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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
6
pubmed:dateCreated
2006-2-7
pubmed:abstractText
Selenium has significant health benefits, including potent cancer prevention activity and roles in immune function and the male reproductive system. Selenium-containing proteins, which incorporate this essential micronutrient as selenocysteine, are proposed to mediate the positive effects of dietary selenium. Presented here are the solution NMR structures of the selenoprotein SelM and an ortholog of the selenoprotein Sep15. These data reveal that Sep15 and SelM are structural homologs that establish a new thioredoxin-like protein family. The location of the active-site redox motifs within the fold together with the observed localized conformational changes after thiol-disulfide exchange and measured redox potential indicate that they have redox activity. In mammals, Sep15 expression is regulated by dietary selenium, and either decreased or increased expression of this selenoprotein alters redox homeostasis. A physiological role for Sep15 and SelM as thiol-disulfide oxidoreductases and their contribution to the quality control pathways of the endoplasmic reticulum are discussed.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Feb
pubmed:issn
0021-9258
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
10
pubmed:volume
281
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
3536-43
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:16319061-Amino Acid Motifs, pubmed-meshheading:16319061-Amino Acid Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:16319061-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:16319061-Binding Sites, pubmed-meshheading:16319061-Cell Survival, pubmed-meshheading:16319061-Drosophila Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:16319061-Drosophila melanogaster, pubmed-meshheading:16319061-Escherichia coli, pubmed-meshheading:16319061-Insect Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:16319061-Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy, pubmed-meshheading:16319061-Male, pubmed-meshheading:16319061-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:16319061-Mice, Inbred BALB C, pubmed-meshheading:16319061-Models, Molecular, pubmed-meshheading:16319061-Molecular Sequence Data, pubmed-meshheading:16319061-NIH 3T3 Cells, pubmed-meshheading:16319061-Oxidation-Reduction, pubmed-meshheading:16319061-Oxidative Stress, pubmed-meshheading:16319061-Protein Conformation, pubmed-meshheading:16319061-RNA Interference, pubmed-meshheading:16319061-Recombinant Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:16319061-Selenium, pubmed-meshheading:16319061-Selenocysteine, pubmed-meshheading:16319061-Selenoproteins, pubmed-meshheading:16319061-Sulfhydryl Compounds, pubmed-meshheading:16319061-Thioredoxins
pubmed:year
2006
pubmed:articleTitle
NMR structures of the selenoproteins Sep15 and SelM reveal redox activity of a new thioredoxin-like family.
pubmed:affiliation
Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX 75390, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't, Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural