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  • Title: Pre-steady-state kinetic study on the formation of compound I and II of ligninase.
    Author: Harvey PJ, Palmer JM, Schoemaker HE, Dekker HL, Wever R.
    Journal: Biochim Biophys Acta; 1989 Jan 19; 994(1):59-63. PubMed ID: 2909255.
    Abstract:
    The reaction between ligninase and hydrogen peroxide yielding Compound I has been investigated using a stopped-flow rapid-scan spectrophotometer. The optical absorption spectrum of Compound I appears different to that reported by Andrawis, A. et al. (1987) and Renganathan, V. and Gold, M.H. (1986), in that the Soret-maximum is at 401 nm rather than 408 nm. The second-order rate constant (4.2.10(5) M-1.s-1) for the formation of Compound I was independent of pH (pH 3.0-6.0). In the absence of external electron donors, Compound I decayed to Compound II with a half-life of 5-10 s at pH 3.1. The rate of this reaction was not affected by the H2O2 concentration used. In the presence of either veratryl alcohol or ferrocyanide, Compound II was rapidly generated. With ferrocyanide, the second-order rate constant increased from 1.9.10(4) M-1.s-1 to 6.8.10(6) M-1.s-1 when the pH was lowered from 6.0 to 3.1. With veratryl alcohol as an electron donor, the second-order rate constant for the formation of Compound II increased from 7.0.10(3) M-1.s-1 at pH 6.0 to 1.0.10(5) M-1.s-1 at pH 4.5. At lower pH values the rate of Compound II formation no longer followed an exponential relationship and the steady-state spectral properties differed to those recorded in the presence of ferrocyanide. Our data support a model of enzyme catalysis in which veratryl alcohol is oxidized in one-electron steps and strengthen the view that veratryl alcohol oxidation involves a substrate-modified Compound II intermediate which is rapidly reduced to the native enzyme.
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