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Query: EC:1.11.1.7 (peroxidase)
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Activation of the antibacterial lactoperoxidase system in milk, i.e. increasing the thiocyanate concentration to 0.25 mM and adding an equimolar amount of H2O2, results in a substantial reduction of the bacterial flora and prevents the multiplication of psychrotrophic bacteria for up to 5 d. This treatment has no effect on the physico-chemical properties of milk and does not lead to the accumulation of resistant bacteria. The practical application of the lactoperoxidase system in prolonging the storage period of raw milk at low temperatures is discussed.
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PMID:Antibacterial effect of the lactoperoxidase system on psychotrophic bacteria in milk. 41 49

Evidence for singlet oxygen formation has been obtained for the lactoperoxidase, H2O2 and bromide system by monitoring 2,3-diphenylfuran and diphenylisobenzofuran oxidation, O2 evolution, and chemiluminescence. This could provide an explanation for the cytotoxic and microbicidal activity of peroxidases and polymorphonuclear leukocytes. Evidence for singlet oxygen formation included the following. (a) Chemiluminescence accompanying the enzymic reaction was doubled in a deuterated buffer and inhibited by singlet oxygen traps. (b) The singlet oxygen traps, diphenylfuran and diphenylisobenzofuran, were oxidized to their known singlet oxygen oxidation products in the presence of lactoperoxidase, hydrogen peroxide and bromide. (c) The rate of oxidation of diphenylfuran and diphenylisobenzofuran was inhibited when monitored in the presence of known singlet oxygen traps or quenchers. (d) Oxygen evolution from the enzymic reaction was inhibited by singlet oxygen traps but not by singlet oxygen quenchers. (e) The traps or quenchers which were effective inhibitors in the experiments above did not inhibit peroxidase activity, were not competitive peroxidase substrates and did not react with the hypobromite intermediate since they did not inhibit hydrogen peroxide consumption by the enzyme. Using these criteria, various biological molecules were tested for their reactivity with singlet oxygen. Furthermore, by studying their effect on oxygen release by the enzymic reaction, it could be ascertained whether they were acting as singlet oxygen traps or quenchers.
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PMID:Singlet oxygen formation by a peroxidase, H2O2 and halide system. 42 84

Peptostreptococcus anaerobius VPI 4330-1 was exposed to atmospheric oxygen in a dilution bland (0.2% gelatin, salts, resazurin) solution. The organisms were rapidly killed when the solution contained cysteine. The organisms were effectively protected by catalase and horseradish peroxidase as well as by the metal ion-chelating agents 8-hydroxyquinoline and 2,2'-bipyridine. Superoxide dismutase increased the rate of killing of the organisms, whereas singlet oxygen quenchers and scavengers of hydroxyl free radicals did not protect the organisms from the toxic effect of cysteine. Hydrogen peroxide was formed when cysteine was exposed to oxygen in the dilution blank solution, and the reaction was inhibited by metal ion-chelating agents. The organisms were rapidly killed by 20 microM hydrogen peroxide in anaerobic dilution blank solution. The toxic effect of hydrogen peroxide in anaerobic dilution blank solution. The toxic effect of hydrogen peroxide was completely abolished by catalase and metal ion-chelating agents. These results indicated that hydrogen peroxide was formed in the dilution blank solution in a metal ion-catalyzed autoxidation of cysteine and that hydrogen peroxide was toxic to P. anaerobius VPI 4330-1 in a reaction also catalyzed by metal ions.
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PMID:Bactericidal effect of cysteine exposed to atmospheric oxygen. 45 19

An electron dense tracer, horseradish peroxidase (HRP), treated with DAB-H2O2 for electron histochemical demonstration of peroxidase was used in an effort to find out whether or not the human bronchial epithelium was permeable to some macromolecules in chronic bronchitis. The biopsy specimens obtained from 5 patients at bronchoscopy and cultured in a medium with 2% HRP for 1-6 hours showed the reaction product to be distributed within intracellular spaces of the epithelium as well as in some vesicles and vacuoles of the apical portion of the ciliated cells. When 2% HRP solution was topically applied on the bronchial epithelium surface of a narcotized patient for 10 min followed by biopsy of this part of the epithelium fixation and treatment for HRP demonstration, electron dense precipitates were identified only within some intercellular spaces. It is suggested that some intercellular contacts of the bronchial epithelium in chronic bronchitis are permeable to macromolecules, and that the ciliated cells of the bronchial epithelium are capable of endocytosing some macromolecules from the surface of the mucosa.
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PMID:[Epithelial permeability study of the bronchi in chronic bronchitis using an electron-dense tag]. 45 30

The present study is concerned with artifacts likely to occur in a horseradish peroxidase exclusion test. Incubation of murine peritoneal macrophages and lymphocytes with the peroxidase showed a close relationship between the number of living cells and the percentage of cells excluding the tracer. The penetration of the cytoplasm by horseradish peroxidase is attributed to an increase in the permeability of the cell membrane during the incubation (ranging from 10 to 120 min). It was not increased by the presence of tracer throughout the incubation period. However, concomitant fixation of the cell in the presence of horseradish peroxidase caused an increase in the influx of the tracer. The horseradish peroxidase exclusing test applied to the guinea-pig organ of Corti has proved to be valid provided that: (a) mechanical lesions prior to the tracer incubation are avoided; (b) incubation is terminated by removal of the extracellular tracer; (c) fixation is carried out as soon as possible; (d) a low concentration of horseradish peroxidase is used; and (e) specimens are incubated in diaminobenzidine-H2O2 medium for the shortest possible period. Although fixation-induced cytoplasmic infiltration by horseradish peroxidase was not detected in cochlear specimens, the findings call attention to possible sources of error and define the level of significance of the test. Horseradish peroxidase does not appear to be a cytotoxic agent under the conditions used.
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PMID:Horseradish peroxidase as a label of injured cells. 45 41

The synthesis of the diethylstilbestrol (DES) derivative with fluorine atoms present in the positions ortho to the hydroxyl in each ring is described. In vitro studies in a system containing horse radish peroxidase/H2O2 demonstrate extensive oxidation of tetrafluorodiethylstilbestrol to the corresponding dienestrol derivative. Tetrafluorodiethylstilbestrol and DES had comparable in vivo uterotropic activities at a dose of 100 microgram/kg. Competitive binding experiments demonstrated 20-25 fold reduced interaction with the mouse uterine estrogen receptor. This compound may be useful as an experimental estrogen in distinguishing between the biological and toxic effects of DES.
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PMID:A novel fluorinated derivative of diethylstilbestrol. 46 96

It is commonly postulated that the enzymatic hydroxylation of phenylalanine, tyrosine and tryptophan involves the concomitant oxidation of a tetrahydropteridinic cofactor to an unstable quinonoid product, converted to the initial compound under the catalytic action of dihydropteridine reductase. We now report UV, NMR, mass spectrum and spectroscopic studies of 2-amino-4-hydroxy-6,7-dimethyl-5, 6, 7, 8-tetrahydropteridine oxidation process either by atmospheric O2 or by the H2O2-peroxidase system. No quinonoid form was visualized and, moreover, the spectral characteristics of UV absorbance spectra, initially reported as specific for the quinonoid form, are related to other oxidation products whose formation is explained here.
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PMID:On the mechanism of the tetrahydropteridine cofactor oxidation in aerobic and H2O2-peroxydase media. 47 74

We studied the variation in spectra and in reactivity towards H2O2 of solutions of horseradish peroxidase in dimethyl sulphoxide/water mixtures, obtained by diluting stock solutions of the enzyme in either water or dimethyl sulphoxide, and assayed the enzyme activity and studied the binding of F- by the peroxidase in 65% (v/v) dimethyl sulphoxide. A broadly similar pattern of changes is observed whether one starts from water or from dimethyl sulphoxide; the changes are essentially reversible, though hysteresis is observed. When the dimethyl sulphoxide content of the solvent mixture is increased, the peroxidase retains its ability to activate H2O2 up to 74% (v/v) dimethyl sulphoxide. The peroxidase in 65% (v/v) dimethyl sulphoxide binds F- together with a proton (or the equivalent loss of HO-), as already established for aqueous solutions. We point out that the occurrence in such solutions of both the ability to activate H2O2 and the inability to bind F- without taking up H+ or losing HO- supports the proposed mechanism for activating H202, whereby the protein binds the substrate in the form of the much more reactive HO2-.
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PMID:Studies on horseradish peroxidase in dimethyl sulphoxide/water mixtures. The activation of hydrogen peroxide and the binding of fluoride. 48 79

The electrochemical oxidation of a number of N-methylated uric acids at the pyrolytic graphite and gold electrodes has been compared to their enzymic oxidation with type VIII peroxidase and H2O2. Spectral, electroanalytical and kinetic evidence supports the conclusion that for all compounds the electrochemical and enzymic reactions proceed by identical mechanisms.
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PMID:Investigation of the enzymic and electrochemical oxidation of uric acid derivatives. 49 32

We studied the use of immobilized enzymes, covalently bound to alkylaminosilane derivative of porous glass, to automated clinical analysis on uric acid and glucose in blood, serum and urine. A microcolumn with an immobilized enzyme was prepared and used in an AutoAnalyzer I continuous flow system. Uricase (EC 1.7.3.3) from Candida utilis and glucose oxidase (EC 1.1.3.4) from Aspergillus niger were immobilized for the determination of uric acid and glucose, respectively. Hydrogen peroxide produced by these oxidases was colorimetrically determined using horse-radish peroxidase (EC 1.11.1.7) and a hydrogen acceptor in solution. Sensitivity and wash charactertistics of a column with immobilized enzyme, 1.5 mm of inner diameter and up to 40 mm in length, were satisfactory at an assay speed of 50 samples per hour. The results correlated well with those obtained by other well established methods utilizing the AutoAnalyzer system. The immobilized enzymes were sufficiently stable for at least two months of 2000 tests when used repeatedly. Clinical trials proved that this method is capable of replacing the soluble enzyme method, giving reliable and reproducible results at lower cost.
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PMID:Use of immobilized enzymes in automated clinical analysis: determination of uric acid and glucose using immobilized enzymes in column form. 52 27


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