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. 1991 Jun 15;276(Pt 3):643–648. doi: 10.1042/bj2760643

Rapid inactivation of plant aconitase by hydrogen peroxide.

F Verniquet 1, J Gaillard 1, M Neuburger 1, R Douce 1
PMCID: PMC1151053  PMID: 1648348

Abstract

Preincubation of potato (Solanum tuberosum) tuber mitochondria with 300 microM-H2O2 for 10 min nearly stopped the State 3 rate of citrate oxidation. Addition of isocitrate resulted in resumption of O2 uptake. The State 3 rates of succinate, external NADH and 2-oxoglutarate oxidation were unaffected by H2O2 over the dose range 50-500 microM. Preincubation of mitochondria with 300 microM-H2O2 for 5 min unmasked in the matrix space a paramagnetic signal with a peak at a g value of approx. 2.03. Aconitase was purified over 135-fold to a specific activity of 32 mumol/min per mg (with isocitrate as substrate) from the matrix of potato tuber mitochondria. The native enzyme was composed of a single polypeptide chain (molecular mass 90 kDa). Incubation of purified aconitase with small amounts of H2O2 caused the build up of a paramagnetic 3Fe cluster with a low-field maximum of g = 2.03 leading to a progressive inhibition of aconitase activity. The results show that aconitase present in the matrix space was the major intramitochondrial target for inactivation by H2O2.

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