Abstract
Inhibitors of phenoloxidase are used routinely to characterise the structural and functional properties of phenoloxidases. Hemocyanin-derived phenoloxidase activity is also sensitive to standard phenoloxidase inhibitors. In this study, we characterise the effects of a number of phenoloxidase inhibitors on hemocyanin-derived phenoloxidase activity from the chelicerate, Limulus polyphemus. Both inhibition type and K-i values were similar to those observed for hemocyanin-derived phenoloxidase from another chelicerate, Eurypelma californicum. In addition, substrate inhibition was observed at concentrations above 2 mM dopamine. The conformation in which two of the inhibitors, namely tropolone and kojic acid, would bind near the Cu(II) centre of hemocyanin is proposed. (c) 2012 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 303-308 |
| Number of pages | 6 |
| Journal | Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - Part B: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology |
| Volume | 163 |
| Issue number | 3-4 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - Nov 2012 |
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Keywords
- Hemocyanin
- Phenoloxidase
- Hemocyanin-derived phenoloxidase
- Kinetics
- Inhibition
- AGARICUS-BISPORUS TYROSINASE
- CATECHOLOXIDASE ACTIVITY
- TARANTULA HEMOCYANIN
- OXIDASE ACTIVATION
- CRYSTAL-STRUCTURE
- CANCER-MAGISTER
- HORSESHOE-CRAB
- PROPHENOLOXIDASE
- CONVERSION
- TROPOLONE
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