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INORGANIC CHEMISTRY
Volume 58, Issue 23, Pages 16011-16027Publisher
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.9b02506
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- National Science Foundation [CHE-1213739, CHE-1464696]
- NIH/NIGMS [T32 GM008293]
- NIH [1510 OD020022-1]
- NSF [CHE-0741901]
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Despite utilizing a common cofactor binding motif, hemoproteins bearing a cysteine-derived thiolate ligand (hemethiolate proteins) are involved in a diverse array of biological processes ranging from drug metabolism to transcriptional regulation. Though the origin of heme-thiolate functional divergence is not well understood, growing evidence suggests that the hydrogen bonding (H-bonding) environment surrounding the Fe-coordinating thiolate influences protein function. Outside of X-ray crystallography, few methods exist to characterize these critical H-bonding interactions. Electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) spectra of heme-thiolate proteins bearing a six-coordinate, Fe(III) heme exhibit uniquely narrow low-spin (S = 1/2), rhombic signals, which are sensitive to changes in the heme-thiolate H-bonding environment. To establish a well-defined relationship between the magnitude of g-value dispersion in this unique EPR signal and the strength of the heme-thiolate H-bonding environment, we synthesized and characterized of a series of six-coordinate, aryl-thiolate-ligated Fe(III) porphyrin complexes bearing a tunable intramolecular H-bond. Spectroscopic investigation of these complexes revealed a direct correlation between H-bond strength and g-value dispersion in the rhombic EPR signal. Using density functional theory (DFT), we elucidated the electronic origins of the ;narrow, rhombic EPR signal in heme-thiolates, which arises from an Fe-S p(pi)-d(pi) bonding interaction. Computational analysis of the intramolecularly H-bonded heme-thiolate models revealed that H-bond donation to the coordinating thiolate reduces thiolate donor strength and weakens this Fe S interaction, giving rise to larger g-value dispersion. By defining the relationship between heme-thiolate electronic structure and rhombic EPR signal, it is possible to compare thiolate donor strengths among heme-thiolate proteins through analysis of low-spin, Fe(III) EPR spectra. Thus, this study establishes EPR spectroscopy as a valuable tool for exploring how second coordination sphere effects influence heme-thiolate protein function.
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