A Diphosphopyridine Nucleotide Oxidase in Mung Bean Seedlings

Although the electrolytically obtained DPNH was not completely oxidized by usual dehydrogenases or diaphorases, one of the authors noticed that its absorption band at 340 mμ disappeared completely when it was incubated with the extract of mung been seedlings. The reaction was found to be stimulated by the addition of methylene blue, and the product was identified as DPN. Thus, the reaction resembled that of diaphorase, although it was less specific to the configuration of DPNH. But unlike usual diaphorase, it required a cofactor, which was neither flavins nor metallic ion, but an unidentified acidic substance. General properties of the enzyme and the cofactor are reported in this article.