title: Kinetic and thermodynamic studies of the copper (II) and nickel(II) complexes of glycylglycyl-L-histidine.
abstract: The protonation constants of the tripeptide glycylglycyl-L-histidine (L-) have been determined at 25 degrees C and I = 0.1 mol dm-3 as log K 8.06, 6.82, and 2.80. Complexation with copper(II) can be represented by the series of equilibria [formula: see text] in the case of nickel(II) only the species [NiLH]2+, [NiL]+, and [NiLH-2]- are of importance with log beta 111 = 11.33(2); log beta 110 = 4.74(6), and log beta 11-2 = -6.93(1). The tripeptide acts as a quadridentate ligand to give complexes with copper and nickel with an amino group, two deprotonated amide groups and an imidazole pyridine nitrogen (Im-N3) as donors. At 1:1 ligand-to-metal ratios the purple copper(II) complex [CuLH-2]- is essentially 100% abundant above pH 7 and the planar yellow [NiLH-2]- above pH 8. The displacement of the tripeptide ligand from the nickel(II) complex by L-histidine has been studied kinetically over the pH range 7-8. There is a small solvolytic reaction and a reaction which is first-order in the hydrogen ion concentration. Under the experimental conditions employed, the reaction is essentially independent of the L-His concentration and displacement occurs by a proton-assisted nucleophilic pathway with rate-determining cleavage of the first nickel(II)-N(peptide) bond.
authors.affiliation: Chemistry Department, University of St. Andrews, U.K.
authors.forename: R W
authors.initials: RW
authors.lastname: Hay
authors.forename: M M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Hassan
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: You-Quan
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D003300:Copper / Q000737:chemistry*; D007700:Kinetics; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009532:Nickel / Q000737:chemistry*; D009842:Oligopeptides / Q000737:chemistry*; D012996:Solutions; D013053:Spectrophotometry; D013816:Thermodynamics
chemical_list: D009842:Oligopeptides; D012996:Solutions; C037026:diglycyl-histidine; D003300:Copper; D009532:Nickel