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Carboxylate binding modes in zinc proteins : A theoretical study

Ryde, Ulf LU orcid (1999) In Biophysical Journal 77(5). p.2777-2787
Abstract

The relative energies of different coordination modes (bidentate, monodentate, syn, and anti) of a carboxylate group bound to a zinc ion have been studied by the density functional method B3LYP with large basis sets on realistic models of the active site of several zinc proteins. In positively charged four-coordinate complexes, the mono- and bidentate coordination modes have almost the same energy (within 10 kJ/mol). However, if there are negatively charged ligands other than the carboxylate group, the monodentate binding mode is favored. In general, the energy difference between monodentate and bidentate coordination is small, 4-24 kJ/mol, and it is determined more by hydrogen-bond interactions with other ligands or second- sphere... (More)

The relative energies of different coordination modes (bidentate, monodentate, syn, and anti) of a carboxylate group bound to a zinc ion have been studied by the density functional method B3LYP with large basis sets on realistic models of the active site of several zinc proteins. In positively charged four-coordinate complexes, the mono- and bidentate coordination modes have almost the same energy (within 10 kJ/mol). However, if there are negatively charged ligands other than the carboxylate group, the monodentate binding mode is favored. In general, the energy difference between monodentate and bidentate coordination is small, 4-24 kJ/mol, and it is determined more by hydrogen-bond interactions with other ligands or second- sphere groups than by the zinc-carboxylate interaction. Similarly, the activation energy for the conversion between the two coordination modes is small, ~6 kJ/mol, indicating a very flat Zn-O potential surface. The energy difference between syn and anti binding modes of the monodentate carboxylate group is larger, 70-100 kJ/mol, but this figure again strongly depends on interactions with second-sphere molecules. Our results also indicate that the pK(a) of the zinc-bound water ligand in carboxypeptidase and thermolysin is 8-9.

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  author       = {{Ryde, Ulf}},
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  language     = {{eng}},
  number       = {{5}},
  pages        = {{2777--2787}},
  publisher    = {{Cell Press}},
  series       = {{Biophysical Journal}},
  title        = {{Carboxylate binding modes in zinc proteins : A theoretical study}},
  url          = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0006-3495(99)77110-9}},
  doi          = {{10.1016/S0006-3495(99)77110-9}},
  volume       = {{77}},
  year         = {{1999}},
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