title: Correlation of structure and function in oligonuclear zinc(II) model phosphatases.
abstract: A series of pyrazolate-based dizinc(II) complexes has been synthesized and investigated as functional models for phosphoesterases, focusing on correlations between hydrolytic activity and molecular parameters of the bimetallic core. The Zn...Zn distance, the (bridging or nonbridging) position of the Zn-bound hydroxide nucleophile, and individual metal ion coordination numbers are controlled by the topology of the compartmental ligand scaffold. Species distributions of the various dizinc complexes in solution have been determined potentiometrically, and structures in the solid state have been elucidated by X-ray crystallography. The hydrolysis of bis(p-nitrophenyl)phosphate (BNPP) promoted by the dinuclear phosphoesterase model complexes has been investigated in DMSO/buffered water (1:1) at 50 degrees C as a function of complex concentration, substrate concentration, and pH. Coordination of the phosphodiester has been followed by ESI mass spectrometry, and bidentate binding could be verified crystallographically in two cases. Drastic differences in hydrolytic activity are observed and can be attributed to molecular properties. A significant decrease of the pK(a) of zinc-bound water is observed if the resulting hydroxide is involved in a strongly hydrogen-bonded intramolecular O(2)H(3) bridge, which can be even more pronounced than for a bridging hydroxide. Irrespective of the pK(a) of the Zn-bound water, a hydroxide in a bridging position evidently is a relatively poor nucleophile, while a nonbridging hydroxide position is more favorable for hydrolytic activity. Additionally, the metal array has to provide a sufficient number of coordination sites for activating both the substrate and the nucleophile, where phosphate diesters such as BNPP preferentially bind in a bidentate fashion, requiring a third site for water binding. Product inhibition of the active site by the liberated (p-nitrophenyl)phosphate is observed, and the product-inhibited complex could be characterized crystallographically. In that complex, the phosphate monoester is found to cap a rectangular array of four zinc ions composed of two bimetallic entities.
authors.affiliation: Institut für Anorganische Chemie, Georg-August-Universität, Tammannstrasse 4, D-37077 Göttingen, Germany.
authors.forename: Bernhard
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Bauer-Siebenlist
authors.forename: Franc
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Meyer
authors.forename: Etelka
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Farkas
authors.forename: Denis
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Vidovic
authors.forename: Jose Antonio
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Cuesta-Seijo
authors.forename: Regine
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Herbst-Irmer
authors.forename: Hans
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Pritzkow
mesh_terms: D002384:Catalysis; D018360:Crystallography, X-Ray; D006868:Hydrolysis; D007700:Kinetics; D008956:Models, Chemical; D008968:Molecular Conformation; D015394:Molecular Structure; D019906:Nuclear Magnetic Resonance, Biomolecular; D010727:Phosphoric Diester Hydrolases / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000378:metabolism; D015032:Zinc / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D010727:Phosphoric Diester Hydrolases; D015032:Zinc