Research Article

Reversible Dissociation and Ligand-Glutathione Exchange Reaction in Binuclear Cationic Tetranitrosyl Iron Complex with Penicillamine

Table 3

The results of mass spectrometry (Figure 9).

Ion mass singly charged, m/z Ion typeFormula for M, subunit or sequenceOrigin and other comments

308[M + H]+GSHGlutathione, C10O6N3SH17
477[M − GSH − 2NO + H]+ [Fe2(GSH)2(NO)4] Decomposition of (II)
538[M − GSH + H]+[Fe2(GSH)2(NO)4]Decomposition of (II)
613[M + H]+GS-SGOxidized form of glutathione
845[M + H]+[Fe2(GSH)2(NO)4]Cation of (II)
867[M + Na]+[Fe2(GSH)2(NO)4]Cation of (II)-Na+

(II) is the complex [Fe2(SC10H17N3O6)2(NO)4]SO4·2H2O.