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XFEL Crystal Structures of Peroxidase Compound II.

ABSTRACT: Oxygen activation in all heme enzymes requires the formation of high oxidation states of iron, usually referred to as ferryl heme. There are two known intermediates: Compound I and Compound II. The nature of the ferryl heme-and whether it is an Fe^IV =O or Fe^IV -OH species-is important for controlling reactivity across groups of heme enzymes. The most recent evidence for Compound I indicates that the ferryl heme is an unprotonated Fe^IV =O species. For Compound II, the nature of the ferryl heme is not unambiguously established. Here, we report 1.06 Å and 1.50 Å crystal structures for Compound II intermediates in cytochrome c peroxidase (CcP) and ascorbate peroxidase (APX), collected using the X-ray free electron laser at SACLA. The structures reveal differences between the two peroxidases. The iron-oxygen bond length in CcP (1.76 Å) is notably shorter than in APX (1.87 Å). The results indicate that the ferryl species is finely tuned across Compound I and Compound II species in closely related peroxidase enzymes. We propose that this fine-tuning is linked to the functional need for proton delivery to the heme.

SUBMITTER: Kwon H

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8251747 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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XFEL Crystal Structures of Peroxidase Compound II.

Kwon Hanna H Basran Jaswir J Pathak Chinar C Hussain Mahdi M Freeman Samuel L SL Fielding Alistair J AJ Bailey Anna J AJ Stefanou Natalia N Sparkes Hazel A HA Tosha Takehiko T Yamashita Keitaro K Hirata Kunio K Murakami Hironori H Ueno Go G Ago Hideo H Tono Kensuke K Yamamoto Masaki M Sawai Hitomi H Shiro Yoshitsugu Y Sugimoto Hiroshi H Raven Emma L EL Moody Peter C E PCE

Angewandte Chemie (International ed. in English) 20210519 26

Oxygen activation in all heme enzymes requires the formation of high oxidation states of iron, usually referred to as ferryl heme. There are two known intermediates: Compound I and Compound II. The nature of the ferryl heme-and whether it is an FeIV =O or FeIV -OH species-is important for controlling reactivity across groups of heme enzymes. The most recent evidence for Compound I indicates that the ferryl heme is an unprotonated FeIV =O species. For Compound II, ...[more]

PMID: 33826799

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XFEL Crystal Structures of Peroxidase Compound II.

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