Iron mononuclear

Iron Sulfur Compounds. Many molecular compounds (18—20) are known in which iron is tetrahedraHy coordinated by a combination of thiolate and sulfide donors. Of the 10 or more stmcturaHy characterized classes of Fe—S compounds, the four shown in Figure 1 are known to occur in proteins. The mononuclear iron site REPLACE occurs in the one-iron bacterial electron-transfer protein mbredoxin. The [2Fe—2S] (10) and [4Fe—4S] (12) cubane stmctures are found in the 2-, 4-, and 8-iron ferredoxins, which are also electron-transfer proteins. The [3Fe—4S] voided cubane stmcture (11) has been found in some ferredoxins and in the inactive form of aconitase, the enzyme which catalyzes the stereospecific hydration—rehydration of citrate to isocitrate in the Krebs cycle. In addition, enzymes are known that contain either other types of iron sulfur clusters or iron sulfur clusters that include other metals. Examples include nitrogenase, which reduces N2 to NH at a MoFe Sg homocitrate cluster carbon monoxide dehydrogenase, which assembles acetyl-coenzyme A (acetyl-CoA) at a FeNiS site and hydrogenases, which catalyze the reversible reduction of protons to hydrogen gas. 

N-Heterocycles as ligands in dioxygen activation by enzymes with mononuclear nonheme iron-containing active sites 96CRV2607. 

X-ray absorption spectroscopy has been performed on the isolated Rieske protein from bovine heart mitochondrial bc complex 69) as well as on the Rieske-type cluster in Burkholderia cepacia phthalate dioxygenase (PDO) (72). The analysis performed by Powers et al. 69) was significantly hampered by the fact that the presence of two histidine ligands was not fully recognized therefore, only the results obtained with the dioxygenase where the mononuclear iron has been depleted will be considered here. Table VII gives a comparison of the distances obtained from the fit of the EXAFS spectra assuming an idealized Rieske model and of the distances in the crystal structures... 

There are hundreds of iron-containing enzymes. In general, the iron can exist as (a) a mononuclear site, in which it is coordinated by a tetrapyrrole structure (hemes) or strictly by amino acid residues that donate oxo, nitrogen, or sulfur ligands (b) a dinuclear site in which the irons are bridged by oxo, nitrogen, or sulfur coordination (c) a trinuclear site as in the 3Fe-4S clusters or (d) a tetranuclear site as in the [4Fe-4S] clusters. 

The above-mentioned set of Ki values are deduced from analyses based on the hyperfine constants of mononuclear FeS4 centers. However, we have already stressed that local parameter values are not necessarily transferable from one type of iron—sulfur center to an-... 

In addition to tri- [105] and tetradentate N-ligands, mononuclear and dinuclear iron complexes with pentadentate N,N,N,N,0-ligands were applied to alkane... 

A mononuclear diastereopure high-spin Fe alkylperoxo complex with a pen-tadentate N,N,N,0,0-ligand 33 (Scheme 17) was reported by Klein Gebbink and coworkers [109, 110]. The complex is characterized by unusual seven-coordinate geometry. However, in the oxidation of ethylbenzene the iron complex with 33 and TBHP yielded with large excess of substrate only low TON s (4) and low ee (6.5%) of 1-phenylethanol. 

Achieving fast electron transfer to enzyme active sites need not be complicated. As mentioned above, many redox enzymes incorporate a relay of electron transfer centers that facilitate fast electron transfer between the protein surface and the buried active site. These may be iron-sulfur clusters, heme porphyrin centers, or mononuclear... 

In some cases, small biological redox partner proteins such as heme-containing cytochromes, ferredoxins comprising an iron-sulfur cluster, or azurin with a mononuclear Cu site have been used as natural mediators to facilitate fast electron exchange with enzymes. A specific surface site on the redox protein often complements a region on the enzyme surface, and enables selective docking with a short electron tunneling... 

---