TY - JOUR
T1 - Quantum chemical studies for oxidation of morpholine by Cytochrome P450
AU - Shaikh, Abdul Rajjak
AU - Sahnoun, Riadh
AU - Broclawik, Ewa
AU - Koyama, Michihisa
AU - Tsuboi, Hideyuki
AU - Hatakeyama, Nozomu
AU - Endou, Akira
AU - Takaba, Hiromitsu
AU - Kubo, Momoji
AU - Carpio, Carlos A.Del
AU - Miyamoto, Akira
PY - 2009/1
Y1 - 2009/1
N2 - Since morpholine oxidation has recently been shown to involve Cytochrome P450, the study on its mechanism at molecular level using quantum chemical calculations for the model of cytochrome active site is reported here. The reaction pathway is investigated for two electronic states, the doublet and the quartet, by means of density functional theory. The results show that morpholine hydroxylation occurs through hydrogen atom abstraction and rebound mechanism. However, in the low spin state, the reaction is concerted and hydrogen atom abstraction yields directly ferric-hydroxy morpholine complex without a distinct rebound step while in quartet state the reaction is stepwise. The presence of nitrogen in a morpholine heterocycle is postulated to greatly facilitate hydrogen abstraction. The hydroxylated product undergoes intramolecular hydrogen atom transfer from hydroxy group to nitrogen, leading to the cleavage of the C-N bond and the formation of 2-(2-aminoethoxy) acetaldehyde. The cleavage of the C-N bond is indicated as the rate-determining step for the studied reaction. The assistance of explicit water molecule is shown to lower the energy barrier for the C-N bond cleavage in enzymatic environment whereas solvent effects mimicked by COSMO solvent model have minor influence on relative energies along the pathway.
AB - Since morpholine oxidation has recently been shown to involve Cytochrome P450, the study on its mechanism at molecular level using quantum chemical calculations for the model of cytochrome active site is reported here. The reaction pathway is investigated for two electronic states, the doublet and the quartet, by means of density functional theory. The results show that morpholine hydroxylation occurs through hydrogen atom abstraction and rebound mechanism. However, in the low spin state, the reaction is concerted and hydrogen atom abstraction yields directly ferric-hydroxy morpholine complex without a distinct rebound step while in quartet state the reaction is stepwise. The presence of nitrogen in a morpholine heterocycle is postulated to greatly facilitate hydrogen abstraction. The hydroxylated product undergoes intramolecular hydrogen atom transfer from hydroxy group to nitrogen, leading to the cleavage of the C-N bond and the formation of 2-(2-aminoethoxy) acetaldehyde. The cleavage of the C-N bond is indicated as the rate-determining step for the studied reaction. The assistance of explicit water molecule is shown to lower the energy barrier for the C-N bond cleavage in enzymatic environment whereas solvent effects mimicked by COSMO solvent model have minor influence on relative energies along the pathway.
KW - Cytochrome P450
KW - DFT modeling
KW - Enzymatic oxidation
KW - Morpholine biodegradation
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U2 - 10.1016/j.jinorgbio.2008.08.013
DO - 10.1016/j.jinorgbio.2008.08.013
M3 - Article
C2 - 18848727
AN - SCOPUS:56649111217
VL - 103
SP - 20
EP - 27
JO - Journal of Inorganic Biochemistry
JF - Journal of Inorganic Biochemistry
SN - 0162-0134
IS - 1
ER -