IRON-CONTAINING SUPEROXIDE-DISMUTASE FROM STRICT ANAEROBE DESULFOVIBRIO-DESULFURICANS (NORWAY 4)
IRON-CONTAINING SUPEROXIDE-DISMUTASE FROM STRICT ANAEROBE DESULFOVIBRIO-DESULFURICANS (NORWAY 4)
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DOI:
10.1016/s0300-9084(77)80286-1
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发表时间:
1977-01-01
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影响因子:
3.9
通讯作者:
HENRY, YA
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作者:
HATCHIKIAN, EC;HENRY, YA
Superoxide dismutase, the enzyme which catalyzes the dismutation of superoxide free radicals .**GRAPHIC**. + 2 H+ .fwdarw. O2 + H2O2) was purified to homogeneity from the strictly anaerobic sulfate-reducing bacterium D. desulfuricans (Norway 4). Its MW is 43,000, and it is composed of 2 subunits of equal size which are not covalently bound. The enzyme contained Fe by atomic absorption, and the absence of acid-labile S indicates that it is not an Fe-S protein. EPR spectrum revealed that Fe occurs in a high spin ferric form. The UV and visible absorption spectra of the enzyme are presented, as are results of amino-acid analysis. This superoxide dismutase isolated from a strict anaerobe apparently exhibits similar physicochemical properties as compared to the Fe-containing dismutases found in aerobic microorganisms. The significance of the presence of a superoxide dismutase in this strictly anaerobic sulfate reducer is discussed.