Selective Free Radical Reactions with Proteins and Enzymes: A Reversible Equilibrium in the Reaction of with Lysozyme
- 1 January 1982
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in International Journal of Radiation Biology
- Vol. 42 (2) , 163-171
- https://doi.org/10.1080/09553008214551031
Abstract
Reaction of with lysozyme has been studied by pulse radiolysis and in inactivation measurements. The principal reactive sites towards in lysozyme are tryptophan residues. In both series of experiments, the reaction has been observed to be suppressed by low pH values and high thiocyanate concentrations. The results obtained are consistent with a reversible free-radical equilibrium between thiocyanate and tryptophan radicals in lysozyme, as reported previously with free tryptophan by Posener et al. (1976).Keywords
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