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. 1979;64(3):279-83.
doi: 10.1016/0305-0491(79)90143-3.

Peroxidases produced by the marine sponge Iotrochota birotulata

D G Baden  1 , M D Corbett
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Peroxidases produced by the marine sponge Iotrochota birotulata

D G Baden et al. Comp Biochem Physiol B. 1979.

Abstract

1. Two peroxidases, differing in ionic character and substrate specificity, have been isolated from the tropical marine sponge Iotrochota birotulata. 2. Both peroxidases catalyze the oxidation of a number of substrates, and one peroxidase possesses a specificity similar to the terrestrial fungal enzyme chloroperoxidase. 3. Based on inhibition studies utilizing sodium azide, potassium cyanide and 8-hydroxyquinoline, it appears that the peroxidases from I. birotulata are haemoprotein complexes. 4. One peroxidase appears to possess subunit structure, and requires bound divalent metal cations for activity.

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