to the Active Site Is Essential for the Reaction Mechanism of Soluble Δ 9-Desaturase. J Am Chem Soc 2020; 142:10412-10423. [PMID: 32406236 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.0c01786] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/17/2023]
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A full understanding of the catalytic action of non-heme iron (NHFe) and non-heme diiron (NHFe2) enzymes is still beyond the grasp of contemporary computational and experimental techniques. Many of these enzymes exhibit fascinating chemo-, regio-, and stereoselectivity, in spite of employing highly reactive intermediates which are necessary for activations of most stable chemical bonds. Herein, we study in detail one intriguing representative of the NHFe2 family of enzymes: soluble Δ9 desaturase (Δ9D), which desaturates rather than performing the thermodynamically favorable hydroxylation of substrate. Its catalytic mechanism has been explored in great detail by using QM(DFT)/MM and multireference wave function methods. Starting from the spectroscopically observed 1,2-μ-peroxo diferric P intermediate, the proton-electron uptake by P is the favored mechanism for catalytic activation, since it allows a significant reduction of the barrier of the initial (and rate-determining) H-atom abstraction from the stearoyl substrate as compared to the "proton-only activated" pathway. Also, we ruled out that a Q-like intermediate (high-valent diamond-core bis-μ-oxo-[FeIV]2 unit) is involved in the reaction mechanism. Our mechanistic picture is consistent with the experimental data available for Δ9D and satisfies fairly stringent conditions required by Nature: the chemo-, stereo-, and regioselectivity of the desaturation of stearic acid. Finally, the mechanisms evaluated are placed into a broader context of NHFe2 chemistry, provided by an amino acid sequence analysis through the families of the NHFe2 enzymes. Our study thus represents an important contribution toward understanding the catalytic action of the NHFe2 enzymes and may inspire further work in NHFe(2) biomimetic chemistry.
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- Daniel Bím
- J. Heyrovský Institute of Physical Chemistry, The Czech Academy of Sciences, Dolejškova 3, Prague 8 182 23, Czech Republic.,Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry, The Czech Academy of Sciences, Flemingovo nám. 2, Prague 6 166 10, Czech Republic
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- Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry, The Czech Academy of Sciences, Flemingovo nám. 2, Prague 6 166 10, Czech Republic
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- Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry, The Czech Academy of Sciences, Flemingovo nám. 2, Prague 6 166 10, Czech Republic
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- Department of Chemistry, Stanford University, 333 Campus Drive, Stanford, California 94305-5080, United States
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- Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry, The Czech Academy of Sciences, Flemingovo nám. 2, Prague 6 166 10, Czech Republic
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- J. Heyrovský Institute of Physical Chemistry, The Czech Academy of Sciences, Dolejškova 3, Prague 8 182 23, Czech Republic
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Roy L. Theoretical Identification of the Factors Governing the Reactivity of C-H Bond Activation by Non-Heme Iron(IV)-Oxo Complexes. Chempluschem 2020; 84:893-906. [PMID: 31943994 DOI: 10.1002/cplu.201900178] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/19/2019] [Revised: 05/30/2019] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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Selective functionalization of C-H bonds provides a straightforward approach to a large variety of well-defined derivatives. High-valent mononuclear iron(IV)-oxo complexes are proposed to carry out these C-H activation reactions in enzymes or in biomimetic syntheses. In this Minireview, we aim to highlight the features that delineate the distinct reactivity of non-heme oxo-iron(IV) motifs to cleave strong C-H bonds in hydrocarbons, primarily focusing on the hydrogen atom transfer (HAT) process. We describe how the structural and electronic properties of supporting ligands modulate the oxidative property of the iron(IV)-oxo complexes. Furthermore, we highlight the decisive role played by spin-state in these biomimetic reactions. We also discuss how tunneling and external perturbations like electric field influence the transfer of hydrogen atoms. Lastly, we emphasize how computations could work as a practical guide to sketch and develop synthetic models with greater efficacy.
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- Lisa Roy
- Institute of Chemical Technology Mumbai IOC Odisha Campus Bhubaneswar, IIT Kharagpur Extension Centre, Bhubaneswar, 751013, Odisha, India
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Doiuchi D, Nakamura T, Hayashi H, Uchida T. Non‐Heme‐Type Ruthenium Catalyzed Chemo‐ and Site‐Selective C−H Oxidation. Chem Asian J 2020; 15:762-765. [DOI: 10.1002/asia.202000134] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/31/2020] [Revised: 02/17/2020] [Indexed: 01/17/2023]
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- Daiki Doiuchi
- Department of Chemistry Graduate School of ScienceKyushu University 744, Motooka, Nishi-ku Fukuoka 819-0395 Japan
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- Department of Chemistry Graduate School of ScienceKyushu University 744, Motooka, Nishi-ku Fukuoka 819-0395 Japan
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- Faculty of Arts and ScienceKyushu University 744, Motooka, Nishi-ku Fukuoka 819-0395 Japan
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- Faculty of Arts and ScienceKyushu University 744, Motooka, Nishi-ku Fukuoka 819-0395 Japan
- International Institute for Carbon-Neutral Energy Research (WPI−I2CNER)Kyushu University 744, Motooka, Nishi-ku Fukuoka 819-0395 Japan
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Barona M, Gaggioli CA, Gagliardi L, Snurr RQ. DFT Study on the Catalytic Activity of ALD-Grown Diiron Oxide Nanoclusters for Partial Oxidation of Methane to Methanol. J Phys Chem A 2020; 124:1580-1592. [PMID: 32017850 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.9b11835] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Using density functional theory (DFT), we studied the catalytic activity of iron oxide nanoclusters that mimic the structure of the active site in the soluble form of methane monooxygenase (sMMO) for the partial oxidation of methane to methanol. Using N2O as the oxidant, we consider a radical-rebound mechanism and a concerted mechanism for the oxidation of methane on either a bridging oxygen (Ob) or a terminal oxygen (Ot) active site. We find that the radical-rebound pathway is preferred over the concerted pathway by 40-50 kJ/mol, but the desorption of methanol and the regeneration of the oxygen site are found to be the highest barriers for the direct conversion of methane to methanol with these catalysts. As demonstrated by a population analysis, the Ox (x = b or t) site behaves as an oxygen radical during the H abstraction, and the [Fe+-Ox-] site behaves as a Lewis acid-base pair during the concerted C-H cleavage. Molecular orbital decomposition analysis further demonstrates electron transfer during the oxidation and reduction steps of the reaction. High-level multireference calculations were also carried out to further assess the DFT results. Understanding how these systems behave during the proposed reaction pathways provides new insights into how they can be tuned for methane partial oxidation.
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- Melissa Barona
- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering , Northwestern University , Evanston , Illinois 60208 , United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Chemical Theory Center, and Supercomputing Institute , University of Minnesota-Twin Cities , Minneapolis , Minnesota 55455 , United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Chemical Theory Center, and Supercomputing Institute , University of Minnesota-Twin Cities , Minneapolis , Minnesota 55455 , United States
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- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering , Northwestern University , Evanston , Illinois 60208 , United States
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