Denisov Ilia G, Ikeda-Saito Masao, Yoshida Tadashi, Sligar Stephen G
Department of Biochemistry, University of Illinois, 116 Morrill Hall, 505 S. Goodwin Avenue, Urbana-Champaign, IL 61801, USA.
FEBS Lett. 2002 Dec 4;532(1-2):203-6. doi: 10.1016/s0014-5793(02)03674-8.
Using radiolysis with (32)P enriched phosphate as an internal source of ionizing radiation, the formation of hydroperoxo-ferric complex from oxy-ferrous precursor with a high yield was monitored at 77 K in heme oxygenase (HO) by means of optical absorption spectroscopy. Well-resolved absorption spectra (maxima at 421 nm, 530 nm, 557 nm) of hydroperoxo-ferric intermediate of this heme enzyme were measured in 70% glycerol/buffer frozen glasses. After annealing at 210-215 K this complex converts to the product complex, alpha-meso hydroxyheme-HO. No heme degradation products were formed in control experiments with ferric HO or other heme proteins.