1993 •
Kinetics of the oxidation of p-coumaric acid by prostaglandin H synthase and hydrogen peroxide.
Authors:
Marica Bakovic, Dunford Hb
Abstract:
Steady-state kinetics of the oxidation of p-coumaric acid (CA) by prostaglandin H synthase and hydrogen peroxide was studied at 25 degrees C in 0.1 M phosphate buffer, pH 8.0, using a stopped-flow apparatus. The following evidence supports a mechanism in which CA serves as a reducing substrate for prostaglandin H synthase through two one-electron oxidation steps: (a) the oxidation product of CA is the same in the prostaglandin H synthase/hydrogen peroxide and the horseradish peroxidase/hydrogen peroxide systems; (b) an identical steady-state en (...)
Steady-state kinetics of the oxidation of p-coumaric acid (CA) by prostaglandin H synthase and hydrogen peroxide was studied at 25 degrees C in 0.1 M phosphate buffer, pH 8.0, using a stopped-flow apparatus. The following evidence supports a mechanism in which CA serves as a reducing substrate for prostaglandin H synthase through two one-electron oxidation steps: (a) the oxidation product of CA is the same in the prostaglandin H synthase/hydrogen peroxide and the horseradish peroxidase/hydrogen peroxide systems; (b) an identical steady-state enzyme intermediate (compound II) is present in both systems; (c) CA stimulates the cyclooxygenase activity of prostaglandin H synthase; the concentration of CA that produces 50% stimulation, A50, is 350 +/- 30 microM. On the time scale of our experiments, the inactivation of prostaglandin H synthase by hydrogen peroxide was insignificant when CA was present. A molar absorptivity of 17.2 +/- 0.9 mM-1 cm-1 at 300 nm was determined for CA which was used to follow the initial rate of disappearance of CA. The reaction of CA with hydrogen peroxide catalyzed by prostaglandin H synthase showed saturation behavior. An irreversible reaction mechanism for the steady-state kinetics of prostaglandin H synthase is proposed which is consistent with all of our experimental results. Under steady-state conditions, the second-order rate constants for the reactions of prostaglandin H synthase with hydrogen peroxide and prostaglandin H synthase-compound II with CA are (9.2 +/- 0.1) x 10(5) and (2.5 +/- 0.1) x 10(6) M-1 s-1, respectively.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS) (Read More)
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