Monooxygenase activity of Octopus vulgaris hemocyanin.

Octopus vulgaris hemocyanin ( Ov-Hc) and one of its minimal functional units ( Ov-g) have been purified, and their spectroscopic features and monooxygenase (phenolase) activity have been examined in detail. The oxy forms of both Ov-Hc and Ov-g are stable in 0.5 M borate buffer (pH 9.0) even in the presence of a high concentration of urea at 25 degrees C; approximately 90 and approximately 75% of the (mu-eta (2):eta (2)-peroxo)dicopper(II) species of Ov-Hc and Ov-g, respectively, remained unchanged after argon (Ar) gas flushing of the sample solutions for 1 h. The catalytic activity of Ov-g in the oxygenation reaction (multiturnover reaction) of 4-methylphenol ( p-cresol) to 4-methyl-1,2-dihydroxybenzene (4-methylcatechol) was higher than that of Ov-Hc, and its catalytic activity was further accelerated by the addition of urea. Kinetic deuterium isotope effect analysis and Hammett analysis using a series of phenol derivatives under anaerobic conditions (single-turnover reaction) have indicated that the monooxygenation reaction of phenols to catechols by the peroxo species of oxyhemocyanin proceeds via electrophilic aromatic substitution mechanism as in the case of tyrosinase. The effect of urea on the redox functions of oxyhemocyanin is discussed on the basis of the spectroscopic analysis and reactivity studies.

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