Abstract
The Fe(II)- and α-ketoglutarate-dependent dioxygenases catalyze hydroxylation reactions of considerable biomedical and environmental significance. Recently, the first oxidized iron intermediate in the reaction of a member of this family, taurine:α-ketoglutarate dioxygenase (TauD), was detected and shown to be a high-spin, formally Fe(IV) complex. The demonstration in this study that decay of the Fe(IV) complex is ∼30-fold slower when it is formed in the presence of 1-[2H]2-taurine provides evidence that the intermediate abstracts hydrogen from C1, the site of hydroxylation, and suggests that quantum-mechanical tunneling may contribute to C1-H cleavage.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 13008-13009 |
Number of pages | 2 |
Journal | Journal of the American Chemical Society |
Volume | 125 |
Issue number | 43 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Oct 29 2003 |
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- Catalysis
- Chemistry(all)
- Biochemistry
- Colloid and Surface Chemistry