A heme protein. Oxidizes ascorbate and low molecular weight aromatic substrates. The monodehydroascorbate radical produced is either directly reduced back to ascorbate by EC 1.6.5.4 [monodehydroascorbate reductase (NADH)] or undergoes non-enzymic disproportionation to ascorbate and dehydroascorbate.
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SYSTEMATIC NAME
IUBMB Comments
L-ascorbate:hydrogen-peroxide oxidoreductase
A heme protein. Oxidizes ascorbate and low molecular weight aromatic substrates. The monodehydroascorbate radical produced is either directly reduced back to ascorbate by EC 1.6.5.4 [monodehydroascorbate reductase (NADH)] or undergoes non-enzymic disproportionation to ascorbate and dehydroascorbate.
determined by SDS-PAGE and Western blot analysis, LmAPX in the intermembrane space of the mitochondrial inner membrane is appr. 3.6 kDa shorter than the full-length gene
the optical spectrum of the W208F mutant closely resembles that of wild type LmAPX at pH 7.5 in the absence of ascorbate. W208F mutant causes a spectral red shift from high spin to low spin, indicating that the mutant can react with H2O2. Cytochrome c binding affinity to the enzyme does not alter after mutation. The mutant is 1000times less active than the wild type in cytochrome c oxidation
Role of tryptophan-208 residue in cytochrome c oxidation by ascorbate peroxidase from Leishmania major-kinetic studies on Trp208Phe mutant and wild type enzyme
Overexpression of mitochondrial Leishmania major ascorbate peroxidase shows enhanced tolerance to oxidative stress-induced programmed cell death and protein damage