Title : Enhancement of respiratory mucosal antiviral defenses by the oxidation of iodide.

Pub. Date : 2011 Oct

PMID : 21441383






1 Functional Relationships(s)
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1 The other components include epithelial ion transporters, which mediate the secretion of the oxidizable anion thiocyanate (SCN(-)) into airway surface liquid, and lactoperoxidase (LPO), which catalyzes the H(2)O(2)-dependent oxidation of the pseudohalide SCN(-) to yield the antimicrobial molecule hypothiocyanite (OSCN(-)). Hydrogen Peroxide lactoperoxidase Homo sapiens