Abstract
We have reinvestigated the lignin peroxidase-catalyzed oxidation of 1,2,4,5-tetramethoxybenzene (TMB) by using presteady-state and steady-state kinetic methods. Our presteady-state kinetic results show that the reaction of compound I with TMB obeyed second order kinetics with a rate constant of 1.1 x 107 M-1 s-1. The reaction of compound II with TMB exhibits a hyperbolic concentration dependence with a K(d) of 16 μM and k = 24 s-1. The stoichiometry of TMB oxidation during steady state is two TMB cation radicals formed per H2O2 consumed. These results clearly show that TMB is a good substrate for both compounds I and II of lignin peroxidase.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Pages (from-to) | 261-265 |
| Number of pages | 5 |
| Journal | Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics |
| Volume | 326 |
| Issue number | 2 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Feb 15 1996 |
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- Biophysics
- Biochemistry
- Molecular Biology