[2Fe] H component of the catalytic H-cluster of FeFe hydrogenase. The radical S-adenosyl-l-
methionine enzyme HydG lyses free tyrosine to produce p-cresol and the CO and CN−
ligands of the [2Fe] H cluster. Here, we applied stopped-flow Fourier transform infrared and
electron-nuclear double resonance spectroscopies to probe the formation of HydG-bound
Fe-containing species bearing CO and CN− ligands with spectroscopic signatures that …