Redox interconversions between the GOase
semi(Cu
II, Tyr) and tyrosyl radical containingGOase
ox (Cu
II, Tyr
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)oxidation states of the Cu-containing enzyme galactose oxidase (GOase)from
Fusarium NRRL 2903 have beenstudied. The inorganic complexes[Fe(CN)
6]
3- (410 mV),[Co(phen)
3]
3+ (370 mV),[W(CN)
8]
3- (530 mV),and[Co(dipic)
2]
- (362 mV)(
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' values vs NHE; dipic = 2,6-dicarboxylatopyridine)were used as oxidants for GOase
semi,and [Fe(CN)
6]
4- and[Co(phen)
3]
2+ as reductants forGOase
ox. On oxidation of GOase
semi aradical is generatedat the coordinated phenolate of Tyr-272 to give GOase
ox.The one-electron reduction potential
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C)forthe GOase
ox/GOase
semi couple varies with pH andis 400 mV vs NHE at pH 7.5, the smallest value so farobservedfor a tyrosyl radical. The reactions are very sensitive to pH, ormore precisely to p
Ka values ofGOase
semi andGOase
ox, and the charge on the inorganic reagent. Forexample, with [Fe(CN)
6]
3-as oxidant, the rate constant(25
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C)/M
-1 s
-1of 0.16 × 10
3 (pH ~ 9.5) increases to 4.3 ×10
3 (pH ~ 5.5), while for[Co(phen)
3]
3+ a valueof 4.9 × 10
3 (pH ~ 9.5) decreases to 0.04 ×10
3 (pH ~ 5.5),
I = 0.100 M (NaCl).From the kinetics a singleGOase
semi acid dissociation process,p
Ka = 8.0 (average), has been confirmed byUV-vis spectrophotometricstudies (7.9). The corresponding value for GOase
ox is6.7. No comparable kinetic or spectrophotometric pHdependences are observed with the Tyr495Phe variant, indicating theaxial Tyr-495 as the site of protonation.Neutral CH
3CO
2H and HN
3species bind at the substrate binding site of GOase
semi,thus mimicking the behaviorof primary alcohols RCH
2OH, the natural substrate ofGOase. On coordination, loss of a proton occurs, andinhibition of the oxidation with[Fe(CN)
6]
3- isobserved.