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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
8
pubmed:dateCreated
2008-2-19
pubmed:abstractText
Deinococcus radiodurans (Drad), a bacterium with an extraordinary capacity to tolerate high levels of ionizing radiation, produces only a manganese-containing superoxide dismutase (MnSOD). As MnSOD has been shown to remove superoxide radical with varying efficiency depending upon its cellular origin, a comparison of the Drad MnSOD efficiency with that of both human and Escherichia coli MnSODs was undertaken. Pulse radiolysis studies demonstrate that, under identical ratios of enzyme to superoxide radical, the dismutation efficiencies scaled as Drad MnSOD > E. coli MnSOD > human MnSOD. Further, Drad MnSOD is most effective at high superoxide fluxes found under conditions of high radioactivity. A mechanism is postulated to account for the differences in the activities of the MnSODs that considers the release of peroxide as not always an optimal process.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Feb
pubmed:issn
0006-2960
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
26
pubmed:volume
47
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
2350-6
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2008
pubmed:articleTitle
The kinetic mechanism of manganese-containing superoxide dismutase from Deinococcus radiodurans: a specialized enzyme for the elimination of high superoxide concentrations.
pubmed:affiliation
Chemistry Department, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Building 555, Upton, New York 11973-5000, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Comparative Study, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't, Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural