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. 1978 Jan 1;169(1):205–214. doi: 10.1042/bj1690205

A radiochemical method for the measurement of coproporphyrinogen oxidase and the utilization of substrates other than coproporphyrinogen III by the enzyme from rat liver.

G H Elder, J O Evans
PMCID: PMC1184210  PMID: 629746

Abstract

[14C2]Coproporphyrin III, 14C-labelled in the carboxyl carbon atoms of the 2- and 4-propionate substituents, was prepared by stepwise modification of the vinyl groups of protoporphyrin IX. The corresponding porphyrinogen was used as substrate in a specific sensitive assay for coproporphyrinogen oxidase (EC 1.3.3.3) in which the rate of production of 14CO2 is measured. With this method, the Km of the enzyme from rat liver for coproporphyrinogen III is 1.2 micron. Coproporphyrin III is a competitive inhibitor of the enzyme (Ki 7.6 micron). Apparent Km values for other substrates were measured by a mixed-substrate method: that for coproporphyrinogen IV is 0.9 micron and that for harderoporphyrinogen 1.6 micron. Rat liver mitochondria convert pentacarboxylate porphyrinogen III into dehydroisocoproporphyrinogen at a rate similar to that for the formation of protoporphyrinogen IX from coproporphyrinogen III. Mixed-substrate experiments indicate that this reaction is catalysed by coproporphyrinogen oxidase and that the Km for this substrate is 29 micron. It is suggested that the ratio of the concentration of pentacarboxylate porphyrinogen III to coproporphyrinogen III in the hepatocyte determines the relative rates of formation of dehydroisocoproporphyrinogen and protoporphyrinogen IX.

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