Proton–Electron Transfer to the Active Site Is Essential for the Reaction Mechanism of Soluble Δ9-Desaturase
- 29 May 2020
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Chemical Society (ACS) in Journal of the American Chemical Society
- Vol. 142 (23), 10412-10423
- https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.0c01786
Abstract
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--peroxo diferric P intermediate, the proton-electron uptake by the 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 satisfy 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.Funding Information
- Ministerstvo ?kolstv?, Ml?de?e a Telov?chovy (LTAUSA19148)
- Grantov? Agentura Cesk? Republiky (18-13093S, 20-06451Y)
- National Institutes of Health (NIH 40392)
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