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JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY
Volume 123, Issue 21, Pages 5050-5058Publisher
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/ja0036514
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- NIGMS NIH HHS [R01 GM041049, GM41049] Funding Source: Medline
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Multifrequency (95, 190, and 285 GHz) high-field electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) spectroscopy has been used to characterize radical intermediates in wild-type and Trp191Gly mutant cytochrome c peroxidase (CcP). The high-field EPR spectra of the exchange-coupled oxoferryl-trytophanyl radical pair that constitutes the CcP compound I intermediate [(Fe(IV)=O) Trp(.+)] were analyzed using a spin Hamiltonian that incorporated a general anisotropic spin-spin interaction term. Perturbation expressions of this Hamiltonian were derived, and their limitations under high-field conditions are discussed. Using numerical solutions of the completely anisotropic Hamiltonian, its was possible to simulate accurately the experimental data from 9 to 285 GHz using a single set of spin parameters. The results are also consistent with previous 9 GHz single-crystal studies. The inherent superior resolution of high-field EPR spectroscopy permitted the unequivocal detection of a transient tyrosyl radical that was formed 60 s after the addition of 1 equiv of hydrogen peroxide to the wild-type CcP at 0 degreesC and disappeared after 1 h. High-field EPR was also used to characterize the radical intermediate that was generated by hydrogen peroxide addition to the W191G CcP mutant. The g-values of this radical (g(x) = 2.00660, g(y) = 2.00425, and g(z) = 2.00208), as well as the wild-type transient tyrosyl radical, are essentially identical to those obtained from the high-field EPR spectra of the tyrosyl radical generated by y-irradiation of crystals of tyrosine hydrochloride (g(x) = 2.00658, g(y) = 2.00404, and g(z) 2.00208). The low g(x)-value indicated that ail three of the tyrosyl radicals were in electropositive environments. The broadening of the g(x) portion of the HF-EPR spectrum further indicated that the electrostatic environment was distributed. On the basis of these observations, possible sites for the tyrosyl radical(s) are discussed.
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