Extracellular hydrogen peroxide-producing and one-electron oxidation system of brown-rot fungi

IRG/WP 1445

A Enoki, S Yoshioka, H Tanaka, G Fuse

Wood-component-degrading compounds involved in the initial degradation of the cellulose and lignin in wood were isolated from wood-containing culture of brown-rot fungi, Gloeophyllum trabeum and Tyromyces palustris and partially purified by gel filtration on Sephadex G-25 and DEAE-Sepharose ion-exchange chromatography. The compounds were glycoproteins. The molecular weights of the glycoproteins as determined by gel filtration were very small and about 1,600-2,000. The one-electron oxidation activity of the peptides was determined by measuring ethylene production from 2-keto-4-thiomethylbutyric acid (KTBA). The peptides contained ferrous iron,required H2O2 for KTBA oxidation, were capable of catalyzing the oxidation of NADH to produce H2O2 in the presence of 02 and showed little phenol-oxidase activity under conditions giving high activity against KTBA. The ferrous iron combined with the glycopeptides was oxidized to the ferric state by H2O2.


Keywords: BROWN ROT; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; HYDROXYL RADICAL; SUPEROXIDE; GLOEOPHYLLUM TRABEUM; TYROMYCES PALUSTRIS; KTBA

Conference: 90-05-13/18 Rotorua, New Zealand


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