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The axial N-base has minor influence on Co-C bond cleavage in cobalamins

Jensen, Kasper LU and Ryde, Ulf LU orcid (2002) In Journal of molecular structure. Theochem 585(1). p.239-255
Abstract
We have investigated the properties of cobalamin complexes with imidazolate using the density functional B3LYP method, In particular, we have compared imidazolate (Imm) with imidazole and 5,6-dimethylbenzimidazole (DMB), and studied how constraints in the axial Co-N bond length may affect the strength of the Co-C bond. The results show that the optimum Co-N-Imm bond is similar to0.2 Angstrom shorter than that of imidazole. There is no indication from crystal structures that the histidine ligand would be deprotonated in the enzymes. However, it is likely that it attains some imidazolate character through its hydrogen bond to a conserved aspartate residue. The Co-N bond with imidazolate is three times more rigid than that with imidazole or... (More)
We have investigated the properties of cobalamin complexes with imidazolate using the density functional B3LYP method, In particular, we have compared imidazolate (Imm) with imidazole and 5,6-dimethylbenzimidazole (DMB), and studied how constraints in the axial Co-N bond length may affect the strength of the Co-C bond. The results show that the optimum Co-N-Imm bond is similar to0.2 Angstrom shorter than that of imidazole. There is no indication from crystal structures that the histidine ligand would be deprotonated in the enzymes. However, it is likely that it attains some imidazolate character through its hydrogen bond to a conserved aspartate residue. The Co-N bond with imidazolate is three times more rigid than that with imidazole or DMB, but twice as flexible as the Co-C bond. Constraints in the Co-N-Imm bond length give rise to a larger change in the corrin conformation than imidazole, but smaller than for DMB. The resulting effect for the Co-C bond dissociation energy is larger for imidazolate than for imidazole or DMB. However, even the largest reasonable distortion can only enhance catalysis by 15 kJ mol(-1). Therefore, we conclude that, irrespective of the nature of the N-base, constraints in the axial Co-N bond lengths cannot be the main reason for the catalytic power of cobalamin enzymes. (Less)
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butterfly effect, mechanism, mechano-chemical trigger, coenzyme B-12, density functional theory, cobalamin, corrin, ligand triad
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  abstract     = {{We have investigated the properties of cobalamin complexes with imidazolate using the density functional B3LYP method, In particular, we have compared imidazolate (Imm) with imidazole and 5,6-dimethylbenzimidazole (DMB), and studied how constraints in the axial Co-N bond length may affect the strength of the Co-C bond. The results show that the optimum Co-N-Imm bond is similar to0.2 Angstrom shorter than that of imidazole. There is no indication from crystal structures that the histidine ligand would be deprotonated in the enzymes. However, it is likely that it attains some imidazolate character through its hydrogen bond to a conserved aspartate residue. The Co-N bond with imidazolate is three times more rigid than that with imidazole or DMB, but twice as flexible as the Co-C bond. Constraints in the Co-N-Imm bond length give rise to a larger change in the corrin conformation than imidazole, but smaller than for DMB. The resulting effect for the Co-C bond dissociation energy is larger for imidazolate than for imidazole or DMB. However, even the largest reasonable distortion can only enhance catalysis by 15 kJ mol(-1). Therefore, we conclude that, irrespective of the nature of the N-base, constraints in the axial Co-N bond lengths cannot be the main reason for the catalytic power of cobalamin enzymes.}},
  author       = {{Jensen, Kasper and Ryde, Ulf}},
  issn         = {{0166-1280}},
  keywords     = {{butterfly effect; mechanism; mechano-chemical trigger; coenzyme B-12; density functional theory; cobalamin; corrin; ligand triad}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  number       = {{1}},
  pages        = {{239--255}},
  publisher    = {{Elsevier}},
  series       = {{Journal of molecular structure. Theochem}},
  title        = {{The axial N-base has minor influence on Co-C bond cleavage in cobalamins}},
  url          = {{https://lup.lub.lu.se/search/files/135490433/46_b12.pdf}},
  doi          = {{10.1016/S0166-1280(02)00049-0}},
  volume       = {{585}},
  year         = {{2002}},
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