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. 1994 Jul 15;301(Pt 2):335–341. doi: 10.1042/bj3010335

Analysis of the optical absorption and magnetic-circular-dichroism spectra of peanut peroxidase: electronic structure of a peroxidase with biochemical properties similar to those of horseradish peroxidase.

M J Rodríguez Marañón 1, D Mercier 1, R B van Huystee 1, M J Stillman 1
PMCID: PMC1137084  PMID: 8042974

Abstract

The electronic structures of the cationic isoenzyme of peanut peroxidase, horseradish peroxidase (isoenzyme C) and bovine liver catalase are compared through analysis of their optical absorption and magnetic c.d. (m.c.d.) spectral properties. The spectral data for the native resting states and compounds I and II of peanut peroxidase (PeP) are reported. The absorption and m.c.d. data for the native PeP exhibit bands characteristic of the high-spin ferric haem. The absorption spectrum of PeP compound I closely resembles that observed for the HRP compound I species. The m.c.d. data for PeP I clearly identifies that ring oxidation has occurred. One-electron reduction forms the PeP compound II species. The absorption and m.c.d. spectra recorded for PeP II exhibit the well-resolved spectral characteristics previously observed for both HRP compound II and catalase compound II. The spectral data of PeP with HRP and catalase are compared. The data clearly indicate that the m.c.d. spectral patterns of both plant peroxidases (PeP and HRP) are very similar and, therefore, the electronic structures of their resting states, and as well their primary and secondary compounds, must be similar. The m.c.d. data suggest that, while the compound I species of PeP and HRP belong to one electronic class, catalase compound I belongs to a different class. These data emphasize how the ground states of these two classes of oxidized haem, may be characterized as predominantly 2A2u (PeP I and HRP I) or 2A1u (catalase I). Peanut peroxidase is the second plant peroxidase for which the electronic structure of the compound I intermediate has been studied using the m.c.d. technique. The similarities with horseradish peroxidase allow us to suggest that plant peroxidases may operate by the same general mechanism, in spite of the low degree of sequence similarity between their polypeptide chains.

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