Porphyrin traps its terminator! Concerted and stepwise porphyrin degradation mechanisms induced by heme-oxygenase and cytochrome P450

Pankaz K. Sharma, Rouslan Kevorkiants, Sam P. De Visser, Devesh Kumar, Sason Shaik

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    Abstract

    Concerted or stepwise? A homolytic stepwise pathway is taken by the enzyme heme-oxygenase (HO) to degrade the porphyrin ring in heme species. The porphyrin ring assists the enzyme by trapping the hydroxyl radical during the degradation (see scheme). HO is compared to cytochrome P450.
    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)1129-1132
    Number of pages3
    JournalAngewandte Chemie - International Edition
    Volume43
    Issue number9
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 20 Feb 2004

    Keywords

    • Density functional calculations
    • Enzyme catalysis
    • Enzyme models
    • Heme proteins
    • Oxygenation

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