Nitroxide radicals as research tools : Elucidating the kinetics and mechanisms of catalase-like and "suicide inactivation" of metmyoglobin

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BACKGROUND: Metmyoglobin (MbFe(III)) reaction with H(2)O(2) has been a subject of study over many years. H(2)O(2) alone promotes heme destruction frequently denoted "suicide inactivation," yet the mechanism underlying H(2)O(2) dismutation associated with MbFe(III) inactivation remains obscure.

METHODS: MbFe(III) reaction with excess H(2)O(2) in the absence and presence of the nitroxide was studied at pH 5.3-8.1 and 25°C by direct determination of reaction rate constants using rapid-mixing stopped-flow technique, by following H(2)O(2) depletion, O(2) evolution, spectral changes of the heme protein, and the fate of the nitroxide by EPR spectroscopy.

RESULTS: The rates of both H(2)O(2) dismutation and heme inactivation processes depend on [MbFe(III)], [H(2)O(2)] and pH. Yet the inactivation stoichiometry is independent of these variables and each MbFe(III) molecule catalyzes the dismutation of 50±10 H(2)O(2) molecules until it is inactivated. The nitroxide catalytically enhances the catalase-like activity of MbFe(III) while protecting the heme against inactivation. The rate-determining step in the absence and presence of the nitroxide is the reduction of MbFe(IV)O by H(2)O(2) and by nitroxide, respectively.

CONCLUSIONS: The nitroxide effects on H(2)O(2) dismutation catalyzed by MbFe(III) demonstrate that MbFe(IV)O reduction by H(2)O(2) is the rate-determining step of this process. The proposed mechanism, which adequately fits the pro-catalytic and protective effects of the nitroxide, implies the intermediacy of a compound I-H(2)O(2) adduct, which decomposes to a MbFe(IV)O and an inactivated heme at a ratio of 25:1.

GENERAL SIGNIFICANCE: The effects of nitroxides are instrumental in elucidating the mechanism underlying the catalysis and inactivation routes of heme proteins.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2016

Erschienen:

2016

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:1860

Enthalten in:

Biochimica et biophysica acta - 1860(2016), 7 vom: 15. Juli, Seite 1409-16

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Samuni, Uri [VerfasserIn]
Czapski, Gideon [VerfasserIn]
Goldstein, Sara [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

12772-23-5
BBX060AN9V
Catalase
Compound II
EC 1.11.1.6
GFQ4MMS07W
Heme protein
Hydrogen Peroxide
Journal Article
Kinetics
Mechanism
Metmyoglobin
Nitrogen Oxides
Nitroxide
Nitroxyl
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Suicide inactivation

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Date Completed 10.08.2016

Date Revised 26.11.2016

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.bbagen.2016.04.002

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NLM259253464