title: Theoretical studies of enzyme mechanisms involving high-valent iron intermediates.
abstract: Recent theoretical contributions to the elucidation of mechanisms for iron containing enzymes are reviewed. The method used in most of these studies is hybrid density functional theory with the B3LYP functional. Three classes of enzymes are considered, the mononuclear non-heme enzymes, enzymes containing iron dimers, and heme-containing enzymes. Mechanisms for both dioxygen and substrate activations are discussed. The reactions usually go through two half-cycles, where a high-valent intermediate Fe(IV)O species is created in the first half-cycle, and the substrate reactions involving this intermediate occur in the second half-cycle. Similarities between the three classes of enzymes dominate, but significant differences also exist.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physics, Stockholm University, AlbaNova University Center, Stockholm Center for Physics, Astronomy and Biotechnology, SE-106 91, Stockholm, Sweden.
authors.forename: Arianna
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bassan
authors.forename: Margareta R A
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Blomberg
authors.forename: Tomasz
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Borowski
authors.forename: Per E M
authors.initials: PE
authors.lastname: Siegbahn
mesh_terms: D002384:Catalysis; D019281:Dimerization; D004798:Enzymes / Q000737:chemistry*; D006420:Hemeproteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism; D007501:Iron / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000378:metabolism; D033862:Iron-Binding Proteins / Q000737:chemistry*; D008958:Models, Molecular; D019159:Nonheme Iron Proteins / Q000737:chemistry; D010100:Oxygen / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D004798:Enzymes; D006420:Hemeproteins; D033862:Iron-Binding Proteins; D019159:Nonheme Iron Proteins; C066317:ferryl iron; D007501:Iron; D010100:Oxygen