Oxidative modification by low levels of HOOH can transform myoglobin to an oxidase.
- 15 August 1991
- journal article
- Published by Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
- Vol. 88 (16), 7081-7085
- https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.88.16.7081
Abstract
It is generally thought that the oxidative modification of hemoproteins leads to their inactivation. In the current study, however, a transiently activated form of myoglobin was shown to be formed when the prosthetic heme group became covalently bound to the polypeptide during the reaction of myoglobin with low levels of HOOH. In the presence of an enzymatic metmyoglobin reducing system containing diaphorase and methylene blue with excess NADH, this HOOH-altered myoglobin catalyzed NADH oxidation and oxygen consumption; the overall stoichiometry indicated a two-electron reduction of oxygen to HOOH. This reaction was not catalyzed by iron released from heme, as desferrioxamine had no effect on the activity. Stoichiometric amounts of HOOH were sufficient to produce the activated oxidase state of myoglobin, whereas larger amounts of HOOH lead to heme destruction, iron release, and inactivation of the oxidase activity. The alteration of myoglobin to an enzyme that can form toxic oxygen metabolites may have pathological importance, especially in myocardial injury caused by ischemia and reperfusion, where myoglobin is present in large amounts and HOOH is formed. Furthermore, the oxidase form may be involved in the mechanism of destruction of the heme seen with oxidative treatment of myoglobin.Keywords
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