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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
16
pubmed:dateCreated
1989-7-5
pubmed:abstractText
The reaction of horseradish peroxidase with alkylhydrazines results in delta-meso-alkylation of the prosthetic heme group and enzyme inactivation (Ator, M. A., David, S. K., and Ortiz de Montellano, P. R. (1987) J. Biol. Chem. 262, 14954-14960). As reported here, enzyme inactivation is associated with the accumulation of intermediates that absorb at approximately 835 nm. The properties of these intermediates, including their collapse to give meso-alkylhemes, identify them as isoporphyrins. The t1/2 values for inactivation and formation of the isoporphyrin intermediate at 25 degrees C are, respectively, 11.6 and 12.5 min for methylhydrazine (2.0 mM), 8.7 and 7.2 min for ethylhydrazine (1.0 mM), and 30 and 25 s for phenylethylhydrazine (50 microM). The isoporphyrin intermediates are surprisingly long-lived, with half-lives (35 degrees C, pH 7.0) of 9, 28, 96, and 450 min for, respectively, the phenylethyl, methyl, n-butyl, and ethyl analogues. pH studies show that protonation of a group with pKa = 5.0-6.5 accelerates isoporphyrin decay and decreases steady state isoporphyrin accumulation. Horseradish peroxidase reconstituted with delta-meso-methylheme, unlike horseradish peroxidase with a heme that has a larger meso-substituent, is catalytically active but is more sensitive to H2O2-mediated degradation of the prosthetic group than is the native enzyme. The delta-meso-methylheme prosthetic group is converted in the reaction with H2O2 to a biliverdin-like product. The results implicate highly stabilized isoporphyrin intermediates in the inactivation of horseradish peroxidase by alkylhydrazines and indicate that inactivation by the meso-alkyl groups is due to steric interference with electron delivery to the heme edge rather than to intrinsic electronic consequences of meso-alkylation. The structural features that stabilize the cationic isoporphyrins may also be involved in stabilization of the Compound I porphyrin radical cation.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jun
pubmed:issn
0021-9258
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
5
pubmed:volume
264
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
9250-7
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1989
pubmed:articleTitle
Stabilized isoporphyrin intermediates in the inactivation of horseradish peroxidase by alkylhydrazines.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, School of Pharmacy, University of California, San Francisco 94143-0446.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.