TY  - JOUR
A1  - Schäfer, Lutz
A1  - Feierabend, Jürgen
T1  - Photoinactivation and protection of glycolate oxidase in vitro and in leaves
T2  - Zeitschrift für Naturforschung, C
N2  - Glycolate oxidase that was partially purified from pea leaves was inactivated in vitro by blue light in the presence of FMN. Inactivation was greatly retarded in the absence of O2. Under aerobic conditions H2O2 was formed. The presence of catalase, GSH or dithiothreitol protected glycolate oxidase against photoinactivation. Less efficient protection was provided by ascorbate, histidine, tryptophan or EDTA. The presence of superoxide dismutase or of hydroxyl radical scavengers had no, or only minor, effects. Glutathione suppressed H2O2 accumulation and was oxidized in the presence of glycolate oxidase in blue light. Glycolate oxidase was also inactivated in the presence of a superoxide-generating system or by H2O2 in darkness. In intact leaves photoinactivation of glycolate oxidase was not observed. However, when catalase was inactivated by the application of 3-amino-1,2,4-triazole or depleted by prolonged exposure to cycloheximide a strong photoinactivation of glycolate oxidase was also seen in leaves. In vivo blue and red light were similarly effective. Furthermore, glycolate oxidase was photoinactivated in leaves when the endogenous GSH was depleted by the application of buthionine sulfoximine. Both catalase and antioxidants, in particular GSH, appear to be essential for the protection of glycolate oxidase in the peroxisomes in vivo.
KW  - Antioxidants
KW  - Glycolate Oxidase
KW  - Photoinactivation
Y1  - 2014
UR  - http://publikationen.ub.uni-frankfurt.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/79946
UR  - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:hebis:30:3-799466
SN  - 0939-5075
SN  - 1865-7125
VL  - 55.2000
IS  - 5-6
SP  - 361
EP  - 372
PB  - Verlag der Zeitschrift für Naturforschung
CY  - Tübingen
ER  -