Controlling the activities of the Diiron Centre in bacterial monooxygenases: lessons from mutagenesis and biodiversity

NICHOL, Tim, MURRELL, J. Colin and SMITH, Thomas J. (2015). Controlling the activities of the Diiron Centre in bacterial monooxygenases: lessons from mutagenesis and biodiversity. European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry, 2015 (21), 3419-3431.

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Abstract

The soluble diiron monooxygenases (SDIMOs) are a diverse group of bacterial enzymes that possess a deeply buried binuclear iron centre that forms an oxo-diferryl (FeIV) intermediate that is capable of oxygenating a wide range of unfunctionalised hydrocarbons and other hydrophobic organic molecules, ranging in size from methane to diaromatics such as naphthalene and substituted biphenyls. In the environment, these enzymes are important in bioremediation of hydrocarbons and chlorinated hydrocarbons and in mitigation of the greenhouse effect due to methane, and also have numerous potential applications in synthetic organic chemistry. In this review we consider how both natural variations among the enzymes and an increasing body of evidence from mutagenesis studies cast light on how the protein controls the size of substrates that can access the active site, the precision of regio- and stereoselectivity and the oxidising power of the active centre.

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Article first published online: 2 APR 2015

Publish in Special Issue: Biological Oxidation Reactions (Cluster Issue)

Research Institute, Centre or Group - Does NOT include content added after October 2018: Biomedical Research Centre
Identification Number: https://doi.org/10.1002/ejic.201500043
Page Range: 3419-3431
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Date Deposited: 26 Jun 2015 10:30
Last Modified: 18 Mar 2021 18:30
URI: https://shura.shu.ac.uk/id/eprint/10559

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