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J. Biol. Chem., Vol. 267, Issue 19, 13293-13301, 07, 1992

Resonance Raman spectra of horseradish peroxidase and bovine liver catalase compound I species. Evidence for predominant 2A2u pi-cation radical ground state configurations

WJ Chuang and HE Van Wart
Department of Chemistry, Florida State University, Tallahassee 32306.

The nature of the porphyrin pi-cation radicals in the horseradish peroxidase and bovine liver catalase (BLC) compound I species have been investigated by studying their resonance Raman spectra. A variety of laser excitation and sample interrogation procedures have been employed in order to minimize previously documented problems arising from photoinduced conversions. With Soret band excitation, the spectra obtained for both species resemble that of a compound II-like photoproduct unless the samples are excited with residence times in the microsecond regime with very low (approximately 1 milliwatt) powers. When these precautions are taken, spectra attributable to the compound I species themselves are obtained. The spectrum for horseradish peroxidase compound I is similar to that reported by Paeng and Kincaid (Paeng, K.-J., and Kincaid, J. R. (1988) Am. Chem. Soc. 110, 7913-7915) using a similar approach. Both horseradish peroxidase and BLC compound I exhibit frequency shifts relative to their compound II species that are in the direction observed for model pi-cation radicals with predominant 2A2u character. The magnitudes of these shifts are smaller than those observed for heme models that lack aromatic axial ligands, but agree well with those observed on formation of the compound I analog of N alpha-acetyl microperoxidase-8 that has His as a proximal ligand. This observation is consistent with partial delocalization of the radical density onto the proximal His-170 and Tyr-357 ligands in horseradish peroxidase and BLC, respectively. The strong ligand field provided by these ligands on the proximal side and oxo ligand on the distal side of the heme group is apparently sufficient to reverse the 2A1u radical ground state preference observed for heme-like porphyrin species (e.g. octaethylporphyrins) with weak axial fields. Enhancement of several bands assigned to the Tyr-357 ligand has also been observed for BLC compound I with 406.7-nm excitation. This is attributed either to resonance with a tyrosinate----Fe(IV) charge transfer band or to the coupling provided by radical spin delocalization onto the tyrosinate ligand.
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