Skip to main content
. 1998 Jul 7;95(14):8020–8025. doi: 10.1073/pnas.95.14.8020

Table 1.

Visible absorption properties of several oxoferryl species and cytochrome c oxidase compounds P and F

Protein λmax (nm)/ ɛ(mM−1 cm−1) λmax (nm)/ ɛ(mM−1 cm−1) Ref.
Protoheme/histidine axial ligation
Horseradish peroxidase 527/9.5 554/9.65 42
Prostaglandin synthase 527/10.1* 557/9.3* 43
Cytochrome c peroxidase 529/12.2* 561/13.2* 44
Arthromyces ramosus peroxidase 530/13.0* 553/12.9* 45
Lactoperoxidase 530*/9.8* 564*/9.0* 46
Myoglobin 549/9.8 47
Protoheme/tyrosinate axial ligation
Catalase 531*/8.8* 566*/9.6* 48
Protoheme/cysteinyl axial ligation
Cloroperoxodase 542/16.3* 571/13.8* 49
Modified protoheme/histidine axial ligation
Myeloperoxidase, pH 7 628/18 50
Myeloperoxidase, pH 11 635/25 50
Heme a/histidine axial ligation
Cytochrome c oxidase, P ≈565/≈7 ≈605/≈15 21, 51
Cytochrome c oxidase, F ≈585/≈7 21, 51
*

Value estimated from the spectrum reported in the original paper. 

Values in the absolute absorption spectrum were estimated from the calculated difference spectrum in ref. 21 and the absolute spectrum of ferric heme a3 in ref. 51