The Resting State

21 eV (51.0kcalmol- ) and 3.41 eV (78.6 kcal mol ) higher in energy than the sextet ground state. The doublet state is characterized by short Fe-O and distances of 2.09 and 

respectively. By contrast, the Fe-O distances in the sextet and quartet states are 2.32 and 2.34 A, respectively. This is mainly the result of occupation of the cr 2 orbital which is antibonding 

The Pentacoordinate Ferric-Porphyrin (2) and Ferrous-Porphyrin (3) Compiexes 

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The P450 reaction cycle (Scheme 10.4) starts with four stable intermediates that have been characterized by spectroscopic methods. The resting state of the enzyme is a six-coordinate, low-spin ferric state (complex I) with water (or hydroxide) coordinated trans to the cysteinate ligand. The spin state of the iron changes to high-spin upon substrate binding and results in a five-coordinate ferric ion (com-... 

Kv-channels are closed in the resting state. Upon depolarization of the cellular membrane potential, closed Kv-channels undergo a series of voltage-dependent activating steps until they reach an activated state from which they can open and close in a voltage-independent manner. 

The rate of respiration of mitochondria can be controlled by the availability of ADP. This is because oxidation and phosphorylation are tightly coupled ie, oxidation cannot proceed via the respiratory chain without concomitant phosphorylation of ADP. Table 12-1 shows the five conditions controlling the rate of respiration in mitochondria. Most cells in the resting state are in state 4, and respiration is controlled by the availability of ADP. When work is performed, ATP is converted to ADP, allowing more respiration to occur, which in turn replenishes the store of ATP. Under certain conditions, the concentration of inorganic phosphate can also affect the rate of functioning of the respiratory chain. As respiration increases (as in exercise). 

In the sarcoplasm of resting muscle, the concentration of Ca + is 10 to 10 mol/L. The resting state is achieved because Ca + is pumped into the sarcoplasmic reticulum through the action of an active transport system, called the Ca + ATPase (Figure 49-8), initiating relaxation. The sarcoplasmic reticulum is a network of fine membranous sacs. Inside the sarcoplasmic reticulum, Ca + is bound to a specific Ca -binding protein designated calsequestrin. The sarcomere is surrounded by an excitable membrane (the T tubule system) composed of transverse (T) channels closely associated with the sarcoplasmic reticulum. 

Figure 18.11 Plausible catalytic cycle for the ORR by simple Fe porphyrins adsorbed on the electrode surface and side Reactions (18.15)-(18.18). At pH < 3, the resting state of the catalyst is assumed to be ferric-aqua.

Only three steps of the proposed mechanism (Fig. 18.20) could not be carried out individually under stoichiometric conditions. At pH 7 and the potential-dependent part of the catalytic wave (>150 mV vs. NHE), the —30 mV/pH dependence of the turnover frequency was observed for both Ee/Cu and Cu-free (Fe-only) forms of catalysts 2, and therefore it requires two reversible electron transfer steps prior to the turnover-determining step (TDS) and one proton transfer step either prior to the TDS or as the TDS. Under these conditions, the resting state of the catalyst was determined to be ferric-aqua/Cu which was in a rapid equilibrium with the fully reduced ferrous-aqua/Cu form (the Fe - and potentials were measured to be within < 20 mV of each other, as they are in cytochrome c oxidase, resulting in a two-electron redox equilibrium). This first redox equilibrium is biased toward the catalytically inactive fully oxidized state at potentials >0.1 V, and therefore it controls the molar fraction of the catalytically active metalloporphyrin. The fully reduced ferrous-aqua/Cu form is also in a rapid equilibrium with the catalytically active 5-coordinate ferrous porphyrin. As a result of these two equilibria, at 150 mV (vs. NHE), only <0.1%... 

The classical peroxidative catalytic cycle involves the formation of a so-called compound I intermediate product of the binding of the hydrogen peroxide to the heme group of the enzyme and the subsequent release of a water molecule. The cycle operates through a second intermediate, compound II, to the resting state enzyme by two individual one-electron withdrawals from the reducing substrates [70],... 

Extensive studies have established that the catalytic cycle for the reduction of hydroperoxides by horseradish peroxidase is the one depicted in Figure 6 (38). The resting enzyme interacts with the peroxide to form an enzyme-substrate complex that decomposes to alcohol and an iron-oxo complex that is two oxidizing equivalents above the resting state of the enzyme. For catalytic turnover to occur the iron-oxo complex must be reduced. The two electrons are furnished by reducing substrates either by electron transfer from substrate to enzyme or by oxygen transfer from enzyme to substrate. Substrate oxidation by the iron-oxo complex supports continuous hydroperoxide reduction. When either reducing substrate or hydroperoxide is exhausted, the catalytic cycle stops. 

Many tissues (muscle, liver, renal cortex) prefer fat for an energy supply, at least in the resting state. The exception is red blood cells and brain. These tissues depend heavily on glycolysis for energy. Red cells cannot survive without glucose (no mitochondria), but during prolonged starvation, brain can adapt to utilize fat metabolites produced by the liver (ketone bodies). 

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