X-Ray Inactivation of Papain in Solution
Crystalline papain was found to be the most radiosensitive enzyme so far studied. The dose inactivation was nonexponential, and for low dose rates it approached a linear function. The enzyme inactivation could be accounted for almost entirely by a radiochemical oxidation of its single essential SH group. The enzyme could be partly reactivated by cysteine addition after the exposure. The data indicate that in part intermolecular protein disulfides were formed which were rather resistant to further radiochemical oxidation. The observed ionic yield decreased strongly with increasing dose rate, and the inactivation showed a pronounced aftereffect. These effects were shown to be due to the action of radiation-induced hydrogen peroxide. In the presence of catalase the yield of inactivation was the same in air as in nitrogen (G = 1.2). Blocking of the actlve SH group with a cysteamine residue reduced the enzyme inactivation by x rays by factors of 8.2 and 5.5, in the absence and in the presence of catalase, respectively.
- Research Organization:
- Norsk Hydro's Inst. for Cancer Research, Oslo
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE
- NSA Number:
- NSA-17-024965
- OSTI ID:
- 4714458
- Journal Information:
- Radiation Research, Journal Name: Radiation Research Journal Issue: 1 Vol. 19; ISSN 0033-7587
- Publisher:
- Radiation Research Society
- Country of Publication:
- Country unknown/Code not available
- Language:
- English
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