酶FeMo辅因子与中心联体的化学活性:密度功能性研究
Berit Hinnemann1, Jens K Nørskov
1Center for Atomic-scale Materials Physics, Department of Physics, Building 307, Technical University of Denmark, DK-2800 Lyngby, Denmark.
Journal of the American Chemical Society
|March 25, 2004
概括
酶FeMo辅因子可能始终包含一个中央原子连接体. 它的插入需要高能量,这表明它在 (N2) 减少过程中总是存在.
科学领域:
- 生物化学 生物化学
- 计算化学计算化学
- 无机化学 无机化学 有机化学
背景情况:
- 酶酶复合体对于生物固定的作用至关重要.
- 铁-辅因子 (FeMo-co) 中的中心连接体的精确结构和作用仍在争论中.
- 之前的研究表明,原子是最可能的中心连接体.
研究的目的:
- 为了研究中酶FeMo辅因子中一个中心联体的化学后果.
- 探索中央联体插入的潜在反应途径.
- 了解结合的FeMo-co与二 (N2) 之间的相互作用,以减少.
主要方法:
- 用密度函数计算来建模FeMo辅因子.
- 计算模拟探索了各种联体插入路径.
- 在不同的条件下分析了FeMo-co与N2的相互作用.
主要成果:
- 所有研究的中央联体插入途径都表现出显著的能量障碍.
- 在环境条件下,插入的中间状态被发现是无法进入的.
- 具有中央联体的FeMo-co证明了与N2.2相互作用和减少N2.2的能力.
结论:
- 中央联体可能是FeMo辅因子在其催化循环期间的永久特征.
- 在环境条件下,联体的插入在能量上是不利的.
- 中央联体的存在与 (N2) 减少的机制相容.
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