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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
21
pubmed:dateCreated
2009-5-18
pubmed:abstractText
Ure2 is the protein determinant of the Saccharomyces cerevisiae prion [URE3]. Ure2 has structural similarity to glutathione transferases, protects cells against heavy metal and oxidant toxicity in vivo, and shows glutathione-dependent peroxidase activity in vitro. Here we report that Ure2 (which has no cysteine residues) also shows thiol-disulfide oxidoreductase activity similar to that of glutaredoxin enzymes. This demonstrates that disulfide reductase activity can be independent of the classical glutaredoxin CXXC/CXXS motif or indeed an intrinsic catalytic cysteine residue. The kinetics of the glutaredoxin activity of Ure2 showed positive cooperativity for the substrate glutathione in both the soluble native state and in amyloid-like fibrils, indicating native-like dimeric structure within Ure2 fibrils. Characterization of the glutaredoxin activity of Ure2 sheds light on its ability to protect yeast from heavy metal ion and oxidant toxicity and suggests a role in reversible protein glutathionylation signal transduction. Observation of allosteric enzyme behavior within amyloid-like Ure2 fibrils not only provides insight into the molecular structure of the fibrils but also has implications for the mechanism of [URE3] prion formation.
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pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Amyloid, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Cadmium Chloride, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Glutaredoxins, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Glutathione, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Glutathione Peroxidase, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Hydrogen Peroxide, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Insulin, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Oxidoreductases, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Prions, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Reducing Agents, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/URE2 protein, S cerevisiae, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/glutathione dehydrogenase...
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
May
pubmed:issn
0021-9258
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
22
pubmed:volume
284
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
14058-67
pubmed:dateRevised
2011-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:19321443-Oxidoreductases, pubmed-meshheading:19321443-Insulin, pubmed-meshheading:19321443-Oxidation-Reduction, pubmed-meshheading:19321443-Hydrogen Peroxide, pubmed-meshheading:19321443-Glutathione, pubmed-meshheading:19321443-Mutation, pubmed-meshheading:19321443-Amyloid, pubmed-meshheading:19321443-Saccharomyces cerevisiae, pubmed-meshheading:19321443-Kinetics, pubmed-meshheading:19321443-Cadmium Chloride, pubmed-meshheading:19321443-Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:19321443-Time Factors, pubmed-meshheading:19321443-Solubility, pubmed-meshheading:19321443-Binding Sites, pubmed-meshheading:19321443-Prions, pubmed-meshheading:19321443-Protein Structure, Tertiary, pubmed-meshheading:19321443-Glutathione Peroxidase, pubmed-meshheading:19321443-Protein Multimerization, pubmed-meshheading:19321443-Glutaredoxins
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