Functional Modification of Oxygen Carrier Protein Hemocyanin and Its Application

血蓝蛋白在许多软体动物和节肢动物的血淋巴中起着氧载体和储存蛋白的作用。在这项研究中，我们发现，血蓝蛋白也可以作为一个单加氧酶时，它与变性剂，如尿素处理。活性氧物种的光谱特征，2：？2-过氧）二铜（II），以及酚的氧化机理进行了详细的探讨。此外，血蓝蛋白对酚类的催化氧化反应已被开发为一种环境友好的氧化过程。

Hemocyanin functions as the oxygen carrier and storage protein in the hemolymph of many mollusks and arthropods. In this study, we have found that hemocyanin can also act as a monooxygenase enzyme when it is treated with denaturant such as urea. Spectroscopic features of the active oxygen species, (?-?^2:?^2-peroxo)dicopper(II), as well as the oxygenation mechanism of phenols have been explored in detail. Furthermore, catalytic oxygenation reaction of phenols by hemocyanin has been developed as an environmentally benign oxygenation process.