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Vanadium bromoperoxidases are a kind of
enzymes called haloperoxidases. Its
primary function is to
remove hydrogen peroxide which is
produced during photosynthesis...
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enzymes effect chlorination. In the
nomenclature of haloperoxidase,
bromoperoxidases classically are
unable to
oxidize chloride at all. For example, eosinophil...
- {\ce {<=>>}}} HOBr + HBr In nature,
hypobromous acid is
produced by
bromoperoxidases,
which are
enzymes that
catalyze the
oxidation of
bromide with hydrogen...
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potent electrophile. The
enzyme vanadium bromoperoxidase, one of a
larger family of
bromoperoxidases,
catalyzes this
reaction in the
marine environment...
- some life
forms as an
active center of enzymes, such as the
vanadium bromoperoxidase of some
ocean algae.
Vanadium was
discovered in
Mexico in 1801 by the...
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peroxidase Non-heme Thiol:
glutathione peroxidase,
peroxiredoxin vanadium bromoperoxidase Alkyl hydroperoxide reductase Manganese peroxidase NADH peroxidase...
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bromide to the
equivalent of Br+, a
potent electrophile. The
enzyme bromoperoxidase catalyzes this reaction. The
oceans are
estimated to
release 1–2 million...
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biochemical context. Some
enzymes use
bromide as
substrate or as a cofactor.
Bromoperoxidase enzymes use
bromide (typically in seawater) to
generate electrophilic...
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Jannun R.,
Nuwayhid N. and Coe E. (1981)
Biological bromination –
bromoperoxidase activity in the
Murex sea-snail. FASEB. J. 40, 1774.
Tekhelet - Biblical...
- Moore, R. M.; Webb, M.; Tokarczyk, R.; Wever, R. (15
September 1996). "
Bromoperoxidase and
iodoperoxidase enzymes and
production of
halogenated methanes in...
