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Xanthine oxidase (xanthine:oxygen oxidoreductase, EC 1.2.3.2) supplemented with an electron donor could catalyze the cis-trans isomerization of 3-(5-nitro-2-furyl)-2-(2-furyl)acrylamide, 3-(5-nitro-2-furyl)-2-phenylacrylamide and 3-(5-nitro-2-furyl)-2-(2-furyl)acrylonitrile. The direction of isomerization (cis leads to trans, cis in equilibrium trans or trans leads to cis) is dependent on the chemical structure of these nitrofuran derivatives. Lipoyl dehydrogenase (NADH:lipoamide oxidereductase, EC 1.6.4.3), DT-diaphorase (NAD(P)H:(quinone-acceptor) oxidoreductase, EC 1.6.99.2) and liver microsomes could also catalyze the conversion of cis-3-(5-nitro-2-furyl)-2-(2-furyl)acrylamide to its trans isomer in the presence of an appropriate electron donor. Such isomerizing activity of these enzymes is much higher than their nitro-reducing activity. In addition, the cis-trans isomerization of some nitrofuran derivatives was demonstrated with the liver slices and the small intestines of rats. A new cis-trans isomerization mechanism which is based on transfer of a single electron by an enzyme system to a nitrofuran derivative to give the radical-anion was proposed. This postulated mechanism was supported by the preliminary experiments using pulse radiolysis technique.
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