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Myeloperoxidase (MPO) is a
peroxidase enzyme that in
humans is
encoded by the MPO gene on
chromosome 17. MPO is most
abundantly expressed in neutrophils...
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Myeloperoxidase deficiency is a
disorder featuring lack in
either the
quantity or the
function of
myeloperoxidase–an iron-containing
protein expressed...
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peroxide with
chloride ions
under the
catalysis of the heme
enzyme myeloperoxidase (MPO). Like many
other disinfectants,
hypochlorous acid
solutions will...
- way.[citation needed] As an anti-inflammatory,
dapsone inhibits the
myeloperoxidase-H2O2-halide-mediated
cytotoxic system in polymorphonucleocytes. As...
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converted to
hypochlorous acid (HClO), by the
green heme
enzyme myeloperoxidase. It is
thought that the
bactericidal properties of HClO are enough...
- of FeS groups.
Integral to
hypochlorous acid
formation is
myeloperoxidase.
Myeloperoxidase is most
abundant in neutrophils,
wherein phagocytosis is accompanied...
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certain cir****stances. Pus is
sometimes green because of the
presence of
myeloperoxidase, an
intensely green antibacterial protein produced by some
types of...
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Superoxide decays to
oxygen and
hydrogen peroxide,
which is used in a
myeloperoxidase-catalysed
reaction to
convert chloride to hypochlorite. Low concentrations...
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defensins that fuse with
phagocytic vacuoles.
Azurophils may
contain myeloperoxidase,
phospholipase A2, acid hydrolases, elastase, defensins,
neutral serine...
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molecular oxygen by
superoxide di****ase. Finally,
peroxide is used by
myeloperoxidase to
oxidize chloride ions into
hypochlorite (the
active component of...
