title: Cysteine and crocin oxidation catalyzed by horseradish peroxidase.
abstract: The amino acid cysteine is oxidized by horseradish peroxidase, and the water-soluble carotenoid crocin is bleached by cooxidation. The monophenol p-hydroxyacetophenone stimulates oxygen uptake, cysteine oxidation and crocin bleaching, whereas its concentration does not change. Superoxide dismutase significantly enhances all these oxidative reactions. Addition of H2O2 is not required for these peroxidase-catalyzed oxidations.
authors.affiliation: Institut für Botanik und Mikrobiologie, Technische Universität, München.
authors.forename: W F
authors.initials: WF
authors.lastname: Osswald
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Schütz
authors.forename: E F
authors.initials: EF
authors.lastname: Elstner
mesh_terms: D002338:Carotenoids; D003545:Cysteine; D006735:Horseradish Peroxidase / Q000378:metabolism*; D007700:Kinetics; D010084:Oxidation-Reduction; D010544:Peroxidases / Q000378:metabolism*; D013379:Substrate Specificity
chemical_list: D002338:Carotenoids; C029036:crocin; D006735:Horseradish Peroxidase; D010544:Peroxidases; D003545:Cysteine