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Effects of tyramine and 4-aminophenol on the oscillating peroxidase-oxidase reaction
Andrew G McDonald1, Keith F Tipton
1School of Biochemistry and Immunology, Trinity College , Dublin 2, Ireland.
Abstract:
The peroxidase-oxidase oscillator, a model of biological oscillations, is usually studied in conjunction with the effector molecule, 2,4-dichlorophenol. In this account, we present evidence of the effects of a naturally occurring phenol, tyramine, on the reaction, and also those of the structurally similar 4-aminophenol. Whereas 2,4-dichlorophenol gives rise to sustained oscillations at 40 μM, it was discovered that tyramine promotes damped oscillations at a concentration of 120 μM. Oxidation of NADH was completely inhibited by 4-aminophenol and ascorbate. In separate experiments, the peroxidase-catalyzed ring coupling of tyramine and 4-aminophenol was observed, which in the case of tyramine, may provide an explanation for the damping of oscillations.
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