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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
49
pubmed:dateCreated
2001-1-18
pubmed:abstractText
The chaperone activity of the heat shock protein Hsp33 is regulated by reversible disulfide bond formation. Oxidized Hsp33 is active, and reduced Hsp33 is inactive. We show that zinc binding is essential for the function of this redox switch. Our results reveal that Hps33 contains a new, high affinity (K(a) > 10(17) m(-)(1)), zinc-binding motif in the form Cys-X-Cys-X(27-32)-Cys-X-X-Cys. All four conserved cysteines within this motif act to coordinate a single zinc atom. Experiments where reduced wild type Hsp33 is reconstituted with cobalt or cadmium demonstrate that the metal-coordinating cysteines are present as highly reactive thiolate anions. This ionization may allow for the fast and successful activation of the chaperone function of Hsp33 upon incubation in oxidizing agents.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Dec
pubmed:issn
0021-9258
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
8
pubmed:volume
275
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
38302-10
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-7-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:10976105-Amino Acid Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:10976105-Amino Acid Substitution, pubmed-meshheading:10976105-Bacterial Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:10976105-Binding Sites, pubmed-meshheading:10976105-Conserved Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:10976105-Cysteine, pubmed-meshheading:10976105-Heat-Shock Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:10976105-Kinetics, pubmed-meshheading:10976105-Molecular Chaperones, pubmed-meshheading:10976105-Molecular Sequence Data, pubmed-meshheading:10976105-Mutagenesis, Site-Directed, pubmed-meshheading:10976105-Oxidation-Reduction, pubmed-meshheading:10976105-Recombinant Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:10976105-Sequence Alignment, pubmed-meshheading:10976105-Spectrophotometry, Ultraviolet, pubmed-meshheading:10976105-Zinc, pubmed-meshheading:10976105-Zinc Fingers
pubmed:year
2000
pubmed:articleTitle
Redox switch of hsp33 has a novel zinc-binding motif.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Biology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-1048, USA. ujakob@biology.lsa.umich.edu
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Comparative Study, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't