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Oligomerization of the cysteinyl-rich oligopeptidase EP24.15 is triggered by S-glutathionylation

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Autor(es):
Demasi, Marilene ; Piassa Filho, Gilberto M. ; Castro, Leandro M. ; Ferreira, Juliana C. ; Rioli, Vanessa ; Ferro, Emer S. [6]
Número total de Autores: 6
Tipo de documento: Artigo Científico
Fonte: Free Radical Biology and Medicine; v. 44, n. 6, p. 1180-1190, Mar. 2008.
Área do conhecimento: Ciências Biológicas - Morfologia
Assunto(s):Glutationa   Oxirredução
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Thimet oligopeptidase (EC 3.4.24.15; EP24.15) is a thiol-rich metallopeptidase ubiquitously distributed in mammalian tissues and involved in oligopeptide metabolism both within and outside cells. Fifteen Cys residues are present in the rat EP24.15 protein, seven are solvent accessible, and two are found inside the catalytic site cleft; no intraprotein disulfide is described. In the present investigation, we show that mammalian immunoprecipitated EP24.15 is S-glutathionylated. In vitro EP24.15 S-glutathionylation was demonstrated by the incubation of bacterial recombinant EP24.15 with oxidized glutathione concentration as low as 10 mu M. The in vitro S-glutathionylation of EP24.15 was responsible for its oxidative oligomerization to dimer and trimer complexes. EP24.15 immunoprecipitated from cells submitted to oxidative challenge showed increased trimeric forms and decreased S-glutathionylation compared to immunoprecipitated protein from control cells. Our present data also show that EP24.15 maximal enzymatic activity is maintained by partial S-glutathionylation, a mechanism that apparently regulates the protein oligomerization. Present results raise the possibility of an unconventional property of protein S-glutathionylation, inducing oligomerization by interprotein thiol-disulfide exchange. (AU)

Processo FAPESP: 06/06969-0 - Estabelecimento de modelos em cultura celular para o estudo de moduladores do proteassomo 20S obtidos por prospecção
Beneficiário:Marilene Demasi
Modalidade de apoio: Auxílio à Pesquisa - Regular
Processo FAPESP: 04/04933-2 - Biologia celular molecular de oligopeptidases
Beneficiário:Emer Suavinho Ferro
Modalidade de apoio: Auxílio à Pesquisa - Temático