Evidence for Hydrogen Abstraction from C1 of Taurine by the High-Spin Fe(IV) Intermediate Detected during Oxygen Activation by Taurine:α -Ketoglutarate Dioxygenase (TauD)

John C. Price, Eric W. Barr, Timothy E. Glass, Carsten Krebs, J. Martin Bollinger

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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 languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)13008-13009
Number of pages2
JournalJournal of the American Chemical Society
Volume125
Issue number43
DOIs
StatePublished - Oct 29 2003

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Catalysis
  • Chemistry(all)
  • Biochemistry
  • Colloid and Surface Chemistry

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