Abstract
The reaction of oxygen with protein diiron sites is important in bioorganic syntheses and biomineralization. An unusually short Fe-Fe distance of 2.53 angstroms was found in the diiron (μ-1,2 peroxodiferric) intermediate that forms in the early steps of ferritin biomineralization. This distance suggests the presence of a unique triply bridged structure. The Fe-Fe distances in the μ-1,2 peroxodiferric complexes that were characterized previously are much longer (3.1 to 4.0 angstroms). The 2.53 angstrom Fe-Fe distance requires a small Fe-O-O angle (∼106° to 107°). This geometry should favor decay of the peroxodiferric complex by the release of H 2 O 2 and μ-oxo or μ-hydroxo diferric biomineral precursors rather than by oxidation of the organic substrate. Geometrical differences may thus explain how diiron sites can function either as a substrate (in ferritin biomineralization) or as a cofactor (in O 2 activation).
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Created | 23 years, 1 month ago (July 27, 2002, 5:40 a.m.) |
Deposited | 1 year, 7 months ago (Jan. 13, 2024, 4:53 a.m.) |
Indexed | 2 months ago (June 27, 2025, 3:24 p.m.) |
Issued | 25 years, 7 months ago (Jan. 7, 2000) |
Published | 25 years, 7 months ago (Jan. 7, 2000) |
Published Print | 25 years, 7 months ago (Jan. 7, 2000) |
@article{Hwang_2000, title={A Short Fe-Fe Distance in Peroxodiferric Ferritin: Control of Fe Substrate Versus Cofactor Decay?}, volume={287}, ISSN={1095-9203}, url={http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.287.5450.122}, DOI={10.1126/science.287.5450.122}, number={5450}, journal={Science}, publisher={American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)}, author={Hwang, Jungwon and Krebs, Carsten and Huynh, Boi Hanh and Edmondson, Dale E. and Theil, Elizabeth C. and Penner-Hahn, James E.}, year={2000}, month=jan, pages={122–125} }