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SUBMITTER: Kagan VE
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6714564 | biostudies-literature | 2010 May
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Nature nanotechnology 20100404 5
We have shown previously that single-walled carbon nanotubes can be catalytically biodegraded over several weeks by the plant-derived enzyme, horseradish peroxidase. However, whether peroxidase intermediates generated inside human cells or biofluids are involved in the biodegradation of carbon nanotubes has not been explored. Here, we show that hypochlorite and reactive radical intermediates of the human neutrophil enzyme myeloperoxidase catalyse the biodegradation of single-walled carbon nanotu ...[more]