Sulfide-bridged derivatives of binuclear iron site of hemerythrin at both met and semi-met oxidation levels

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Exposure of [Phascolopsis gouldii] methemerythrin (metHr) to S2- under anaerobic conditions results in a 1-electron reduction to the semi-met level and replacement of the .mu.-oxo bridge between the irons with a single sulfide. The sulfide bridge is maintained upon ferricyanide oxidation of semi-metsulfide to metsulfide hemerythrin and upon subsequent dithionite or S2- reduction back to the semi-met level. Chemical analyses show that metsulfideHr contains 1 S2- per 2 Fe. The single quadrupole doublet (.delta. = 0.50 mm/s; .DELTA.Eq = 0.99 mm/s) in the Moessbauer spectrum is consistent with a bridging sulfide geometry. The optical and resonance Raman spectra of metsulfideHr are reminiscent of the [2Fe.sbd.2S]iron.sbd.sulfur proteins. The optical spectrum exhibits multiple S2 .fwdarw. Fe(III) charge-transfer transitions between 400 and 600 nm. The resonance Raman spectrum reveals a series of overtones and combinations of the 431-cm-1 Fe.sbd.S.sbd.Fe symmetric vibration and the 327-cm-1 asymmetric vibration. The relative energies of the symmetric and asymmetric modes are characteristic of a sulfur-bridged system with a bridge angle of .apprx. 80.degree.. MetsulfideHr decomposes over several hours in air and over several days in the absence of O2 to metHr and semi-metsulfideHr, respectively. Unlike metHr and semi-metHr, neither the metsulfide nor the semi-metsulfide derivatives form stable adducts with anions such as azide or cyanide. Sulfide bridging confers new properties on the binuclear Fe center that are of interest to an understanding of the chemistry of hemerythrin and also of the [2Fe.sbd.2S]iron.sbd.sulfur proteins.
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