J. Biol. Chem., Vol. 261, Issue 23, 10592-10597, Aug, 1986
Horseradish peroxidase-catalyzed conversion of iodine to iodide in presence of EDTA and H2O2
RK Banerjee, SK De, AK Bose and AG Datta
EDTA (4 mM) blocks the oxidation of iodide to I-3 (increase of extinction
at 353 nm) by H2O2 catalyzed by horseradish peroxidase, which is reversed
by the addition of an equimolar concentration of Zn2+. Addition of
suboptimal concentration of EDTA (2 mM) not only decreases the rate of
forward reaction of I-3 formation but also causes loss of extinction of the
same when I-3 is generated. The loss of extinction of I-3 is proportional
to the enzyme concentration and is blocked by azide, the inhibitor of the
peroxidase. EDTA also causes bleaching of nonenzymatically formed I-3 (from
iodide and H2O2) only in the presence of horseradish peroxidase, and the
effect is reversed by the equimolar concentration of Zn2+. Both the
bleaching of I-3 by EDTA and reversal of EDTA effect by Zn2+ are sensitive
to azide. The decrease of extinction of I-3 (formed by dissolving iodine in
KI solution) is dependent on EDTA, H2O2, and horseradish peroxidase.
Molecular iodine is also bleached but at a slower rate than I-3. Evidence
is presented to show that this bleaching of I-3 is due to enzymatic
conversion of I-3 to iodide in presence of EDTA and H2O2 and this involves
pseudocatalatic degradation of H2O2 to O2.