scholarly journals Kinetic analysis of metsulphmyoglobin and metmyoglobin reduction by Fe(EDTA)2-

1985 ◽  
Vol 229 (3) ◽  
pp. 765-769 ◽  
Author(s):  
A R Lim ◽  
A G Mauk

Metsulphmyoglobin prepared from horse heart myoglobin was purified by ion-exchange chromatography to yield a product that on reduction with Fe(EDTA)2- has an A617/A561 ratio greater than 3.5:1. The kinetics of reduction of this purified metsulphmyoglobin and of native metmyoglobin by Fe(EDTA)2- were studied under various conditions of pH, ionic strength and temperature to compare the relative electron-transfer reactivities of a metallochlorin and a metalloporphyrin in identical protein environments. Although the rate of metsulphmyoglobin reduction is 2-7 times that of metmyoglobin under a variety of conditions, this difference can be more than compensated for by the reported difference in mid-point reduction potential between the two forms of the protein. The electrostatic and activation parameters observed for native metmyoglobin and metsulphmyoglobin are essentially identical, and small differences are found in the pH-dependence of the reduction reaction. These findings lead us to conclude that conversion of the porphyrin prosthetic group into a chlorin has relatively little effect on the electron-transfer reactivity of the central metal atom.

1975 ◽  
Vol 30 (5-6) ◽  
pp. 327-332 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gerhard Vierke ◽  
Manfred Müller

Abstract Spectrophotometric investigation of the kinetics of the spontaneous reduction of the central metal ion in K2[Mn (IV)-2-α-hydroxyethyl-isochlorine e4] acetate in aqueous alkaline solution in the absence of any reducing agent reveals that it is a pseudo-first order reaction which is specifically hydroxide ion catalyzed. The pKα-value of the acid-base equilibrium has been estimated to be 14.4. Electron transfer to the central metal ion is the rate limiting step. The measurements of its temperature dependence yields an activation enthalpy of ∆H‡ = 12 kcal/mol and an entropy of activation ∆S‡ = - 30 e.u. thus indicating that the electron transfer step is a bimolecular reaction. The most likely reactant is water. The reduction reaction does not take place with appreciable reaction rates at physiological pH. Thus, when bound to a suitable ligand of the chlorin type, Mn (IV)-compounds are sufficiently stable with respect to autoxidation to play some role in biological redox reactions as postulated recently for the photoreactivation process of the water splitting system in photosynthesis.


2002 ◽  
Vol 06 (07) ◽  
pp. 447-455
Author(s):  
Bin Yu ◽  
Yanxiu Zhou ◽  
Daike Wang ◽  
Zhenxing Wang ◽  
Kenichi Sugiura ◽  
...  

A series of 2,3,7,8,12,13,17,18-octakis(alkyl-thio)tetraazaporphyrins (H2OATTAP) with different alkyl chain lengths have been synthesized. Cyclic voltammetry and differential pulse voltammetry have been used to investigate the effect of the controlled lengths of the eight peripheral thioether tails on the redox behavior of the molecules. The electrochemical reduction of octakis(hexyl-thio)tetraazaporphyrins, MOHTTAP (where M = Cu , Ni ), was studied in 1,2-dichloroethane at a platinum electrode. The Cu derivative was oxidized in one single-electron-transfer step to yield a π-cation radical and reduced in three single-electron-transfer steps to yield a π-anion radical, dianion and trianion, respectively. For the Ni derivative, electron transfer reactions involving both the central metal atom and the macrocyclic ring were observed. Electron transfer pathways are proposed based upon voltammetric and in situ spectroelectrochemical results.


2020 ◽  
Vol 0 (0) ◽  
Author(s):  
Luqman Ali Shah ◽  
Rida Javed ◽  
Mohammad Siddiq ◽  
Iram BiBi ◽  
Ishrat Jamil ◽  
...  

AbstractThe in-situ stabilization of Ag nanoparticles is carried out by the use of reducing agent and synthesized three different types of hydrogen (anionic, cationic, and neutral) template. The morphology, constitution and thermal stability of the synthesized pure and Ag-entrapped hybrid hydrogels were efficiently confirmed using scanning electron microscopy (SEM), Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy, X-ray diffraction (XRD) and thermo gravimetric analysis (TGA). The prepared hybrid hydrogels were used in the decolorization of methylene blue (MB) and azo dyes congo red (CR), methyl Orange (MO), and reduction of 4-nitrophenol (4-NP) and nitrobenzene (NB) by an electron donor NaBH4. The kinetics of the reduction reaction was also assessed to determine the activation parameters. The hybrid hydrogen catalysts were recovered by filtration and used continuously up to six times with 98% conversion of pollutants without substantial loss in catalytic activity. It was observed that these types of hydrogel systems can be used for the conversion of pollutants from waste water into useful products.


Nanomaterials ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (8) ◽  
pp. 1893
Author(s):  
Sónia O. Pereira ◽  
Nuno F. Santos ◽  
Alexandre F. Carvalho ◽  
António J. S. Fernandes ◽  
Florinda M. Costa

Carbon-based electrodes have demonstrated great promise as electrochemical transducers in the development of biosensors. More recently, laser-induced graphene (LIG), a graphene derivative, appears as a great candidate due to its superior electron transfer characteristics, high surface area and simplicity in its synthesis. The continuous interest in the development of cost-effective, more stable and reliable biosensors for glucose detection make them the most studied and explored within the academic and industry community. In this work, the electrochemistry of glucose oxidase (GOx) adsorbed on LIG electrodes is studied in detail. In addition to the well-known electroactivity of free flavin adenine dinucleotide (FAD), the cofactor of GOx, at the expected half-wave potential of −0.490 V vs. Ag/AgCl (1 M KCl), a new well-defined redox pair at 0.155 V is observed and shown to be related to LIG/GOx interaction. A systematic study was undertaken in order to understand the origin of this activity, including scan rate and pH dependence, along with glucose detection tests. Two protons and two electrons are involved in this reaction, which is shown to be sensitive to the concentration of glucose, restraining its origin to the electron transfer from FAD in the active site of GOx to the electrode via direct or mediated by quinone derivatives acting as mediators.


2007 ◽  
Vol 11 (03) ◽  
pp. 205-211 ◽  
Author(s):  
László Kálmán ◽  
Arlene L. M. Haffa ◽  
JoAnn C. Williams ◽  
Neal W. Woodbury ◽  
James P. Allen

The rates of electron transfer from ferrocene to the oxidized bacteriochlorophyll dimer, P , in reaction centers from the purple photosynthetic bacterium Rhodobacter sphaeroides, were measured for a series of mutants in which the P / P + midpoint potentials range from 410 to 765 mV (Lin et al. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 1994; 91: 10265-10269). The observed rate constant for each mutant was found to be linearly dependent upon the ferrocene concentration up to 50 μM. The electron transfer is described as a second order reaction with rate constants increasing from 1.5 to 35 × 106 M -1. s -1 with increasing P / P + midpoint potential. This dependence was tested for three additional mutants, each of which exhibits a pH dependence of the P / P + midpoint potential due to an electrostatic interaction with an introduced carboxylic group (Williams et al. Biochemistry 2001; 40: 15403-15407). For these mutants, the pH dependence of the bimolecular rate constants followed a sigmoidal pattern that could be described with a Henderson-Hasselbalch equation, attributable to the change of the free energy difference for the reaction due to deprotonation of the introduced carboxylic side chains.


2002 ◽  
Vol 8 (6) ◽  
pp. 347-353 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ashu Chaudhary ◽  
D. P. Jaroli ◽  
R. V. Singh

Some antifertility inhibitors of 18 to 24-membered tetraazamacrocyclic complexes of iron(II) and manganese(II) have been synthesised by the template condensation using 1,3-phenylenediamine with malonic acid, succinic acid, glutaric acid and adipic acid. The reaction proceed smoothly to completion. The complexes were characterized by elemental analyses, molecular weight determinations, infrared, electronic, magnetic moment, mössbaur and mass spectral studies. The elemental analyses are consistent with the formation of the complexes [M(N4Ln)Cl2] (M = Fe(lI) or Mn(II)). All these complexes are stable and monomeric in nature as indicated by the molecular weight determinations. The spectral studies confirm the octahedral geometry around the central metal atom. The complexes have been screened in vitro against a number of fungi and bacteria to assess their growth inhibiting potential. The testicular sperm density and testicular sperm morphology, sperm motility, density of cauda epididymal spermatozoa and fertility in mating trials and biochemical parameters of reproductive organs have been examined and discussed.


2013 ◽  
Vol 9 ◽  
pp. 1448-1454
Author(s):  
Martin Goez ◽  
Martin Vogtherr

Electron transfer between the title compounds and their radical cations, which were generated by photoinduced electron transfer from the sulfides to excited 2,4,6-triphenylpyrylium cations, was investigated by time-resolved measurements of chemically induced dynamic nuclear polarization (CIDNP) in acetonitrile. The strongly negative activation entropies provide evidence for an associative–dissociative electron exchange involving dimeric radical cations. Despite this mechanistic complication, the free energies of activation were found to be well reproduced by the Marcus theory of electron transfer, with the activation barrier still dominated by solvent reorganization.


1972 ◽  
Vol 130 (1) ◽  
pp. 211-219 ◽  
Author(s):  
Colin H. Self ◽  
P. David J. Weitzman

Two isoenzymes of NADP-linked isocitrate dehydrogenase have been identified in Acinetobacter lwoffi and have been termed isoenzyme-I and isoenzyme-II. The isoenzymes may be separated by ion-exchange chromatography on DEAE-cellulose, by gel filtration on Sephadex G-200, or by zonal ultracentrifugation in a sucrose gradient. Low concentrations of glyoxylate or pyruvate effect considerable stimulation of the activity of isoenzyme-II. The isoenzymes also differ in pH-dependence of activity, kinetic parameters, stability to heat or urea and molecular size. Whereas isoenzyme-I resembles the NADP-linked isocitrate dehydrogenases from other organisms in having a molecular weight under 100000, isoenzyme-II is a much larger enzyme (molecular weight around 300000) resembling the NAD-linked isocitrate dehydrogenases of higher organisms.


Sign in / Sign up

Export Citation Format

Share Document