title: Distal metal effects in cobalt porphyrins related to CcO.
abstract: Cobalt(II) porphyrins were studied to determine the influence of distal site metalation and superstructure upon dioxygen reactivity in active site models of cytochrome c oxidase (CcO). Monometallic, Co(II)(P) complexes when ligated by an axial imidazole react with dioxygen to form reversible Co-superoxide adducts, which were characterized by EPR and resonance Raman (RR). Unexpectedly, certain Co porphyrins with Cu(I) metalated imidazole pickets do not form mu-peroxo Co(III)/Cu(II) products even though the calculated intermetallic distance suggests this is possible. Instead, cobalt-porphyrin-superoxide complexes are obtained with the distal copper remaining as Cu(I). Moreover, distal metals (Cu(I) or Zn(II)) greatly enhance the stability of the dioxygen adduct, such that Co superoxides of bimetallic complexes demonstrate minimal reversibility. The "trapping" of dioxygen by a second metal is attributed to structural and electrostatic changes within the distal pocket upon metalation. EPR evidence suggests that the terminal oxygen in these bimetallic Co-superoxide systems is H-bonded to the NH of an imidazole picket amide linker, which may contribute to enthalpic stabilization of the dioxygen adduct. Stabilization of the dioxygen adduct in these bimetallic systems suggests one possible role for the distal copper in the Fe/Cu bimetallic active site of terminal oxidases, which form a heme-superoxide/copper(I) adduct upon oxygenation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305-5080, USA. jpc@stanford.edu
authors.forename: James P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Collman
authors.forename: Katja E
authors.initials: KE
authors.lastname: Berg
authors.forename: Christopher J
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Sunderland
authors.forename: Ally
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Aukauloo
authors.forename: Michael A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Vance
authors.forename: Edward I
authors.initials: EI
authors.lastname: Solomon
mesh_terms: D001665:Binding Sites; D002384:Catalysis; D003035:Cobalt / Q000737:chemistry*; D003300:Copper / Q000737:chemistry; D004578:Electron Spin Resonance Spectroscopy; D003576:Electron Transport Complex IV / Q000737:chemistry*; D007700:Kinetics; D008665:Metalloporphyrins / Q000138:chemical synthesis*; D008958:Models, Molecular; D008968:Molecular Conformation; D015394:Molecular Structure; D010084:Oxidation-Reduction; D010100:Oxygen / Q000737:chemistry; D013059:Spectrum Analysis, Raman
chemical_list: D008665:Metalloporphyrins; D003035:Cobalt; D003300:Copper; D003576:Electron Transport Complex IV; D010100:Oxygen