INHIBITION OF NITROBLUE TETRAZOLIUM REDUCTION BY METALLOTHIONEIN

  • 1 January 1982
    • journal article
    • research article
    • Vol. 14  (6) , 533-537
Abstract
Metallothionein [rat liver] inhibited in a concentration-dependent fashion the reduction of nitroblue tetrazolium mediated by xanthine oxidase and by NADH-phenazine methosulfate. This catalytic activity of metallothionein for dismutation of O2- is dependent on the Cu content of metallothionein.