Nitric oxide is a physiological substrate for mammalian peroxidases - PubMed (original) (raw)

. 2000 Dec 1;275(48):37524-32.

doi: 10.1074/jbc.275.48.37524.

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Nitric oxide is a physiological substrate for mammalian peroxidases

H M Abu-Soud et al. J Biol Chem. 2000.

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Abstract

We now show that NO serves as a substrate for multiple members of the mammalian peroxidase superfamily under physiological conditions. Myeloperoxidase (MPO), eosinophil peroxidase, and lactoperoxidase all catalytically consumed NO in the presence of the co-substrate hydrogen peroxide (H(2)O(2)). Near identical rates of NO consumption by the peroxidases were observed in the presence versus absence of plasma levels of Cl(-). Although rates of NO consumption in buffer were accelerated in the presence of a superoxide-generating system, subsequent addition of catalytic levels of a model peroxidase, MPO, to NO-containing solutions resulted in the rapid acceleration of NO consumption. The interaction between NO and compounds I and II of MPO were further investigated during steady-state catalysis by stopped-flow kinetics. NO dramatically influenced the build-up, duration, and decay of steady-state levels of compound II, the rate-limiting intermediate in the classic peroxidase cycle, in both the presence and absence of Cl(-). Collectively, these results suggest that peroxidases may function as a catalytic sink for NO at sites of inflammation, influencing its bioavailability. They also support the potential existence of a complex and interdependent relationship between NO levels and the modulation of steady-state catalysis by peroxidases in vivo.

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