J. Biol. Chem., Vol. 259, Issue 5, 2711-2715, 03, 1984

Effect of sulfhydryl group modification on the activity of bovine ferrochelatase

HA Dailey

The role of sulfhydryl groups in the activity of the terminal enzyme of the heme biosynthetic pathway, ferrochelatase (protoheme ferrolyase, EC 4.99.1.1), has been examined by using a variety of sulfhydryl group- specific reagents. The enzyme is rapidly inactivated in a pseudo-first order reaction by N-ethylmaleimide and monobromobimane and more slowly by iodoacetamide and bromotrimethylammoniobimane. Reaction with [3H]N- ethylmaleimide indicates that modification of a single sulfhydryl group is sufficient to inactivate bovine ferrochelatase. The enzyme is protected from inactivation by one substrate, ferrous iron, but not by the porphyrin substrate. Mercury and arsenite are reversible inhibitors. The fluorescence of the bound bimane is blue shifted 8 nm from that obtained in aqueous solutions and is sensitive to quenching by iodide.
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