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Published on: February 5, 2019
Creation of a functional S-nitrosylation site in vitro by single point mutation
C Castro1, F A Ruiz, I Pérez-Mato
1Department of Medicine, University of Navarra, 31008, Pamplona, Spain.
Abstract:
Here we show that in extrahepatic methionine adenosyltransferase replacement of a single amino acid (glycine 120) by cysteine is sufficient to create a functional nitric oxide binding site without affecting the kinetic properties of the enzyme. When wild-type and mutant methionine adenosyltransferase were incubated with S-nitrosoglutathione the activity of the wild-type remained unchanged whereas the activity of the mutant enzyme decreased markedly. The mutant enzyme was found to be S-nitrosylated upon incubation with the nitric oxide donor. Treatment of the S-nitrosylated mutant enzyme with glutathione removed most of the S-nitrosothiol groups and restored the activity to control values. In conclusion, our results suggest that functional S-nitrosylation sites can develop from existing structures without drastic or large-scale amino acid replacements.
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