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Photolysis of Hi-CO Nitrogenase – Observation of a Plethora of Distinct CO
Species Using Infrared Spectroscopy
Lifen Yan,[a] Christie H. Dapper,[b] Simon J. George,[a,c] Hongxin Wang,[a,c]
Devrani Mitra,[a] Weibing Dong,[a] William E. Newton,[b] and Stephen P.
Cramer*[a,c]
[a] Department of Applied Science, University of California, One Shields
Avenue, Davis, CA 95616, USA
[b] Department of Biochemistry, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State
University, 123 Engel Hall, Blacksburg, VA 24061, USA
[c] Physical Biosciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, 1
Cyclotron Road, MS 6R2100, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
Keywords: Nitrogen fixation / Nitrogenases / Enzyme catalysis / Carbon monoxide
/ IR spectroscopy / Photolysis /Azotobacter vinelandii
Fourier-transform infrared-spectroscopy (FT-IR) was used to
study the photochemistry of CO-inhibited Azotobacter vinelandii
Mo nitrogenase using visible light at cryogenic temperatures.
The FT-IR difference spectrum of photolyzed hi-CO at 4 K comprises negative bands at 1973 cm–1 and
1679 cm–1 together with positive bands at 1711 cm–1, 2135
and 2123 cm–1. The negative bands are assigned to a hi-CO
state that comprises 2 metal-bound CO ligands, one terminally
bound, and one bridged and/or protonated species.
The positive band at 1711 cm–1 is assigned to a lo-CO product
with a single bridged and/or protonated metal-CO group.We term these species “Hi-1” and “Lo-1”, respectively. The
high-energy bands are assigned to a liberated CO trapped
in the protein pocket. Warming results in CO recombination,
and the temperature dependence of the recombination rate
yields an activation energy of 4 kJmol–1. Two !-H195 variant enzymes yielded additional signals. Asparagine substitution,
!-H195N, gives a spectrum containing 2 negative “Hi-2”
bands at 1936 and 1858 cm–1 with a positive “Lo-2” band at
1780 cm–1, while glutamine substitution, !-H195Q, produces
a complex spectrum that includes a third CO species, with
negative “Hi-3” bands at 1938 and 1911 cm–1 and a positive
feature “Lo-3” band at 1921 cm–1. These species can be assigned
to a combination of terminal, bridged, and possibly
protonated CO groups bound to the FeMo cofactor active
site. The proposed structures are discussed in terms of both
CO inhibition and the mechanism nitrogenase catalysis.
Given the intractability of observing nitrogenase intermediates
by crystallographic methods, IR-monitored photolysis
appears to be a promising and information-rich probe of
nitrogenase structure and chemistry.
Scheme 1. Proposed Fe-based modes of CO binding in N2ase: (a) single terminal
a-top CO,[6b] (b) single bridging CO,[8e] (c) “formyl” CO, (d) two terminal
a-top CO, same Fe,[6b] (e) two terminal a-top CO, different Fe,[8e] (f) two
bridging CO,[8h] (g) triple-bridging and terminal CO, (h) triple-bridging CO. Mo
histidine and homocitrate
ligands and cysteine thiolate ligand of Fe-1 have been omitted for clarity. No
attempt was made to relax the Fe-S framework for these structures. Atom color
codes: Fe green, Mo purple, S yellow, C black, O red. The undefined central atom
of FeMo-co is printed in blue.
Samples for FTIR analysis were placed in
custom cell holders with Teflon spacers and either zinc sulfide (Del
Mar Photonics) or cubic zirconia
windows. Typical pathlengths ranged from 50–15 μm. FTIR spectra were measured in
a Bruker VERTEX 70v FT-IR spectrometer equipped with a custom adapted Oxford
Instruments CF1208 liquid-helium flow cryostat. Photolysis with visible light
employed an Osram XENOPHOT® lamp (100 W) or a Sutter Instruments Lambda LS xenon
arc lamp (300 W).
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