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A J Glaid

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PubMed1974

Iron and aconitase activity.

Aconitase activated with Fe(2+), cysteine and ascorbate incorporates 1 g-atom of Fe(2+)/mol. Loss of this Fe(2+) by transfer to ferrozine, a Fe(2+) chelator, results in loss of activity. Ascorbate increases the rate of transfer of the essential Fe(2+) whereas citrate retards the rate of transfer. Transfer of Fe(2+) from inactive aconitase, 2 g-atoms of Fe/mol, can be accomplished in the presence of urea and ascorbate. The correlation of activity with the presence of an added g-atom of Fe(2+)/mol leads to the conclusion that active aconitase has only one active site per mol.

Aconitate Hydratase↗