Reactive Sulfur Species: Kinetics and Mechanism of the Equilibrium between Cysteine Sulfenyl Thiocyanate and Cysteine Thiosulfinate Ester in Acidic Aqueous Solution

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Abstract

The kinetics and mechanism of the hydrolysis of cysteine sulfenyl thiocyanate (CySSCN) to give cysteine thiosulfinate ester (CyS(=O)SCy) have been investigated between pH 0 and 4. The reaction is reversible. The hydrolysis of CySSCN is second-order in [CySSCN] and inverse first-order in [H+] and [SCN-]. The following mechanism is proposed for the hydrolysis of CySSCN (where the charge depends upon the pH): CySSCN0/+ + H2O CySOH0/+ + SCN- + H+, CySOH0/+ + CySSCN0/+ --> CyS(=O)SCy0/+/2+ + SCN- + H+; k1 = 3.36 +/- 0.01 x 10-3 s-1, K1k2 = 0.13 +/- 0.05 Ms-1 (which yields k2/k-1 = 39 M). The observed rate law rules out alternative mechanisms for 1 0.4 M). The following mechanism is proposed: CyS(=O)SCy2+ + H+ CyS(OH)=SCy3+, Ka; CyS(OH)SCy3+ + SCN- --> CySOH+ + CySSCN+, k-2 = 0.239 +/- 0.007 M-2s-1/Ka M-1. Since cysteine sulfenic acids are known to play an important function in many enzymes, and SCN- exists in abundance in physiologic fluids, we discuss the possible role of sulfenyl thiocyanates in vivo.

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