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SUBMITTER: Garcia-Bosch I
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3877574 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Nov
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Garcia-Bosch Isaac I Sharma Savita K SK Karlin Kenneth D KD
Journal of the American Chemical Society 20131022 44
The selective oxidation of the α-position of two heme-Fe(III) tetraarylporphryinate complexes occurs when water(hydroxide) attacks their oxidized Cmpd I-type equivalents, high-valent Fe(IV)═O π-cation radical species ((P(+•))Fe(IV)═O). Stepwise intermediate formation occurs, as detected by UV-vis spectroscopic monitoring or mass spectrometric interrogation, being iron(III) isoporphyrins, iron(III) benzoyl-biliverdins, and the final verdoheme-like products. Heme oxygenase (HO) enzymes could proce ...[more]