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Oxides of Nitrogen (NO· and NO2 –) as Cofactors of the Myeloperoxidase System

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Myeloperoxidase is the main peroxisomal protein of neutrophils, monocytes, and a subpopulation of tissue macrophages; it plays the key role in protective and inflammatory responses of the organism. This role is mediated by various diffusible radicals formed during oxidative reactions catalyzed by the enzyme heme. Myeloperoxidase and nitric oxide synthase are stored in peroxisomes. Nitric oxide reacts with the heme of myeloperoxidase. Low nitric oxide concentrations increase peroxidase activity through reduction of Compound II to native myeloperoxidase. Conversely, high nitric oxide concentrations inhibit the catalytic activity of myeloperoxidase through formation of inactive nitrosyl–heme complexes. Such effect of nitric oxide on catalytic activity of myeloperoxidase has various consequences for infectious and local inflammatory processes. Another oxide of nitrogen, nitrite, is a good substrate for myeloperoxidase Compound I but slowly reacts with Compound II. Nitrogen dioxide is formed after nitrite oxidation by myeloperoxidase. Formation of nitrogen dioxide is another protective mechanism and nitration of microbial proteins by myeloperoxidase can represent an additional protective response of peroxisomes.

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    P. G. But, R. A. Murav'ev, V. A. Fomina & V. V. Rogovin

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But, P.G., Murav'ev, R.A., Fomina, V.A. et al. Oxides of Nitrogen (NO· and NO2 –) as Cofactors of the Myeloperoxidase System. Biology Bulletin 31, 216–220 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1023/B:BIBU.0000030140.85962.97

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