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DOI 10.3390/ijms20235955
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Title (Primary) Can alkaline hydrolysis of γ-HCH serve as a model reaction to study its aerobic enzymatic dehydrochlorination by LinA?
Author Kannath, S.; Adamczyk, P.; Wu, L.; Richnow, H.H.; Dybala-Defratyka, A.
Source Titel International Journal of Molecular Sciences
Year 2019
Department ISOBIO
Volume 20
Issue 23
Page From art. 5955
Language englisch
Supplements https://www.mdpi.com/1422-0067/20/23/5955/s1
Keywords kinetic isotope effects; explicit solvation; elimination reaction; QM/MM; density functional theory; path integral; hexachlorocyclohexanes
Abstract Hexachlorocyclohexane (HCH) isomers constitute a group of persistent organic pollutants. Their mass production and treatment have led to a global environmental problem that continues to this day. The characterization of modes of degradation of HCH by isotope fractionation is a current challenge. Multi isotope fractionation analysis provides a concept to characterize the nature of enzymatic and chemical transformation reactions. The understanding of the kinetic isotope effects (KIE) on bond cleavage reaction contributes to analyses of the mechanism of chemical and enzymatic reactions. Herein, carbon, chlorine, and hydrogen kinetic isotope effects are measured and predicted for the dehydrochlorination reaction of γ-HCH promoted by the hydroxyl ion in aqueous solution. Quantum mechanical (QM) microsolvation with an implicit solvation model and path integral formalism in combination with free-energy perturbation and umbrella sampling (PI-FEP/UM) and quantum mechanical/molecular mechanical QM/MM potentials for including solvent effects as well as calculating isotope effects are used and analyzed with respect to their performance in reproducing measured values. Reaction characterization is discussed based on the magnitudes of obtained isotope effects. The comparative analysis between the chemical dehydrochlorination of γ-HCH in aqueous media and catalyzed reaction by dehydrochlorinase, LinA is presented and discussed. Based on the values of isotope effects, these two processes seem to occur via the same net mechanism.
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Kannath, S., Adamczyk, P., Wu, L., Richnow, H.H., Dybala-Defratyka, A. (2019):
Can alkaline hydrolysis of γ-HCH serve as a model reaction to study its aerobic enzymatic dehydrochlorination by LinA?
Int. J. Mol. Sci. 20 (23), art. 5955 10.3390/ijms20235955