Arthropod hemocyanin (isolated from the crab Cavcinus maenas and the lobster Homarus americanus) is usually referred to as an oxygen transport-storage protein. The protein, however, also catalyses with low efficiency the oxidation of o-diphenol to quinone, similarly to tyrosinase (monophenol,o-diphenol:oxygen oxidoreductase). The enzymatic parameters of hemocyanin are affected by the aggregation state of the protein; namely V-max exhibited by a dissociated subunit is one order of magnitude greater than that of aggregated species. The reaction velocity is increased by the presence of perchlorate, an anion of the Hofmeister series. The results are also discussed on the basis of active site accessibility in comparison with tyrosinase.
The o-diphenol oxidase activity of arthropod hemocyanin
BELTRAMINI, MARIANO
1996
Abstract
Arthropod hemocyanin (isolated from the crab Cavcinus maenas and the lobster Homarus americanus) is usually referred to as an oxygen transport-storage protein. The protein, however, also catalyses with low efficiency the oxidation of o-diphenol to quinone, similarly to tyrosinase (monophenol,o-diphenol:oxygen oxidoreductase). The enzymatic parameters of hemocyanin are affected by the aggregation state of the protein; namely V-max exhibited by a dissociated subunit is one order of magnitude greater than that of aggregated species. The reaction velocity is increased by the presence of perchlorate, an anion of the Hofmeister series. The results are also discussed on the basis of active site accessibility in comparison with tyrosinase.Pubblicazioni consigliate
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