title: The oxidation of Octopus vulgaris hemocyanin by nitrogen oxides.
abstract: The reaction of Octopus vulgaris hemocyanin with nitrite was studied under a variety of conditions in which the green half-met derivative is formed. Analytical evidence shows that the amount of chemically detectable nitrite in various samples of the derivative is not proportional to the cupric copper detected by EPR. The kinetics of oxidation of hemocyanin as a function of protein concentration and pH, in the presence of nitrite and ascorbate, is consistent with a scheme in which NO2 is the reactive oxidant. We suggest that the green half-methemocyanin contains a metal center with one cuprous and one cupric copper without an exogenous nitrogen oxide ligand.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biology, University of Padova, Italy.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Salvato
authors.forename: G M
authors.initials: GM
authors.lastname: Giacometti
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Beltramini
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Zilio
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Giacometti
authors.forename: R S
authors.initials: RS
authors.lastname: Magliozzo
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Peisach
mesh_terms: D000332:Aerobiosis; D000693:Anaerobiosis; D000818:Animals; D001205:Ascorbic Acid / Q000494:pharmacology; D002942:Circular Dichroism; D004578:Electron Spin Resonance Spectroscopy; D006433:Hemocyanins / Q000378:metabolism*; D007700:Kinetics; D009573:Nitrites / Q000494:pharmacology; D009589:Nitrogen Oxides / Q000494:pharmacology*; D049831:Octopodiformes; D010084:Oxidation-Reduction; D011487:Protein Conformation; D013053:Spectrophotometry
chemical_list: D009573:Nitrites; D009589:Nitrogen Oxides; D006433:Hemocyanins; D001205:Ascorbic Acid