Article
Identification of the residues responsible for the alkaline inhibition of the activity of Cu,Zn superoxide dismutase: a study of native and chemically modified enzymes.
Archives of biochemistry and biophysics - 1 Aug 1995
Polticelli F, O'Neill P, Costanzo S, Lania A, Rotilio G, Desideri A
Abstract excerpt
The pH dependence of the activity of Cu,Zn superoxide dismutases from bovine erythrocytes and shark liver was studied by pulse radiolysis in both the native enzymes and those chemically modified at lysine side chains. The study was aimed at identifying the residues responsible for the activity decrease at pH > 9, observed in all native Cu,Zn superoxide dismutases, and is based on the Lys-->Arg substitution...
Topics
- Amino Acid Sequence
- Animals
- Arginine
- Binding Sites
- Cattle
- Erythrocytes
- Genetic Variation
- Hydrogen-Ion Concentration
- Kinetics
- Liver
- Lysine
