TY - JOUR
T1 - Compound I of heme oxygenase cannot hydroxylate its heme meso-carbon
AU - Matsui, Toshitaka
AU - Kim, Sun Hee
AU - Jin, Hiromichi
AU - Hoffman, Brian M.
AU - Ikeda-Saito, Masao
PY - 2006/2/1
Y1 - 2006/2/1
N2 - Heme oxygenase (HO) catalyzes heme catabolism through three successive oxygenation steps where the substrate heme itself activates O2. It has been thought that the reactive species responsible for the first heme oxygenation, meso-hydroxylation, is the hydroperoxy-ferric heme intermediate (Fe-OOH) rather than an oxo ferryl porphyrin cation radical, so-called compound I. A recent theoretical study (Kamachi, T.; Yoshizawa, K. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2005, 127, 10686), however, proposed that compound I can oxidize its meso-carbon atom with the assistance of a bridging water molecule. In this communication, we report the first direct observation of compound I of a heme-HO-1 complex, generated by reaction of ferric-HO-1 with m-chloroperbenzoic acid. HO compound I slowly decays to compound II without producing any meso-hydroxylated products. It does react with guaiacol and thioanisole, however. Our findings unambiguously rule out involvement of compound I in the HO catalysis.
AB - Heme oxygenase (HO) catalyzes heme catabolism through three successive oxygenation steps where the substrate heme itself activates O2. It has been thought that the reactive species responsible for the first heme oxygenation, meso-hydroxylation, is the hydroperoxy-ferric heme intermediate (Fe-OOH) rather than an oxo ferryl porphyrin cation radical, so-called compound I. A recent theoretical study (Kamachi, T.; Yoshizawa, K. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2005, 127, 10686), however, proposed that compound I can oxidize its meso-carbon atom with the assistance of a bridging water molecule. In this communication, we report the first direct observation of compound I of a heme-HO-1 complex, generated by reaction of ferric-HO-1 with m-chloroperbenzoic acid. HO compound I slowly decays to compound II without producing any meso-hydroxylated products. It does react with guaiacol and thioanisole, however. Our findings unambiguously rule out involvement of compound I in the HO catalysis.
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U2 - 10.1021/ja057578z
DO - 10.1021/ja057578z
M3 - Article
C2 - 16433521
AN - SCOPUS:31944451295
SN - 0002-7863
VL - 128
SP - 1090
EP - 1091
JO - Journal of the American Chemical Society
JF - Journal of the American Chemical Society
IS - 4
ER -