Heme/O2/•NO nitric oxide dioxygenase (NOD) reactivity: Phenolic nitration via a putative heme-peroxynitrite intermediate

  • Mark P. Schopfer
  • , Biplab Mondal
  • , Dong Heon Lee
  • , Amy A.N. Sarjeant
  • , Kenneth D. Karlin

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Abstract

(Chemical Equation Presented) An oxy-heme complex, the heme-superoxo species (tetrahydrofuran)(F8)FeIII-(O2 •-) (2) (F8 = an ortho-difluoro substituted tetraarylporphyrinate), reacts with nitrogen monoxide (•NO; nitric oxide) to produce a nitrato-iron(III) compound (F8)FeIII-(NO 3-) (3) (X-ray). The chemistry mimics the action of •NO Dioxygenases (NODs), microbial and mammalian heme proteins which facilitate •NO detoxification/homeostasis. A peroxynitrite intermediate complex is implicated; if 2,4-di-tert-butylphenol is added prior to •NO reaction with 2, o-nitration occurs giving 2,4-di-tert-butyl-6-nitrophenol. The iron product is (F8)FeIII-(OH) (4). The results suggest that heme/O2/•NO chemistry may lead to peroxynitrite leakage and/or exogenous substrate oxidative/nitrative reactivity.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)11304-11305
Number of pages2
JournalJournal of the American Chemical Society
Volume131
Issue number32
DOIs
StatePublished - 2009.08.19

Quacquarelli Symonds(QS) Subject Topics

  • Engineering - Petroleum
  • Engineering - Chemical
  • Chemistry
  • Biological Sciences

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