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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
1992-12-2
pubmed:abstractText
The site-specific lysozyme damage by iron and by iron-catalysed oxygen radicals was investigated. A solution of purified lysozyme was inactivated by Fe(II) at pH 7.4 in phosphate buffer, as tested on cleavage of Micrococcus lysodeikticus cells; this inactivation was time- and iron concentration-dependent and was associated with a loss of tryptophan fluorescence. In addition, it was reversible at pH 4, as demonstrated by lysozyme reactivation and by the intensity of the 14.4-kD-band on SDS-PAGE. Desferal (1 mM) and Detapac (1 mM) added before iron, prevented lysozyme inactivation, while catalase (100 micrograms/ml), superoxide dismutase (100 micrograms/ml) and bovine serum albumin (100 micrograms/ml) gave about 30 to 40% protection by competing with lysozyme for iron binding. The denaturing effect of iron on lysozyme was studied in the presence of H2O2 (1 mM) and ascorbate (1 mM); under these conditions the enzyme underwent partly irreversible inactivation and degradation different to that produced by gamma radiolysis-generated .OH. Catalase almost fully protected lysozyme; in contrast, mannitol (10 mM), benzoate (10 mM), and formate (10 mM) provided no protection because of their inability to access the site at which damaging species are generated. In this system, radical species were formed in a site-specific manner, and they reacted essentially with lysozyme at the site of their formation, causing inactivation and degradation differently than the hydroxyl radical.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Catalase, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Ferrous Compounds, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Free Radical Scavengers, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Free Radicals, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Hydroxides, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Hydroxyl Radical, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Iron, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Iron Chelating Agents, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Muramidase, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Serum Albumin, Bovine, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Superoxide Dismutase, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/ferrous sulfate
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Nov
pubmed:issn
0003-9861
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
15
pubmed:volume
299
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
172-8
pubmed:dateRevised
2000-12-18
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1992
pubmed:articleTitle
Mechanism of lysozyme inactivation and degradation by iron.
pubmed:affiliation
INSERM U294, Faculté de Médecine Xavier Bichat, Paris, France.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article