In this review we provide an analysis of the biochemistry of peroxynitrite and tyrosine nitration. Peroxynitrite is the product of the diffusion-controlled reaction between superoxide (O2•-) and nitric oxide (•NO). This process is in competition with the enzymatic dismutation of O2•- and the diffusion of •NO across cells and tissues and its reaction with molecular targets (e.g. guanylate cyclas...

Nitration of tyrosine residues has been shown to be an important oxidative modification in proteins and has been suggested to play a role in several diseases such as atherosclerosis, asthma, lung and neurodegenerative diseases. Detection of nitrated proteins has been mainly based on the use of nitrotyrosine-specific antibodies. In contrast, only a small number of nitration sites in proteins hav...

Inorganic nitrile halides have been studied theoretically by quantum-chemical approach and experimentally in the reactions of halogenation, nitration nitro halogenation aromatic compounds alkynes. The generation was eventually proved can be carried out using iodine system (alkali metal halides) presence alkali nitrates an acetic acid medium. It has found that reaction give products iodination, ...

The last step of sulfur assimilation is catalyzed by O-acetylserine(thiol)lyase (OASTL) enzymes. OASTLs are encoded by a multigene family in the model plant Arabidopsis thaliana. Cytosolic OASA1 enzyme is the main source of OASTL activity and thus crucial for cysteine homeostasis. We found that nitrating conditions after exposure to peroxynitrite strongly inhibited OASTL activity. Among OASTLs,...

Myeloperoxidase is a heme enzyme of neutrophils that uses hydrogen peroxide to oxidize chloride to hypochlorous acid. Recently, it has been shown to catalyze nitration of tyrosine. In this study we have investigated the mechanism by which it oxidizes nitrite and promotes nitration of tyrosyl residues. Nitrite was found to be a poor substrate for myeloperoxidase but an excellent inhibitor of its...

Allergy prevalence has increased in industrialized countries. One contributing factor could be pollution, which can cause nitration of allergens exogenously (in the air) or endogenously (in inflamed lung tissue). We investigated the impact of nitration on both the structural and immunological behavior of the major birch pollen allergen Bet v 1.0101 to determine whether nitration might be a fact...

Tyrosine nitration in proteins is an important post-translational modification (PTM) linked to various pathological conditions. When multiple potential sites of nitration exist, tandem mass spectrometry (MS/MS) methods provide unique tools to locate the nitro-tyrosine(s) precisely. Electron capture dissociation (ECD) is a powerful MS/MS method, different in its mechanisms to the "slow-heating" ...

OBJECTIVES Lupus flares are triggered by environmental agents that cause oxidative stress, but the mechanisms involved are unclear. The flares are characterized by oxidative modifications of proteins by 4-hydroxynonenals, malondialdehydes, carbonyls and nitration. These modifications have been proposed to induce and perpetuate lupus flares by "altered self" mechanisms. An epigenetically altered...

Protein tyrosine nitration is an important reactive oxygen species/reactive nitrogen species (ROS/RNS)-related modification that is derived from the main in vivo peroxynitrite pathway and the secondary myeloperoxidase reaction pathway (Scaloni, 2006, Khan et al., 1998, Zhan & Desiderio, 2009a, 2009b, and 2009c, Dalle-Donne et al., 2005, Zhan, Wang, & Desiderio, 2013). Tyrosine nitration adds an...

Naphthalene was nitrated with a variety of nitrating agents. Comparison of data with Perrin's electrochemical nitration [Perrin, C. L. (1977) J. Am. Chem. Soc. 99, 5516-5518] shows that nitration of naphthalene gives an alpha-nitronaphthalene to beta-nitronaphthalene ratio that varies between 9 and 29 and is thus not constant. Perrin's data, therefore, are considered to be inconclusive evidence...