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A QM/MM study of the initial steps of catalytic mechanism of nitrile hydratase
被引:7
|作者:
Kayanuma, Megumi
[1
]
Hanaoka, Kyohei
[2
]
Shoji, Mitsuo
[2
]
Shigeta, Yasuteru
[2
]
机构:
[1] Univ Tsukuba, Grad Sch Syst & Informat Engn, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 3058573, Japan
[2] Univ Tsukuba, Grad Sch Pure & Appl Sci, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 3058571, Japan
基金:
日本学术振兴会;
关键词:
MOLECULAR-ORBITAL METHODS;
NONHEME IRON;
ELECTRONIC-STRUCTURE;
SULFENIC ACIDS;
ENZYME;
D O I:
10.1016/j.cplett.2015.01.039
中图分类号:
O64 [物理化学(理论化学)、化学物理学];
学科分类号:
070304 ;
081704 ;
摘要:
Four possible reaction paths of an Fe-containing nitrile hydratase (NHase) are examined using the method of hybrid quantum mechanics/molecular mechanics (QM/MM) to reveal the initial steps of the catalytic mechanism of NHases. The reaction barrier for a nucleophilic attack of the sulfenic oxygen of alpha Cys114-SO- to the substrate is the lowest among the four paths, though another path, in which a water molecule activated by alpha Cys114-SO- attacks the substrate, also has a low enough barrier. Under the protein environment, beta Arg56 has weaker proton donor ability and shows no proton transfer to alpha Cys114-SO-, which was reported in model clusters. (C) 2015 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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页码:8 / 13
页数:6
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