title: Identification of the glutathione conjugate of 4-nitroquinoline 1-oxide formed in the reaction catalyzed by murine glutathione transferases.
abstract: The product of the enzyme-catalyzed conjugation of glutathione and 4-nitroquinoline 1-oxide was isolated and its structure determined by MS and NMR. The results indicate that the cysteine sulfur of glutathione replaces the nitro group of 4-nitroquinoline 1-oxide in the reaction with the formation of 4-(glutathion-S-yl)-quinoline 1-oxide. No evidence was found for the binding of glutathione to any other position of 4-nitroquinoline 1-oxide or through any group other than the cysteine sulfur.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock 72205.
authors.forename: J S
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Stanley
authors.forename: J O
authors.initials: JO
authors.lastname: Lay
authors.forename: D W
authors.initials: DW
authors.lastname: Miller
authors.forename: D C
authors.initials: DC
authors.lastname: DeLuca
mesh_terms: D015112:4-Nitroquinoline-1-oxide / Q000378:metabolism*; D000818:Animals; D005260:Female; D005978:Glutathione / Q000378:metabolism*; D005982:Glutathione Transferase / Q000494:pharmacology*; D009682:Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy; D013058:Mass Spectrometry; D051379:Mice; D009600:Nitroquinolines / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D009600:Nitroquinolines; D015112:4-Nitroquinoline-1-oxide; D005982:Glutathione Transferase; D005978:Glutathione