摘要
Tyrosine is a conserved redox-active amino acid that plays important roles in heme-copper oxidases (HCO). Despite the widely proposed mechanism that involves a tyrosyl radical, its direct observation under O2 reduction conditions remains elusive. Using a functional oxidase model in myoglobin called F33Y-CuBMb that contains an engineered tyrosine, we report herein direct observation of a tyrosyl radical during both reactions of H 2O2 with oxidized protein and O2 with reduced protein by electron paramagnetic resonance spectroscopy, providing a firm support for the tyrosyl radical in the HCO enzymatic mechanism.
源语言 | 英语 |
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页(从-至) | 1174-1177 |
页数 | 4 |
期刊 | Journal of the American Chemical Society |
卷 | 136 |
期 | 4 |
DOI | |
出版状态 | 已出版 - 29 1月 2014 |
已对外发布 | 是 |