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. 1988 Jul 15;253(2):441–449. doi: 10.1042/bj2530441

Thiols as myeloperoxidase-oxidase substrates.

B E Svensson 1
PMCID: PMC1149318  PMID: 2845919

Abstract

Nine low-Mr thiols were compared with regard to their ability to function as myeloperoxidase-oxidase substrates under conditions where no auto-oxidation of the thiols could be observed. The methyl and ethyl esters of cysteine were found to be about twice as active as cysteamine at pH 7.0, in terms of increased O2 consumption. Cysteine itself was poorly active, whereas glutathione, N-acetylcysteine and penicillamine were completely inactive as myeloperoxidase-oxidase substrates under these conditions. The structure-activity relationships indicated that both a free thiol and free amino group were required for peroxidase-oxidase activity, and also that a free carboxy group abolished activity. In analogy with cysteamine, the activities of both cysteine esters were inhibited by superoxide dismutase (less than 5 micrograms/ml) and by catalase and not by the hydroxyl-radical scavenger mannitol. In contrast with cysteamine, the activities of both cysteine esters were stimulated more than 2-fold by high concentrations (greater than 5 micrograms/ml) of superoxide dismutase. The activities of both cysteine esters exhibited broad pH optima at pH 7. A mechanism for the myeloperoxidase-oxidase oxidation of the cysteine esters is proposed, which is partly different from that previously proposed for cysteamine.

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