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Rapid mobilization of ferritin iron by ascorbate in the presence of oxygen
Biochimica Et Biophysica Acta
|September 1, 1980
Abstract:
L-(-)-ascorbate mobilizes iron from horse-spleen ferritin in the presence of oxygen at pH 8.0. The reaction is strongly stimulated by Cu2+. Dehydroascorbate and other stable oxidation products of ascorbate are ineffective. We present evidence that monodehydroascorbate mobilizes ferritin iron by reduction.