Glutathione peroxidase 3 of Saccharomyces cerevisiae suppresses non-enzymatic proteolysis of glutamine synthetase in an activity-independent manner

Phil Young Lee, Chang Won Kho, Do Hee Lee, Sunghyun Kang, Seongman Kang, Sang Chul Lee, Byoung Chul Park, Sayeon Cho, Kwang Hee Bae, Sung Goo Park

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    Abstract

    Glutathione peroxidase 3 (Gpx3) is ubiquitously expressed and is important antioxidant enzyme in yeast. It modulates the activities of redox-sensitive thiol proteins, particularly those involved in signal transduction pathway and protein translocation. Through immunoprecipitation/two-dimensional gel electrophoresis (IP-2DE), MALDI-TOF mass spectrometry, and a pull down assay, we found glutamine synthetase (GS; EC 6.3.1.2) as a candidate interacting protein with Gpx3. GS is a key enzyme in nitrogen metabolism and ammonium assimilation. It has been known that GS is non-enzymatically cleaved by ROS generated by MFO (thiol/ Fe3+/O2 mixed-function oxidase) system. In this study, it is demonstrated that GS interacts with Gpx3 through its catalytic domain both in vivo and in vitro regardless of redox state. In addition, Gpx3 helps to protect GS from inactivation and degradation via oxidative stress in an activity-independent manner. Based on the results, it is suggested that Gpx3 protects GS from non-enzymatic proteolysis, thereby contributing to cell homeostasis when cell is exposed to oxidative stress.

    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)405-409
    Number of pages5
    JournalBiochemical and biophysical research communications
    Volume362
    Issue number2
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 2007 Oct 19

    Bibliographical note

    Funding Information:
    We thank Ms. Lisa Wawrynchuk for carefully reading our manuscript. This work was supported by grants from the Basic Research Program of the Korea Science & Engineering Foundation (2007-01827) and the Korea Health 21 R&D Project, Ministry of Health & Welfare, Republic of Korea (01-PJ10-PG6-01GN16-0005).

    Keywords

    • Glutamine synthetase
    • Glutathione peroxidase 3
    • MFO system
    • Oxidative stress
    • ROS

    ASJC Scopus subject areas

    • Biophysics
    • Biochemistry
    • Molecular Biology
    • Cell Biology

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