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Oxidative protein folding in eukaryotes

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Tu, Benjamin P., Weissman, Jonathan S.·2004·The Journal of Cell Biology

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The endoplasmic reticulum (ER) provides an environment that is highly optimized for oxidative protein folding. Rather than relying on small molecule oxidants like glutathione, it is now clear that disulfide formation is driven by a protein relay involving Ero1, a novel conserved FAD-dependent enzyme, and protein disulfide isomerase (PDI); Ero1 is oxidized by molecular oxygen and in turn acts as a specific oxidant of PDI, which then directly oxidizes disulfide bonds in folding proteins. While providing a robust driving force for disulfide formation, the use of molecular oxygen as the terminal electron acceptor can lead to oxidative stress through the production of reactive oxygen species and oxidized glutathione. How Ero1p distinguishes between the many different PDI-related proteins and how the cell minimizes the effects of oxidative damage from Ero1 remain important open questions.

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  • Reaction of cysteine with another cysteine under non-enzymatic and enzyme-mediated conditions leads to cystine, which stabilizes protein structures via intra- and intermolecular disulfide bridges.

    “Reaction of cysteine with another cysteine under non-enzymatic as well as enzyme mediated conditions leads to cystine. Cystine is a vitally important modification, because it stabilizes protein structures via intra- and intermolecular disulfide bridges.”

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    The Abstract (page not provided) says disulfide bonds involving cysteine residues are often crucial to protein stability and describes both spontaneous formation in vitro and assisted formation in vivo. The section on oxidative folding machinery also describes enzyme-catalyzed disulfide formation. Our copy does not explicitly identify the product as cystine or establish the claim’s distinction between intra- and intermolecular bridges. (LLM, conf=0.85)

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Tu, B. P., & Weissman, J. S.
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Howard Hughes Medical Institute (US)
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The Journal of Cell Biology
Published
2004-02-02
Volume
164
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3
Pages
341-346
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  • 0021-9525 (ISSN-L)
  • 1540-8140
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W2059586921
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Topics
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Redox biology and oxidative stress
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Cell Biology › Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress and Disease
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Heat shock proteins research
Keywords
oxidative protein folding, endoplasmic reticulum, disulfide bond formation, Ero1, protein disulfide isomerase, FAD-dependent oxidase, molecular oxygen as oxidant, reactive oxygen species, oxidative stress, glutathione disulfide
MeSH terms
Animals, Endoplasmic Reticulum, Eukaryotic Cells, Glycoproteins, Humans, Membrane Glycoproteins, Oxidation-Reduction, Oxidoreductases, Protein Folding, Protein Disulfide-Isomerases

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