transport of reactive sulfur and nitrogen species in signaling, transport, and regulatory
processes. We report here that simple Fe2+ ions, such as those that are bioavailable in the
labile iron pool (LIP), react with thionitrite (SNO−) and perthionitrite (SSNO−) to yield the
dinitrosyl iron complex [Fe (NO) 2 (S5)]−. In the reaction of FeCl2 with SNO− we were able to
isolate the unstable intermediate hydrosulfido mononitrosyl iron complex [FeCl2 (NO)(SH)] …