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      Mechanisms of electron transfer from sulfite to horseradish peroxidase-hydroperoxide compounds.

      Biochemistry
      Electron Transport, Horseradish Peroxidase, metabolism, Hydrogen Peroxide, Hydrogen-Ion Concentration, Kinetics, Peroxidases, Spectrophotometry, Sulfites

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          Using a rapid-scan spectrophotometer equipped with a stopped-flow apparatus, reactions of sulfite with compounds I and II of two horseradish peroxidase isoenzymes A and C were investigated. The direct two-electron reduction of peroxidase compound I by sulfite occurred at acidic pH but the mechanism gradually changed to the two-step reduction with the intermediate formation of compound II as the pH increased. The pH at which the one- and two-electron changes occurred at the same speed was 4.5 for peroxidase A and 7.7 for peroxidase C. A new peroxidase intermediate was found in the reaction between peroxidase compound II and sulfite. The sulfite compound showed a characteristic absorption band at 850 nm and the optical spectrum was similar to that of isoporphyrins but was quite different from that of sulfhemoproteins. The rate (k) of conversion from the sulfite-compound II complex to the sulfite compound was proportional to the concentration of H+ and the log k vs. pH plot for peroxidase A moved to the acidic side by 1.1 pH unit from that for peroxidase C.

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