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Isocyanide in Bioch...
Isocyanide in Biochemistry? A Theoretical Investigation of the Electronic Effects and Energetics of Cyanide Ligand Protonation in [FeFe]-Hydrogenases
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Greco, Claudio (author)
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Bruschi, Maurizio (author)
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Fantucci, Piercarlo (author)
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- Ryde, Ulf (author)
- Lund University,Lunds universitet,Beräkningskemi,Enheten för fysikalisk och teoretisk kemi,Kemiska institutionen,Institutioner vid LTH,Lunds Tekniska Högskola,Computational Chemistry,Physical and theoretical chemistry,Department of Chemistry,Departments at LTH,Faculty of Engineering, LTH
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De Gioia, Luca (author)
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- 2011-01-12
- 2011
- English.
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In: Chemistry: A European Journal. - : Wiley. - 1521-3765 .- 0947-6539. ; 17:6, s. 1954-1965
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- The presence of Fe-bound cyanide ligands in the active site of the proton-reducing enzymes [FeFe]-hydrogenases has led to the hypothesis that such Bronsted-Lowry bases could be protonated during the catalytic cycle, thus implying that hydrogen isocyanide (HNC) might have a relevant role in such crucial microbial metabolic paths. We present a hybrid quantum mechanical/molecular mechanical (QM/MM) study of the energetics of CN- protonation in the enzyme, and of the effects that cyanide protonation can have on [FeFe]-hydrogenase active sites. A detailed analysis of the electronic properties of the models and of the energy profile associated with H-2 evolution clearly shows that such protonation is dysfunctional for the catalytic process. However, the inclusion of the protein matrix surrounding the active site in our QM/MM models allowed us to demonstrate that the amino acid environment was finely selected through evolution, specifically to lower the Bronsted-Lowry basicity of the cyanide ligands. In fact, the conserved hydrogen-bonding network formed by these ligands and the neighboring amino acid residues is able to impede CN- protonation, as shown by the fact that the isocyanide forms of [FeFe]-hydrogenases do not correspond to stationary points on the enzyme QM/MM potential-energy surface.
Subject headings
- NATURVETENSKAP -- Kemi -- Teoretisk kemi (hsv//swe)
- NATURAL SCIENCES -- Chemical Sciences -- Theoretical Chemistry (hsv//eng)
Keyword
- density functional calculations
- hydrogenases
- isocyanide ligands
- protonation
- QM/MM methods
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