Insights Into How Heme Reduction Potentials Modulate Enzymatic Activities of a Myoglobin-based Functional Oxidase

Ambika Bhagi-Damodaran, Maximilian Kahle, Yelu Shi, Yong Zhang, Pia Ädelroth, Yi Lu

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Abstract

Heme-copper oxidase (HCO) is a class of respiratory enzymes that use a heme-copper center to catalyze O2 reduction to H2O. While heme reduction potential (E°′) of different HCO types has been found to vary >500 mV, its impact on HCO activity remains poorly understood. Here, we use a set of myoglobin-based functional HCO models to investigate the mechanism by which heme E°′ modulates oxidase activity. Rapid stopped-flow kinetic measurements show that increasing heme E°′ by ca. 210 mV results in increases in electron transfer (ET) rates by 30-fold, rate of O2 binding by 12-fold, O2 dissociation by 35-fold, while decreasing O2 affinity by 3-fold. Theoretical calculations reveal that E°′ modulation has significant implications on electronic charge of both heme iron and O2, resulting in increased O2 dissociation and reduced O2 affinity at high E°′ values. Overall, this work suggests that fine-tuning E°′ in HCOs and other heme enzymes can modulate their substrate affinity, ET rate and enzymatic activity.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)6622-6626
Number of pages5
JournalAngewandte Chemie - International Edition
Volume56
Issue number23
DOIs
StatePublished - 1 Jun 2017

Keywords

  • electron transfer
  • heme proteins
  • oxidoreductases
  • oxygen activation
  • redox chemistry

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