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Free Radical Research Communications Volume 4, 1988 - Issue 4
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Original Article

The Uniqueness of Superoxide Dismutase (SOD) — Why Cannot Most Copper Compounds Substitute Sod In vivo?

Gldon Czapski Department of Physical Chemistry, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, 91904, Israel
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Sara Goldstein Department of Physical Chemistry, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, 91904, Israel
Pages 225-229 | Received 30 Apr 1987, Accepted 03 Aug 1987, Published online: 07 Jul 2009
 
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Abstract

It is shown that the copper zinc superoxide dismutase is unique in its ability to catalyze O2- dismutation in vivo in contrast to other copper compounds which have this feature only in vitro. The reasons for this difference are discussed in terms of kinetic and thermodynamic parameters.

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