Variable-Temperature, Variable-Field Magnetic Circular Dichroism Studies of Tris-Hydroxy- and μ3-Oxo-Bridged Trinuclear Cu(II) Complexes:  Evaluation of Proposed Structures of the Native Intermediate of the Multicopper Oxidases

2005 ◽  
Vol 127 (39) ◽  
pp. 13680-13693 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jungjoo Yoon ◽  
Liviu M. Mirica ◽  
T. Daniel P. Stack ◽  
Edward I. Solomon
1989 ◽  
Vol 261 (2) ◽  
pp. 515-522 ◽  
Author(s):  
N Foote ◽  
P M A Gadsby ◽  
C Greenwood ◽  
A J Thomson

The reaction product of myoglobin and H2O2 exists in two different forms according to the external pH. Varied-temperature magnetic-circular dichroism (m.c.d.) spectroscopy demonstrates that both contain the oxyferryl ion Fe(IV) = O. Alkaline myoglobin peroxide has often been used as a model for oxidized intermediates in the catalytic cycles of haem-containing peroxidases, but absorption and m.c.d. spectra show that the acid form is much more closely related to species such as horeradish peroxidase Compound II. The differences are tentatively ascribed to ionization of the proximal histidine ligand in alkaline myoglobin peroxide. It is also shown that the m.c.d. method allows an estimate of the zero-field splitting parameter of both forms, values of D = 28.0 +/- 3 cm-1 and 35.0 +/- 5 cm-1 being obtained for the alkaline and acid forms respectively.


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