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| THE INACTIVATION OF FE-S CLUSTER CONTAINING HYDRO-LYASES BY SUPEROXIDE |
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| Author(s): FLINT DH, TUMINELLO JF, EMPTAGE MH |
| Source: JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY Volume: 268 Issue: 30 Pages: 22369-22376 Published: OCT 25 1993 |
| Times Cited: 293 References: 49 |
| Abstract: We report in this paper that highly purified Escherichia coli dihydroxy-acid dehydratase, fumarase A, fumarase B, and mammalian aconitase are inactivated by O2- with second order rate constants in the range of 10(6) to 10(7) M-1 s-1. Each of these enzymes belongs to the hydrolyase class and contains catalytically active [4Fe-4S] clusters. Simultaneous with inactivation by O2- is the release of iron from their clusters. Our working hypothesis is O2- inactivates these enzymes by oxidizing their clusterS to an unstable oxidation state, and cluster degradation follows. Consistent with this hypothesis is our observation that spinach dihydroxy-acid dehydratase, a member of the hydro-lyase class that has a catalytically active [2Fe-2S] cluster, is not inactivated and does not lose iron in the presence of O2-. Porcine fumarase, a member of the hydro-lyase class that does not contain an Fe-S cluster, is also not inactivated by O2-. We also report the rate constants for the inactivation of E. coli dihydroxy-acid dehydratase, fumarase A, fumarase B, and mammalian aconitase by O2 are close to 2 x 10(2) M-1 s-1, and the rate constants for the inactivation of E. coli dihydroxy-acid dehydratase and mammalian aconitase by H2O2 are about 10(3) M-1 s-1. E. coli dihydroxy-acid dehydratase has been reported previously to be inactivated in vivo when cells are grown in hyperbaric O2, presumably due to the increased O2- generated under these conditions. We report here that E. coli fumarase A, fumarase B, and aconitase are also inactivated in vivo by hyperbaric O2. Thermodynamic parameters for the oxidation of the cluster of aconitase by O2- and O2 are calculated. |
| Document Type: Article |
| Language: English |
| Reprint Address: FLINT, DH (reprint author), DUPONT CO INC, CENT RES & DEV, EXPTL STN, WILMINGTON, DE 19880 USA |
| Publisher: AMER SOC BIOCHEMISTRY MOLECULAR BIOLOGY INC, 9650 ROCKVILLE PIKE, BETHESDA, MD 20814 |
| Subject Category: Biochemistry & Molecular Biology |
| IDS Number: MD348 |
| ISSN: 0021-9258 |
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