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. 1990 Jan;87(1):394–398. doi: 10.1073/pnas.87.1.394

Manganese(II)-bicarbonate-mediated catalytic activity for hydrogen peroxide dismutation and amino acid oxidation: detection of free radical intermediates.

M B Yim 1, B S Berlett 1, P B Chock 1, E R Stadtman 1
PMCID: PMC53270  PMID: 2153299

Abstract

To examine the structural identities of reactive free radicals and the mechanism of the oxidative modification of proteins, we used EPR and spin-trapping methods to investigate the oxidation of amino acids by H2O2 as well as the decomposition of H2O2 itself catalyzed by Mn(II) ions. Superoxide and hydroxyl radicals (O2-. and OH.) were trapped by a spin trap, 5,5-dimethyl-1-pyrroline-1-oxide (DMPO), in a reaction mixture containing Mn(II) and H2O2 in bicarbonate/CO2 buffer. When Hepes was used in place of bicarbonate buffer, superoxide radical was not observed, indicating the importance of bicarbonate buffer. With addition of L-leucine to a similar reaction mixture, a leucine-derived radical that replaced the DMPO-superoxide adduct was detected in the absence and presence of DMPO. Using various isotope-enriched L-leucines, we successfully identified this radical as a hydronitroxide, -OOC(R)CHNHO.. The data are consistent with the formation of a transient "caged" OH. in the inner coordination sphere of Mn(II). This caged OH. is likely to undergo an intramolecular hydrogen-atom abstraction from the Mn-bound H2O2 or amino acid. Two reaction schemes are proposed to account for the experimental results shown here and in the preceding papers.

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