title: Isolation and characterization of a novel nonheme chloroperoxidase.
abstract: Chloroperoxidase, purified from the fermentation of Curvularia inaequalis, had a molecular weight of approximately 240,000 and was composed of 4 subunits of identical molecular weight (Mr 66,000). The enzyme was specific for I-, Br- and Cl-, and inactive toward F-. The optimum pH of the enzyme was centered around 5.0. X-ray fluorescence revealed that the enzyme contained 2.2 atoms of zinc and 0.7 atom of Fe per molecule of protein. The enzyme had no heme-like compound as a prosthetic group, making it the first nonheme chloroperoxidase to be reported. Under oxidative conditions that rapidly inactivated other haloperoxidases, this enzyme was remarkably stable.
mesh_terms: D002711:Chloride Peroxidase / Q000032:analysis / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D006418:Heme / Q000032:analysis; D003904:Mitosporic Fungi / Q000201:enzymology*; D010544:Peroxidases / Q000302:isolation & purification*
chemical_list: D006418:Heme; D010544:Peroxidases; D002711:Chloride Peroxidase