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Biomimetic Studies on Iodothyronine Deiodinase Intermediates: Modeling the Reduction of Selenenyl Iodide by Thiols
Author(s) -
Mugesh Govindasamy,
du Mont WolfWalther,
Wismach Cathleen,
Jones Peter G.
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
chembiochem
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.05
H-Index - 126
eISSN - 1439-7633
pISSN - 1439-4227
DOI - 10.1002/1439-7633(20020503)3:5<440::aid-cbic440>3.0.co;2-8
Subject(s) - chemistry , iodide , diselenide , iodothyronine deiodinase , diphenyl diselenide , deiodinase , medicinal chemistry , thiol , disproportionation , organic chemistry , catalysis , selenium , thyroid hormones , biochemistry , hormone
Enzyme mimetic studies on the crucial intermediate (E−SeI) of the iodothyronine deiodinase cycle have been carried out by using an areneselenenyl iodide stabilized by intramolecular Se⋅⋅⋅N interactions. Treatment of this compound with aromatic thiols and thiobenzoxazole in the presence of NEt 3 affords areneselenenyl sulfides that are stable towards disproportionation reactions. The structures of three of the areneselenenyl sulfides were determined by X‐ray crystallography. In one case, in the absence of NEt 3 , a diselenide can be formed rather than the selenenyl sulfide. The areneselenenyl iodide also reacts with a related selenol to produce the corresponding diselenide, and this reaction is found to be much faster than that with thiols. The high reactivity of the selenenyl iodide with the selenol suggests that a reduced selenol group (R′−SeH) may react with the E−SeI intermediate to produce a diselenide (E−Se−Se−R′) without any thiol cosubstrate. The intermediacy of selenenyl sulfides during the reduction of selenenyl iodide by thiols and its possible relevance to the iodothyronine deiodinase catalytic cycle is also described.