Abstract

Ascorbate oxidase is fully reduced by 4 mol of ascorbate in the absence of air, as monitored by optical and electron paramagnetic resonance spectra. At less than stoichiometric ascorbate concentration there is a slow equilibration between the 605-and 330-nm absorption bands: The 605-nm chromophore is first reduced, then its color reappears while the 330-nm absorption band decreases. Upon reoxidation with air the process takes place in the opposite direction. Intramolecular rather than intermolecular electron exchange appears to be responsible for this process. The reduced protein is about twice as fluorescent as the oxidized protein. The fluorescence quenching in the oxidized protein is related to the 330-nm absorption band rather than to the 605-nm band as previously reported for laccase.

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