Infrared spectroscopy of the cyanide complex of iron (II) myoglobin and comparison with complexes of microperoxidase and hemoglobin

Biochemistry
K S ReddyJ M Vanderkooi

Abstract

The cyanide complex of FeIIMb prepared and maintained at temperatures below 0 degrees C is sufficiently stable to permit spectroscopic characterization and allow comparison with free HCN and other ferric and ferrous CN complexes. The visible absorption spectrum of FeIIMb-CN has a split alpha band maxima at 571 and 563 nm, suggesting distortion in the x-y plane of the porphyrin. FeIIMb-CN, like the CO complex, was found to be optically active by circular dichroism. The C-N stretching frequencies for the CN-ferrous complexes are very sensitive to parameters within the heme pocket. The values are as follows: FEIIMb at pH 8, 2057 cm-1 with a shoulder appearing at 2078 cm-1 at pH 5.6; FeIIMp, 2034 cm-1. In contrast, the frequencies for C-N stretch differ little among ferric heme complexes, ranging from 2123 to 2125 cm-1 for myoglobin, hemoglobin, and microperoxidase. These values compare with free HCN (2094 cm-1) or CN- (2080 cm-1). Quantum chemical modeling of the neutral iron-porphyrin complex with imidazole and cyanide and of its anion was used to explain the effects of the cyanide coordination and of iron reduction on the C-N stretching frequencies. The lower nu C-N for FeIIMb-CN relative to the ferric complex is attributed to t...Continue Reading

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