The plasmid-borne Rhizobium etli katG gene encodes a dual-function catalase-peroxidase (KatG) (EC 1.11.1.7) that is inducible and heat-labile. In contrast to other rhizobia, katG was shown to be solely responsible for catalase and peroxidase activity in R. etli. An R. etli mutant that did not express catalase activity exhibited increased sensitivity to hydrogen peroxide (H(2)O(2)). Pre-exposure...

selenium is an essential element for humans, therefore, adding it to plants is convenient for biofortification. thus, the aim of this work was to analyze experimentally the ability of sodium selenite to increase the concentration of se and modify the antioxidant activity in tomato plants. we used plants of the toro hybrid variety and applied three treatments: 0, 2 and 5 mg l-1 of selenium as so...

the effect of salicylic acid (sa) on induction of resistance against root-knot nematode (meloidogyne javanica) and the effect of m. javanica to induce biochemical defense responses in tomato (solanum lycopersicum l.) roots at six-leaf stage were investigated. meanwhile, the effect of different concentrations of sa on mortality of second stage juveniles of m. javanica was examined. changes in th...

This research investigated the role of oxidative enzymes in the defense response of buffalograss, Buchloë dactyloides (Nuttall) Engelmann, to Blissus occiduus Barber. Changes in catalase and peroxidase activity were observed in both resistant and susceptible buffalograsses in response to chinch bug feeding. Susceptible plants were shown to have a lower level of catalase activity compared with t...

OBJECTIVE To investigate the frequency of mutations in catalase-peroxidase and inhibin alpha genes in clinical isolates of isoniazid resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis strains. METHODS The study was conducted at Provincial Tuberculosis Reference Laboratory, Peshawar, Pakistan, from April 2015 to March 2016, and comprised sputum specimens obtained from patients of different ages. All the iso...

This research investigated the role of oxidative enzymes in the defense response of buffalograss,Buchloë dactyloides (Nuttall) Engelmann, toBlissus occiduusBarber. Changes in catalase and peroxidase activity were observed in both resistant and susceptible buffalograsses in response to chinch bug feeding. Susceptible plants were shown to have a lower level of catalase activity compared with thei...

A 81-kDa protein from Mycobacterium sp. strain PYR-1 was expressed in response to exposure of the strain to the polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon pyrene and recovered by two-dimensional gel electrophoresis. The N-terminal sequence of the protein indicated that it was similar to catalase-peroxidase. An oligonucleotide probe designed from this sequence was used to screen a genomic library of Mycoba...

The first dimeric catalase-peroxidase of eucaryotic origin, an intracellular hydroperoxidase from Penicillium simplicissimum which exhibited both catalase and peroxidase activities, has been isolated. The enzyme has an apparent molecular mass of about 170 kDa and is composed of two identical subunits. The purified protein has a pH optimum for catalase activity at 6.4 and for peroxidase at 5.4. ...