The role of copper and protons in heme-copper oxidases: Kinetic study of an engineered heme-copper center in myoglobin
AUTOR(ES)
Sigman, Jeffrey A.
FONTE
The National Academy of Sciences
RESUMO
To probe the role of copper and protons in heme-copper oxidase (HCO), we have performed kinetic studies on an engineered heme-copper center in sperm whale myoglobin (Leu-29 → His/Phe-43 → His, called CuBMb) that closely mimics the heme-copper center in HCO. In the absence of metal ions, the engineered CuB center in CuBMb decreases the O2 binding affinity of the heme. However, addition of Ag(I), a redox-inactive mimic of Cu(I), increases the O2-binding affinity. More importantly, copper ion in the CuB center is essential for O2 reduction, as no O2 reduction can be observed in copper-free, Zn(II), or Ag(I) derivatives of CuBMb. Instead of producing a ferryl-heme as in HCO, the CuBMb generates verdoheme because the engineered CuBMb may lack a hydrogen bonding network that delivers protons to promote the heterolytic O—O cleavage necessary for the formation of ferryl-heme. Reaction of oxidized CuBMb with H2O2, a species equivalent in oxidation state to 2e−, reduced O2 but, possessing the extra protons, resulted in ferryl-heme formation, as in HCO. The results showed that the CuB center plays a critical role in O2 binding and reduction, and that proton delivery during the O2 reduction is important to avoid heme degradation and to promote the HCO reaction.
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