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I were to obtain a powder of the enzyme which converts a substrate to hydrogen peroxide, and I dropped this powder into a concentrated (30-50%) solution of its substrate (with the amount of enzyme needed for the most rapid reaction)? There would be quite an amount of heat I assume since a similar reaction is displayed in the bombardier beetle, only we are forming hydrogen peroxide instead of catalysing its decomposition. the reaction chamber gets heated to boiling point within a few milliseconds when the enzymes and the substrate meet.

an estimate of how concentrated the hydrogen peroxide may be?
HP is reactive and an oxidant and the solution contains organic molecules, so I'm wondering if there may be some fire hazard by mixing an enzyme powder +  substrate that when combined form HP.

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10 years ago
I were to obtain a powder of the enzyme which converts a substrate to hydrogen peroxide, and I dropped this powder into a concentrated (30-50%) solution of its substrate (with the amount of enzyme needed for the most rapid reaction)?

It would eventually reach a peak because the ratio of enzyme to substrate will be skewed. The only substrates I can see would work here would be pure oxygen and pure hydrogen.

2 H2 (g) + O2 (g) Rightwards Arrow 2 H2O (l) H = –571.6 kJ (not sure how correct this is). I'm assuming that as soon as the chemical is formed, it would destroy the rest of the enzymes present, preventing it from moving forward. As a result, my predictions is that there wouldn't be a "fire hazard by mixing an enzyme powder +  substrate that when combined form HP."
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10 years ago Edited: 10 years ago, GaiaGirl95
There's an enzyme which converts fatty acid into hydrogen peroxide (Acyl-coa oxidase and fatty acid oxidase I think they were named?). the human metabolome database clearly lists HP as an enzymatic byproduct. what do you mean by '' I'm assuming that as soon as the chemical is formed, it would destroy the rest of the enzymes present''?

2 hydrogen peroxide is a byproduct of fatty acid metabolism. its not in high concentration but I'm wondering if the enzymes would survive their own reactions if they had enough substrate to produce concentrations of hydrogen peroxide above, say, 20%

because in this scenario I would be dumping a powder of this enzyme into a solution of its substrate with no catalase in the solution. just 70% water and 30% its substrate.
Logically, due to the concentrations present,HP would be created very rapidly. thermal denaturation above boiling temperatures denatures protein within nanoseconds. Does the same apply for chemical denaturation?
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10 years ago
There's an enzyme which converts fatty acid into hydrogen peroxide (Acyl-coa oxidase and fatty acid oxidase I think they were named?).

No there isn't.
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10 years ago Edited: 10 years ago, GaiaGirl95
mmmm yes there is.
http://www.madsci.org/posts/archives/1999-09/938519528.Bc.r.html

D-amino acid oxidase and acyl-CoA oxidase
as well as Polyamine oxidase http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC166856/
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10 years ago
You're saying there is an enzyme that converts this:



to this:



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GaiaGirl95 Author
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10 years ago
Yes!

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC166856/

More than one actually.. Polyamine Oxidase, Acl-Coa oxidase, D-amino acid oxidase..
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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC166856/

This is for plants Undecided
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10 years ago
Acl-Coa oxidase, D-amino acid oxidase exist in humans.
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10 years ago
Acl-Coa oxidase, D-amino acid oxidase exist in humans.

Where is it produced? I.e. what tissue/organ?
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10 years ago
The Human Metabolome database doesn't say that.
But it IS created in human cells by enzymes.
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The Human Metabolome database doesn't say that.
But it IS created in human cells by enzymes.

Different tissues express different proteins, so it does matter quite a lot. That's why our brain looks different than our hand - both are human cells.
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