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¿Está Mo involucrado en la unión de hidruro por el intermediario de cuatro electrones reducidos (E4) de la proteína
Dmitriy Lukoyanov1, Zhi-Yong Yang, Dennis R Dean
1Department of Chemistry, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208, USA.
Journal of the American Chemical Society
|February 4, 2010
Resumen
Este estudio proporciona evidencia directa de que el molibdeno (Mo) no se une a los hidritos en el estado intermedio E(4) del cofactor molibdeno-hierro (FeMo-co). Los iones de hierro (Fe), no el Mo, están involucrados en la unión de hidruro durante la rotación catalítica.
Área de la Ciencia:
- La bioquímica y la bioquímica orgánica.
- Catalización de enzimas por catálisis enzimática.
- Investigación de fijación de nitrógeno Investigación de fijación de nitrógeno
Sus antecedentes:
- El cofactor molibdeno-hierro (FeMo-co) es central para la actividad de la nitrogenasa.
- La comprensión de las interacciones de sustrato dentro de FeMo-co es crucial para elucidar los mecanismos de fijación de nitrógeno.
- Estudios previos plantearon la hipótesis del papel del molibdeno en la unión del hidruro durante la catálisis.
Objetivo del estudio:
- Proporcionar evidencia experimental directa de la participación del molibdeno en las interacciones del sustrato durante la rotación catalítica.
- Para determinar el papel del molibdeno en la unión de hidruro dentro del estado intermedio E(4) de FeMo-co.
- Para investigar las propiedades electrónicas y geométricas de FeMo-co influenciado por molibdeno.
Principales métodos:
- La captura por congelación de la proteína alfa-70 (((Ile) MoFe durante la reducción de H (((+) bajo argón.
- Espectroscopia de resonancia paramagnética de electrones (EPR) y de doble resonancia nuclear de electrones (ENDOR).
- Enriquecimiento isotópico con (95) Mo para mediciones precisas de acoplamiento hiperfino.
Principales resultados:
- El estado intermedio E(4), activado para la reducción de N(2), contiene dos hidruros unidos a FeMo-co.
- Las mediciones de ENDOR revelaron un coeficiente de acoplamiento vectorial muy pequeño para Mo (gadgadK (((Mo)) < 0,04) en el estado E ((4).
- Esto indica que el Mo no participa en la unión del hidruro; sólo los iones Fe están involucrados.
Conclusiones:
- El molibdeno no se une directamente a los hidruros en el intermedio catalíticamente importante E.
- Los iones de hierro dentro de FeMo-co son responsables de la unión de hidruro durante la rotación catalítica.
- A pesar de no unirse a los hidritos, la respuesta de acoplamiento de Mo sugiere su papel crucial en la sintonización de las propiedades de FeMo-co.
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