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Proton–Electron Transfer to the Active Site Is Essential for the Reaction Mechanism of Soluble Δ9-Desaturase

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    SYSNO ASEP0525592
    Document TypeJ - Journal Article
    R&D Document TypeJournal Article
    Subsidiary JČlánek ve WOS
    TitleProton–Electron Transfer to the Active Site Is Essential for the Reaction Mechanism of Soluble Δ9-Desaturase
    Author(s) Bím, Daniel (UOCHB-X) ORCID, RID
    Chalupský, Jakub (UOCHB-X) RID, ORCID
    Culka, Martin (UOCHB-X) ORCID
    Solomon, E. I. (US)
    Rulíšek, Lubomír (UOCHB-X) RID, ORCID
    Srnec, M. (CZ)
    Source TitleJournal of the American Chemical Society. - : American Chemical Society - ISSN 0002-7863
    Roč. 142, č. 23 (2020), s. 10412-10423
    Number of pages12 s.
    Languageeng - English
    CountryUS - United States
    Keywords2nd order perturbation theory ; density functional theory ; carrier protein desaturase
    Subject RIVCF - Physical ; Theoretical Chemistry
    OECD categoryPhysical chemistry
    R&D ProjectsEF16_019/0000729 GA MŠMT - Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports (MEYS)
    GJ20-06451Y GA ČR - Czech Science Foundation (CSF)
    LTAUSA19148 GA MŠMT - Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports (MEYS)
    Method of publishingLimited access
    Institutional supportUOCHB-X - RVO:61388963
    UT WOS000541685800025
    EID SCOPUS85086355292
    DOI10.1021/jacs.0c01786
    AnnotationA 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.
    WorkplaceInstitute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry
    Contactasep@uochb.cas.cz ; Kateřina Šperková, Tel.: 232 002 584 ; Viktorie Chládková, Tel.: 232 002 434
    Year of Publishing2021
    Electronic addresshttps://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/jacs.0c01786
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