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Inner-sphere reorganization energy of iron-sulfur clusters studied with theoretical methods

Sigfridsson, Emma ; Olsson, Mats H. M. and Ryde, Ulf LU orcid (2001) In Inorganic Chemistry 40(11). p.2509-2519
Abstract
Models of several types of iron-sulfur clusters (e.g., Fe4S4(SCH3)42-/3-/4-) have been studied with the density functional B3LYP method and medium-sized basis sets. In a vacuum, the inner-sphere reorganization energies are 40, 76, 40, 62, 43, and 42 kJ/mol for the rubredoxin, [2Fe-2S] ferredoxin, Rieske, [4Fe-4S] ferredoxin, high-potential iron protein, and desulfoferrodoxin models, respectively. The first two types of clusters were also studied in the protein, where the reorganization energy was approximately halved. This change is caused by the numerous NH‚‚‚SCys hydrogen bonds to the negatively charged iron-sulfur cluster, giving rise to a polar local environment. The reorganization energy of the iron-sulfur clusters is low because the... (More)
Models of several types of iron-sulfur clusters (e.g., Fe4S4(SCH3)42-/3-/4-) have been studied with the density functional B3LYP method and medium-sized basis sets. In a vacuum, the inner-sphere reorganization energies are 40, 76, 40, 62, 43, and 42 kJ/mol for the rubredoxin, [2Fe-2S] ferredoxin, Rieske, [4Fe-4S] ferredoxin, high-potential iron protein, and desulfoferrodoxin models, respectively. The first two types of clusters were also studied in the protein, where the reorganization energy was approximately halved. This change is caused by the numerous NH‚‚‚SCys hydrogen bonds to the negatively charged iron-sulfur cluster, giving rise to a polar local environment. The reorganization energy of the iron-sulfur clusters is low because the iron ions retain the same geometry and coordination number in both oxidation states. Cysteine ligands give approximately the same reorganization energy as imidazole, but they have the advantage of stabilizing a lower coordination number and giving more covalent bonds and therefore more effective electron-transfer paths. (Less)
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  author       = {{Sigfridsson, Emma and Olsson, Mats H. M. and Ryde, Ulf}},
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  language     = {{eng}},
  number       = {{11}},
  pages        = {{2509--2519}},
  publisher    = {{The American Chemical Society (ACS)}},
  series       = {{Inorganic Chemistry}},
  title        = {{Inner-sphere reorganization energy of iron-sulfur clusters studied with theoretical methods}},
  url          = {{https://lup.lub.lu.se/search/files/135490163/42_fes.pdf}},
  doi          = {{10.1021/ic000752u}},
  volume       = {{40}},
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