Structure and Quantum Chemical Characterization of Chloroperoxidase Compound 0, a Common Reaction Intermediate of Diverse Heme Enzymes.
Kuhnel, K., Derat, E., Terner, J., Shaik, S., Schlichting, I.(2007) Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 104: 99
- PubMed: 17190816 
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.0606285103
- Primary Citation of Related Structures:  
2J5M - PubMed Abstract: 
We have determined the crystal structure of the chloroperoxidase (CPO) hydroperoxo reaction intermediate (CPO compound 0) at 1.75-A resolution. The intermediate was generated through controlled photoreduction of the CPO oxygen complex during x-ray data collection, which was monitored by recording of the crystal absorption spectra. Initially, the peroxo-anion species was formed and then protonated to yield compound 0. Quantum chemical calculations indicate that the peroxo-anion species is not stable and collapses instantaneously to compound 0. Compound 0 is present in the ferric low-spin doublet ground state and is characterized by a long O O bond length of 1.5 A and a Fe O bond distance of 1.8 A, which is also observed in the crystal structure.
Organizational Affiliation: 
Department of Biomolecular Mechanisms, Max Planck Institute for Medical Research, Jahnstrasse 29, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany.