A synthetic model for the NO-inactivated form of nitrile hydratase
A synthetic model for the NO-inactivated form of nitrile hydratase
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DOI:
10.1021/ja981117e
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发表时间:
1998-10-28
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15
通讯作者:
Kovacs, JA
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作者:
Schweitzer, D;Ellison, JJ;Kovacs, JA
Nitric oxide (NO) 1 has been shown to perform a number of important functions in medicine and biology, including blood pressure control, neurotransmission, and inhibition of tumor growth. 2, 3 More recently, NO was found to play a regulatory role in the metalloenzyme nitrile hydratase (NHase) 4, 5 by reversibly binding to its iron active site. 6 Nitrile hydratases7-12 are nonheme, low-spin Fe (III)-containing microbial enzymes which promote the hydration of nitriles to amides. Three facial cysteinates, two cis peptide nitrogens, 11 and a hydroxide13 ligate the iron in its active form (NHlt). An inactive, NO-bound form (NHdk) is generated in whole cell bacterial samples stored in the dark. 14 Activity is restored upon exposure to light. 4-6 The presence of an IR band at 1853 cm-1 suggests that NO coordinates to the iron site. 14 Spin-trapping4 and quantitative NO titration experiments6 show that one NO is released per iron during photoactivation. Initial studies5, 14 suggested that NHdk contained an Fe (II)-NO species. The EPR silence15 of inactivated NHdk was, however, inconsistent with this proposal. A recent X-ray structure16 of NHdk from Rhodococcus sp. N-771 showed that two of the ligated cysteinates had been oxidized to sulfenate and sulfinate groups. However, it was not mentioned whether the crystals used in this study (a) could be photolytically reactivated or (b) displayed the νNO characteristic of NHdk. Sulfinate groups are not detected, by resonance Raman, in NHlt from Rhodococcus sp. R312. 17 Herein, we report a synthetic, NO-bound, bis-(thiolate)-ligated iron complex which closely matches the properties of the NHdk iron site, despite the absence of sulfinate groups.