title: Di-iron-carboxylate proteins.
abstract: Di-iron centers bridged by carboxylate residues and oxide/hydroxide groups have so far been seen in four classes of proteins involved in dioxygen chemistry or phosphoryl transfer reactions. The dinuclear iron centers in these proteins are coordinated by histidines and additional carboxylate ligands. Recent structural data on some of these enzymes, combined with spectroscopic and kinetic data, can now serve as a base for detailed mechanistic suggestions. The di-iron sites in the major class of hydroxylase-oxidase enzymes, which contains ribonucleotide reductase and methane monooxygenase, show significant flexibility in the geometry of their coordination of three or more carboxylate groups. This flexibility, combined with a relatively low coordination number, and a buried environment suitable for reactive oxygen chemistry, explains their efficient harnessing of the oxidation power of molecular oxygen.
authors: University of Stockholm, Sweden.
authors: P
authors: P
authors: Nordlund
authors: H
authors: H
authors: Eklund
mesh_terms: D000135:Acid Phosphatase / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism; D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000378:metabolism; D003573:Cytochrome b Group / Q000737:chemistry; D005288:Ferredoxins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism; D005293:Ferritins / Q000737:chemistry; D006023:Glycoproteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism; D006422:Hemerythrin; D007501:Iron / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism; D019159:Nonheme Iron Proteins / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000378:metabolism; D010100:Oxygen / Q000378:metabolism; D010105:Oxygenases / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000378:metabolism; D010744:Phosphoric Monoester Hydrolases / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism; D011487:Protein Conformation; D017433:Protein Structure, Secondary; D012264:Ribonucleotide Reductases / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000378:metabolism; D012416:Rubredoxins
chemical_list: D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D003573:Cytochrome b Group; D005288:Ferredoxins; D006023:Glycoproteins; D006422:Hemerythrin; D019159:Nonheme Iron Proteins; D012416:Rubredoxins; C055857:rubrerythrins; D005293:Ferritins; C018032:bacterioferritin; D007501:Iron; D010105:Oxygenases; C021555:methane monooxygenase; D012264:Ribonucleotide Reductases; C091137:purple acid phosphatase; D000135:Acid Phosphatase; D010744:Phosphoric Monoester Hydrolases; D010100:Oxygen