Molecular mechanisms underlying the repair of nitrosylated [Fe-S] clusters by the microbial protein YtfE remain poorly understood. The X-ray crystal structure of YtfE, in combination with EPR, magnetic circular dichroism (MCD), UV, and (17) O-labeling electron spin echo envelope modulation measurements, show that each iron of the oxo-bridged Fe(II) -Fe(III) diiron core is coordinatively unsaturated with each iron bound to two bridging carboxylates and two terminal histidines in addition to an oxo-bridge. Structural analysis reveals that there are two solvent-accessible tunnels, both of which converge to the diiron center and are critical for capturing substrates. The reactivity of the reduced-form Fe(II) -Fe(II) YtfE toward nitric oxide demonstrates that the prerequisite for N2 O production requires the two iron sites to be nitrosylated simultaneously. Specifically, the nitrosylation of the two iron sites prior to their reductive coupling to produce N2 O is cooperative. This result suggests that, in addition to any repair of iron centers (RIC) activity, YtfE acts as an NO-trapping scavenger to promote the NO to N2 O transformation under low NO flux, which precedes nitrosative stress.
Nitrosylation of the chelate-thiolate-containing dinitrosyliron complex (DNIC) [(S(CH(2))(3)S)Fe(NO)(2)](-) triggers nitric oxide (NO) activation to generate the homoleptic nitrosyl {Fe(NO)(2)}(9) DNIC [Fe(NO)(4)](-) (1) made up of two nitroxyls (or two NO anions) attached to a delocalized {Fe(NO)(2)}(9) motif. The significantly longer N3-O3/N4-O4 [1.380(12) and 1.280(12) Å] and Fe1-N3/Fe1-N4 [2.008(11) and 2.045(10) Ǻ] bond distances reflect that N3-O3 and N4-O4 of complex 1 may act as the nitroxyl-coordinated ligands. That is, the electronic structure of the DNIC 1 is best described as a {Fe(NO)(2)}(9) motif coordinated by two nitroxyl (NO(-)) ligands.
A unique trithiol macromolecule, with an intrinsic conformational propensity for dimerization (cage) instead of oligomerization upon oxidation, was prepared straightforwardly through rational design. The quantitative conversion and the reversibility between the cage and trithiols through redox reactions were assayed by 1 H NMR spectroscopic analysis. The
A nano-scale decanuclear Zn(II) circular helicate is synthesized without the aid of counteranions during the assembly process, and can be totally disassembled into its reactants by specific anions.
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