Electron paramagnetic resonance spectroscopy of lactoperoxidase complexes: clarification of hyperfine splitting for the NO adduct of lactoperoxidase |
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Authors: | G S Lukat K R Rodgers H M Goff |
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Institution: | Department of Chemistry, University of Iowa, Iowa City 52242. |
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Abstract: | Electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) studies of the nitrosyl adduct of ferrous lactoperoxidase (LPO) confirm that the fifth axial ligand in LPO is bound to the iron via a nitrogen atom. Complete reduction of the ferric LPO sample is required in order to observe the nine-line hyperfine splitting in the ferrous LPO/NO EPR spectrum. The ferrous LPO/NO complex does not exhibit a pH or buffer system dependence when examined by EPR. Interconversion of the ferrous LPO/NO complex and the ferric LPO/NO2- complex is achieved by addition of the appropriate oxidizing or reducing agent. Characterization of the low-spin LPO/NO2- complex by EPR and visible spectroscopy is reported. The pH dependence of the EPR spectra of ferric LPO and ferric LPO/CN- suggests that a high-spin anisotropic LPO complex is formed at high pH and an acid-alkaline transition of the protein conformation near the heme site does occur in LPO/CN-. The effect of tris(hydroxymethyl)aminomethane buffer on the LPO EPR spectrum is also examined. |
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