Abstract
A biosensor exploiting an electrochemically mediated enzyme-catalysed reaction was used to quantify relative contributions of cytoplasmic catalase and periplasmic cytochrome c peroxidase to the overall rate of hydrogen peroxide breakdown in cells of Paracoccus denitrificans. The effects of antimycin (an inhibitor of electron flow to cytochrome c peroxidase), the reaction rate versus substrate concentration profiles for the whole cells and subcellular fractions, and the time courses of oxygen concentration demonstrated a profound decrease in the capacity of cytochrome c peroxidase to reduce H 2O 2 under in vivo conditions. The reason is suggested to be a competition for available electrons between the enzyme and terminal oxidases metabolising oxygen produced by catalase.
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