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Laboratorio de Metaloenzimas e Biomimeticos

Laboratorio de Metaloenzimas e Biomimeticos

Urease is an enzyme containing a dinuclear nickel active center responsible for the hydrolysis of urea into carbon dioxide and ammonia. Interestingly, inorganic models of urease are unable to mimic its mechanism despite their similarities to the enzyme active site. The reason behind the discrepancy in urea decomposition mechanisms between inorganic models and urease is still unknown. To evaluate this factor, we synthesized two bis-nickel complexes, [Ni2L(OAc)] (1) and [Ni2L(Cl)(Et3N)2] (2), based on the Trost bis-Pro-Phenol ligand (L) and encompassing different ligand labilities with coordination geometries similar to the active site of jack bean urease. Both mimetic complexes produced ammonia from urea, (1) and (2), were ten- and four-fold slower than urease, respectively. The presence and importance of several reaction intermediates were evaluated both experimentally and theoretically, indicating the aquo intermediate as a key intermediate, coordinating urea in an outer-sphere manner. Both complexes produced isocyanate, revealing an activated water molecule acting as a base. In addition, the reaction with different substrates indicated the biomimetic complexes were able to hydrolyze isocyanate. Thus, our results indicate that the formation of an outer-sphere complex in the urease analogues might be the reason urease performs a different mechanism. https://www.mdpi.com/1420-3049/28/4/1659

Publicacao na revista Molecules

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