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DOI 10.1021/acs.est.0c04404
Titel (primär) Dehalococcoides-mediated B12-dependent reductive dehalogenation of aromatics does not proceed through outer-sphere electron transfer
Autor Zhang, S.; Adrian, L.; Schüürmann, G.
Quelle Environmental Science & Technology
Erscheinungsjahr 2020
Department OEC; UBT
Band/Volume 54
Heft 24
Seite von 15751
Seite bis 15758
Sprache englisch
Supplements https://pubs.acs.org/doi/suppl/10.1021/acs.est.0c04404/suppl_file/es0c04404_si_001.pdf
Abstract Several anaerobic bacteria can couple the reduction of aromatic halides to energy conservation. This organohalide respiration is catalyzed by enzymes containing cob(I)alamin, an activated supernucleophilic form of the coenzyme vitamin B12. However, the mechanism underlying the electron transfer (inner-sphere vs outer-sphere ET) still remains elusive. To clarify this issue, we selected 36 fluoro-, chloro-, and bromobenzenes as representative substrates and calculated their free-energy barriers at the quantum chemical density functional theory level, considering a wide range of theoretically possible outer-sphere ET mechanisms. Across all 336 reaction routes addressed, 334 routes involve free-energy barriers larger than 20 kcal/mol. For two reaction routes with highly brominated benzenes, free-energy barriers below 20 kcal/mol imply abiotic reduction as observed in experiments. Thus, microbial B12-dependent aromatic reductive dehalogenation does not proceed through an outer-sphere ET mechanism. Instead, the present study strongly suggests that microbe-catalyzed reductive dehalogenation of aromatic halides is governed by inner-sphere ET.
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Zhang, S., Adrian, L., Schüürmann, G. (2020):
Dehalococcoides-mediated B12-dependent reductive dehalogenation of aromatics does not proceed through outer-sphere electron transfer
Environ. Sci. Technol. 54 (24), 15751 - 15758 10.1021/acs.est.0c04404