title: Nickel(III) oxidation of its glycylglycylhistamine complex.
abstract: The doubly-deprotonated Ni(III) complex of Gly(2)Ha (where Ha is histamine) undergoes base-assisted oxidative self-decomposition of the peptide. At </= p[H(+)] 7.0, a major pathway is a two-electron oxidation at the alpha-carbon of the N-terminal glycyl residue. Major products (up to 73%) of this two-electron oxidation are glyoxylglycylhistamine and ammonia. Glyoxylglycylhistamine will decay to give isocyanatoacetylhistamine and formaldehyde. Two-electron oxidations of the second glycyl and histamine residues occur as minor pathways (12% of the total possible reaction). Above p[H(+)] 8.5, two Ni(III)-peptide complexes form an oxo bridge in the axial positions to give a reactive dimer species. This proximity allows the resulting Ni(II)-peptide radical intermediates to undergo peptide-peptide cross-linking at the N-terminal glycyl residues. The products found below p[H(+)] 7.0 are observed above p[H(+)] 8.5 as well, although in lower yields. In contrast to this work, Ni(III)(H(-2)Gly(2)HisGly) undergoes a four-electron oxidation at the N-terminal glycyl residue. Oxidation at the internal glycyl and histidyl residues are not observed. The reactivity of Ni(III)(H(-2)Gly(2)Ha)(+) is also different than Cu(III)(H(-2)Gly(2)Ha)(+), which undergoes a two-electron oxidation at the histamine group with no peptide-peptide cross-linking in basic solution.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemsitry, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907-2084, USA.
authors.forename: Brandon J
authors.initials: BJ
authors.lastname: Green
authors.forename: Teweldemedhin M
authors.initials: TM
authors.lastname: Tesfai
authors.forename: Dale W
authors.initials: DW
authors.lastname: Margerum
mesh_terms: D008667:Metalloproteins / Q000737:chemistry*; D015394:Molecular Structure; D009532:Nickel / Q000737:chemistry*; D009842:Oligopeptides / Q000737:chemistry*; D010084:Oxidation-Reduction; D021241:Spectrometry, Mass, Electrospray Ionization
chemical_list: D008667:Metalloproteins; D009842:Oligopeptides; C037026:diglycyl-histidine; D009532:Nickel