title: (Catecholato)iron(III) complexes: structural and functional models for the catechol-bound iron(III) form of catechol dioxygenases.
abstract: Catechol dioxygenases are mononuclear non-heme iron enzymes that catalyze the oxygenation of catechols to aliphatic acids via the cleavage of aromatic rings. In the last 20 years, a number of (catecholato)iron(III) complexes have been synthesized and characterized as structural and functional models for the catechol-bound iron(III) form of catechol dioxygenases. This review focuses on the structural and spectroscopic characteristics and oxygenation activity of the title complexes.
authors.affiliation: Institute for Molecular Science, Myodaiji-cho, Okazaki 444-8585, Japan.
authors.forename: Ryo
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Yamahara
authors.forename: Seiji
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ogo
authors.forename: Hideki
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Masuda
authors.forename: Yoshihito
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Watanabe
mesh_terms: D050548:Catechol 1,2-Dioxygenase; D002396:Catechols / Q000737:chemistry*; D049308:Dioxygenases; D005290:Ferric Compounds / Q000737:chemistry*; D007501:Iron / Q000737:chemistry*; D018716:Molecular Mimicry; D010105:Oxygenases / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D002396:Catechols; D005290:Ferric Compounds; D007501:Iron; D010105:Oxygenases; D049308:Dioxygenases; D050548:Catechol 1,2-Dioxygenase