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CURRENT OPINION IN CHEMICAL BIOLOGY
Volume 8, Issue 5, Pages 462-467Publisher
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DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2004.07.001
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A novel method to generate organic radicals in enzymatic reactions is described, which is similar to electron transfer in nitrogenase. Component A of 2-hydroxyglutaryl-CoA dehydratase contains a [4Fe-4S] cluster located at the interface between its two identical subunits. The cluster is reduced by one electron derived from ferredoxin or flavodoxin. Hydrolysis of two ATP bound to component A, one to each subunit, enhances the reductive power of the electron and transfers it to component D, the actual dehydratase, where a low potential [4Fe-4S](2+) cluster is probably reduced. Further transfer to the substrate (R)-2-hydroxyglutaryl-CoA probably generates a substrate-derived ketyl radical anion, which expels the adjacent hydroxyl group. The resulting enoxy radical is deprotonated to a product-related ketyl radical anion. Finally the electron is removed by the next incoming substrate leading to the product glutaconyl-CoA and starting a new turnover. A similar, but stoichiometric rather than catalytic electron transfer has been established for the related benzoyl-CoA reductase.
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