Title : Vascular peroxidase 1 catalyzes the formation of hypohalous acids: characterization of its substrate specificity and enzymatic properties.

Pub. Date : 2012 Nov 15

PMID : 22982576






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1 Phagocyte-derived myeloperoxidase (MPO) utilizes chloride and bromide, in the presence of hydrogen peroxide (H(2)O(2)), to generate hypochlorous acid and hypobromous acid, potent oxidizing species that are known to kill invading pathogens. Bromides myeloperoxidase Homo sapiens