文摘
The role of inorganic phosphate as a catalyzer of the production of tyrosyl radical in frozen tyrosine solutions irradiated with near UV light at 77 K has been demonstrated by the EPR method. It was shown that the increase in the yield of tyrosyl radicals at pH < 7 correlates with the production of H-/sup> atoms and can be explained by the fact that phosphate acts as an acceptor of photoejected electrons. At pH > 7, the increase in the yield of tyrosyl radicals is accompanied by the production of phosphate radicals and OH-/sup> and is caused, presumably, by the catalysis of the formation of triplet states of tyrosine molecules by the HP form of phosphate, the fact shown by a number of authors. A quantitative estimation of relative concentrations of photosensitized paramagnetic products was carried out on the basis of computer analysis of resultant EPR signals.