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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
17
pubmed:dateCreated
2001-8-15
pubmed:databankReference
pubmed:abstractText
Thioredoxin reductases (TrxRs) from mammalian cells contain an essential selenocysteine residue in the conserved C-terminal sequence Gly-Cys-SeCys-Gly forming a selenenylsulfide in the oxidized enzyme. Reduction by NADPH generates a selenolthiol, which is the active site in reduction of Trx. The three-dimensional structure of the SeCys498Cys mutant of rat TrxR in complex with NADP(+) has been determined to 3.0-A resolution by x-ray crystallography. The overall structure is similar to that of glutathione reductase (GR), including conserved amino acid residues binding the cofactors FAD and NADPH. Surprisingly, all residues directly interacting with the substrate glutathione disulfide in GR are conserved despite the failure of glutathione disulfide to act as a substrate for TrxR. The 16-residue C-terminal tail, which is unique to mammalian TrxR, folds in such a way that it can approach the active site disulfide of the other subunit in the dimer. A model of the complex of TrxR with Trx suggests that electron transfer from NADPH to the disulfide of the substrate is possible without large conformational changes. The C-terminal extension typical of mammalian TrxRs has two functions: (i) it extends the electron transport chain from the catalytic disulfide to the enzyme surface, where it can react with Trx, and (ii) it prevents the enzyme from acting as a GR by blocking the redox-active disulfide. Our results suggest that mammalian TrxR evolved from the GR scaffold rather than from its prokaryotic counterpart. This evolutionary switch renders cell growth dependent on selenium.
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pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Aug
pubmed:issn
0027-8424
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
14
pubmed:volume
98
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
9533-8
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-11-18
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:11481439-Amino Acid Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:11481439-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:11481439-Binding Sites, pubmed-meshheading:11481439-Catalysis, pubmed-meshheading:11481439-Crystallography, X-Ray, pubmed-meshheading:11481439-Dimerization, pubmed-meshheading:11481439-Evolution, Molecular, pubmed-meshheading:11481439-Flavin-Adenine Dinucleotide, pubmed-meshheading:11481439-Glutathione Reductase, pubmed-meshheading:11481439-Hydrogen Bonding, pubmed-meshheading:11481439-Mammals, pubmed-meshheading:11481439-Models, Molecular, pubmed-meshheading:11481439-Molecular Sequence Data, pubmed-meshheading:11481439-NADP, pubmed-meshheading:11481439-Oxidation-Reduction, pubmed-meshheading:11481439-Prokaryotic Cells, pubmed-meshheading:11481439-Protein Binding, pubmed-meshheading:11481439-Protein Conformation, pubmed-meshheading:11481439-Protein Structure, Tertiary, pubmed-meshheading:11481439-Rats, pubmed-meshheading:11481439-Selenocysteine, pubmed-meshheading:11481439-Sequence Homology, Amino Acid, pubmed-meshheading:11481439-Species Specificity, pubmed-meshheading:11481439-Thioredoxin-Disulfide Reductase
pubmed:year
2001
pubmed:articleTitle
Three-dimensional structure of a mammalian thioredoxin reductase: implications for mechanism and evolution of a selenocysteine-dependent enzyme.
pubmed:affiliation
Division of Molecular Structural Biology and Medical Nobel Institute for Biochemistry, Department of Medical Biochemistry and Biophysics, Karolinska Institutet, S-171 77 Stockholm, Sweden.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Comparative Study, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't