On the mechanism of the acridine orange sensitized photodynamic inactivation of lysozyme. II. Kinetics in presence of N-acetylglucosamine
- The photodynamic deactivation of lysozyme in presence of acridine orange is caused by a reaction between singlet oxygen formed via the dye triplet state and the protein. In order to identify the region where the singlet oxygen reacts with the protein we have investigated the kinetics of the deactivation in presence ofthe inhibitor of the enzymatic reaction N-acetylglucosamine (GlcNAc). The overall experimental rate constant becomes slower with increasing saccharide concentrations. As we can exclude experimentally that this kinetical effect is caused in presence of the saccharide by a physical quenching of singlet oxygen or of the dye triplet state it has to be assumed that GlcNAc protects the surrounding of its bindings place at subsite C of the enzymatic center sterically against an attack of singlet oxygen. In this region three tryptophan residues are located, which could be sensitive against singlet oxygen. Surprisingly, however, it has been found that only those species are protected, in which a second saccharide molecule is bound to the protein, probably at subsite E at the enzymatic center, where no sensitive amino acid side chains are located.
Author: | Peter Rosenkranz, Hartmut Schmidt |
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URN: | urn:nbn:de:hebis:30:3-720954 |
DOI: | https://doi.org/10.1515/znc-1976-11-1209 |
ISSN: | 0939-5075 |
ISSN: | 1865-7125 |
Parent Title (German): | Zeitschrift für Naturforschung, C |
Publisher: | Verlag der Zeitschrift für Naturforschung |
Place of publication: | Tübingen |
Document Type: | Article |
Language: | English |
Date of Publication (online): | 2014/06/02 |
Year of first Publication: | 1976 |
Publishing Institution: | Universitätsbibliothek Johann Christian Senckenberg |
Release Date: | 2024/02/01 |
Tag: | Acridine Orange; Kinetics; Lysozyme; Photodynamic Effect; Singlet Oxygen |
Volume: | 31.1976 |
Issue: | 11-12 |
Page Number: | 4 |
First Page: | 679 |
Last Page: | 682 |
Institutes: | Biochemie, Chemie und Pharmazie / Biochemie und Chemie |
Dewey Decimal Classification: | 5 Naturwissenschaften und Mathematik / 54 Chemie / 540 Chemie und zugeordnete Wissenschaften |
5 Naturwissenschaften und Mathematik / 57 Biowissenschaften; Biologie / 570 Biowissenschaften; Biologie | |
Sammlungen: | Universitätspublikationen |
Licence (German): | Creative Commons - Namensnennung-Nicht kommerziell-Keine Bearbeitung 3.0 |