Oxidation of methionine peptides by Fenton systems: the importance of peptide sequence, neighbouring groups and EDTA
- 1 January 1996
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) in Journal of the Chemical Society, Perkin Transactions 2
- No. 5,p. 915-924
- https://doi.org/10.1039/p29960000915
Abstract
We investigated the anaerobic oxidation of several Thr- and Met-containing di- and tri-peptides by Fenton systems, (NH4)2Fe(SO4)2/H2O2 and [FeII(EDTA)]2–/H2O2, respectively, and compared the respective product patterns with those obtained after oxidation with free radiation chemically generated hydroxyl radicals. The products obtained by the (NH4)2Fe(SO4)2/H2O2 system did not show any significant resemblance to product patterns characteristic for free hydroxyl radicals. In contrast, the [FeII(EDTA)]2–/H2O2 system generated a material balance which showed some similarity to the free hydroxyl radical-generated pattern. From a comparison of the relative reactivities of the various functional groups of the peptides with the quantities of products obtained, we conclude that for Thr Met, in particular at pH 6.3, a direct attack of a fraction of reactive oxygen species at the Met sulfur caused the formation of a sulfuranyl radical intermediate. This then underwent intramolecular coupled proton/electron-transfer with the protonated N-terminus to yield nitrogen-centered radical cations. The latter subsequently suffered heterolytic fragmentation of the Cα–Cβ bond of Thr to yield acetaldehyde. Such a pathway had previously been characterized for the oxidation of Thr-Met by free HO˙. The occurrence of such intramolecular radical transformation is taken as evidence that neighbouring group effects can operate during metal-catalysed peptide (and possibly protein) oxidation.Keywords
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