Rev. ed. of: Heme peroxidases / H. Brian Dunford. c1999.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Historical : pioneering work on horseradish and yeast cytochrome C peroxidases -- Heme peroxidase and catalase families -- Horseradish peroxidase I : the native enzyme, compounds I and II, their structures, and their cycle -- Horseradish peroxidase II : two-electron reactions, ferrous peroxidase, compound III, the five oxidation states, oxygen evolution, and inactivation -- Horseradish peroxidase III : oscillations and peroxidase-oxidase reactions with nadh, indole-3-acetic acid, and isobutyraldehyde light emission -- Yeast cytochrome C peroxidase : reactions with small substrates -- Yeast cytochrome C peroxidase : reaction with cytochrome C -- Spectroscopy I : optical, resonance raman, and x-ray absorption -- Spectroscopy II : nuclear magnetic resonance, electron spin, and Mossbauer -- Theoretical -- Class I : ascorbate peroxidase -- Catalase-peroxidases and Mycobacterium tuberculosis -- Class II : lignin, manganese, versatile, and Coprinus cinereus peroxidases -- Other class III peroxidases -- Catalases -- Myeloperoxidase : enzymology -- Biomedical aspects of myeloperoxidase : halogenation reactions in cardiovascular disease, infection, and cancer -- Prostaglandin H synthase -- Thyroid peroxidase -- Lacto- and salivary peroxidases -- Chloroperoxidase from C. fumago -- Selenium-containing enzymes : glutathione peroxidase and iodothyronine deiodinase -- Structure and function of vanadium peroxidases -- Other heme peroxidases and enzymes -- Application of peroxidases.