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Roy A, Gauld JW. Sulfilimine bond formation in collagen IV. Chem Commun (Camb) 2024; 60:646-657. [PMID: 38116662 DOI: 10.1039/d3cc05715a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2023]
Abstract
The collagen IV network plays a crucial role in providing structural support and mechanical integrity to the basement membrane and surrounding tissues. A key aspect of this network is the formation of intra- and inter-collagen fibril crosslinks. One particular crosslink, an inter-residue sulfilimine bond, has been found, so far, to be unique to collagen IV. More specifically, these crosslinks are primarily formed between methionine and lysine or hydroxylysine residues and can occur within a single collagen fibril or between different collagen fibrils. Due to its significance as the major crosslink in the collagen IV network, the sulfilimine bond plays critical roles in tissue development and various human diseases. While the proposed reaction mechanism for sulfilimine bond formation is supported by experimental evidence, the precise nature of this bond remained uncertain until computational studies were conducted. The process involves the reaction of hypohalous acids (e.g., HOBr, HOCl), produced by a peroxidasin enzyme in the basement membrane, with the sidechain sulfur of methionine or sidechain nitrogen of lysine/hydroxylysine residues in collagen IV, to form halosulfonium or haloamine intermediates, respectively. The halosulfonium/haloamine then reacts with the sidechain amine/sulfide of the lysine (or hydroxylysine) or methionine respectively, eventually resulting in the formation of the sulfilimine (MetSNLys/Hyl) crosslink. The sulfilimine product formed not only plays a crucial role in physiological processes but also finds applications in various industrial and pharmaceutical contexts. In this review, we provide a comprehensive summary of existing studies, including our own research, aimed at understanding the reaction mechanism, protonation states, characteristic nature, and dynamic behavior of the sulfilimine bond in collagen IV. The goal is to offer readers an overview of this critically important biochemical bond.
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- Anupom Roy
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Windsor, Windsor, Ontario N9B 3P4, Canada.
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Windsor, Windsor, Ontario N9B 3P4, Canada.
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Netto LES, Machado LESF. Preferential redox regulation of cysteine‐based protein tyrosine phosphatases: structural and biochemical diversity. FEBS J 2022; 289:5480-5504. [DOI: 10.1111/febs.16466] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/30/2021] [Revised: 03/20/2022] [Accepted: 04/28/2022] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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- Luís Eduardo S. Netto
- Departamento de Genética e Biologia Evolutiva Instituto de Biociências Universidade de São Paulo Brazil
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Murillo MI, Gaiddon C, Le Lagadec R. Targeting of the intracellular redox balance by metal complexes towards anticancer therapy. Front Chem 2022; 10:967337. [PMID: 36034648 PMCID: PMC9405673 DOI: 10.3389/fchem.2022.967337] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/12/2022] [Accepted: 06/29/2022] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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The development of cancers is often linked to the alteration of essential redox processes, and therefore, oxidoreductases involved in such mechanisms can be considered as attractive molecular targets for the development of new therapeutic strategies. On the other hand, for more than two decades, transition metals derivatives have been leading the research on drugs as alternatives to platinum-based treatments. The success of such compounds is particularly due to their attractive redox kinetics properties, favorable oxidation states, as well as routes of action different to interactions with DNA, in which redox interactions are crucial. For instance, the activity of oxidoreductases such as PHD2 (prolyl hydroxylase domain-containing protein) which can regulate angiogenesis in tumors, LDH (lactate dehydrogenase) related to glycolysis, and enzymes, such as catalases, SOD (superoxide dismutase), TRX (thioredoxin) or GSH (glutathione) involved in controlling oxidative stress, can be altered by metal effectors. In this review, we wish to discuss recent results on how transition metal complexes have been rationally designed to impact on redox processes, in search for effective and more specific cancer treatments.
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- María Isabel Murillo
- Instituto de Química, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Ciudad Universitaria, Ciudad de México, Mexico
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- Strasbourg Université, Inserm UMR_S U1113, IRFAC, Strasbourg, France
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- Instituto de Química, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Ciudad Universitaria, Ciudad de México, Mexico
- *Correspondence: Ronan Le Lagadec,
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Oxidative distress in aging and age-related diseases: Spatiotemporal dysregulation of protein oxidation and degradation. Biochimie 2021; 195:114-134. [PMID: 34890732 DOI: 10.1016/j.biochi.2021.12.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/21/2021] [Revised: 12/03/2021] [Accepted: 12/04/2021] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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The concept of oxidative distress had arisen from the assessment of cellular response to high concentrations of reactive species that result from an imbalance between oxidants and antioxidants and cause biomolecular damage. The intracellular distribution and flux of reactive species dramatically change in time and space contributing to the remodeling of the redox landscape and sensitivity of protein residues to oxidants. Here, we hypothesize that compromised spatiotemporal control of generation, conversions, and removal of reactive species underlies protein damage and dysfunction of protein degradation machineries. This leads to the accumulation of oxidatively damaged proteins resulted in an age-dependent decline in the organismal adaptability to oxidative stress. We highlight recent data obtained with the use of various cell cultures, animal models, and patients on irreversible and non-repairable oxidation of key redox-sensitive residues. Multiple reaction products include peptidyl hydroperoxides, alcohols, carbonyls, and carbamoyl moieties as well as Tyr-Tyr, Trp-Tyr, Trp-Trp, Tyr-Cys, His-Lys, His-Arg, and Tyr-Lys cross-links. These lead to protein fragmentation, misfolding, covalent cross-linking, oligomerization, aggregation, and ultimately, causing impaired protein function and turnover. 20S proteasome and autophagy-lysosome pathways are two major types of machinery for the degradation and elimination of oxidatively damaged proteins. Spatiotemporal dysregulation of these pathways under oxidative distress conditions is implicated in aging and age-related disorders such as neurodegenerative and cardiovascular diseases and diabetes. Future investigations in this field allow the discovery of new drugs to target components of dysregulated cell signaling and protein degradation machinery to combat aging and age-related chronic diseases.
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Snyder NA, Silva GM. Deubiquitinating enzymes (DUBs): Regulation, homeostasis, and oxidative stress response. J Biol Chem 2021; 297:101077. [PMID: 34391779 PMCID: PMC8424594 DOI: 10.1016/j.jbc.2021.101077] [Citation(s) in RCA: 85] [Impact Index Per Article: 28.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/17/2021] [Revised: 08/10/2021] [Accepted: 08/11/2021] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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Ubiquitin signaling is a conserved, widespread, and dynamic process in which protein substrates are rapidly modified by ubiquitin to impact protein activity, localization, or stability. To regulate this process, deubiquitinating enzymes (DUBs) counter the signal induced by ubiquitin conjugases and ligases by removing ubiquitin from these substrates. Many DUBs selectively regulate physiological pathways employing conserved mechanisms of ubiquitin bond cleavage. DUB activity is highly regulated in dynamic environments through protein-protein interaction, posttranslational modification, and relocalization. The largest family of DUBs, cysteine proteases, are also sensitive to regulation by oxidative stress, as reactive oxygen species (ROS) directly modify the catalytic cysteine required for their enzymatic activity. Current research has implicated DUB activity in human diseases, including various cancers and neurodegenerative disorders. Due to their selectivity and functional roles, DUBs have become important targets for therapeutic development to treat these conditions. This review will discuss the main classes of DUBs and their regulatory mechanisms with a particular focus on DUB redox regulation and its physiological impact during oxidative stress.
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- Nathan A Snyder
- Department of Biology, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, USA
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- Department of Biology, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, USA.
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Zamorano Cuervo N, Fortin A, Caron E, Chartier S, Grandvaux N. Pinpointing cysteine oxidation sites by high-resolution proteomics reveals a mechanism of redox-dependent inhibition of human STING. Sci Signal 2021; 14:14/680/eaaw4673. [PMID: 33906974 DOI: 10.1126/scisignal.aaw4673] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Protein function is regulated by posttranslational modifications (PTMs), among which reversible oxidation of cysteine residues has emerged as a key regulatory mechanism of cellular responses. Given the redox regulation of virus-host interactions, the identification of oxidized cysteine sites in cells is essential to understand the underlying mechanisms involved. Here, we present a proteome-wide identification of reversibly oxidized cysteine sites in oxidant-treated cells using a maleimide-based bioswitch method coupled to mass spectrometry analysis. We identified 2720 unique oxidized cysteine sites within 1473 proteins with distinct abundances, locations, and functions. Oxidized cysteine sites were found in numerous signaling pathways, many relevant to virus-host interactions. We focused on the oxidation of STING, the central adaptor of the innate immune type I interferon pathway, which is stimulated in response to the detection of cytosolic DNA by cGAS. We demonstrated the reversible oxidation of Cys148 and Cys206 of STING in cells. Molecular analyses led us to establish a model in which Cys148 oxidation is constitutive, whereas Cys206 oxidation is inducible by oxidative stress or by the natural ligand of STING, 2'3'-cGAMP. Our data suggest that the oxidation of Cys206 prevented hyperactivation of STING by causing a conformational change associated with the formation of inactive polymers containing intermolecular disulfide bonds. This finding should aid the design of therapies targeting STING that are relevant to autoinflammatory disorders, immunotherapies, and vaccines.
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- Natalia Zamorano Cuervo
- CRCHUM-Centre Hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal, 900 rue Saint Denis, Montréal, H2X 0A9 Québec, Canada
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- CRCHUM-Centre Hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal, 900 rue Saint Denis, Montréal, H2X 0A9 Québec, Canada
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- CRCHUM-Centre Hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal, 900 rue Saint Denis, Montréal, H2X 0A9 Québec, Canada
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- CRCHUM-Centre Hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal, 900 rue Saint Denis, Montréal, H2X 0A9 Québec, Canada
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- CRCHUM-Centre Hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal, 900 rue Saint Denis, Montréal, H2X 0A9 Québec, Canada. .,Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Université de Montréal, Montréal, H3C 3J7 Québec, Canada
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Venkatachalam N, Bakavayev S, Engel D, Barak Z, Engel S. Primate differential redoxome (PDR) - A paradigm for understanding neurodegenerative diseases. Redox Biol 2020; 36:101683. [PMID: 32829254 PMCID: PMC7451816 DOI: 10.1016/j.redox.2020.101683] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/18/2020] [Revised: 07/18/2020] [Accepted: 08/06/2020] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Despite different phenotypic manifestations, mounting evidence points to similarities in the molecular basis of major neurodegenerative diseases (ND). CNS has evolved to be robust against hazard of ROS, a common perturbation aerobic organisms are confronted with. The trade-off of robustness is system's fragility against rare and unexpected perturbations. Identifying the points of CNS fragility is key for understanding etiology of ND. We postulated that the 'primate differential redoxome' (PDR), an assembly of proteins that contain cysteine residues present only in the primate orthologues of mammals, is likely to associate with an added level of regulatory functionalities that enhanced CNS robustness against ROS and facilitated evolution. The PDR contains multiple deterministic and susceptibility factors of major ND, which cluster to form coordinated redox networks regulating various cellular processes. The PDR analysis revealed a potential CNS fragility point, which appears to associates with a non-redundant PINK1-PRKN-SQSTM1(p62) axis coordinating protein homeostasis and mitophagy.
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- Nachiyappan Venkatachalam
- Department of Clinical Biochemistry and Pharmacology, Faculty of Health Sciences, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, Israel
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- Department of Clinical Biochemistry and Pharmacology, Faculty of Health Sciences, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, Israel
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- Department of Clinical Biochemistry and Pharmacology, Faculty of Health Sciences, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, Israel
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- Department of Life Sciences, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, Israel
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- Department of Clinical Biochemistry and Pharmacology, Faculty of Health Sciences, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, Israel.
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Mazmanian K, Sargsyan K, Lim C. How the Local Environment of Functional Sites Regulates Protein Function. J Am Chem Soc 2020; 142:9861-9871. [PMID: 32407086 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.0c02430] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Proteins form complex biological machineries whose functions in the cell are highly regulated at both the cellular and molecular levels. Cellular regulation of protein functions involves differential gene expressions, post-translation modifications, and signaling cascades. Molecular regulation, on the other hand, involves tuning an optimal local protein environment for the functional site. Precisely how a protein achieves such an optimal environment around a given functional site is not well understood. Herein, by surveying the literature, we first summarize the various reported strategies used by certain proteins to ensure their correct functioning. We then formulate three key physicochemical factors for regulating a protein's functional site, namely, (i) its immediate interactions, (ii) its solvent accessibility, and (iii) its conformational flexibility. We illustrate how these factors are applied to regulate the functions of free/metal-bound Cys and Zn sites in proteins.
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- Karine Mazmanian
- Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Academia Sinica, Taipei 115, Taiwan
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- Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Academia Sinica, Taipei 115, Taiwan
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- Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Academia Sinica, Taipei 115, Taiwan.,Department of Chemistry, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu 300, Taiwan
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Liang L, Haltli B, Marchbank DH, Fischer M, Kirby CW, Correa H, Clark TN, Gray CA, Kerr RG. Discovery of an Isothiazolinone-Containing Antitubercular Natural Product Levesquamide. J Org Chem 2020; 85:6450-6462. [PMID: 32363877 DOI: 10.1021/acs.joc.0c00339] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Antitubercular agent levesquamide is a new polyketide-nonribosomal peptide (PK-NRP) hybrid marine natural product isolated from Streptomyces sp. RKND-216. The structure contains a rare isothiazolinone moiety which has only been reported in collismycin SN. Structure elucidation by NMR spectroscopy was a significant challenge due to a deficiency of protons in this aromatic moiety. Therefore, the genome of Streptomyces sp. RKND-216 was sequenced to identify the levesquamide biosynthetic gene cluster (BGC). Analysis of the BGC provided structural insights and guided stable-isotope labeling experiments, which led to the assignment of the fused pyridine-isothiazolinone moiety. The BGC and the labeling experiments provide further insights into the biosynthetic origin of isothiazolinones. Levesquamide exhibited antimicrobial activity in the microplate alamarBlue assay (MABA) and low oxygen recovery assay (LORA) against Mycobacterium tuberculosis H37Rv with minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) values of 9.65 and 22.28 μM, respectively. Similar activity was exhibited against rifampicin- and isoniazid-resistant M. tuberculosis strains with MIC values of 9.46 and 9.90 μM, respectively. This result suggests levesquamide has a different mode of action against M. tuberculosis compared to the two first-line antitubercular drugs rifampicin and isoniazid. Furthermore, levesquamide shows no cytotoxicity against the Vero cell line, suggesting it may have a useful therapeutic window.
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- Nautilus Biosciences Croda, 550 University Avenue, Regis and Joan Duffy Research Centre, Charlottetown, PE C1A 4P3, Canada
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- Nautilus Biosciences Croda, 550 University Avenue, Regis and Joan Duffy Research Centre, Charlottetown, PE C1A 4P3, Canada
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- Charlottetown Research & Development Centre, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, 440 University Avenue, Charlottetown, PE C1A 4N6, Canada
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- Charlottetown Research & Development Centre, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, 440 University Avenue, Charlottetown, PE C1A 4N6, Canada
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- Nautilus Biosciences Croda, 550 University Avenue, Regis and Joan Duffy Research Centre, Charlottetown, PE C1A 4P3, Canada
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- Department of Chemistry, University of New Brunswick, 30 Dineen Drive, Fredericton, NB E3B 5A3, Canada
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- Department of Chemistry, University of New Brunswick, 30 Dineen Drive, Fredericton, NB E3B 5A3, Canada.,Department of Biological Sciences, University of New Brunswick, 100 Tucker Park Road, Saint John, NB E2L 4L5, Canada
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- Nautilus Biosciences Croda, 550 University Avenue, Regis and Joan Duffy Research Centre, Charlottetown, PE C1A 4P3, Canada
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Olivieri FA, Burastero O, Drusin SI, Defelipe LA, Wetzler DE, Turjanski A, Marti M. Conformational and Reaction Dynamic Coupling in Histidine Kinases: Insights from Hybrid QM/MM Simulations. J Chem Inf Model 2020; 60:833-842. [PMID: 31923359 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jcim.9b00806] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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Histidine kinases (HK) of bacterial two-component systems represent a hallmark of allosterism in proteins, being able to detect a signal through the sensor domain and transmit this information through the protein matrix to the kinase domain which, once active, autophosphorylates a specific histidine residue. Inactive-to-active transition results in a large conformational change that moves the kinase on top of the histidine. In the present work, we use several molecular simulation techniques (Molecular Dynamics, Hybrid QM/MM, and constant pH molecular dynamics) to study the activation and autophosphorylation reactions in L. plantarum WalK, a cis-acting HK. In agreement with previous results, we show that the chemical step requires tight coupling with the conformational step in order to maintain the histidine phosphoacceptor in the correct tautomeric state, with a reactive δ-nitrogen. During the conformational transition, the kinase domain is never released and walks along the HK helix axis, breaking and forming several conserved residue-based contacts. The phosphate transfer reaction is concerted in the transition state region and is catalyzed through the stabilization of the negative developing charge of transferring phosphate along the reaction.
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- Federico A Olivieri
- Departamento de Quı́mica Biológica, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales , Universidad de Buenos Aires, Ciudad Universitaria , Intendente Guiraldes 2160 , C1428EGA Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires , Argentina.,Instituto de Quı́mica Biológica de la Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales (IQUIBICEN) CONICET , Ciudad Universitaria , Intendente Guiraldes 2160 , C1428EGA Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires , Argentina
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- Departamento de Quı́mica Biológica, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales , Universidad de Buenos Aires, Ciudad Universitaria , Intendente Guiraldes 2160 , C1428EGA Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires , Argentina.,Instituto de Quı́mica Biológica de la Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales (IQUIBICEN) CONICET , Ciudad Universitaria , Intendente Guiraldes 2160 , C1428EGA Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires , Argentina
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- Departamento de Quı́mica Biológica, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales , Universidad de Buenos Aires, Ciudad Universitaria , Intendente Guiraldes 2160 , C1428EGA Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires , Argentina.,Instituto de Quı́mica Biológica de la Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales (IQUIBICEN) CONICET , Ciudad Universitaria , Intendente Guiraldes 2160 , C1428EGA Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires , Argentina.,Área Fı́sica, Departamento de Quı́mico-Fı́sica, Facultad de Ciencias Bioquı́micas y Farmacéuticas , Universidad Nacional de Rosario , Suipacha 531 , S2002LRK Rosario , Santa Fe , Argentina
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- Departamento de Quı́mica Biológica, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales , Universidad de Buenos Aires, Ciudad Universitaria , Intendente Guiraldes 2160 , C1428EGA Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires , Argentina.,Instituto de Quı́mica Biológica de la Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales (IQUIBICEN) CONICET , Ciudad Universitaria , Intendente Guiraldes 2160 , C1428EGA Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires , Argentina.,European Molecular Biology Laboratory Hamburg , Notkestrasse 85 , D-22607 Hamburg , Germany
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- Departamento de Quı́mica Biológica, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales , Universidad de Buenos Aires, Ciudad Universitaria , Intendente Guiraldes 2160 , C1428EGA Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires , Argentina.,Instituto de Quı́mica Biológica de la Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales (IQUIBICEN) CONICET , Ciudad Universitaria , Intendente Guiraldes 2160 , C1428EGA Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires , Argentina
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- Departamento de Quı́mica Biológica, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales , Universidad de Buenos Aires, Ciudad Universitaria , Intendente Guiraldes 2160 , C1428EGA Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires , Argentina.,Instituto de Quı́mica Biológica de la Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales (IQUIBICEN) CONICET , Ciudad Universitaria , Intendente Guiraldes 2160 , C1428EGA Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires , Argentina
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- Departamento de Quı́mica Biológica, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales , Universidad de Buenos Aires, Ciudad Universitaria , Intendente Guiraldes 2160 , C1428EGA Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires , Argentina.,Instituto de Quı́mica Biológica de la Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales (IQUIBICEN) CONICET , Ciudad Universitaria , Intendente Guiraldes 2160 , C1428EGA Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires , Argentina
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Vazquez DS, Zeida A, Agudelo WA, Montes MR, Ferrer-Sueta G, Santos J. Exploring the conformational transition between the fully folded and locally unfolded substates of Escherichia coli thiol peroxidase. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2020; 22:9518-9533. [DOI: 10.1039/d0cp00140f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/16/2023]
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Temporal acquisition of the fully folded conformational substate of the Escherichia coli thiol peroxidase by accelerated molecular dynamics simulations.
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- Diego S. Vazquez
- Laboratorio de Expresión y Plegado de Proteínas
- Departamento de Ciencia y Tecnología
- Universidad Nacional de Quilmes
- Buenos Aires
- Argentina
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- Departamento de Bioquímica y Centro de Investigaciones Biomédicas (CEINBIO)
- Facultad de Medicina
- Universidad de la República
- Montevideo
- Uruguay
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- Fundación Instituto de Inmunología de Colombia (FIDIC)
- Bogotá D.C
- Colombia
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- Instituto de Química y Fisicoquímica Biológicas (IQUIFIB)
- “Prof. Dr Alejandro C. Paladini”
- Universidad de Buenos Aires and CONICET
- Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires
- Argentina
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- Laboratorio de Fisicoquímica Biológica
- Instituto de Química Biológica and CEINBIO
- Facultad de Ciencias
- Universidad de la República
- Montevideo
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- Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET)
- Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires
- Argentina
- Instituto de Biociencias, Biotecnología y Biología Traslacional (iB3)
- Departamento de Fisiología y Biología Molecular y Celular
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Lazo JS, Blanco IK, Tasker NR, Rastelli EJ, Burnett JC, Garrott SR, Hart DJ, McCloud RL, Hsu KL, Wipf P, Sharlow ER. Next-Generation Cell-Active Inhibitors of the Undrugged Oncogenic PTP4A3 Phosphatase. J Pharmacol Exp Ther 2019; 371:652-662. [PMID: 31601683 PMCID: PMC6856870 DOI: 10.1124/jpet.119.262188] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/19/2019] [Accepted: 10/03/2019] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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Oncogenic protein tyrosine phosphatases (PTPs) are overexpressed in numerous human cancers but they have been challenging pharmacological targets. The emblematic oncogenic PTP4A tyrosine phosphatase family regulates many fundamental malignant processes. 7-Imino-2-phenylthieno[3,2-c]pyridine-4,6(5H,7H)-dione (JMS-053) is a novel, potent, and selective PTP4A inhibitor but its mechanism of action has not been fully elucidated, nor has the chemotype been fully investigated. Because tyrosine phosphatases are notoriously susceptible to oxidation, we interrogated JMS-053 and three newly synthesized analogs with specific attention on the role of oxidation. JMS-053 and its three analogs were potent in vitro PTP4A3 inhibitors, but 7-imino-5-methyl-2-phenylthieno[3,2-c]pyridine-4,6(5H,7H)-dione (NRT-870-59) appeared unique among the thienopyridinediones with respect to its inhibitory specificity for PTP4A3 versus both a PTP4A3 A111S mutant and an oncogenic dual specificity tyrosine phosphatase, CDC25B. Like JMS-053, NRT-870-59 was a reversible PTP4A3 inhibitor. All of the thienopyridinediones retained cytotoxicity against human ovarian and breast cancer cells grown as pathologically relevant three-dimensional spheroids. Inhibition of cancer cell colony formation by NRT-870-59, like JMS-053, required PTP4A3 expression. JMS-053 failed to generate significant detectable reactive oxygen species in vitro or in cancer cells. Mass spectrometry results indicated no disulfide bond formation or oxidation of the catalytic Cys104 after in vitro incubation of PTP4A3 with JMS-053 or NRT-870-59. Gene expression profiling of cancer cells exposed to JMS-053 phenocopied many of the changes seen with the loss of PTP4A3 and did not indicate oxidative stress. These data demonstrate that PTP4A phosphatases can be selectively targeted with small molecules that lack prominent reactive oxygen species generation and encourage further studies of this chemotype. SIGNIFICANCE STATEMENT: Protein tyrosine phosphatases are emerging as important contributors to human cancers. We report on a new class of reversible protein phosphatase small molecule inhibitors that are cytotoxic to human ovarian and breast cancer cells, do not generate significant reactive oxygen species in vitro and in cells, and could be valuable lead molecules for future studies of PTP4A phosphatases.
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- John S Lazo
- Departments of Pharmacology (J.S.L., I.K.B., S.R.G., D.J.H., E.R.S.) and Chemistry (J.S.L., R.L.M., K.-L.H.), University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia; and Department of Chemistry (N.R.T., E.J.R., J.C.B., P.W.), University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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- Departments of Pharmacology (J.S.L., I.K.B., S.R.G., D.J.H., E.R.S.) and Chemistry (J.S.L., R.L.M., K.-L.H.), University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia; and Department of Chemistry (N.R.T., E.J.R., J.C.B., P.W.), University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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- Departments of Pharmacology (J.S.L., I.K.B., S.R.G., D.J.H., E.R.S.) and Chemistry (J.S.L., R.L.M., K.-L.H.), University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia; and Department of Chemistry (N.R.T., E.J.R., J.C.B., P.W.), University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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- Departments of Pharmacology (J.S.L., I.K.B., S.R.G., D.J.H., E.R.S.) and Chemistry (J.S.L., R.L.M., K.-L.H.), University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia; and Department of Chemistry (N.R.T., E.J.R., J.C.B., P.W.), University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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- Departments of Pharmacology (J.S.L., I.K.B., S.R.G., D.J.H., E.R.S.) and Chemistry (J.S.L., R.L.M., K.-L.H.), University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia; and Department of Chemistry (N.R.T., E.J.R., J.C.B., P.W.), University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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- Departments of Pharmacology (J.S.L., I.K.B., S.R.G., D.J.H., E.R.S.) and Chemistry (J.S.L., R.L.M., K.-L.H.), University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia; and Department of Chemistry (N.R.T., E.J.R., J.C.B., P.W.), University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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- Departments of Pharmacology (J.S.L., I.K.B., S.R.G., D.J.H., E.R.S.) and Chemistry (J.S.L., R.L.M., K.-L.H.), University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia; and Department of Chemistry (N.R.T., E.J.R., J.C.B., P.W.), University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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- Departments of Pharmacology (J.S.L., I.K.B., S.R.G., D.J.H., E.R.S.) and Chemistry (J.S.L., R.L.M., K.-L.H.), University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia; and Department of Chemistry (N.R.T., E.J.R., J.C.B., P.W.), University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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- Departments of Pharmacology (J.S.L., I.K.B., S.R.G., D.J.H., E.R.S.) and Chemistry (J.S.L., R.L.M., K.-L.H.), University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia; and Department of Chemistry (N.R.T., E.J.R., J.C.B., P.W.), University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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- Departments of Pharmacology (J.S.L., I.K.B., S.R.G., D.J.H., E.R.S.) and Chemistry (J.S.L., R.L.M., K.-L.H.), University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia; and Department of Chemistry (N.R.T., E.J.R., J.C.B., P.W.), University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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- Departments of Pharmacology (J.S.L., I.K.B., S.R.G., D.J.H., E.R.S.) and Chemistry (J.S.L., R.L.M., K.-L.H.), University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia; and Department of Chemistry (N.R.T., E.J.R., J.C.B., P.W.), University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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Lopez ED, Burastero O, Arcon JP, Defelipe LA, Ahn NG, Marti MA, Turjanski AG. Kinase Activation by Small Conformational Changes. J Chem Inf Model 2019; 60:821-832. [PMID: 31714778 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jcim.9b00782] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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Protein kinases (PKs) are allosteric enzymes that play an essential role in signal transduction by regulating a variety of key cellular processes. Most PKs suffer conformational rearrangements upon phosphorylation that strongly enhance the catalytic activity. Generally, it involves the movement of the phosphorylated loop toward the active site and the rotation of the whole C-terminal lobe. However, not all kinases undergo such a large configurational change: The MAPK extracellular signal-regulated protein kinases ERK1 and ERK2 achieve a 50 000 fold increase in kinase activity with only a small motion of the C-terminal region. In the present work, we used a combination of molecular simulation tools to characterize the conformational landscape of ERK2 in the active (phosphorylated) and inactive (unphosphorylated) states in solution in agreement with NMR experiments. We show that the chemical reaction barrier is strongly dependent on ATP conformation and that the "active" low-barrier configuration is subtly regulated by phosphorylation, which stabilizes a key salt bridge between the conserved Lys52 and Glu69 belonging to helix-C and promotes binding of a second Mg ion. Our study highlights that the on-off switch embedded in the kinase fold can be regulated by small, medium, and large conformational changes.
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- Elias D Lopez
- Departamento de Química Biológica, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales , Universidad de Buenos Aires , Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires , Argentina
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- Departamento de Química Biológica, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales , Universidad de Buenos Aires , Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires , Argentina
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- Departamento de Química Biológica, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales , Universidad de Buenos Aires , Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires , Argentina
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- Departamento de Química Biológica, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales , Universidad de Buenos Aires , Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires , Argentina
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry , University of Colorado , Boulder , Colorado 80309 , United States
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- Departamento de Química Biológica, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales , Universidad de Buenos Aires , Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires , Argentina
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- Departamento de Química Biológica, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales , Universidad de Buenos Aires , Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires , Argentina
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Messina S, De Simone G, Ascenzi P. Cysteine-based regulation of redox-sensitive Ras small GTPases. Redox Biol 2019; 26:101282. [PMID: 31386964 PMCID: PMC6695279 DOI: 10.1016/j.redox.2019.101282] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/03/2019] [Revised: 07/21/2019] [Accepted: 07/24/2019] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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Reactive oxygen and nitrogen species (ROS and RNS, respectively) activate the redox-sensitive Ras small GTPases. The three canonical genes (HRAS, NRAS, and KRAS) are archetypes of the superfamily of small GTPases and are the most common oncogenes in human cancer. Oncogenic Ras is intimately linked to redox biology, mainly in the context of tumorigenesis. The Ras protein structure is highly conserved, especially in effector-binding regions. Ras small GTPases are redox-sensitive proteins thanks to the presence of the NKCD motif (Asn116-Lys 117-Cys118-Asp119). Notably, the ROS- and RNS-based oxidation of Cys118 affects protein stability, activity, and localization, and protein-protein interactions. Cys residues at positions 80, 181, 184, and 186 may also help modulate these actions. Moreover, oncogenic mutations of Gly12Cys and Gly13Cys may introduce additional oxidative centres and represent actionable drug targets. Here, the pathophysiological involvement of Cys-redox regulation of Ras proteins is reviewed in the context of cancer and heart and brain diseases.
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- Samantha Messina
- Department of Science, Roma Tre University, Viale Guglielmo Marconi 446, I-00146, Roma, Italy.
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- Department of Science, Roma Tre University, Viale Guglielmo Marconi 446, I-00146, Roma, Italy
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- Department of Science, Roma Tre University, Viale Guglielmo Marconi 446, I-00146, Roma, Italy
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van den Bedem H, Wilson MA. Shining light on cysteine modification: connecting protein conformational dynamics to catalysis and regulation. JOURNAL OF SYNCHROTRON RADIATION 2019; 26:958-966. [PMID: 31274417 PMCID: PMC6613112 DOI: 10.1107/s160057751900568x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/28/2019] [Accepted: 04/25/2019] [Indexed: 05/04/2023]
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Cysteine is a rare but functionally important amino acid that is often subject to covalent modification. Cysteine oxidation plays an important role in many human disease processes, and basal levels of cysteine oxidation are required for proper cellular function. Because reactive cysteine residues are typically ionized to the thiolate anion (Cys-S-), their formation of a covalent bond alters the electrostatic and steric environment of the active site. X-ray-induced photo-oxidation to sulfenic acids (Cys-SOH) can recapitulate some aspects of the changes that occur under physiological conditions. Here we propose how site-specific cysteine photo-oxidation can be used to interrogate ensuing changes in protein structure and dynamics at atomic resolution. Although this powerful approach can connect cysteine covalent modification to global protein conformational changes and function, careful biochemical validation must accompany all such studies to exclude misleading artifacts. New types of X-ray crystallography experiments and powerful computational methods are creating new opportunities to connect conformational dynamics to catalysis for the large class of systems that use covalently modified cysteine residues for catalysis or regulation.
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- Henry van den Bedem
- Bioscience Division, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford University, 2575 Sand Hill Road, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA
- Department of Bioengineering and Therapeutic Sciences, University of California, San Francisco, CA 94158, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and the Redox Biology Center, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE 68588, USA
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Petkowski JJ, Bains W, Seager S. An Apparent Binary Choice in Biochemistry: Mutual Reactivity Implies Life Chooses Thiols or Nitrogen-Sulfur Bonds, but Not Both. ASTROBIOLOGY 2019; 19:579-613. [PMID: 30431334 DOI: 10.1089/ast.2018.1831] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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A fundamental goal of biology is to understand the rules behind life's use of chemical space. Established work focuses on why life uses the chemistry that it does. Given the enormous scope of possible chemical space, we postulate that it is equally important to ask why life largely avoids certain areas of chemical space. The nitrogen-sulfur bond is a prime example, as it rarely appears in natural molecules, despite the very rich N-S bond chemistry applied in various branches of industry (e.g., industrial materials, agrochemicals, pharmaceuticals). We find that, out of more than 200,000 known, unique compounds made by life, only about 100 contain N-S bonds. Furthermore, the limited number of N-S bond-containing molecules that life produces appears to fall into a few very distinctive structural groups. One may think that industrial processes are unrelated to biochemistry because of a greater possibility of solvents, catalysts, and temperatures available to industry than to the cellular environment. However, the fact that life does rarely make N-S bonds, from the plentiful precursors available, and has evolved the ability to do so independently several times, suggests that the restriction on life's use of N-S chemistry is not in its synthesis. We present a hypothesis to explain life's extremely limited usage of the N-S bond: that the N-S bond chemistry is incompatible with essential segments of biochemistry, specifically with thiols. We support our hypothesis by (1) a quantitative analysis of the occurrence of N-S bond-containing natural products and (2) reactivity experiments between selected N-S compounds and key biological molecules. This work provides an example of a reason why life nearly excludes a distinct region of chemical space. Combined with future examples, this potentially new field of research may provide fresh insight into life's evolution through chemical space and its origin and early evolution.
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- Janusz J Petkowski
- 1 Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology , Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
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- 1 Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology , Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
- 3 Department of Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology , Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
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Albertolle ME, Song HD, Wilkey CJ, Segrest JP, Guengerich FP. Glutamine-451 Confers Sensitivity to Oxidative Inhibition and Heme-Thiolate Sulfenylation of Cytochrome P450 4B1. Chem Res Toxicol 2019; 32:484-492. [PMID: 30701961 PMCID: PMC7279892 DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrestox.8b00353] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Human cytochrome P450 (P450) family 4 enzymes are involved in the metabolism of fatty acids and the bioactivation of carcinogenic arylamines and toxic natural products, e.g., 4-ipomeanol. These and other drug-metabolizing P450s are redox sensitive, showing a loss of activity resulting from preincubation with H2O2 and recovery with mild reducing agents [Albertolle, M. W., et al. (2017) J. Biol. Chem. 292, 11230-11242]. The inhibition is due to sulfenylation of the heme-thiolate ligand, as determined by chemopreoteomics and spectroscopy. This phenomenon may have implications for chemical toxicity and observed disease-drug interactions, in which the decreased metabolism of P450 substrates occurs in patients with inflammatory diseases (e.g., influenza and autoimmunity). Human P450 1A2 was determined to be redox insensitive. To determine the mechanism underlying the differential redox sensitivity, molecular dynamics (MD) simulations were employed using the crystal structure of rabbit P450 4B1 (Protein Data Bank entry 5T6Q ). In simulating either the thiolate (Cys-S-) or the sulfenic acid (Cys-SOH) at the heme ligation site, MD revealed Gln-451 in either an "open" or "closed" conformation, respectively, between the cytosol and heme-thiolate cysteine. Mutation to either an isosteric leucine (Q451L) or glutamate (Q451E) abrogated the redox sensitivity, suggesting that this "open" conformation allows for reduction of the sulfenic acid and religation of the thiolate to the heme iron. In summary, MD simulations suggest that Gln-451 in P450 4B1 adopts conformations that may stabilize and protect the heme-thiolate sulfenic acid; mutating this residue destabilizes the interaction, producing a redox insensitive enzyme.
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- Matthew E. Albertolle
- Department of Biochemistry, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee 37232-0146, United States
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee 37232-6300, United States
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- Department of Biochemistry, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee 37232-0146, United States
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee 37232-6300, United States
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- Department of Biochemistry, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee 37232-0146, United States
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Chaiswing L, St. Clair WH, St. Clair DK. Redox Paradox: A Novel Approach to Therapeutics-Resistant Cancer. Antioxid Redox Signal 2018; 29:1237-1272. [PMID: 29325444 PMCID: PMC6157438 DOI: 10.1089/ars.2017.7485] [Citation(s) in RCA: 79] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/25/2017] [Accepted: 01/05/2018] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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SIGNIFICANCE Cancer cells that are resistant to radiation and chemotherapy are a major problem limiting the success of cancer therapy. Aggressive cancer cells depend on elevated intracellular levels of reactive oxygen species (ROS) to proliferate, self-renew, and metastasize. As a result, these aggressive cancers maintain high basal levels of ROS compared with normal cells. The prominence of the redox state in cancer cells led us to consider whether increasing the redox state to the condition of oxidative stress could be used as a successful adjuvant therapy for aggressive cancers. Recent Advances: Past attempts using antioxidant compounds to inhibit ROS levels in cancers as redox-based therapy have met with very limited success. However, recent clinical trials using pro-oxidant compounds reveal noteworthy results, which could have a significant impact on the development of strategies for redox-based therapies. CRITICAL ISSUES The major objective of this review is to discuss the role of the redox state in aggressive cancers and how to utilize the shift in redox state to improve cancer therapy. We also discuss the paradox of redox state parameters; that is, hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) as the driver molecule for cancer progression as well as a target for cancer treatment. FUTURE DIRECTIONS Based on the biological significance of the redox state, we postulate that this system could potentially be used to create a new avenue for targeted therapy, including the potential to incorporate personalized redox therapy for cancer treatment.
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- Luksana Chaiswing
- Department of Toxicology and Cancer Biology, University of Kentucky-Lexington, Lexington, Kentucky
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- Department of Radiation Medicine, University of Kentucky-Lexington, Lexington, Kentucky
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- Department of Toxicology and Cancer Biology, University of Kentucky-Lexington, Lexington, Kentucky
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The concept of cell signaling in the context of nonenzyme-assisted protein modifications by reactive electrophilic and oxidative species, broadly known as redox signaling, is a uniquely complex topic that has been approached from numerous different and multidisciplinary angles. Our Review reflects on five aspects critical for understanding how nature harnesses these noncanonical post-translational modifications to coordinate distinct cellular activities: (1) specific players and their generation, (2) physicochemical properties, (3) mechanisms of action, (4) methods of interrogation, and (5) functional roles in health and disease. Emphasis is primarily placed on the latest progress in the field, but several aspects of classical work likely forgotten/lost are also recollected. For researchers with interests in getting into the field, our Review is anticipated to function as a primer. For the expert, we aim to stimulate thought and discussion about fundamentals of redox signaling mechanisms and nuances of specificity/selectivity and timing in this sophisticated yet fascinating arena at the crossroads of chemistry and biology.
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- Saba Parvez
- Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, College of
Pharmacy, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, 84112, USA
- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Cornell
University, Ithaca, New York, 14853, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Cornell
University, Ithaca, New York, 14853, USA
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- Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne,
Institute of Chemical Sciences and Engineering, 1015, Lausanne, Switzerland
- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Cornell
University, Ithaca, New York, 14853, USA
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- Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne,
Institute of Chemical Sciences and Engineering, 1015, Lausanne, Switzerland
- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Cornell
University, Ithaca, New York, 14853, USA
- Department of Biochemistry, Weill Cornell Medicine, New
York, New York, 10065, USA
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Ruddraraju KV, Zhang ZY. Covalent inhibition of protein tyrosine phosphatases. MOLECULAR BIOSYSTEMS 2018; 13:1257-1279. [PMID: 28534914 DOI: 10.1039/c7mb00151g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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Protein tyrosine phosphatases (PTPs) are a large family of 107 signaling enzymes that catalyze the hydrolytic removal of phosphate groups from tyrosine residues in a target protein. The phosphorylation status of tyrosine residues on proteins serve as a ubiquitous mechanism for cellular signal transduction. Aberrant function of PTPs can lead to many human diseases, such as diabetes, obesity, cancer, and autoimmune diseases. As the number of disease relevant PTPs increases, there is urgency in developing highly potent inhibitors that are selective towards specific PTPs. Most current efforts have been devoted to the development of active site-directed and reversible inhibitors for PTPs. This review summarizes recent progress made in the field of covalent inhibitors to target PTPs. Here, we discuss the in vivo and in vitro inactivation of various PTPs by small molecule-containing electrophiles, such as Michael acceptors, α-halo ketones, epoxides, and isothiocyanates, etc. as well as oxidizing agents. We also suggest potential strategies to transform these electrophiles into isozyme selective covalent PTP inhibitors.
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- Kasi Viswanatharaju Ruddraraju
- Department of Medicinal Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, Department of Chemistry, Center for Cancer Research, and Institute for Drug Discovery, Purdue University, 720 Clinic Drive, West Lafayette, IN 47907, USA.
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Petkowski JJ, Bains W, Seager S. Natural Products Containing a Nitrogen-Sulfur Bond. JOURNAL OF NATURAL PRODUCTS 2018; 81:423-446. [PMID: 29364663 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jnatprod.7b00921] [Citation(s) in RCA: 93] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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Only about 100 natural products are known to contain a nitrogen-sulfur (N-S) bond. This review thoroughly categorizes N-S bond-containing compounds by structural class. Information on biological source, biological activity, and biosynthesis is included, if known. We also review the role of N-S bond functional groups as post-translational modifications of amino acids in proteins and peptides, emphasizing their role in the metabolism of the cell.
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- Janusz J Petkowski
- Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology , 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, United States
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- Rufus Scientific , 37 The Moor, Melbourn, Royston, Herts SG8 6ED, U.K
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- Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology , 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, United States
- Department of Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology , 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, United States
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Bhatnagar A, Bandyopadhyay D. Characterization of cysteine thiol modifications based on protein microenvironments and local secondary structures. Proteins 2017; 86:192-209. [DOI: 10.1002/prot.25424] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/01/2017] [Revised: 11/09/2017] [Accepted: 11/10/2017] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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- Akshay Bhatnagar
- Department of Biological Sciences; Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani; Hyderabad India
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- Department of Biological Sciences; Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani; Hyderabad India
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Ku B, Hong W, Keum CW, Kim M, Ryu H, Jeon D, Shin HC, Kim JH, Kim SJ, Ryu SE. Structural and biochemical analysis of atypically low dephosphorylating activity of human dual-specificity phosphatase 28. PLoS One 2017; 12:e0187701. [PMID: 29121083 PMCID: PMC5679558 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0187701] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/25/2017] [Accepted: 10/24/2017] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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Dual-specificity phosphatases (DUSPs) constitute a subfamily of protein tyrosine phosphatases, and are intimately involved in the regulation of diverse parameters of cellular signaling and essential biological processes. DUSP28 is one of the DUSP subfamily members that is known to be implicated in the progression of hepatocellular and pancreatic cancers, and its biological functions and enzymatic characteristics are mostly unknown. Herein, we present the crystal structure of human DUSP28 determined to 2.1 Å resolution. DUSP28 adopts a typical DUSP fold, which is composed of a central β-sheet covered by α-helices on both sides and contains a well-ordered activation loop, as do other enzymatically active DUSP proteins. The catalytic pocket of DUSP28, however, appears hardly accessible to a substrate because of the presence of nonconserved bulky residues in the protein tyrosine phosphatase signature motif. Accordingly, DUSP28 showed an atypically low phosphatase activity in the biochemical assay, which was remarkably improved by mutations of two nonconserved residues in the activation loop. Overall, this work reports the structural and biochemical basis for understanding a putative oncological therapeutic target, DUSP28, and also provides a unique mechanism for the regulation of enzymatic activity in the DUSP subfamily proteins.
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- Bonsu Ku
- Disease Target Structure Research Center, Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Daejeon, Republic of Korea
- Department of Bioscience, University of Science and Technology KRIBB School, Daejeon, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Bioengineering, College of Engineering, Hanyang University, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Disease Target Structure Research Center, Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Daejeon, Republic of Korea
- Department of Bioscience, University of Science and Technology KRIBB School, Daejeon, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Bioengineering, College of Engineering, Hanyang University, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Bioengineering, College of Engineering, Hanyang University, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Bioengineering, College of Engineering, Hanyang University, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Disease Target Structure Research Center, Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Daejeon, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Biotechnology, College of Applied Life Science, SARI, Jeju National University, Jeju-do, Republic of Korea
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- Disease Target Structure Research Center, Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Daejeon, Republic of Korea
- Department of Bioscience, University of Science and Technology KRIBB School, Daejeon, Republic of Korea
- * E-mail: (SJK); (SER)
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- Department of Bioengineering, College of Engineering, Hanyang University, Seoul, Republic of Korea
- * E-mail: (SJK); (SER)
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Multiscale approach to the activation and phosphotransfer mechanism of CpxA histidine kinase reveals a tight coupling between conformational and chemical steps. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2017; 498:305-312. [PMID: 28911864 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2017.09.039] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/15/2017] [Revised: 08/23/2017] [Accepted: 09/08/2017] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Sensor histidine kinases (SHKs) are an integral component of the molecular machinery that permits bacteria to adapt to widely changing environmental conditions. CpxA, an extensively studied SHK, is a multidomain homodimeric protein with each subunit consisting of a periplasmic sensor domain, a transmembrane domain, a signal-transducing HAMP domain, a dimerization and histidine phospho-acceptor sub-domain (DHp) and a catalytic and ATP-binding subdomain (CA). The key activation event involves the rearrangement of the HAMP-DHp helical core and translation of the CA towards the acceptor histidine, which presumably results in an autokinase-competent complex. In the present work we integrate coarse-grained, all-atom, and hybrid QM-MM computer simulations to probe the large-scale conformational reorganization that takes place from the inactive to the autokinase-competent state (conformational step), and evaluate its relation to the autokinase reaction itself (chemical step). Our results highlight a tight coupling between conformational and chemical steps, underscoring the advantage of CA walking along the DHp core, to favor a reactive tautomeric state of the phospho-acceptor histidine. The results not only represent an example of multiscale modelling, but also show how protein dynamics can promote catalysis.
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Defelipe LA, Osman F, Marti MA, Turjanski AG. Structural and mechanistic comparison of the Cyclopropane Mycolic Acid Synthases (CMAS) protein family of Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2017; 498:288-295. [PMID: 28859976 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2017.08.119] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/15/2017] [Revised: 07/31/2017] [Accepted: 08/27/2017] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Tuberculosis (TB) is a chronic disease caused by the bacillus Mycobacterium tuberculosis(Mtb) and remains a leading cause of mortality worldwide. The bacteria has an external wall which protects it from being killed, and the enzymes involved in the biosynthesis of the cell wall components have been proposed as promising targets for future drug development efforts. Cyclopropane Mycolic Acid Synthases (CMAS) constitute a group of ten homologous enzymes which belong to the mycolic acid biosynthesis pathway. These enzymes have S-adenosyl-l-methionine (SAM) dependent methyltransferase activity with a peculiarity, each one of them has strong substrate selectivity and reaction specificity, being able to produce among other things cyclopropanes or methyl-alcohol groups from the lipid olefin group. How each CMAS processes its substrate and how the specificity and selectivity are encoded in the protein sequence and structure, is still unclear. In this work, by using a combination of modeling tools, including comparative modeling, docking, all-atom MD and QM/MM methodologies we studied in detail the reaction mechanism of cmaA2, mmaA4, and mmaA1 CMAS and described the molecular determinants that lead to different products. We have modeled the protein-substrate complex structure and determined the free energy pathway for the reaction. The combination of modeling tools at different levels of complexity allows having a complete picture of the CMAS structure-activity relationship.
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- Lucas A Defelipe
- Departamento de Química Biológica, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Intendente Güiraldes 2620, Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires, Argentina; IQUIBICEN-UBA/CONICET, Intendente Güiraldes 2620, Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Departamento de Química Biológica, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Intendente Güiraldes 2620, Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Departamento de Química Biológica, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Intendente Güiraldes 2620, Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires, Argentina; IQUIBICEN-UBA/CONICET, Intendente Güiraldes 2620, Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires, Argentina.
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- Departamento de Química Biológica, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Intendente Güiraldes 2620, Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires, Argentina; IQUIBICEN-UBA/CONICET, Intendente Güiraldes 2620, Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires, Argentina.
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Kiss R, Zhu M, Jójárt B, Czajlik A, Solti K, Fórizs B, Nagy É, Zsila F, Beke-Somfai T, Tóth G. Structural features of human DJ-1 in distinct Cys106 oxidative states and their relevance to its loss of function in disease. Biochim Biophys Acta Gen Subj 2017; 1861:2619-2629. [PMID: 28844983 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbagen.2017.08.017] [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: 05/08/2017] [Revised: 08/11/2017] [Accepted: 08/14/2017] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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DJ-1 (PARK7) is a multifunctional protein linked to the onset and progression of a number of diseases, most of which are associated with high oxidative stress. The Cys106 of DJ-1 is unusually reactive and thus sensitive to oxidation, and due to high oxidative stress it was observed to be in various oxidized states in disease condition. The oxidation state of Cys106 of DJ-1 is believed to determine the specific functions of the protein in normal and disease conditions. Here we report molecular dynamics simulation and biophysical experimental studies on DJ-1 in reduced (Cys106, S-), oxidized (Cys106, SO2-), and over-oxidized (Cys106, SO3-) states. To simulate the different oxidation states of Cys106 in DJ-1, AMBER related force field parameters were developed and reported for 3-sulfinoalanine and cysteine sulfonic acid. Our studies found that the overall structure of DJ-1 in different oxidation states was similar globally, while it differed locally significantly, which have implications on its stability, function and its link to disease on-set. Importantly, the results suggest that over-oxidation may trigger loss of functions due to local structural modification in the Cys106 containing pocket of DJ-1 and structurally destabilize the dimeric state of DJ-1, which is believed to be its bioactive conformation. Such loss of functions would result in reduced ability of DJ-1 to protect from oxidative stress insults and may lead to increased progression of disease.
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- Róbert Kiss
- MTA-TTK-NAP B - Drug Discovery Research Group - Neurodegenerative Diseases, Institute of Organic Chemistry, Research Center for Natural Sciences, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest, Hungary
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- Cantabio Pharmaceuticals, Sunnyvale, CA, USA
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- Department of Chemical Informatics, Faculty of Education, University of Szeged, Szeged, Hungary
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- MTA-TTK-NAP B - Drug Discovery Research Group - Neurodegenerative Diseases, Institute of Organic Chemistry, Research Center for Natural Sciences, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest, Hungary
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- MTA-TTK-NAP B - Drug Discovery Research Group - Neurodegenerative Diseases, Institute of Organic Chemistry, Research Center for Natural Sciences, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest, Hungary
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- MTA-TTK-NAP B - Drug Discovery Research Group - Neurodegenerative Diseases, Institute of Organic Chemistry, Research Center for Natural Sciences, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest, Hungary
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- Biomolecular Self-Assembly Group, Institute of Materials and Environmental Chemistry, Research Centre for Natural Sciences, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest, Hungary
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- Biomolecular Self-Assembly Group, Institute of Materials and Environmental Chemistry, Research Centre for Natural Sciences, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest, Hungary
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- MTA-TTK-NAP B - Drug Discovery Research Group - Neurodegenerative Diseases, Institute of Organic Chemistry, Research Center for Natural Sciences, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest, Hungary; Cantabio Pharmaceuticals, Sunnyvale, CA, USA.
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Castañeda-Arriaga R, Galano A. Exploring Chemical Routes Relevant to the Toxicity of Paracetamol and Its meta-Analogue at a Molecular Level. Chem Res Toxicol 2017; 30:1286-1301. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrestox.7b00024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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- Romina Castañeda-Arriaga
- Departamento de Química, Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana-Iztapalapa, San Rafael Atlixco 186, Col. Vicentina.
Iztapalapa, C. P. 09340, México D. F., México
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- Departamento de Química, Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana-Iztapalapa, San Rafael Atlixco 186, Col. Vicentina.
Iztapalapa, C. P. 09340, México D. F., México
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Heppner DE, Janssen-Heininger YMW, van der Vliet A. The role of sulfenic acids in cellular redox signaling: Reconciling chemical kinetics and molecular detection strategies. Arch Biochem Biophys 2017; 616:40-46. [PMID: 28126370 DOI: 10.1016/j.abb.2017.01.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/21/2016] [Revised: 01/20/2017] [Accepted: 01/22/2017] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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The reversible oxidation of protein cysteine residues is well recognized as an important regulatory mechanism in redox-dependent cell signaling. Cysteine oxidation is diverse in nature and involves various post-translational modifications (sulfenic acids, disulfides, etc.) and the specific functional or structural impact of these specific oxidative events is still poorly understood. The proximal product of protein cysteine oxidation by biological reactive oxygen species (ROS) is sulfenic acid (Cys-SOH), and experimental evidence is accruing for the formation of Cys-SOH as intermediate in protein cysteine oxidation in various biological settings. However, the plausibility of protein Cys-SH oxidation by ROS has often been put in question because of slow reaction kinetics compared to more favorable reactions with abundant thiol-based reductants such as peroxiredoxins (Prx) or glutathione (GSH). This commentary aims to address this controversy by highlighting the unique physical properties in cells that may restrict ROS diffusion and allow otherwise less favorable cysteine oxidation of proteins. Some limitations of analytical tools to assess Cys-SOH are also discussed. We conclude that formation of Cys-SOH in biological systems cannot always be predicted based on kinetic analyses in homogenous solution, and may be facilitated by unique structural and physical properties of Cys-containing proteins within e.g. signaling complexes.
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- David E Heppner
- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT 05405, United States
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- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT 05405, United States.
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Issoglio FM, Campolo N, Zeida A, Grune T, Radi R, Estrin DA, Bartesaghi S. Exploring the Catalytic Mechanism of Human Glutamine Synthetase by Computer Simulations. Biochemistry 2016; 55:5907-5916. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.biochem.6b00822] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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- Federico M. Issoglio
- Departamento
de Química Inorgánica, Analítica y Química-Física
and INQUIMAE-CONICET, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Departamento
de Química Inorgánica, Analítica y Química-Física
and INQUIMAE-CONICET, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- German Institute of Human Nutrition (DIfE) Potsdam-Rehbrücke, Department of Molecular Toxicology, Arthur-Scheunert-Allee 114-116, 14558 Nuthetal, Germany
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- Departamento
de Química Inorgánica, Analítica y Química-Física
and INQUIMAE-CONICET, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Departamento
de Educación Médica, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de la República, Montevideo, Uruguay
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Heppner DE, Hristova M, Dustin CM, Danyal K, Habibovic A, van der Vliet A. The NADPH Oxidases DUOX1 and NOX2 Play Distinct Roles in Redox Regulation of Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor Signaling. J Biol Chem 2016; 291:23282-23293. [PMID: 27650496 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m116.749028] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/18/2016] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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The epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) plays a critical role in regulating airway epithelial homeostasis and responses to injury. Activation of EGFR is regulated by redox-dependent processes involving reversible cysteine oxidation by reactive oxygen species (ROS) and involves both ligand-dependent and -independent mechanisms, but the precise source(s) of ROS and the molecular mechanisms that control tyrosine kinase activity are incompletely understood. Here, we demonstrate that stimulation of EGFR activation by ATP in airway epithelial cells is closely associated with dynamic reversible oxidation of cysteine residues via sequential sulfenylation and S-glutathionylation within EGFR and the non-receptor-tyrosine kinase Src. Moreover, the intrinsic kinase activity of recombinant Src or EGFR was in both cases enhanced by H2O2 but not by GSSG, indicating that the intermediate sulfenylation is the activating modification. H2O2-induced increase in EGFR tyrosine kinase activity was not observed with the C797S variant, confirming Cys-797 as the redox-sensitive cysteine residue that regulates kinase activity. Redox-dependent regulation of EGFR activation in airway epithelial cells was found to strongly depend on activation of either the NADPH oxidase DUOX1 or the homolog NOX2, depending on the activation mechanism. Whereas DUOX1 and Src play a primary role in EGFR transactivation by wound-derived signals such as ATP, direct ligand-dependent EGFR activation primarily involves NOX2 with a secondary role for DUOX1 and Src. Collectively, our findings establish that redox-dependent EGFR kinase activation involves a dynamic and reversible cysteine oxidation mechanism and that this activation mechanism variably involves DUOX1 and NOX2.
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- David E Heppner
- From the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Vermont, Burlington, Vermont 05405
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- From the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Vermont, Burlington, Vermont 05405
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- From the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Vermont, Burlington, Vermont 05405
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- From the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Vermont, Burlington, Vermont 05405
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- From the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Vermont, Burlington, Vermont 05405
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- From the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Vermont, Burlington, Vermont 05405
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Zaccarin M, Bosello-Travain V, Di Paolo ML, Falda M, Maiorino M, Miotto G, Piccolo S, Roveri A, Ursini F, Venerando R, Toppo S. Redox status in a model of cancer stem cells. Arch Biochem Biophys 2016; 617:120-128. [PMID: 27638050 DOI: 10.1016/j.abb.2016.09.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/05/2016] [Revised: 09/09/2016] [Accepted: 09/12/2016] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Reversible oxidation of Cys residues is a crucial element of redox homeostasis and signaling. According to a popular concept in oxidative stress signaling, the oxidation of targets of signals can only take place following an overwhelming of the cellular antioxidant capacity. This concept, however, ignores the activation of feedback mechanisms possibly leading to a paradoxical effect. In a model of cancer stem cells (CSC), stably overexpressing the TAZ oncogene, we observed that the increased formation of oxidants is associated with a globally more reduced state of proteins. Redox proteomics revealed that several proteins, capable of undergoing reversible redox transitions, are indeed more reduced while just few are more oxidized. Among the proteins more oxidized, G6PDH emerges as both more expressed and activated by oxidation. This accounts for the observed more reduced state of the NADPH/NADP+ couple. The dynamic redox flux generating this apparently paradoxical effect is rationalized in a computational system biology model highlighting the crucial role of G6PDH activity on the rate of redox transitions eventually leading to the reduction of reversible redox switches.
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- Mattia Zaccarin
- Department of Molecular Medicine, University of Padova, Viale G.Colombo 3, 35121 Padova, Italy
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- Department of Molecular Medicine, University of Padova, Viale G.Colombo 3, 35121 Padova, Italy
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- Department of Molecular Medicine, University of Padova, Viale G.Colombo 3, 35121 Padova, Italy
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- Department of Molecular Medicine, University of Padova, Viale G.Colombo 3, 35121 Padova, Italy
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- Department of Molecular Medicine, University of Padova, Viale G.Colombo 3, 35121 Padova, Italy
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- Department of Molecular Medicine, University of Padova, Viale G.Colombo 3, 35121 Padova, Italy
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- Department of Molecular Medicine, University of Padova, Viale G.Colombo 3, 35121 Padova, Italy
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- Department of Molecular Medicine, University of Padova, Viale G.Colombo 3, 35121 Padova, Italy
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- Department of Molecular Medicine, University of Padova, Viale G.Colombo 3, 35121 Padova, Italy
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- Department of Molecular Medicine, University of Padova, Viale G.Colombo 3, 35121 Padova, Italy.
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Therapeutic Strategies for Oxidative Stress-Related Cardiovascular Diseases: Removal of Excess Reactive Oxygen Species in Adult Stem Cells. OXIDATIVE MEDICINE AND CELLULAR LONGEVITY 2016; 2016:2483163. [PMID: 27668035 PMCID: PMC5030421 DOI: 10.1155/2016/2483163] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/13/2016] [Accepted: 08/17/2016] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
Abstract
Accumulating evidence indicates that acute and chronic uncontrolled overproduction of oxidative stress-related factors including reactive oxygen species (ROS) causes cardiovascular diseases (CVDs), atherosclerosis, and diabetes. Moreover ROS mediate various signaling pathways underlying vascular inflammation in ischemic tissues. With respect to stem cell-based therapy, several studies clearly indicate that modulating antioxidant production at cellular levels enhances stem/progenitor cell functionalities, including proliferation, long-term survival in ischemic tissues, and complete differentiation of transplanted cells into mature vascular cells. Recently emerging therapeutic strategies involving adult stem cells, including endothelial progenitor cells (EPCs), for treating ischemic CVDs have highlighted the need to control intracellular ROS production, because it critically affects the replicative senescence of ex vivo expanded therapeutic cells. Better understanding of the complexity of cellular ROS in stem cell biology might improve cell survival in ischemic tissues and enhance the regenerative potentials of transplanted stem/progenitor cells. In this review, we will discuss the nature and sources of ROS, drug-based therapeutic strategies for scavenging ROS, and EPC based therapeutic strategies for treating oxidative stress-related CVDs. Furthermore, we will discuss whether primed EPCs pretreated with natural ROS-scavenging compounds are crucial and promising therapeutic strategies for vascular repair.
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Coburn KM, Wang Q, Rediske D, Viola RE, Hanson BL, Xue Z, Seo Y. Effects of Extracellular Polymeric Substance Composition on Bacteria Disinfection by Monochloramine: Application of MALDI-TOF/TOF-MS and Multivariate Analysis. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY 2016; 50:9197-9205. [PMID: 27366970 DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.6b00927] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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In our previous study, we reported that the transport of monochloramine is affected by the extracellular polymeric substance (EPS) composition, which in turn affects the cell viability of both biofilm and detached clusters.11 However, although the transport and reaction of monochloramine in biofilm could be observed, the specific biomolecules reacting with the disinfectant and the mechanism of disinfection remains elusive. In this study, the impact of EPS composition on bacteria disinfection by monochloramine was qualitatively determined using both wild-type and isogenic mutant Pseudomonas strains with different EPS-secretion capacity and composition. To evaluate their EPS reactivity and contribution to susceptibility to monochloramine, we investigated the bacteria disinfection process using Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR) and matrix-assisted laser desorption-ionization time-of-flight/time-of-flight mass spectrometry (MALDI-TOF/TOF-MS). Canonical correlation analysis and partial least-squares regression modeling were employed to explore the changes that EPS underwent during the monochloramine disinfection process. The analyses results suggested significant reactions of the monochloramine with peptide fragments of proteins that are associated with carbohydrate utilization. Selected enzymes also showed different levels of inhibition by monochloramine when tested.
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- Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, University of Toledo , Toledo, Ohio 43607, United States
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Jara GE, Martínez L. Anthrax Edema Factor: An Ion-Adaptive Mechanism of Catalysis with Increased Transition-State Conformational Flexibility. J Phys Chem B 2016; 120:6504-14. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.6b02527] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Gabriel E. Jara
- Institute of Chemistry, University of Campinas, Campinas, SP 13083-861, Brazil
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- Institute of Chemistry, University of Campinas, Campinas, SP 13083-861, Brazil
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Trujillo M, Alvarez B, Radi R. One- and two-electron oxidation of thiols: mechanisms, kinetics and biological fates. Free Radic Res 2015; 50:150-71. [PMID: 26329537 DOI: 10.3109/10715762.2015.1089988] [Citation(s) in RCA: 93] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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The oxidation of biothiols participates not only in the defense against oxidative damage but also in enzymatic catalytic mechanisms and signal transduction processes. Thiols are versatile reductants that react with oxidizing species by one- and two-electron mechanisms, leading to thiyl radicals and sulfenic acids, respectively. These intermediates, depending on the conditions, participate in further reactions that converge on different stable products. Through this review, we will describe the biologically relevant species that are able to perform these oxidations and we will analyze the mechanisms and kinetics of the one- and two-electron reactions. The processes undergone by typical low-molecular-weight thiols as well as the particularities of specific thiol proteins will be described, including the molecular determinants proposed to account for the extraordinary reactivities of peroxidatic thiols. Finally, the main fates of the thiyl radical and sulfenic acid intermediates will be summarized.
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- Madia Trujillo
- a Departamento de Bioquímica , Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de la República , Montevideo , Uruguay .,b Center for Free Radical and Biomedical Research , Universidad de la República , Montevideo , Uruguay , and
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- b Center for Free Radical and Biomedical Research , Universidad de la República , Montevideo , Uruguay , and.,c Laboratorio de Enzimología, Facultad de Ciencias , Universidad de la República , Montevideo , Uruguay
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- a Departamento de Bioquímica , Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de la República , Montevideo , Uruguay .,b Center for Free Radical and Biomedical Research , Universidad de la República , Montevideo , Uruguay , and
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Devarie-Baez NO, Silva Lopez EI, Furdui CM. Biological chemistry and functionality of protein sulfenic acids and related thiol modifications. Free Radic Res 2015; 50:172-94. [PMID: 26340608 DOI: 10.3109/10715762.2015.1090571] [Citation(s) in RCA: 60] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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Selective modification of proteins at cysteine residues by reactive oxygen, nitrogen or sulfur species formed under physiological and pathological states is emerging as a critical regulator of protein activity impacting cellular function. This review focuses primarily on protein sulfenylation (-SOH), a metastable reversible modification connecting reduced cysteine thiols to many products of cysteine oxidation. An overview is first provided on the chemistry principles underlining synthesis, stability and reactivity of sulfenic acids in model compounds and proteins, followed by a brief description of analytical methods currently employed to characterize these oxidative species. The following chapters present a selection of redox-regulated proteins for which the -SOH formation was experimentally confirmed and linked to protein function. These chapters are organized based on the participation of these proteins in the regulation of signaling, metabolism and epigenetics. The last chapter discusses the therapeutic implications of altered redox microenvironment and protein oxidation in disease.
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- Nelmi O Devarie-Baez
- a Department of Internal Medicine, Section on Molecular Medicine , Wake Forest School of Medicine , Winston-Salem , NC , USA
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- a Department of Internal Medicine, Section on Molecular Medicine , Wake Forest School of Medicine , Winston-Salem , NC , USA
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- a Department of Internal Medicine, Section on Molecular Medicine , Wake Forest School of Medicine , Winston-Salem , NC , USA
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