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Title: Crystal structures of alkylperoxo and anhydride intermediates in an intradiol ring-cleaving dioxygenase

Abstract

Intradiol aromatic ring-cleaving dioxygenases use an active site, nonheme Fe3+ to activate O2 and catecholic substrates for reaction. The inability of Fe3+ to directly bind O2 presents a mechanistic conundrum. The reaction mechanism of protocatechuate 3,4-dioxygenase is investigated in this paper using the alternative substrate 4-fluorocatechol. This substrate is found to slow the reaction at several steps throughout the mechanistic cycle, allowing the intermediates to be detected in solution studies. When the reaction was initiated in an enzyme crystal, it was found to halt at one of two intermediates depending on the pH of the surrounding solution. The X-ray crystal structure of the intermediate at pH 6.5 revealed the key alkylperoxo-Fe3+ species, and the anhydride-Fe3+ intermediate was found for a crystal reacted at pH 8.5. Intermediates of these types have not been structurally characterized for intradiol dioxygenases, and they validate four decades of spectroscopic, kinetic, and computational studies. In contrast to our similar in crystallo crystallographic studies of an Fe2+-containing extradiol dioxygenase, no evidence for a superoxo or peroxo intermediate preceding the alkylperoxo was found. This observation and the lack of spectroscopic evidence for an Fe2+ intermediate that could bind O2 are consistent with concerted formation of the alkylperoxo followedmore » by Criegee rearrangement to yield the anhydride and ultimately ring-opened product. Finally, structural comparison of the alkylperoxo intermediates from the intra- and extradiol dioxygenases provides a rationale for site specificity of ring cleavage.« less

Authors:
 [1];  [1];  [1]
  1. Univ. of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN (United States). Dept. of Biochemistry Molecular Biology and Biophysics. Center for Metals in Biocatalysis
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Research Org.:
Univ. of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), Biological and Environmental Research (BER); National Inst. of Health (NIH) (United States)
OSTI Identifier:
1170026
Grant/Contract Number:  
AC02-06CH11357; GM24689; GM08700
Resource Type:
Journal Article: Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 112; Journal Issue: 2; Journal ID: ISSN 0027-8424
Publisher:
National Academy of Sciences, Washington, DC (United States)
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
ENGLISH
Subject:
37 INORGANIC, ORGANIC, PHYSICAL, AND ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY; dioxygenase; oxygen activation; X-ray crystallography; reaction intermediate; Fe(III)

Citation Formats

Knoot, Cory J., Purpero, Vincent M., and Lipscomb, John D. Crystal structures of alkylperoxo and anhydride intermediates in an intradiol ring-cleaving dioxygenase. United States: N. p., 2014. Web. doi:10.1073/pnas.1419118112.
Knoot, Cory J., Purpero, Vincent M., & Lipscomb, John D. Crystal structures of alkylperoxo and anhydride intermediates in an intradiol ring-cleaving dioxygenase. United States. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1419118112
Knoot, Cory J., Purpero, Vincent M., and Lipscomb, John D. 2014. "Crystal structures of alkylperoxo and anhydride intermediates in an intradiol ring-cleaving dioxygenase". United States. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1419118112. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1170026.
@article{osti_1170026,
title = {Crystal structures of alkylperoxo and anhydride intermediates in an intradiol ring-cleaving dioxygenase},
author = {Knoot, Cory J. and Purpero, Vincent M. and Lipscomb, John D.},
abstractNote = {Intradiol aromatic ring-cleaving dioxygenases use an active site, nonheme Fe3+ to activate O2 and catecholic substrates for reaction. The inability of Fe3+ to directly bind O2 presents a mechanistic conundrum. The reaction mechanism of protocatechuate 3,4-dioxygenase is investigated in this paper using the alternative substrate 4-fluorocatechol. This substrate is found to slow the reaction at several steps throughout the mechanistic cycle, allowing the intermediates to be detected in solution studies. When the reaction was initiated in an enzyme crystal, it was found to halt at one of two intermediates depending on the pH of the surrounding solution. The X-ray crystal structure of the intermediate at pH 6.5 revealed the key alkylperoxo-Fe3+ species, and the anhydride-Fe3+ intermediate was found for a crystal reacted at pH 8.5. Intermediates of these types have not been structurally characterized for intradiol dioxygenases, and they validate four decades of spectroscopic, kinetic, and computational studies. In contrast to our similar in crystallo crystallographic studies of an Fe2+-containing extradiol dioxygenase, no evidence for a superoxo or peroxo intermediate preceding the alkylperoxo was found. This observation and the lack of spectroscopic evidence for an Fe2+ intermediate that could bind O2 are consistent with concerted formation of the alkylperoxo followed by Criegee rearrangement to yield the anhydride and ultimately ring-opened product. Finally, structural comparison of the alkylperoxo intermediates from the intra- and extradiol dioxygenases provides a rationale for site specificity of ring cleavage.},
doi = {10.1073/pnas.1419118112},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/1170026}, journal = {Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America},
issn = {0027-8424},
number = 2,
volume = 112,
place = {United States},
year = {Mon Dec 29 00:00:00 EST 2014},
month = {Mon Dec 29 00:00:00 EST 2014}
}

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