The nature of the porphyrin pi-cation radicals in the horseradish peroxidase and bovine liver catalase (BLC) compound I species have been investigated by studying their resonance Raman spectra. A variety of laser excitation and sample interrogation procedures have been employed in order to minimize previously documented problems arising from photoinduced conversions. With Soret band excitation,...

Binding of p-cresol to native horseradish peroxidase was investigated by differential spectrophotometry, and the value lo3 Kdiss = 3 M was obtained at neutral and acid pH; binding is not competitive with that of cyanide and hydroxide. The Soret region spectrum of Compound II of the enzyme was measured in the steady state at pH 4.26, 6.89, and 10.95, and the differences were found to be too smal...