scholarly journals Electron-transfer studies involving flavodoxin and a natural redox partner, the iron protein of nitrogenase. Conformational constraints on protein-protein interactions and the kinetics of electron transfer within the protein complex

1988 ◽  
Vol 253 (2) ◽  
pp. 587-595 ◽  
Author(s):  
R N Thorneley ◽  
J Deistung
Keyword(s):  
Electron Transfer ◽  
Protein Interactions ◽  
Protein Complex ◽  
Protein Complexes ◽  
Linear Free Energy Relationship ◽  
Midpoint Potential ◽  
Linear Free Energy ◽  
Redox Partner ◽  
Fe Protein ◽  
Kinetics Of

The kinetics of electron-transfer reactions involving flavodoxins from Klebsiella pneumoniae (KpFld), Azotobacter chroococcum (AcFld), Anacystis nidulans (AnFld) and Megasphaera elsdenii (MeFld), the free, MgADP-bound and MgATP-bound forms of the Fe protein component of nitrogenase from K. pneumoniae [Kp2, Kp2(MgADP)2 and Kp2(MgATP)2] and Na2S2O4 were studied by stopped-flow spectrophotometry. Kinetic evidence was obtained for the formation of binary protein complexes involving KpFldSQ (semiquinone) with either Kp2(MgADP)2 (KD = 49 microM) or Kp2(MgATP)2 (KD = 13 microM) but not with Kp2 (KD greater than 730 microM). The binding of 2MgATP or 2MgADP to Kp2 therefore not only shifts the midpoint potential (Em) of the [4Fe-4S] centre from -200 mV to -320 mV or -350 mV respectively but also changes the affinity of Kp2 for KpFldSQ. Thermodynamically unfavourable electron from Kp2(MgADP)2 and Kp2(MgATP)2 to KpFldSQ occurs within the protein complexes with k = 1.2 s-1 (delta E = -72 mV) and 0.5 s-1 (delta E = -120 mV) respectively. Although AcFldSQ is reduced by Kp2, Kp2(MgADP)2 and Kp2(MgATP)2 (k = 8 x 10(3), 2.4 x 10(3) and 9 x 10(2) M-1.s-1 respectively), protein-complex formation is weak in each case (KD greater than 700 microM). Electron transfer in the physiologically important and thermodynamically favourable direction from Kp2FldHQ (hydroquinone) and AcFldHQ to Kp2ox.(MgADP)2 (the state of Kp2 that accepts electrons from FldHQ in the catalytic cycle of nitrogenase) is rapid (k greater than 10(6) M-1.s-1). The second-order rate constants for the reduction of KpFldSQ, AcFldSQ, AnFldSQ and MeFldSQ by SO2.- (active reductant formed by the predissociation of S2O4(2-) ion) exhibited the linear free-energy relationship predicted by the Marcus theory of electron transfer.

Long-range electron–electron interaction and charge transfer in protein complexes: a numerical approach

2019 ◽  
Vol 21 (34) ◽  
pp. 18595-18604 ◽  
Author(s):  
David Gnandt ◽  
Thorsten Koslowski
Keyword(s):  
Electron Transfer ◽  
Charge Transfer ◽  
Protein Complexes ◽  
Numerical Approach ◽  
Pair Approximation ◽  
Electron Interaction ◽  
Coulomb Interactions ◽  
Electron Transfer Proteins ◽  
Thermodynamics And Kinetics ◽  
Kinetics Of

Coulomb interactions in large electron transfer proteins can be addressed within a pair approximation. They have a profound effect on the thermodynamics and kinetics of charge transport.

scholarly journals Kinetics of alkoxysilanes hydrolysis: An empirical approach

2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ahmed A. Issa ◽  
Marwa El-Azazy ◽  
Adriaan S. Luyt
Keyword(s):  
Reaction Mechanisms ◽  
Hydrolysis Reaction ◽  
Hydrolysis Rate ◽  
Coupling Agents ◽  
Linear Free Energy Relationship ◽  
Acidic Media ◽  
Linear Free Energy ◽  
Primary Materials ◽  
Kinetics Of ◽  
Hydrolysis Of

AbstractAlkoxysilanes and organoalkoxysilanes are primary materials in several industries, e.g. coating, anti-corrosion treatment, fabrication of stationary phase for chromatography, and coupling agents. The hydrolytic polycondensation reactions and final product can be controlled by adjusting the hydrolysis reaction, which was investigated under a variety of conditions, such as different alkoxysilanes, solvents, and catalysts by using gas chromatography. The hydrolysis rate of alkoxysilanes shows a dependence on the alkoxysilane structure (especially the organic attachments), solvent properties, and the catalyst dissociation constant and solubility. Some of the alkoxysilanes exhibit intramolecular catalysis. Hydrogen bonding plays an important role in the enhancement of the hydrolysis reaction, as well as the dipole moment of the alkoxysilanes, especially in acetonitrile. There is a relationship between the experimentally calculated polarity by the Taft equation and the reactivity, but it shows different responses depending on the solvent. It was found that negative and positive charges are respectively accumulated in the transition state in alkaline and acidic media. The reaction mechanisms are somewhat different from those previously suggested. Finally, it was found that enthalpy–entropy compensation (EEC) effect and isokinetic relationships (IKR) are exhibited during the hydrolysis of CTES in different solvents and catalysts; therefore, the reaction has a linear free energy relationship (LFER).

Benzhydrylium and tritylium ions: complementary probes for examining ambident nucleophiles

2015 ◽  
Vol 87 (4) ◽  
pp. 341-351 ◽  
Author(s):  
Armin R. Ofial
Keyword(s):  
Free Energy ◽  
Rate Constants ◽  
The Other ◽  
Steric Effects ◽  
Linear Free Energy Relationship ◽  
Reliable Tool ◽  
Linear Free Energy ◽  
Sensitivity Parameter ◽  
Meldrum's Acids ◽  
Kinetics Of

AbstractThe linear free energy relationship log k = sN(N + E) (eq. 1), in which E is an electrophilicity, N is a nucleophilicity, and sN is a nucleophile-dependent sensitivity parameter, is a reliable tool for predicting rate constants of bimolecular electrophile-nucleophile combinations. Nucleophilicity scales that are based on eq. (1) rely on a set of structurally similar benzhydrylium ions (Ar2CH+) as reference electrophiles. As steric effects are not explicitely considered, eq. (1) cannot unrestrictedly be employed for reactions of bulky substrates. Since, on the other hand, the reactions of tritylium ions (Ar3C+) with hydride donors, alcohols, and amines were found to follow eq. (1), tritylium ions turned out to be complementary tools for probing organic reactivity. Kinetics of the reactions of Ar3C+ with π-nucleophiles (olefins), n-nucleophiles (amines, alcohols, water), hydride donors and ambident nucleophiles, such as the anions of 5-substituted Meldrum’s acids, are discussed to analyze the applicability of tritylium ions as reference electrophiles.

Comparison of the nucleophilicities of alcohols and alkoxides

2005 ◽  
Vol 83 (9) ◽  
pp. 1554-1560 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thanh Binh Phan ◽  
Herbert Mayr
Keyword(s):  
Free Energy ◽  
Key Words ◽  
Rate Constants ◽  
Correlation Equation ◽  
Linear Free Energy Relationship ◽  
Hydroxide Solution ◽  
Linear Free Energy ◽  
S Parameters ◽  
Nucleophilic Reactivity ◽  
Kinetics Of

The kinetics of the reactions of benzhydrylium ions with some alcohols and alkoxides dissolved in the corresponding alcohols were photometrically investigated. Using the correlation equation log k (20 °C) = s(E + N), the N and s parameters of methoxide, ethoxide, n-propoxide, and isopropoxide in alcohol–acetonitrile (91:9, v/v) were determined. The cosolvent acetonitrile has only a little influence on the rate constants of the reactions of alcohols and alkoxides. The order of N values (OH– << MeO– < EtO– < n-PrO– < i-PrO–) shows that alkoxides differ only moderately in reactivity but are considerably more nucleophilic than hydroxide. As a consequence, the nucleophilic reactivity of a 0.5 mmol/L aqueous hydroxide solution increases by a factor of 13 when 10% (v/v) methanol is added. In 1–10 mmol/L alkoxide solutions in alcohols, weak electrophiles react considerably faster with alkoxides than with the corresponding alcohols. With increasing electrophilicity, the preference for alkoxides decreases, and electrophiles of –3 < E < 3 react with alkoxides (1–10 mmol/L) and alcohols with comparable rates. Stronger electrophiles will react with alcohols exclusively when alkoxides are present in concentrations ≤10 mmol/L. Key words: kinetics, alcohol, alkoxide, linear free energy relationship, nucleophilicity.<

Establishing linear-free-energy relationships for the quadricyclane-to-norbornadiene reaction

2020 ◽  
Vol 18 (11) ◽  
pp. 2113-2119 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mads Mansø ◽  
Anne Ugleholdt Petersen ◽  
Kasper Moth-Poulsen ◽  
Mogens Brøndsted Nielsen
Keyword(s):  
Free Energy ◽  
Linear Free Energy Relationship ◽  
Linear Free Energy Relationships ◽  
Linear Free Energy ◽  
Energy Relationships ◽  
Kinetics Of ◽  
Selection Of

The kinetics of the thermal quadricyclane-to-norbornadiene (QC-to-NBD) isomerization follows a linear-free-energy relationship when using Creary radical values for a selection of aryl/cyano disubstituted derivatives.

scholarly journals Vanadium nitrogenase of Azotobacter chroococcum. MgATP-dependent electron transfer within the protein complex

1989 ◽  
Vol 257 (3) ◽  
pp. 789-794 ◽  
Author(s):  
R N F Thorneley ◽  
N H J Bergström ◽  
R R Eady ◽  
D J Lowe
Keyword(s):  
Electron Transfer ◽  
Transfer Reaction ◽  
Competitive Inhibitor ◽  
Electron Transfer Reaction ◽  
Azotobacter Chroococcum ◽  
First Order ◽  
Fe Protein ◽  
Vanadium Nitrogenase ◽  
Electron Transfer Complex ◽  
Kinetics Of

The kinetics of MgATP-induced electron transfer from the Fe protein (Ac2V) to the VFe protein (AclV) of the vanadium-containing nitrogenase from Azotobacter chroococcum were studied by stopped-flow spectrophotometry at 23 degrees C at pH 7.2. They are very similar to those of the molybdenum nitrogenase of Klebsiella pneumoniae [Thorneley (1975) Biochem. J. 145, 391-396]. Extrapolation of the dependence of kobs. on [MgATP] to infinite MgATP concentration gave k = 46 s-1 for the first-order electron-transfer reaction that occurs with the Ac2V MgATPAclV complex. MgATP binds with an apparent KD = 230 +/- 10 microM and MgADP acts as a competitive inhibitor with Ki = 30 +/- 5 microM. The Fe protein and VFe protein associate with k greater than or equal to 3 x 10(7) M-1.s-1. A comparison of the dependences of kobs. for electron transfer on protein concentrations for the vanadium nitrogenase from A. chroococcum with those for the molybdenum nitrogenase from K. pneumoniae [Lowe & Thorneley (1984) Biochem. J. 224, 895-901] indicates that the proteins of the vanadium nitrogenase system form a weaker electron-transfer complex.

Kinetics and mechanism of bromination of styrenes

1967 ◽  
Vol 45 (2) ◽  
pp. 167-173 ◽  
Author(s):  
Keith Yates ◽  
W. V. Wright
Keyword(s):  
Activation Parameters ◽  
Second Order ◽  
Linear Free Energy Relationship ◽  
Reaction Products ◽  
Order Process ◽  
Third Order ◽  
Linear Free Energy ◽  
Reaction Constant ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
Kinetics Of

The kinetics of bromination of six substituted styrènes (3-fluoro-, 3-chloro-, 3-bromo-, 3,4-dichloro-, 3-nitro-, and 4-nitro-) in anhydrous acetic acid have been investigated at several temperatures. At 25.3 °C the reactions follow the rate expression [Formula: see text]The rate constants for the second order process show a good linear free energy relationship of the log k versus σ type with ρ = − 2.24. (The value obtained at 35.3 °C is − 1.93.) No simple rate-substituent dependence is obtained for the more complex third order process. Activation parameters have been obtained for the second order brominations, the ΔS≠ values being large and negative. Bromination of styrene in the presence of a large excess of acetate or nitrate gives only two products in each case, the α,β-dibromide and the α –acetoxy β-bromide or α -nitrato- β -bromide respectively.The magnitude of the reaction constant ρ, the values of ΔS≠, and the reaction products all support a mechanism involving a highly unsymmetrical bromonium ion intermediate.

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