Pulsed electron-electron double resonance on multinuclear metal clusters: assignment of spin projection factors based on the dipolar interaction

J Am Chem Soc. 2002 Oct 23;124(42):12606-11. doi: 10.1021/ja027348+.

Abstract

The interaction between two paramagnetic metal centers, a [3Fe-4S](+) cluster and a [NiFe] center, is investigated in the hydrogenase from Desulfovibrio vulgaris Miyazaki F by pulsed ELDOR (electron-electron double resonance). The distance between the metal centers is known from X-ray crystallography. The experimental dipolar spin-spin interaction deviates from the value expected for two point-dipoles located at the centers of the metal clusters. An extended spin-coupling model accounting for the spin coupling in the [3Fe-4S](+) cluster yields the observed interaction under the assumption of a particular magnetic coupling scheme for the three Fe ions. These results demonstrate that pulsed ELDOR can be used to gain insight into the inner structure of a multinuclear metal cluster.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Computer Simulation
  • Desulfovibrio vulgaris / enzymology
  • Electron Spin Resonance Spectroscopy
  • Fourier Analysis
  • Hydrogen / chemistry
  • Hydrogen / metabolism
  • Hydrogenase / chemistry*
  • Hydrogenase / metabolism
  • Iron-Sulfur Proteins / chemistry*
  • Iron-Sulfur Proteins / metabolism
  • Models, Molecular

Substances

  • Iron-Sulfur Proteins
  • Hydrogen
  • nickel-iron hydrogenase
  • Hydrogenase