title: Generation of triplet carbonyl compounds during peroxidase catalysed reactions.
abstract: Peroxidases, acting as oxidase upon appropriate substrates, generate carbonyl compounds in the electronically excited triplet state. These excited species can transfer energy as demonstrated by the appearance of the acceptor fluorescence or induced photochemistry concomitant with the disappearance of phosphorescence. Chlorophyll, an efficient emissive acceptor, either naturally present or artificially incorporated into organelles and cells, allows the in situ detection of biologically generated excited species. With neutrophils, the myeloperoxidase promoted acetone phosphorescence can readily be detected. In other cases, e.g. triplet benzaldehyde, it is possible to observe emission from lipid peroxidation initiated by the triplet carbonyl compound.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry, Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Cilento
mesh_terms: D000079:Acetaldehyde / Q000031:analogs & derivatives; D000818:Animals; D001547:Benzaldehydes; D002734:Chlorophyll; D004054:Diethylstilbestrol / Q000378:metabolism; D004735:Energy Transfer; D005056:Euglena gracilis / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D007659:Ketones; D015227:Lipid Peroxidation; D008163:Luminescent Measurements; D009504:Neutrophils / Q000378:metabolism; D010544:Peroxidases; D010944:Plants / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D001547:Benzaldehydes; D007659:Ketones; D002734:Chlorophyll; D004054:Diethylstilbestrol; D010544:Peroxidases; D000079:Acetaldehyde; C013192:phenylacetaldehyde