Computational study of iron(II) and -(III) complexes with a simple model human H ferritin ferroxidase center |
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Authors: | Bacelo Daniel E Binning R C |
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Affiliation: | Department of Sciences and Technology, Universidad Metropolitana, San Juan, Puerto Rico 00928-1150. |
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Abstract: | Interaction of iron ions with a six-amino acid model of the ferroxidase center of human H chain ferritin has been examined in density functional theory calculations. The model, based on experimental studies of oxidation of Fe2+ at the center, consists of Glu27, Glu62, His65, Glu107, Gln141, and Ala144. Reasonable structures are obtained in a survey of types of iron complexes inferred to occur in the ferroxidase reaction. Structures of complexes of the model center with one and two Fe2+ ions, with diiron(III) bridged by peroxide and bridged by oxide-peroxide combinations, have been optimized. Calculations on diiron(III) complexes confirm that stable peroxide-bridged complexes can form and that the Fe-Fe distance in at least one is consistent with the experimental Fe-Fe distance observed in the blue peroxodiferric complex of ferritin. |
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