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Zhao Z, Laps S, Gichtin JS, Metanis N. Selenium chemistry for spatio-selective peptide and protein functionalization. Nat Rev Chem 2024; 8:211-229. [PMID: 38388838 DOI: 10.1038/s41570-024-00579-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 01/15/2024] [Indexed: 02/24/2024]
Abstract
The ability to construct a peptide or protein in a spatio-specific manner is of great interest for therapeutic and biochemical research. However, the various functional groups present in peptide sequences and the need to perform chemistry under mild and aqueous conditions make selective protein functionalization one of the greatest synthetic challenges. The fascinating paradox of selenium (Se) - being found in both toxic compounds and also harnessed by nature for essential biochemical processes - has inspired the recent exploration of selenium chemistry for site-selective functionalization of peptides and proteins. In this Review, we discuss such approaches, including metal-free and metal-catalysed transformations, as well as traceless chemical modifications. We report their advantages, limitations and applications, as well as future research avenues.
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- Zhenguang Zhao
- Institute of Chemistry, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel
- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA
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- Institute of Chemistry, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel
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- Institute of Chemistry, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel
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- Institute of Chemistry, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel.
- Casali Center for Applied Chemistry, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel.
- The Center for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel.
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Okada S, Matsumoto Y, Takahashi R, Arai K, Kanemura S, Okumura M, Muraoka T. Semi-enzymatic acceleration of oxidative protein folding by N-methylated heteroaromatic thiols. Chem Sci 2023; 14:7630-7636. [PMID: 37476727 PMCID: PMC10355094 DOI: 10.1039/d3sc01540h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/24/2023] [Accepted: 06/06/2023] [Indexed: 07/22/2023] Open
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We report the first example of a synthetic thiol-based compound that promotes oxidative protein folding upon 1-equivalent loading to the disulfide bonds in the client protein to afford the native form in over 70% yield. N-Methylation is a central post-translational processing of proteins in vivo for regulating functions including chaperone activities. Despite the universally observed biochemical reactions in nature, N-methylation has hardly been utilized in the design, functionalization, and switching of synthetic bioregulatory agents, particularly folding promotors. As a biomimetic approach, we developed pyridinylmethanethiols to investigate the effects of N-methylation on the promotion of oxidative protein folding. For a comprehensive study on the geometrical effects, constitutional isomers of pyridinylmethanethiols with ortho-, meta-, and para-substitutions have been synthesized. Among the constitutional isomers, para-substituted pyridinylmethanethiol showed the fastest disulfide-bond formation of the client proteins to afford the native forms most efficiently. N-Methylation drastically increased the acidity and enhanced the oxidizability of the thiol groups in the pyridinylmethanethiols to enhance the folding promotion efficiencies. Among the isomers, para-substituted N-methylated pyridinylmethanethiol accelerated the oxidative protein folding reactions with the highest efficiency, allowing for protein folding promotion by 1-equivalent loading as a semi-enzymatic activity. This study will offer a novel bioinspired molecular design of synthetic biofunctional agents that are semi-enzymatically effective for the promotion of oxidative protein folding including biopharmaceuticals such as insulin in vitro by minimum loading.
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- Shunsuke Okada
- Department of Applied Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology 2-24-16 Naka-cho Koganei Tokyo 184-8588 Japan
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- Department of Applied Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology 2-24-16 Naka-cho Koganei Tokyo 184-8588 Japan
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- Department of Chemistry, School of Science, Tokai University Kitakaname Hiratsuka-shi Kanagawa 259-1292 Japan
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- Department of Chemistry, School of Science, Tokai University Kitakaname Hiratsuka-shi Kanagawa 259-1292 Japan
- Institute of Advanced Biosciences, Tokai University Kitakaname Hiratsuka-shi Kanagawa 259-1292 Japan
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- School of Science, Kwansei Gakuin University 1 Gakuen Uegahara Sanda Hyogo 669-1330 Japan
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- Frontier Research Institute for Interdisciplinary Sciences, Tohoku University 6-3 Aramaki-Aza-Aoba, Aoba-ku Sendai 980-8578 Japan
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- Department of Applied Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology 2-24-16 Naka-cho Koganei Tokyo 184-8588 Japan
- Institute of Global Innovation Research, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology 3-8-1 Harumi-cho Fuchu Tokyo 183-8538 Japan
- Kanagawa Institute of Industrial Science and Technology 3-2-1 Sakato, Takatsu-ku Kawasaki Kanagawa 213-0012 Japan
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Pehlivan Ö, Waliczek M, Kijewska M, Stefanowicz P. Selenium in Peptide Chemistry. Molecules 2023; 28:molecules28073198. [PMID: 37049961 PMCID: PMC10096412 DOI: 10.3390/molecules28073198] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/27/2023] [Revised: 03/29/2023] [Accepted: 04/02/2023] [Indexed: 04/07/2023] Open
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In recent years, researchers have been exploring the potential of incorporating selenium into peptides, as this element possesses unique properties that can enhance the reactivity of these compounds. Selenium is a non-metallic element that has a similar electronic configuration to sulfur. However, due to its larger atomic size and lower electronegativity, it is more nucleophilic than sulfur. This property makes selenium more reactive toward electrophiles. One of the most significant differences between selenium and sulfur is the dissociation of the Se-H bond. The Se-H bond is more easily dissociated than the S-H bond, leading to higher acidity of selenocysteine (Sec) compared to cysteine (Cys). This difference in acidity can be exploited to selectively modify the reactivity of peptides containing Sec. Furthermore, Se-H bonds in selenium-containing peptides are more susceptible to oxidation than their sulfur analogs. This property can be used to selectively modify the peptides by introducing new functional groups, such as disulfide bonds, which are important for protein folding and stability. These unique properties of selenium-containing peptides have found numerous applications in the field of chemical biology. For instance, selenium-containing peptides have been used in native chemical ligation (NCL). In addition, the reactivity of Sec can be harnessed to create cyclic and stapled peptides. Other chemical modifications, such as oxidation, reduction, and photochemical reactions, have also been applied to selenium-containing peptides to create novel molecules with unique biological properties.
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- Özge Pehlivan
- Faculty of Chemistry, University of Wrocław, F. Joliot-Curie 14, 50-383 Wrocław, Poland
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- Faculty of Chemistry, University of Wrocław, F. Joliot-Curie 14, 50-383 Wrocław, Poland
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- Faculty of Chemistry, University of Wrocław, F. Joliot-Curie 14, 50-383 Wrocław, Poland
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- Faculty of Chemistry, University of Wrocław, F. Joliot-Curie 14, 50-383 Wrocław, Poland
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Narayan M. The Non-native Disulfide-Bond-Containing Landscape Orthogonal to the Oxidative Protein-Folding Trajectory: A Necessary Evil? J Phys Chem B 2022; 126:10273-10284. [PMID: 36472840 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.2c04648] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Oxidative protein folding describes the process by which disulfide-bond-containing proteins mature from their ribosomal, fully reduced and unfolded, origins. Over the past 40 years, a number of exemplar proteins including bovine pancreatic ribonuclease A (RNaseA), bovine pancreatic trypsin inhibitor (BPTI), and hen egg-white lysozyme (HEWL), among others, have provided rich insight into the nature of the intermolecular interactions that drive the formation of the native, biologically active fold. In this Review Article, we revisit the oxidative folding process of RNase A with a focus on reconciling the role of non-native disulfide-bond-containing species that populate the oxidative folding landscape. Toward gaining such an understanding, we project the regeneration pathway onto a Cartesian coordinate system. This helps not only to recognize the magnitude of the seemingly "fruitless", non-native disulfide-bond-containing species that lie orthogonal to the "native-protein-forming" reaction progress but also to reconcile a role for their existence in the regenerative trajectory. Finally, we superimpose the folding funnel onto the regeneration trajectory to draw parallels between oxidative folders and conformational folders (proteins that lack disulfide bonds). The overall objective is to provide the reader with a semi-quantitative description of oxidative protein folding and the barriers to successful regeneration while underscoring a role of seemingly fruitless intermediates.
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- Mahesh Narayan
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Texas at El Paso, El Paso, Texas 79968, United States
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Nishino H, Kitamura M, Okada S, Miyake R, Okumura M, Muraoka T. Cysteine-based protein folding modulators for trapping intermediates and misfolded forms. RSC Adv 2022; 12:26658-26664. [PMID: 36275147 PMCID: PMC9490518 DOI: 10.1039/d2ra04044a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/30/2022] [Accepted: 09/12/2022] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Folding is a key process to form functional conformations of proteins. Folding via on-pathway intermediates leads to the formation of native structures, while folding through off-pathways affords non-native and disease-causing forms. Trapping folding intermediates and misfolded forms is important for investigating folding mechanisms and disease-related biological properties of the misfolded proteins. We developed cysteine-containing dipeptides conjugated with amino acids possessing mono- and diamino-groups. In oxidative protein folding involving disulfide-bond formation, the addition of cysteine and oxidized glutathione readily promoted the folding to afford native forms. In contrast, despite the acceleration of disulfide-bond formation, non-native isomers formed in significantly increased yields upon the addition of the dipeptides. This study provides a molecular design of cysteine-based protein-folding modulators that afford proteins adopting non-native conformations through intermolecular disulfide-bond formation. Because of the intrinsic reversibility of the disulfide bonds upon redox reactions, the disulfide bond-based approach demonstrated here is expected to lead to the development of reversible methodologies for trapping transient and misfolded forms by intermolecular disulfide bond formation and restarting the folding processes of the trapped forms by subsequent cleavage of the intermolecular disulfide bonds. In this study, cysteine-containing dipeptides conjugated with amino acids possessing mono- and diamino-groups were developed as protein-folding modulators affording non-native forms through intermolecular disulfide-bond formation.![]()
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- Hayato Nishino
- Department of Applied Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, 2-24-16 Naka-cho, Koganei, Tokyo 184-8588, Japan
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- Department of Applied Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, 2-24-16 Naka-cho, Koganei, Tokyo 184-8588, Japan
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- Department of Applied Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, 2-24-16 Naka-cho, Koganei, Tokyo 184-8588, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Graduate School of Humanities and Sciences, Ochanomizu University, 2-1-1 Otsuka, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 112-8610, Japan
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- Frontier Research Institute for Interdisciplinary Sciences, Tohoku University, 6-3 Aramaki-Aza-Aoba, Aoba-ku, Sendai 980-8578, Japan
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- Department of Applied Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, 2-24-16 Naka-cho, Koganei, Tokyo 184-8588, Japan
- Institute of Global Innovation Research, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, 3-8-1 Harumi-cho, Fuchu, Tokyo 183-8538, Japan
- Kanagawa Institute of Industrial Science and Technology (KISTEC), Kanagawa, 243-0435, Japan
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Upadhyay A, Kumar Jha R, Batabyal M, Dutta T, Koner AL, Kumar S. Janus -faced oxidant and antioxidant profiles of organo diselenides. Dalton Trans 2021; 50:14576-14594. [PMID: 34590653 DOI: 10.1039/d1dt01565f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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To date, organoseleniums are pre-eminent for peroxide decomposition and radical quenching antioxidant activities. On the contrary, here, a series of Janus-faced aminophenolic diselenides have been prepared from substituted 2-iodoaniline and selenium powder using copper-catalyzed methodology. Subsequently, condensation with substituted salicylaldehyde afforded the Schiff base, which on reduction, yielded the desired substituted aminophenolic diselenides in 72%-88% yields. The generation of reactive oxygen species (ROS) from oxygen gas by the synthesized aminophenolic diselenides was studied by analyzing the oxidation of dichlorofluorescein diacetate (DCFDA) dye and para-nitro-thiophenol by fluorescence and UV-Visible spectroscopic methods. Furthermore, density functional theory calculations and crystal structure analysis revealed the role of functional amine and hydroxyl sites present in the Janus-faced organoselenium catalyst for the activation of molecular oxygen, where NH and phenolic groups bring the oxygen molecule close to the catalyst by N-H⋯O and O-H⋯O intermolecular interactions. Additionally, these functionalities stabilize the selenium-centered radical in the formed transition states. Antioxidant activities of the synthesized diselenides have been explored as the catalyst for the decomposition of hydrogen peroxide using benzenethiol sacrificial co-reductant by a well-established thiol assay. Radical quenching antioxidant activity was studied by the quenching of DPPH radicals at 516 nm by UV-Visible spectroscopy. The structure activity correlation suggests that the electron-rich phenol and electron-rich and sterically hindered selenium center enhance the oxidizing property of the aminophenolic diselenides. Janus-faced diselenides were also evaluated for their cytotoxic effect on HeLa cancer cells via MTT assay, which suggests that the compounds are effective at 15-18 μM concentration against cancer cells. Moreover, the combination with therapeutic anticancer drugs Erlotinib and Doxorubicin showed promising cytotoxicity at the nanomolar concentration (8-28 nM), which is sufficient to suppress the growth of the cancer cells.
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- Aditya Upadhyay
- Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Bhopal Bhauri By-pass Road, Bhopal 462066, Madhya Pradesh, India.
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- Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Bhopal Bhauri By-pass Road, Bhopal 462066, Madhya Pradesh, India.
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- Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Bhopal Bhauri By-pass Road, Bhopal 462066, Madhya Pradesh, India.
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- Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Bhopal Bhauri By-pass Road, Bhopal 462066, Madhya Pradesh, India.
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- Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Bhopal Bhauri By-pass Road, Bhopal 462066, Madhya Pradesh, India.
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- Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Bhopal Bhauri By-pass Road, Bhopal 462066, Madhya Pradesh, India.
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Mikami R, Tsukagoshi S, Arai K. Abnormal Enhancement of Protein Disulfide Isomerase-like Activity of a Cyclic Diselenide Conjugated with a Basic Amino Acid by Inserting a Glycine Spacer. BIOLOGY 2021; 10:biology10111090. [PMID: 34827083 PMCID: PMC8615077 DOI: 10.3390/biology10111090] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/28/2021] [Revised: 10/12/2021] [Accepted: 10/21/2021] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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In a previous study, we reported that (S)-1,2-diselenane-4-amine (1) catalyzes oxidative protein folding through protein disulfide isomerase (PDI)-like catalytic mechanisms and that the direct conjugation of a basic amino acid (Xaa: His, Lys, or Arg) via an amide bond improves the catalytic activity of 1 by increasing its diselenide (Se–Se) reduction potential (E′°). In this study, to modulate the Se–Se redox properties and the association of the compounds with a protein substrate, new catalysts, in which a Gly spacer was inserted between 1 and Xaa, were synthesized. Exhaustive comparison of the PDI-like catalytic activities and E′° values among 1, 1-Xaa, and 1-Gly-Xaa showed that the insertion of a Gly spacer into 1-Xaa either did not change or slightly reduced the PDI-like activity and the E′° values. Importantly, however, only 1-Gly-Arg deviated from this generality and showed obviously increased E°′ value and PDI-like activity compared to the corresponding compound with no Gly spacer (1-Arg); on the contrary, its catalytic activity was the highest among the diselenide compounds employed in this study, while this abnormal enhancement of the catalytic activity of 1-Gly-Arg could not be fully explained by the thermodynamics of the Se–Se bond and its association ability with protein substrates.
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Diselenide crosslinks for enhanced and simplified oxidative protein folding. Commun Chem 2021; 4:30. [PMID: 36697775 PMCID: PMC9814483 DOI: 10.1038/s42004-021-00463-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/06/2020] [Accepted: 01/29/2021] [Indexed: 01/28/2023] Open
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The in vitro oxidative folding of proteins has been studied for over sixty years, providing critical insight into protein folding mechanisms. Hirudin, the most potent natural inhibitor of thrombin, is a 65-residue protein with three disulfide bonds, and is viewed as a folding model for a wide range of disulfide-rich proteins. Hirudin's folding pathway is notorious for its highly heterogeneous intermediates and scrambled isomers, limiting its folding rate and yield in vitro. Aiming to overcome these limitations, we undertake systematic investigation of diselenide bridges at native and non-native positions and investigate their effect on hirudin's folding, structure and activity. Our studies demonstrate that, regardless of the specific positions of these substitutions, the diselenide crosslinks enhanced the folding rate and yield of the corresponding hirudin analogues, while reducing the complexity and heterogeneity of the process. Moreover, crystal structure analysis confirms that the diselenide substitutions maintained the overall three-dimensional structure of the protein and left its function virtually unchanged. The choice of hirudin as a study model has implications beyond its specific folding mechanism, demonstrating the high potential of diselenide substitutions in the design, preparation and characterization of disulfide-rich proteins.
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Conjugate of Thiol and Guanidyl Units with Oligoethylene Glycol Linkage for Manipulation of Oxidative Protein Folding. Molecules 2021; 26:molecules26040879. [PMID: 33562280 PMCID: PMC7915835 DOI: 10.3390/molecules26040879] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/19/2020] [Revised: 01/28/2021] [Accepted: 02/04/2021] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Oxidative protein folding is a biological process to obtain a native conformation of a protein through disulfide-bond formation between cysteine residues. In a cell, disulfide-catalysts such as protein disulfide isomerase promote the oxidative protein folding. Inspired by the active sites of the disulfide-catalysts, synthetic redox-active thiol compounds have been developed, which have shown significant promotion of the folding processes. In our previous study, coupling effects of a thiol group and guanidyl unit on the folding promotion were reported. Herein, we investigated the influences of a spacer between the thiol group and guanidyl unit. A conjugate between thiol and guanidyl units with a diethylene glycol spacer (GdnDEG-SH) showed lower folding promotion effect compared to the thiol-guanidyl conjugate without the spacer (GdnSH). Lower acidity and a more reductive property of the thiol group of GdnDEG-SH compared to those of GdnSH likely resulted in the reduced efficiency of the folding promotion. Thus, the spacer between the thiol and guanidyl groups is critical for the promotion of oxidative protein folding.
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Arai K, Iwaoka M. Flexible Folding: Disulfide-Containing Peptides and Proteins Choose the Pathway Depending on the Environments. Molecules 2021; 26:E195. [PMID: 33401729 PMCID: PMC7794709 DOI: 10.3390/molecules26010195] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/12/2020] [Revised: 12/24/2020] [Accepted: 12/29/2020] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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In the last few decades, development of novel experimental techniques, such as new types of disulfide (SS)-forming reagents and genetic and chemical technologies for synthesizing designed artificial proteins, is opening a new realm of the oxidative folding study where peptides and proteins can be folded under physiologically more relevant conditions. In this review, after a brief overview of the historical and physicochemical background of oxidative protein folding study, recently revealed folding pathways of several representative peptides and proteins are summarized, including those having two, three, or four SS bonds in the native state, as well as those with odd Cys residues or consisting of two peptide chains. Comparison of the updated pathways with those reported in the early years has revealed the flexible nature of the protein folding pathways. The significantly different pathways characterized for hen-egg white lysozyme and bovine milk α-lactalbumin, which belong to the same protein superfamily, suggest that the information of protein folding pathways, not only the native folded structure, is encoded in the amino acid sequence. The application of the flexible pathways of peptides and proteins to the engineering of folded three-dimensional structures is an interesting and important issue in the new realm of the current oxidative protein folding study.
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- Department of Chemistry, School of Science, Tokai University, Kitakaname, Hiratsuka-shi, Kanagawa 259-1292, Japan;
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A FRET-ICT Dual-Modulated Ratiometric Fluorescence Sensor for Monitoring and Bio-Imaging of Cellular Selenocysteine. Molecules 2020; 25:molecules25214999. [PMID: 33126726 PMCID: PMC7663636 DOI: 10.3390/molecules25214999] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/07/2020] [Revised: 10/11/2020] [Accepted: 10/27/2020] [Indexed: 12/27/2022] Open
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Since the fluctuation of cellular selenocysteine (Sec) concentration plays an all-important role in the development of numerous human disorders, the real-time fluorescence detection of Sec in living systems has attracted plenty of interest during the past decade. In order to obtain a faster and more sensitive small organic molecule fluorescence sensor for the Sec detection, a new ratiometric fluorescence sensor Q7 was designed based on the fluorescence resonance energy transfer (FRET) strategy with coumarin fluorophore as energy donor and 4-hydroxy naphthalimide fluorophore (with 2,4-dinitrobenzene sulfonate as fluorescence signal quencher and Sec-selective recognition site) as an energy acceptor. The sensor Q7 exhibited only a blue fluorescence signal, and displayed two well distinguished emission bands (blue and green) in the presence of Sec with ∆λ of 68 nm. Moreover, concentrations ranging of quantitative detection of Sec of Q7 was from 0 to 45 μM (limit of detection = 6.9 nM), with rapid ratiometric response, high sensitivity and selectivity capability. Impressively, the results of the living cell imaging test demonstrated Q7 has the potentiality of being an ideal sensor for real-time Sec detection in biosystems.
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Tsukagoshi S, Mikami R, Arai K. Basic Amino Acid Conjugates of 1,2-Diselenan-4-amine with Protein Disulfide Isomerase-like Functions as a Manipulator of Protein Quality Control. Chem Asian J 2020; 15:2646-2652. [PMID: 32662226 DOI: 10.1002/asia.202000682] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/10/2020] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Protein disulfide isomerase (PDI) can assist immature proteins to correctly fold by controlling cysteinyl disulfide (SS)-relating reactions (i. e., SS-formation, SS-cleavage, and SS-isomerization). PDI controls protein quality by suppressing protein aggregation, as well as functions as an oxidative folding catalyst. Following the amino acid sequence of the active center in PDI, basic amino acid conjugates of 1,2-diselenan-4-amine (1), which show oxidoreductase- and isomerase-like activities for SS-relating reactions, were designed as a novel PDI model compound. By conjugating the amino acids, the diselenide reduction potential of compound 1 was significantly increased, causing improvement of the catalytic activities for all SS-relating reactions. Furthermore, these compounds, especially histidine-conjugated one, remarkably suppressed protein aggregation even at low concertation (0.3 mM∼). Thus, it was demonstrated that the conjugation of basic amino acids into 1 simultaneously achieves the enhancement of the redox reactivity and the capability to suppress protein aggregation.
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- Shunsuke Tsukagoshi
- Department of Chemistry School of Science, Tokai University, Kitalaname, Hiratsuka-shi, Kanagawa, 259-1292, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry School of Science, Tokai University, Kitalaname, Hiratsuka-shi, Kanagawa, 259-1292, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry School of Science, Tokai University, Kitalaname, Hiratsuka-shi, Kanagawa, 259-1292, Japan
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Upadhyay A, Batabyal M, Kanika, Kumar S. Organoseleniums: Generated and Exploited in Oxidative Reactions. CHEM LETT 2020. [DOI: 10.1246/cl.200015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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- Aditya Upadhyay
- Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) Bhopal, Bhopal By-pass Road, Bhauri, Bhopal 462066, Madhya Pradesh India
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- Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) Bhopal, Bhopal By-pass Road, Bhauri, Bhopal 462066, Madhya Pradesh India
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- Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) Bhopal, Bhopal By-pass Road, Bhauri, Bhopal 462066, Madhya Pradesh India
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- Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) Bhopal, Bhopal By-pass Road, Bhauri, Bhopal 462066, Madhya Pradesh India
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Roopesh Kumar L, Sagar NR, Divya K, Madhu C, Sureshbabu VV. Synthesis of an amino phosphinodiselenoic acid ester and β-amino diselenides employing P 2Se 5. NEW J CHEM 2020. [DOI: 10.1039/d0nj00012d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Protic solvents furnished amino phosphinodiselenoic acid esters, whereas β-amino diselenides were obtained exclusively when reactions performed in polar aprotic solvents.
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- L. Roopesh Kumar
- Peptide Research Laboratory
- Department of Studies in Chemistry
- Bangalore University
- Bangalore-560 056
- India
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- Peptide Research Laboratory
- Department of Studies in Chemistry
- Bangalore University
- Bangalore-560 056
- India
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- Peptide Research Laboratory
- Department of Studies in Chemistry
- Bangalore University
- Bangalore-560 056
- India
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- Peptide Research Laboratory
- Department of Studies in Chemistry
- Bangalore University
- Bangalore-560 056
- India
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- Peptide Research Laboratory
- Department of Studies in Chemistry
- Bangalore University
- Bangalore-560 056
- India
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Weil-Ktorza O, Rege N, Lansky S, Shalev DE, Shoham G, Weiss MA, Metanis N. Substitution of an Internal Disulfide Bridge with a Diselenide Enhances both Foldability and Stability of Human Insulin. Chemistry 2019; 25:8513-8521. [PMID: 31012517 PMCID: PMC6861001 DOI: 10.1002/chem.201900892] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/26/2019] [Revised: 04/12/2019] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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Insulin analogues, mainstays in the modern treatment of diabetes mellitus, exemplify the utility of protein engineering in molecular pharmacology. Whereas chemical syntheses of the individual A and B chains were accomplished in the early 1960s, their combination to form native insulin remains inefficient because of competing disulfide pairing and aggregation. To overcome these limitations, we envisioned an alternative approach: pairwise substitution of cysteine residues with selenocysteine (Sec, U). To this end, CysA6 and CysA11 (which form the internal intrachain A6-A11 disulfide bridge) were each replaced with Sec. The A chain[C6U, C11U] variant was prepared by solid-phase peptide synthesis; while sulfitolysis of biosynthetic human insulin provided wild-type B chain-di-S-sulfonate. The presence of selenium atoms at these sites markedly enhanced the rate and fidelity of chain combination, thus solving a long-standing challenge in chemical insulin synthesis. The affinity of the Se-insulin analogue for the lectin-purified insulin receptor was indistinguishable from that of WT-insulin. Remarkably, the thermodynamic stability of the analogue at 25 °C, as inferred from guanidine denaturation studies, was augmented (ΔΔGu ≈0.8 kcal mol-1 ). In accordance with such enhanced stability, reductive unfolding of the Se-insulin analogue and resistance to enzymatic cleavage by Glu-C protease occurred four times more slowly than that of WT-insulin. 2D-NMR and X-ray crystallographic studies demonstrated a native-like three-dimensional structure in which the diselenide bridge was accommodated in the hydrophobic core without steric clash.
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- Orit Weil-Ktorza
- The Institute of Chemistry, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Edmond J. Safra, Givat Ram, Jerusalem, 91904, Israel
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- Department of Biochemistry, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, 44106, USA
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- The Institute of Chemistry, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Edmond J. Safra, Givat Ram, Jerusalem, 91904, Israel
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- Wolfson Center for Applied Structural Biology, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Edmond J. Safra, Givat Ram, Jerusalem, 91904, Israel
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- The Institute of Chemistry, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Edmond J. Safra, Givat Ram, Jerusalem, 91904, Israel
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- Department of Biochemistry, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, 44106, USA
- Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, 46202, USA
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- The Institute of Chemistry, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Edmond J. Safra, Givat Ram, Jerusalem, 91904, Israel
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Okada S, Matsusaki M, Arai K, Hidaka Y, Inaba K, Okumura M, Muraoka T. Coupling effects of thiol and urea-type groups for promotion of oxidative protein folding. Chem Commun (Camb) 2019; 55:759-762. [PMID: 30506074 DOI: 10.1039/c8cc08657e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Coupling of thiol and urea-type -NHC([double bond, length as m-dash]X)NH2 (X = O or NH) groups is effective in promoting oxidative protein folding. In particular, a thiol compound coupled with a guanidyl (X = NH) group significantly accelerates the rates of folding processes and enhances the yields of native proteins.
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- Shunsuke Okada
- Department of Applied Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, 2-24-16 Naka-cho, Koganei, Tokyo 184-8588, Japan.
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Rathore V, Jose C, Kumar S. Organoselenium small molecules as catalysts for the oxidative functionalization of organic molecules. NEW J CHEM 2019. [DOI: 10.1039/c9nj00964g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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This perspective highlights the critical analysis of the challenges, in the past decade, which led to the development of organoselenium compounds and their use as versatile catalysts in organic synthesis towards the oxidation of olefins and C–H bonds. Furthermore, the emphasis here differs from previous reviews of the field by classifying the various types of catalyses and the diverse strategies.
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- Vandana Rathore
- Department of Chemistry
- Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER)
- Bhopal
- India
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- Department of Chemistry
- Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER)
- Bhopal
- India
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- Department of Chemistry
- Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER)
- Bhopal
- India
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Rathore V, Upadhyay A, Kumar S. An Organodiselenide with Dual Mimic Function of Sulfhydryl Oxidases and Glutathione Peroxidases: Aerial Oxidation of Organothiols to Organodisulfides. Org Lett 2018; 20:6274-6278. [PMID: 30247928 DOI: 10.1021/acs.orglett.8b02756] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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A novel organodiselenide, which mimics sulfhydryl oxidases and glutathione peroxidase (GPx) enzymes for oxidation of thiols by oxygen and hydrogen peroxide, respectively, into disulfides has been presented. The developed catalyst oxidizes an array of organothiols into respective disulfides in practical yields by using aerial O2 to avoid any reagents/additives, base, and light source. The synthesized diselenide also catalyzes the reduction of hydrogen peroxide into water by following the GPx enzymatic catalytic cycle with a reduction rate of 49.65 ± 3.7 μM·min-1.
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- Vandana Rathore
- Department of Chemistry , Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) Bhopal , Bhopal By-pass Road , Bhauri, Bhopal 462 066 , Madhya Pradesh India
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- Department of Chemistry , Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) Bhopal , Bhopal By-pass Road , Bhauri, Bhopal 462 066 , Madhya Pradesh India
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- Department of Chemistry , Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) Bhopal , Bhopal By-pass Road , Bhauri, Bhopal 462 066 , Madhya Pradesh India
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Arai K, Ueno H, Asano Y, Chakrabarty G, Shimodaira S, Mugesh G, Iwaoka M. Protein Folding in the Presence of Water-Soluble Cyclic Diselenides with Novel Oxidoreductase and Isomerase Activities. Chembiochem 2017; 19:207-211. [PMID: 29197144 DOI: 10.1002/cbic.201700624] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/27/2017] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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The protein disulfide isomerase (PDI) family, found in the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) of the eukaryotic cell, catalyzes the formation and cleavage of disulfide bonds and thereby helps in protein folding. A decrease in PDI activity under ER stress conditions leads to protein misfolding, which is responsible for the progression of various human diseases, such as Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, diabetes mellitus, and atherosclerosis. Here we report that water-soluble cyclic diselenides mimic the multifunctional activity of the PDI family by facilitating oxidative folding, disulfide formation/reduction, and repair of the scrambled disulfide bonds in misfolded proteins.
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- Kenta Arai
- Department of Chemistry, School of Science, Tokai University, Kitakaname, Hiratsuka-shi, Kanagawa, 259-1292, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry, School of Science, Tokai University, Kitakaname, Hiratsuka-shi, Kanagawa, 259-1292, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry, School of Science, Tokai University, Kitakaname, Hiratsuka-shi, Kanagawa, 259-1292, Japan
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- Department of Inorganic and Physical Chemistry, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, 560012, India
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- Department of Chemistry, School of Science, Tokai University, Kitakaname, Hiratsuka-shi, Kanagawa, 259-1292, Japan
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- Department of Inorganic and Physical Chemistry, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, 560012, India
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- Department of Chemistry, School of Science, Tokai University, Kitakaname, Hiratsuka-shi, Kanagawa, 259-1292, Japan
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Mousa R, Notis Dardashti R, Metanis N. Selen und Selenocystein in der Proteinchemie. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2017. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.201706876] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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- Reem Mousa
- The Institute of Chemistry; The Hebrew University of Jerusalem; Edmond J. Safra, Givat Ram Jerusalem 91904 Israel
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- The Institute of Chemistry; The Hebrew University of Jerusalem; Edmond J. Safra, Givat Ram Jerusalem 91904 Israel
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- The Institute of Chemistry; The Hebrew University of Jerusalem; Edmond J. Safra, Givat Ram Jerusalem 91904 Israel
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Mousa R, Notis Dardashti R, Metanis N. Selenium and Selenocysteine in Protein Chemistry. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2017; 56:15818-15827. [PMID: 28857389 DOI: 10.1002/anie.201706876] [Citation(s) in RCA: 107] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/06/2017] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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Selenocysteine, the selenium-containing analogue of cysteine, is the twenty-first proteinogenic amino acid. Since its discovery almost fifty years ago, it has been exploited in unnatural systems even more often than in natural systems. Selenocysteine chemistry has attracted the attention of many chemists in the field of chemical biology owing to its high reactivity and resulting potential for various applications such as chemical modification, chemical protein (semi)synthesis, and protein folding, to name a few. In this Minireview, we will focus on the chemistry of selenium and selenocysteine and their utility in protein chemistry.
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- Reem Mousa
- The Institute of Chemistry, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Edmond J. Safra, Givat Ram, Jerusalem, 91904, Israel
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- The Institute of Chemistry, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Edmond J. Safra, Givat Ram, Jerusalem, 91904, Israel
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- The Institute of Chemistry, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Edmond J. Safra, Givat Ram, Jerusalem, 91904, Israel
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Shimodaira S, Asano Y, Arai K, Iwaoka M. Selenoglutathione Diselenide: Unique Redox Reactions in the GPx-Like Catalytic Cycle and Repairing of Disulfide Bonds in Scrambled Protein. Biochemistry 2017; 56:5644-5653. [PMID: 29022711 DOI: 10.1021/acs.biochem.7b00751] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/20/2023]
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Selenoglutathione (GSeH) is a selenium analogue of naturally abundant glutathione (GSH). In this study, this water-soluble small tripeptide was synthesized in a high yield (up to 98%) as an oxidized diselenide form, i.e., GSeSeG (1), by liquid-phase peptide synthesis (LPPS). Obtained 1 was applied to the investigation of the glutathione peroxidase (GPx)-like catalytic cycle. The important intermediates, i.e., GSe- and GSeSG, besides GSeO2H were characterized by 77Se NMR spectroscopy. Thiol exchange of GSeSG with various thiols, such as cysteine and dithiothreitol, was found to promote the conversion to GSe- significantly. In addition, disproportionation of GSeSR to 1 and RSSR, which would be initiated by heterolytic cleavage of the Se-S bond and catalyzed by the generated selenolate, was observed. On the basis of these redox behaviors, it was proposed that the heterolytic cleavage of the Se-S bond can be facilitated by the interaction between the Se atom and an amino or aromatic group, which is present at the GPx active site. On the other hand, when a catalytic amount of 1 was reacted with scrambled 4S species of RNase A in the presence of NADPH and glutathione reductase, native protein was efficiently regenerated, suggesting a potential use of 1 to repair misfolded proteins through reduction of the non-native SS bonds.
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- Shingo Shimodaira
- Department of Chemistry, School of Science, Tokai University , Kitakaname, Hiratsuka-shi, Kanagawa 259-1292, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry, School of Science, Tokai University , Kitakaname, Hiratsuka-shi, Kanagawa 259-1292, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry, School of Science, Tokai University , Kitakaname, Hiratsuka-shi, Kanagawa 259-1292, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry, School of Science, Tokai University , Kitakaname, Hiratsuka-shi, Kanagawa 259-1292, Japan
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Shoshan MS, Lehman Y, Goch W, Bal W, Tshuva EY, Metanis N. Selenocysteine containing analogues of Atx1-based peptides protect cells from copper ion toxicity. Org Biomol Chem 2016; 14:6979-84. [DOI: 10.1039/c6ob00849f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
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Seleno-substituted model peptides of copper metallochaperone proteins display particularly high Cu(i) affinity andin vitroanti-oxidative reactivity.
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- The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
- Jerusalem 9190401
- Israel
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- Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics
- Polish Academy of Sciences
- Warszawa 02106
- Poland
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- Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics
- Polish Academy of Sciences
- Warszawa 02106
- Poland
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- The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
- Jerusalem 9190401
- Israel
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- The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
- Jerusalem 9190401
- Israel
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