Document Type
Article
Publication Date
5-31-2013
Source Publication
Journal of Biological Chemistry
Source ISSN
0021-9258
Abstract
Stopped-flow kinetic data were obtained for the iron-type nitrile hydratase from Rhodococcus equi TG328-2 (ReNHase) using methacrylonitrile as the substrate. Multiple turnover experiments suggest a three-step kinetic model that allows for the reversible binding of substrate, the presence of an intermediate, and the formation of product. Microscopic rate constants determined from these data are in good agreement with steady state data confirming that the stopped-flow method used was appropriate for the reaction. Single turnover stopped-flow experiments were used to identify catalytic intermediates. These data were globally fit confirming a three-step kinetic model. Independent absorption spectra acquired between 0.005 and 0.5 s of the reaction reveal a significant increase in absorbance at 375, 460, and 550 nm along with the hypsochromic shift of an Fe3+←S ligand-to-metal charge transfer band from 700 to 650 nm. The observed UV-visible absorption bands for the Fe3+-nitrile intermediate species are similar to low spin Fe3+-enzyme and model complexes bound by NO or N3−. These data provide spectroscopic evidence for the direct coordination of the nitrile substrate to the nitrile hydratase active site low spin Fe3+ center.
Recommended Citation
Gumataotao, Natalie; Kuhn, Misty L.; Hajnas, Natalia; and Holz, Richard C., "Identification of an Active Site-bound Nitrile Hydratase Intermediate through Single Turnover Stopped-flow Spectroscopy" (2013). Chemistry Faculty Research and Publications. 292.
https://epublications.marquette.edu/chem_fac/292
Comments
Published version. Journal of Biological Chemistry. Vol. 288, No. 22 (May 31, 2013): 15532-15536. DOI. © 2013 American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. Used with permission.
Richard C. Holz was affiliated with Loyola University-Chicago at the time of publication.