High-resolution EXAFS of the active site of human sulfite oxidase: comparison with density functional theory and X-ray crystallographic results |
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Authors: | Harris Hugh H George Graham N Rajagopalan K V |
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Institution: | School of Chemistry, University of Sydney, New South Wales 2006, Australia. |
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Abstract: | Much of our knowledge about molybdenum enzymes has originated from EXAFS spectroscopy. This technique provides excellent bond-length accuracy but has only limited bond-length resolution. We have used EXAFS spectroscopy with an extended data range in an attempt to improve bond-length resolution for the molybdenum enzyme sulfite oxidase. The Mo site of sulfite oxidase has two oxygen and three Mo-S ligands (two from cofactor dithiolene plus a cysteine). For the oxidized (Mo(VI)) enzyme, we find that the three Mo-S bond lengths are very similar (within 0.05 A) at 2.41 A, as are the Mo=O ligands at 1.72 A. Density functional theory shows that this is consistent with the proposed active-site structure. The reduced (Mo(IV)) enzyme shows two Mo-S bond lengths at 2.35 A and one at 2.41 A (assigned to cofactor dithiolene and cysteine, respectively, from DFT), together with one Mo=O at 1.72 A and one Mo-OH(2) at 2.30 A. |
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