On the haematin compound of peroxidase
On the haematin compound of peroxidase
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DOI:
10.1098/rspb.1937.0015
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发表时间:
1937-04-01
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通讯作者:
Mann, T
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作者:
Keilin, D;Mann, T
The peroxidase was prepared from horseradish roots by Elliott''s method: total hematin of the preparation was detd. as pyridine hemo-chromogen. The Hartridge reversion spectroscope was used to determine the position of the absorption bands. Peroxidase hematin has a 4-banded spectrum of the methembglobin type, with the first band at 645 m[mu] showing trivalent iron. On adding alkali, a reversible compound resembling alkaline methemoglobin is formed. Na2S2O4 reversibly reduces the hematin. The oxidized hematin reversibly combines with KCN, NO and H2S to form compounds with characteristic 2-banded spectra. NaF treatment results in a compound with 4-banded spectrum with the first band at 615 m[mu] more intense than the first 645 m[mu] band of the peroxidase. On treatment of the N2S2O4-reduced peroxidase solution with CO a 2-banded spectrum resembling that of CO-methem-oglobin appears. NaN3 and NH2OH do not modify the peroxidase spectrum, but do change the properties of the hematin. H2O2 addition results in the formation of 2 compounds: one formed when the peroxide is added in the proportion of 1 molecule to 1 atom Fe, with absorption bands at 561 and 530.5 m[mu]; a 2d when the peroxide is present in great excess, with bands at 583 and 545.5 m[mu]. Both these compounds are unstable in the presence of acceptors undergoing peroxidatic oxidation. The iron is trivalent in the H2O2-peroxidase compounds, since they will not combine with CO, and in the presence of hydroquinone are decomposed, liberating the peroxidase with an absorption band at 645 m[mu]. NaN3 combines with peroxidase in the presence of peroxide, forming a compound with 2 absorption bands, with which CO does not react. The only evidence for a hydroxyl-amine compound is that the amine inhibits the formation of H2O2-peroxidase. There is strict proportionality between enzyme activity and the concn. of the hematin compound estimated from the intensity of the absorption band at 645 m[mu], but not between activity and total hematin; the peroxidase hematin is not the only hematin present. Peroxidase resembles methemoglobin, and so can be considered as a compound of protohematin and native protein. The same hematin nucleus is found in methemoglobin and catalase.