C100

Catalase from bovine liver

aqueous suspension, 40,000-60,000 units/mg protein (E1%/405)

• Synonym(s): H₂O₂:H₂O₂ oxidoreductase
• CAS Number: 9001-05-2
• Enzyme Commission number: 1.11.1.6 (BRENDA, IUBMB)
• MDL number: MFCD00081483
• UNSPSC Code: 12352204
• eCl@ss: 32160410
• NACRES: NA.54

Properties

• form: aqueous suspension
• specific activity: 40,000-60,000 units/mg protein (E1%/405)
• mol wt: tetramer ~250 kDa
• isoelectric point: 5.4
• UniProt accession no.: P00432
• shipped in: wet ice
• storage temp.: 2-8°C
• InChI: 1S/C9H10O3/c1-2-12-9(11)7-3-5-8(10)6-4-7/h3-6,10H,2H2,1H3
• InChI key: NUVBSKCKDOMJSU-UHFFFAOYSA-N
• Gene Information: cow ... CAT(280743)

Description

General description

Research Area: Cell Signaling

Catalase from bovine liver is a tetramer consisting of 4 equal subunits each with a 60 kDa molecular weight. Each of these subunits contains iron bound to a protoheme IX group. The enzyme will also strongly bind to NADP, where NADP and the heme group are within 13.7 angstroms.

Application

Catalase acts as a natural antioxidant to study the roles of reactive oxygen species in gene expression and apoptosis. It has also been used to protect against oxidative damage to proteins, lipids, and nucleic acids. Industrially, catalzes have been used to remove hydrogen peroxide added to milk and cheese, in textile bleaching, and to examine its positive effects on the viability of DNA-repair mutants of E. coli.

Catalase from bovine liver may be used:

• to prepare H₂O₂-O₂ based biocathode for applications in glucose biofuel cells
• to study the kinetic properties and storage stability of catalase immobilized on to florisil
• in glutathione-mediated superoxide generation in an aqueous solution

Biochem/physiol Actions

Catalase, an antioxidant enzyme found in all aerobic organisms, catalyzes the degradation of hydrogen peroxide, a byproduct of metabolic processes, into less harmful water and oxygen. It can also react with alkylhydrogen peroxides, such as methylperoxide and ethylperoxide and the second H₂O₂ molecule can be replaced by methanol, ethanol, propanol, formate and nitrate as a hydrogen donor. Catalase enzyme uses either iron (Fe) or manganese (Mn) as cofactor, and are classified as Fe-CAT or Mn-CAT.

Caution

Solutions of catalse should not be frozen. Frozen solution will result in a 50-70% loss of activity.

Unit Definition

One unit will decompose 1.0 μmole of H₂O₂ per min at pH 7.0 at 25 °C, while the H₂O₂ concentration falls from 10.3 to 9.2 mM, measured by the rate of decrease of A₂₄₀.

Preparation Note

This product is offered as a catalase suspension in water containing 0.1% (w/v) thymol with activity of 40,000-60,000 units/mg protein. To remove the thymol preservative, the catalase crystals may be pelleted by centrifugation, the supernatant, discarded, the pellet resuspended in water, and then pelleted again. The enzyme is soluble in 50 mM potassium phosphate buffer at 1 mg/mL and pH 7.0.

Safety Information

• pictograms: GHS08
• signalword: Danger
• hcodes: H334
• pcodes: P261 - P284 - P501
• Hazard Classifications: Resp. Sens. 1
• Storage Class: 12 - Non Combustible Liquids
• wgk_germany: WGK 1
• flash_point_f: Not applicable
• flash_point_c: Not applicable
• ppe: Eyeshields, Gloves, multi-purpose combination respirator cartridge (US)