Setting an Upper Limit on the Myoglobin Iron(IV)Hydroxide pKa: Insight into Axial Ligand Tuning in Heme Protein Catalysis
Department of Chemistry, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, State College, Pennsylvania 16802, United States
To provide insight into the iron(IV)hydroxide pKa of histidine ligated heme proteins, we have probed the active site of myoglobin compound II over the pH range of 3.9–9.5, using EXAFS, Mössbauer, and resonance Raman spectroscopies. We find no indication of ferryl protonation over this pH range, allowing us to set an upper limit of 2.7 on the iron(IV)hydroxide pKa in myoglobin. Together with the recent determination of an iron(IV)hydroxide pKa 12 in the thiolate-ligated heme enzyme cytochrome P450, this result provides insight into Nature’s ability to tune catalytic function through its choice of axial ligand.
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