title: Influence of some metal ions on oxidation of nadh and on formation of the superoxide anion radical (O(2)(-)), during enzymatic catalysis by E.C. 1.2.3.2 xanthine oxidase.
abstract: The inhibitory effect of selected metal ions [Ag(I), Hg(II), Cu(II), Cr(VI), V(V), Au(III), T1(I) and Zn(II)], on the xanthine oxidase (XOD) catalysis of xanthine oxidation, has been investigated with reference to the XOD catalysis of oxidation of NADH. Hg(II), Ag(I), Zn(II) and Au(III) act as inhibitors, T1(I) has no effect and Cu(II), Cr(VI) and V(V) act as activators. The formation of O(2)(-) during XOD catalysis of oxidation of either xanthine or NADH has also been studied. All the metal ions considered act as inhibitors with respect to O(2)(-) production when the reducing substrate is xanthine, but only a few of them when the substrate is NADH, the others showing no effect whatsoever whether or not they activate NADH oxidation in the course of the same reaction. Vanadium (V) has an anomalous effect: it inhibits xanthine oxidation but considerably increases NADH oxidation, and thus appears to modify the catalytic properties of the enzyme. This behaviour appears promising as the basis for a kinetic method for determination of V(V).
authors.affiliation: Istituto Chimico "G. Ciamician" dell'Universitá, Scuola di Specializzazione in Chimica Analitica, Via Selmi 2, 40126 Bologna, Italy.
authors.forename: A M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Ghe
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Stefanelli
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Tsintiki
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Veschi