Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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8290084 | Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics | 2014 | 9 Pages |
Abstract
Three protein disulfide reductases of the thioredoxin superfamily from the industrially important Gram-positive Lactococcus lactis (LlTrxA, LlTrxD and LlNrdH) are compared to the “classical” thioredoxin from Escherichia coli (EcTrx1). LlTrxA resembles EcTrx1 with a WCGPC active site motif and other key residues conserved. By contrast, LlTrxD is more distantly related and contains a WCGDC motif. Bioinformatics analysis suggests that LlTrxD represents a subgroup of thioredoxins from Gram-positive bacteria. LlNrdH is a glutaredoxin-like electron donor for ribonucleotide reductase class Ib. Based on protein-protein equilibria LlTrxA (E°â²Â = â259 mV) and LlNrdH (E°â²Â = â238 mV) show approximately 10 mV higher standard state redox potentials than the corresponding E. coli homologues, while E°Ⲡof LlTrxD is â243 mV, more similar to glutaredoxin than “classical” thioredoxin. EcTrx1 and LlTrxA have high capacity to reduce insulin disulfides and their exposed active site thiol is alkylated at a similar rate at pH 7.0. LlTrxD on the other hand, is alkylated by iodoacetamide at almost 100 fold higher rate and shows no activity towards insulin disulfides. LlTrxA, LlTrxD and LlNrdH are all efficiently reduced by NADPH dependent thioredoxin reductase (TrxR) from L. lactis and good cross-reactivity towards E. coli TrxR was observed with LlTrxD as the notable exception.
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Authors
Olof Björnberg, Petr Efler, Epie Denis Ebong, Birte Svensson, Per Hägglund,