PULSE Institute, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA.
Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Lightsource, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford University, Menlo Park, CA, USA.
Nat Commun. 2021 Feb 17;12(1):1086. doi: 10.1038/s41467-021-21423-w.
The dynamics of photodissociation and recombination in heme proteins represent an archetypical photochemical reaction widely used to understand the interplay between chemical dynamics and reaction environment. We report a study of the photodissociation mechanism for the Fe(II)-S bond between the heme iron and methionine sulfur of ferrous cytochrome c. This bond dissociation is an essential step in the conversion of cytochrome c from an electron transfer protein to a peroxidase enzyme. We use ultrafast X-ray solution scattering to follow the dynamics of Fe(II)-S bond dissociation and 1s3p (Kβ) X-ray emission spectroscopy to follow the dynamics of the iron charge and spin multiplicity during bond dissociation. From these measurements, we conclude that the formation of a triplet metal-centered excited state with anti-bonding Fe(II)-S interactions triggers the bond dissociation and precedes the formation of the metastable Fe high-spin quintet state.
血红素蛋白中光解和复合的动力学代表了一种典型的光化学反应,广泛用于理解化学动力学和反应环境之间的相互作用。我们报告了亚铁细胞色素 c 中血红素铁和蛋氨酸硫之间的 Fe(II)-S 键光解机制的研究。这种键的解离是细胞色素 c 从电子转移蛋白转化为过氧化物酶的关键步骤。我们使用超快 X 射线溶液散射来跟踪 Fe(II)-S 键解离的动力学,并用 1s3p(Kβ)X 射线发射光谱来跟踪键解离过程中铁电荷和自旋多重态的动力学。通过这些测量,我们得出结论,形成具有反键 Fe(II)-S 相互作用的三重态金属中心激发态触发了键的解离,并先于亚稳态 Fe 高自旋 quintet 态的形成。