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ArticleInorganic chemistry2011

Comparative assessment of the composition and charge state of nitrogenase FeMo-cofactor.

Travis V Harris, Robert K Szilagyi

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  19. Combining a Nitrogenase Scaffold and a Synthetic Compound into an Artificial Enzyme.Angewandte Chemie (International ed. in English) · 2015
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  20. The discovery of Mo(III) in FeMoco: reuniting enzyme and model chemistry.Journal of biological inorganic chemistry : JBIC : a publication of the Society of Biological Inorganic Chemistry · 2015
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Travis V HarrisNAI Astrobiology Biogeocatalysis Research Center, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Montana State University, Bozeman, Montana 59717, USA.
Robert K Szilagyi

Funding

MT INBRE RESEARCH COREP20RR016455 · NCRR · MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY - BOZEMAN · PI HARMSEN, ALLEN G · 2001 to 2011
$34.4M
NCRR NIH HHS P20 RR016455NCRR NIH HHS P20 RR16455-06
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A significant limitation in our understanding of the molecular mechanism of biological nitrogen fixation is the uncertain composition of the FeMo-cofactor (FeMo-co) of nitrogenase. In this study we present a systematic, density functional theory-based evaluation of spin-coupling schemes, iron oxidation states, ligand protonation states, and interstitial ligand composition using a wide range of experimental criteria. The employed functionals and basis sets were validated with molecular orbital information from X-ray absorption spectroscopic data of relevant iron-sulfur clusters. Independently from the employed level of theory, the electronic structure with the greatest number of antiferromagnetic interactions corresponds to the lowest energy state for a given charge and oxidation state distribution of the iron ions. The relative spin state energies of resting and oxidized FeMo-co already allowed exclusion of certain iron oxidation state distributions and interstitial ligand compositions. Geometry-optimized FeMo-co structures of several models further eliminated additional states and compositions, while reduction potentials indicated a strong preference for the most likely charge state of FeMo-co. Mössbauer and ENDOR parameter calculations were found to be remarkably dependent on the employed training set, density functional, and basis set. Overall, we found that a more oxidized [Mo(IV)-2Fe(II)-5Fe(III)-9S(2-)-C(4-)] composition with a hydroxyl-protonated homocitrate ligand satisfies all of the available experimental criteria and is thus favored over the currently preferred composition of [Mo(IV)-4Fe(II)-3Fe(III)-9S(2-)-N(3-)] from the literature.

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Crystallography, X-RayModels, MolecularNitrogenaseQuantum TheoryThermodynamicsNitrogenase

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PMID21545160
PMCPMC3105220

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