Iron in the Parkinsonian substantia nigra.
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Normal coordinate analysis has been carried out for the Fe(III) protoporphyrin IX dimethyl ester molecule and its vinyl deuterated analogs. All atoms of substituents were included explicitly in the calculations. On the basis of the calculation results the assignment of the resonance Raman active modes of cytochrome P-450 is given. Attention is mainly devoted to the assignment of vinyl and methyl propionate ester modes. It is shown that methyl propionate ester coordinates take part to a certain extent in the number of modes with frequencies below 1300 cm-1. The frequencies have been found which depend on the angle between the vinyl and macrocycle planes. In passing from perpendicular to in-plane conformation the theoretical frequencies of the delta (Cb C alpha C beta and delta (CCb C alpha) modes shift down by 70 and 220 cm-1 and the value of the last one is only about 110 cm-1.
Purple membranes (PM) from Halobacterium were reconstituted with 57Fe ions and investigated by Mössbauer spectroscopy within the temperature range from 5 to 300 K at the Fe/bacteriorhodopsin (BR) ratio 0.6-300. When the Fe/Br ratio was below 2, Fe3+ bonded to PM mostly as hydroxymonomeric particle [FeOH]2+.5H2O, the apparent charge of the iron ion being two. When the Fe/BR ratio exceeded two, the dimeric form [FeOH](2+)4.8H2O along with a cluster form dominated. The temperature dependences of the mean square displacement show that the mobility of Fe ions changes from the solid-state type to the quasi-diffusional one at temperatures approximately 200 and approximately 230 K for the dimeric or monomeric and cluster iron forms, respectively. The nature of the cation binding sites and their location on the PM surface are discussed. A possible role of the divalent cation binding to PM in the mechanism of BR proton pumping is suggested.
We have examined a Hawaiian palagonitic tephra sample (PN-9) that has spectroscopic similarities to Martian bright regions using a number of analytical techniques, including Mossbauer and reflectance spectroscopy, X-ray diffraction, instrumental neutron activation analysis, electron probe microanalysis, transmission electron microscopy, and dithionite-citrate-bicarbonate extraction. Chemically, PN-9 has a Hawaiitic composition with alkali (and presumably silica) loss resulting from leaching by meteoric water during palagonitization; no Ce anomaly is present in the REE pattern. Mineralogically, our results show that nanophase ferric oxide (np-Ox) particles (either nanophase hematite (np-Hm) or a mixture of ferrihydrite and np-Hm) are responsible for the distinctive ferric doublet and visible-wavelength ferric absorption edge observed in Mossbauer and reflectivity spectra, respectively, for this and other spectrally similar palagonitic samples. The np-Ox particles appear to be imbedded in a hydrated aluminosilicate matrix material; no evidence was found for phyllosilicates. Other iron-bearing phases observed are titanomagnetite, which accounts for the magnetic nature of the sample; olivine; pyroxene; and glass. By analogy, np-Ox is likely the primary pigmenting agent of the bright soils and dust of Mars.
Mossbauer and EPR spectroscopies were used to characterize the Fe clusters in an Fe-S protein isolated from Desulfovibrio desulfuricans (ATCC 27774). This protein was previously thought to contain hexanuclear Fe clusters, but a recent X-ray crystallographic measurement on a similar protein isolated from Desulfovibrio vulgaris showed that the protein contains two tetranuclear clusters, a cubane-type [4Fe-4S] cluster and a mixed-ligand cluster of novel structure [Lindley et al. (1997) Abstract, Chemistry of Metals in Biological Systems, European Research Conference, Tomar, Portugal]. Three protein samples poised at different redox potentials (as-purified, 40 and 320 mV) were investigated. In all three samples, the [4Fe-4S] cluster was found to be present in the diamagnetic 2+ oxidation state and exhibited typical Mossbauer spectra. The novel-structure cluster was found to be redox active. In the 320-mV and as-purified samples, the cluster is at a redox equilibrium between its fully oxidized and one-electron reduced states. In the 40-mV sample, the cluster is in a two-electron reduced state. Distinct spectral components associated with the four Fe sites of cluster 2 in the three oxidation states were identified. The spectroscopic parameters obtained for the Fe sites reflect different ligand environments, making it possible to assign the spectral components to individual Fe sites. In the fully oxidized state, all four iron ions are high-spin ferric and antiferromagnetically coupled to form a diamagnetic S = 0 state. In the one-electron and two-electron reduced states, the reducing electrons were found to localize, consecutively, onto two Fe sites that are rich in oxygen/nitrogen ligands. Based on the X-ray structure and the Mossbauer parameters, attempts could be made to identify the reduced Fe sites. For the two-electron reduced cluster, EPR and Mossbauer data indicate that the cluster is paramagnetic with a nonzero interger spin. For the one-electron reduced cluster, the data suggest a half-integer spin of 9/2. Characteristic fine and hyperfine parameters for all four Fe sites were obtained. Structural implications and the nature of the spin-coupling interactions are discussed.
The potentially tridentate ligand 2-(8-aminoquinolino)-4,6-di-tert-butylphenol, H[1LAP], has been synthesized and its coordination chemistry with Mn(IV), Fe(III), and Co(III) has been investigated by X-ray crystallography, electro- and magnetochemistry, electronic, Mossbauer and EPR spectroscopies. The following complexes have been prepared [MnIV(1LAP-H)2](1), St=3/2; [MnIV(1LAP-H)(1LISQ)](PF6).CH2Cl2 (2), St= 1; [FeIII(1LISQ)2](ClO4).0.5H2O (3), St=1/2; [FeIII(1LISQ)(3,5-dtcat)]2 (4), St= 0; K[CoII(1LISQ)(1LIBQ)](NCS)2 (5), St= 1; [CoIII2(NCS)2(1LAP-H)2(AQ)] (6), St=0, where (1LAP-H)2- corresponds to the o-iminophenolate(2-) dianion, (1LISQ)- is the o-iminobenzosemiquinonate(1-) pi radical derivative of the ligand H[1LAP], (1LIBQ)0 is the neutral iminobenzoquinone ligand, and 3,5-dtcat is 3,5-di-tert-butylcatecholate(2-) and N,N-coordinated (AQ) is 8-aminoquinoline. It is shown that the pi radical anions in 2, 3, 4 couple antiferromagnetically to the respective paramagnetic metal ion. Complex 4 is a dinuclear neutral complex with weak antiferromagnetic coupling between two [FeIII1LISQ)(3,5-dtcat)] halves. The asymmetrically ligated complex 6 contains two bridging (1LAP-H)2- ligands and two diamagnetic CoIII ions. In contrast, 5 is correctly described as [CoII(1LISQ)(1LIBQ)]+ rather than [CoIII(1LISQ)2]+ since it possesses a temperature-independent magnetic moment of mueff(10-298 K)= 3.0 muB indicating an St=1 ground state which is attained via strong antiferromagnetic coupling (|J> or =200 cm(-1)) between a high spin cobalt(II) ion (SCo=3/2) and a single pi radical anion (Srad=1/2).
Reactions of substrate-free ferric cytochrome P450cam with peracids to generate Fe=O intermediates have previously been investigated with contradictory results. Using stopped-flow spectrophotometry, the reaction with m-chloroperoxybenzoic acid demonstrated an Fe(IV)=O + porphyrin pi-cation radical (Cpd I) (Egawa, T., Shimada, H., and Ishimura, Y. (1994) Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun. 201, 1464-1469). By contrast, with peracetic acid, Fe(IV)=O plus a tyrosyl radical were observed by freeze-quench Mossbauer and EPR spectroscopy (Schunemann, V., Jung, C., Trautwein, A. X., Mandon, D., and Weiss, R. (2000) FEBS Lett. 479, 149-154). Our detailed kinetic studies have resolved these contradictory results. At pH >7, a significant fraction of Cpd I is formed transiently, whereas at low pH only a species with a Soret band at 406 nm, presumably Fe(IV)=O + tyrosyl radical, is observed. Evidence for formation of an acylperoxo complex en route to Cpd I was obtained. Because of rapid heme destruction, steps subsequent to formation of the highly oxidized forms could not be fully characterized. Heme destruction was avoided by including peroxidase substrates (e.g. guaiacol), which were oxidized to characteristic peroxidase products as the Fe(III)-P450 was regenerated. Addition of ascorbate to either of the high valent species also reforms the Fe(III) state with only a small loss of heme absorbance. These results indicate that typical peroxidase chemistry occurs with P450cam and offer an explanation for the contrasting results reported earlier. The delineation of improved conditions (pH, temperature, choice of peracid) for generating highly oxidized species with P450cam should be valuable for their further characterization.
A series of bimetallic, trigonal bipyramidal clusters of type {[Co(N-N)(2)](3)[Fe(CN)(6)](2)} are reported. The reaction of {Co(tmphen)(2)}(2+) with [Fe(CN)(6)](3)(-) in MeCN affords {[Co(tmphen)(2)](3)[Fe(CN)(6)](2)} (1). The cluster can exist in three different solid-state phases: a red crystalline phase, a blue solid phase obtained by exposure of the red crystals to moisture, and a red solid phase obtained by desolvation of the blue solid phase in vacuo. The properties of cluster 1 are extremely sensitive to both temperature and solvent content in each of these phases. Variable-temperature X-ray crystallography; (57)Fe Mossbauer, vibrational, and optical spectroscopies; and magnetochemical studies were used to study the three phases of 1 and related compounds, Na{[Co(tmphen)(2)](3)[Fe(CN)(6)](2)}(ClO(4))(2) (2), {[Co(bpy)(2)](3)[Fe(CN)(6)](2)}[Fe(CN)(6)](1/3) (3), and {[Ni(tmphen)(2)](3)[Fe(CN)(6)](2)} (4). The combined structural and spectroscopic investigation of 1-4 leads to the unambiguous conclusion that 1 can exist in different electronic isomeric forms, {Co(III)(2)Co(II)Fe(II)(2)} (1A), {Co(III)Co(II)(2)Fe(III)Fe(II)} (1B), and {Co(II)(3)Fe(III)(2)} (1C), and that it can undergo a charge-transfer-induced spin transition (CTIST). This is the first time that such a phenomenon has been observed for a Co/Fe molecule.
Conversion of Fe ions in solution to the solid phase in ferritin concentrates iron required for cell function. The rate of the Fe phase transition in ferritin is tissue specific and reflects the differential expression of two classes of ferritin subunits (H and L). Early stages of mineralization were probed by rapid freeze-quench Mossbauer, at strong fields (up to 8 T), and EPR spectroscopy in an H-type subunit, recombinant frog ferritin; small numbers of Fe (36 moles/mol of protein) were used to increase Fe3+ in mineral precursor forms. At 25 ms, four Fe3+-oxy species (three Fe dimers and one Fe trimer) were identified. These Fe3+-oxy species were found to form at similar rates and decay subsequently to a distinctive superparamagentic species designated the "young core." The rate of oxidation of Fe2+ (1026 s(-1)) corresponded well to the formation constant for the Fe3+-tyrosinate complex (920 s(-1)) observed previously [Waldo, G. S., & Theil, E. C. (1993) Biochemistry 32, 13261] and, coupled with EPR data, indicates that several or possibly all of the Fe3+-oxy species involve tyrosine. The results, combined with previous Mossbauer studies of Y30F human H-type ferritin which showed decreases in several Fe3+ intermediates and stabilization of Fe2+ [Bauminger, E. R., et al. (1993) Biochem. J. 296, 709], emphasize the involvement of tyrosyl residues in the mineralization of H-type ferritins. The subsequent decay of these multiple Fe3+-oxy species to the superparamagnetic mineral suggests that Fe3+ species in different environments may be translocated as intact units from the protein shell into the ferritin cavity where the conversion to a solid mineral occurs.
A model is proposed for the active center of cytochrome c oxidase (ferrocytochrome c:oxygen oxidoreductase, EC 1.9.3.1) in which cytochrome a is a low-spin ferrihemoprotein and cytochrome a3 is a high-spin ferrihemoprotein antiferromagnetically coupled to one of the two Cu2+ ions present in the enzyme. It is further proposed that reduction is accompanied by a conformational change in the enzyme thus exposing the sixth coordination site of cytochrome a3 to ligands. With this model it is possible to account for a variety of outstanding observations including the results of magnetic circular dichroism, Mossbauer, and electron paramagnetic resonance spectroscopies, as well as magnetic susceptibility measurements.
A method for obtaining accurate, quantitative 57Fe Mössbauer spectra from biological samples is illustrated stepwise in a data reduction procedure. Exact criteria are presented for deciding when it is necessary to account for the effects of the Beer-Lambert law in the Mössbauer spectra from biological samples. This procedure makes extensive use of the fast Fourier transform and other computer techniques in its data reduction and its curve-fitting stages. A method for optimizing sample thickness is presented. The choice of truncation in Fourier space as a means to numerically stabilize the deconvolution procedure is defended. Several advantages for curve fitting in Fourier space are shown. Maximization of information content is discussed for Mossbauer spectral simulation techniques.
Basilar membrane displacements in response to sound at threshold intensities are in the fractional Angstrom range. Visual measurements, as used by Bekesy in his pioneering studies, are by definition limited to values above 10 000 A. The present paper discusses a number of modern techniques capable of taking measurements at lower Anstrom levels: One-point methods (capacitive probe, Mossbauer effect, laser interferometry, and optical heterodyne spectroscopy) and pattern-assessing methods (time-averaged and real-time holography). Advantages and disadvantages of these methods are being discussed.
A series of mononuclear, octahedral first-row transition metal ion complexes mer-[M(II)L0(2)](PF6)2 containing the tridentate neutral ligand 2,6-bis[1-(4-methoxyphenylimino)ethyl]pyridine (L0) and a Mn(II), Fe(II), Co(II), Ni(II), Cu(II), or Zn(II) ion have been synthesized and characterized by X-ray crystallography. Cyclic voltammetry and controlled potential coulometry show that each dication (except those of Cu(II) and Zn(II)) can be reversibly one-electron-oxidized, yielding the respective trications [M(III)L0(2)]3+, and in addition, they can be reversibly reduced to the corresponding monocations [ML2]+ and the neutral species [ML2]0 by two successive one-electron processes. [MnL2]PF6 and [CoL2]PF6 have been isolated and characterized by X-ray crystallography; their electronic structures are described as [Mn(III)L1(2)]PF6 and [Co(I)L0(2)]PF6 where (L1)1- represents the one-electron-reduced radical form of L0. The electronic structures of the tri-, di-, and monocations and of the neutral species have been elucidated in detail by a combination of spectroscopies: UV-vis, NMR, X-band EPR, Mossbauer, temperature-dependent magnetochemistry. It is shown that pyridine-2,6-diimine ligands are noninnocent ligands that can be coordinated to transition metal ions as neutral L0 or, alternatively, as monoanionic radical (L1)1-. All trications are of the type [M(III)L0(2)]3+, and the dications are [M(II)L0(2)]2+. The monocations are described as [Mn(III)L1(2)]+ (S = 0), [Fe(II)L0L1]+ (S = 1/2), [Co(I)L0(2)]+ (S = 1), [Ni(I)L0(2)]+ (S = 1/2), [Cu(I)L0(2)]+ (S = 0), [Zn(II)L1L0]+ (S = 1/2) where the Mn(II) and Fe(II) ions are low-spin-configurated. The neutral species are described as [Mn(II)L1(2)]0, [Fe(II)L1(2)]0, [Co(I)L0L1]0, [Ni(I)L0L1]0, and [Zn(II)L1(2)]0; their electronic ground states have not been determined.
A detailed study of spin dynamics in a 6 nm Fe3O4 ferrofluid using a substantially improved selective excitation double Mossbauer (SEDM) experimental technique has led to the unambiguous separation of static disorder, collective excitations, and moment reversals. Superparamagnetic spin flips have been observed through the appearance of an additional line in the SEDM spectrum, defining the energy transitions during relaxation, with frequencies of 2.5+/-0.3 MHz at 70 K to 9.7+/-1.0 MHz at 110 K. SEDM offers a precise window into the dynamics and blocking behavior of fine particle systems.
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