1. Institute of Physical and Chemical Research, Wako, Saitama 351, Japan;2. Biological Institute, Faculty of Science, Nagoya University, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya 464, Japan;3. Institute for Fermentation, Osaka, Yodogawa-ku, Osaka 532, Japan
Abstract:
Reduction of the bis-pilocarpate-haemin complex at pH greater than or equal to 10 involves the simultaneous uptake of an electron by the Fe(III) ion and a proton by the pendant alkoxide group of an axial ligand. This provides a protein-free model for reactions such as the proton-coupled reduction of cytochromes which involve cooperative Coulombic interaction between two non-bonded sites.