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  • Title: Unusual features in EPR and Mössbauer spectra of the 2[4Fe-4Se]+ ferredoxin from Clostridium pasteurianum.
    Author: Moulis JM, Auric P, Gaillard J, Meyer J.
    Journal: J Biol Chem; 1984 Sep 25; 259(18):11396-402. PubMed ID: 6088543.
    Abstract:
    The electronic and magnetic properties of the selenium-substituted 2[4Fe-4Se]2+/+ ferredoxin (Fd) from Clostridium pasteurianum have been investigated by EPR and Mössbauer spectroscopy. The [4Fe-4Se]2+ clusters of oxidized Fd are diamagnetic and the Mössbauer spectra are nearly identical to those of oxidized 2[4Fe-4S]2+ Fd. The addition of 2e- per molecule of Se-substituted Fd causes the simultaneous appearance of three EPR signals: one (g1,2,3 = 2.103, 1.940, 1.888) is reminiscent of [4Fe-4S]+ EPR spectra and accounts for 0.7 to 0.8 spin/molecule. The two others consist of a broad signal with g = 4.5, 3.5, and approximately 2 (0.7 to 0.8 spin/molecule) and of a narrow peak at g = 5.172 which is observed up to 60 K. Peculiar features are also present in the Mössbauer spectra of 2[4Fe-4Se]+ Fd below 20 K: a subcomponent with lines near to +/- 4 mm/s and accounting for 20% of the total iron corresponds to two antiferromagnetically coupled sites in approximately a 3:1 ratio and displays fully developed paramagnetic hyperfine interactions at 4.2 K without any applied field. At 77 K, however, the reduced Se-substituted Fd yields a Mössbauer spectrum similar to that of 2[4Fe-4S]+ Fd. The new EPR and Mössbauer spectroscopic features of the 2[4Fe-4Se]+ Fd are attributed to S = 3/2 and S = 7/2 spin states which accompany the classical S = 1/2 state of [4Fe-4X]+ (X = S, Se) structures.
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