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Exchange Coupling between Siroheme and [4Fe-4S] Cluster in E. Coli Sulfite Reductase. Mössbauer Studies and Coupling Models for a 2-Electron Reduced Enzyme State and Complexes with Sulfide

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Christner, JA; Münck, E; Kent, TA; Janick, PA; Salerno, JC; Siegel, LM
Published in: Journal of the American Chemical Society
January 1, 1984

Recent Mössbauer and EPR studies of the hemoprotein subunit (SiR) of E. coli sulfite reductase have shown that the siroheme and the [4Fe-4S] cluster are exchange coupled in a variety of states. Mössbauer studies of 2-electron-reduced SiR in the presence of 0.1 M guanidinium sulfate, SiR2−/(Gdm)2SO4, and of complexes of SiR with sulfide are reported. SiR2−/(Gdm)2SO4exhibits an EPR signal with g values characteristic of a system with electronic spin [formula omitted]. Mössbauer studies had indicated problems with such an interpretation. It is shown here that the siroheme iron of SiR2−/(Gdm)2SO4is high-spin ferrous (Sh= 2). With this firm assignment a spin coupling model is developed which is in accord with the EPR and Massbauer data. In this model the reduced iron sulfur cluster, with cluster spin Sc= ½, is exchange coupled to the siroheme iron, [formula omitted], where J is an effective coupling constant. J/D is determined to be −0.22, where D is the zero-field splitting parameter of the heme (D > 0 and D ≃ 5–15 cm−1). It is discussed how J is related to the coupling constant which characterizes the presumed bond between the siroheme iron and one iron subsite of the cluster. The model fits the EPR data of a variety of SiR complexes and of 2-electron-reduced spinach nitrite reductase. The similarity of the observed g values with those of an [formula omitted] system turns out to be fortuitous. The Mössbauer spectra of oxidized SiR with sulfide show that the heme iron is low-spin ferric (Sh= ½) and that the [4Fe-4S] cluster is in the 2+ oxidation state. Upon addition of one electron per siroheme the [4Fe-4S] cluster is reduced to the 1+ oxidation state (Sc= 1/2) while the heme iron remains low-spin ferric. Mössbauer spectra recorded at 4.2 K in a 6.0-T magnetic field show that both the heme and the cluster reside in a diamagnetic environment. The diamagnetism results from exchange interactions, [formula omitted], between the heme iron and the cluster. The high-field studies show that J > 6 cm−1. © 1984, American Chemical Society. All rights reserved.

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Journal of the American Chemical Society

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EISSN

1520-5126

ISSN

0002-7863

Publication Date

January 1, 1984

Volume

106

Issue

22

Start / End Page

6786 / 6794

Related Subject Headings

  • General Chemistry
  • 40 Engineering
  • 34 Chemical sciences
  • 03 Chemical Sciences
 

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Christner, J. A., Münck, E., Kent, T. A., Janick, P. A., Salerno, J. C., & Siegel, L. M. (1984). Exchange Coupling between Siroheme and [4Fe-4S] Cluster in E. Coli Sulfite Reductase. Mössbauer Studies and Coupling Models for a 2-Electron Reduced Enzyme State and Complexes with Sulfide. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 106(22), 6786–6794. https://doi.org/10.1021/ja00334a054
Christner, J. A., E. Münck, T. A. Kent, P. A. Janick, J. C. Salerno, and L. M. Siegel. “Exchange Coupling between Siroheme and [4Fe-4S] Cluster in E. Coli Sulfite Reductase. Mössbauer Studies and Coupling Models for a 2-Electron Reduced Enzyme State and Complexes with Sulfide.” Journal of the American Chemical Society 106, no. 22 (January 1, 1984): 6786–94. https://doi.org/10.1021/ja00334a054.
Christner JA, Münck E, Kent TA, Janick PA, Salerno JC, Siegel LM. Exchange Coupling between Siroheme and [4Fe-4S] Cluster in E. Coli Sulfite Reductase. Mössbauer Studies and Coupling Models for a 2-Electron Reduced Enzyme State and Complexes with Sulfide. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 1984 Jan 1;106(22):6786–94.
Christner, J. A., et al. “Exchange Coupling between Siroheme and [4Fe-4S] Cluster in E. Coli Sulfite Reductase. Mössbauer Studies and Coupling Models for a 2-Electron Reduced Enzyme State and Complexes with Sulfide.” Journal of the American Chemical Society, vol. 106, no. 22, Jan. 1984, pp. 6786–94. Scopus, doi:10.1021/ja00334a054.
Christner JA, Münck E, Kent TA, Janick PA, Salerno JC, Siegel LM. Exchange Coupling between Siroheme and [4Fe-4S] Cluster in E. Coli Sulfite Reductase. Mössbauer Studies and Coupling Models for a 2-Electron Reduced Enzyme State and Complexes with Sulfide. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 1984 Jan 1;106(22):6786–6794.
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Published In

Journal of the American Chemical Society

DOI

EISSN

1520-5126

ISSN

0002-7863

Publication Date

January 1, 1984

Volume

106

Issue

22

Start / End Page

6786 / 6794

Related Subject Headings

  • General Chemistry
  • 40 Engineering
  • 34 Chemical sciences
  • 03 Chemical Sciences