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Reduction of a bilindione-10-thiol-adduct as a model of the reduction step of the biliverdin reductase system

Die Reduktion eines Bilindion-10-thioladduktes als Modellreaktion für den Reduktionsschritt des Biliverdinreduktase-Systems (Kurze Mitt.)

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Biliverdin dimethyl ester and its 10-thioethanol addition product are reduced by LiBH4 with similar reaction velocities as derived from NMR experiments. This reaction serves as a model of the biliverdin reductase system. According to this model the addition of the enzyme thiol group to position 10 of biliverdin primarily serves as the binding and orienting mode. It is obviously not intended as such to accelerate the velocity of the reduction step.

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Biliverdindimethylester und sein 10-Thioethanoladdukt werden, wie durch NMR-Experimente gezeigt werden konnte, durch LiBH4 mit vergleichbaren Geschwindigkeiten reduziert. Diese Reaktion dient als ein Modell für das Biliverdinreduktasesystem. Entsprechend diesem Modell dient die Addition der Enzym-Thiolgruppe in Position 10 des Biliverdins in erster Linie der Bindung und Orientierung und ist als solche nicht in Hinblick auf eine Reaktionsbeschleunigung der Reduktion konzipiert.

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Falk, H., Marko, H. Reduction of a bilindione-10-thiol-adduct as a model of the reduction step of the biliverdin reductase system. Monatsh Chem 122, 319–321 (1991). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00810832

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