title: ADPribosylation reaction by free ADPribose in Sulfolobus solfataricus, a thermophilic archaeon.
abstract: In the archaeon Sulfolobus solfataricus, protein ADPribosylation by free ADPribose was demonstrated by testing both [adenine-14C(U)]ADPR and [adenine-14C(U)]NAD as substrates. The occurrence of this process was shown by using specific experimental conditions. Increasing the incubation time and lowering the pH of the reaction mixture enhanced the protein glycation by free ADPribose. At pH 7.5 and 10 min incubation, the incorporation of free ADPribose into proteins was highly reduced. Under these conditions, the autoradiographic pattern showed that, among the targets of ADPribose electrophoresed after incubation with 32P-NAD, the proteins modified by free 32P-ADPribose mostly corresponded to high molecular mass components. Among the compounds known to inhibit the eukaryotic poly-ADPribose polymerase, only ZnCl2 highly reduced the ADPribose incorporation from NAD into the ammonium sulphate precipitate. A 20% inhibition was measured in the presence of nicotinamide or 3-aminobenzamide. No inhibition was observed replacing NAD with ADPR as substrate.
authors.affiliation: Dipartimento di Chimica Organica e Biologica, Facoltà di Scienze, Università di Napoli, Italy.
authors.forename: M R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Faraone-Mennella
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: De Lucia
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: De Maio
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Gambacorta
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Nicolaus
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Farina
mesh_terms: D000246:Adenosine Diphosphate Ribose / Q000378:metabolism*; D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D004791:Enzyme Inhibitors / Q000494:pharmacology; D006863:Hydrogen-Ion Concentration; D009243:NAD / Q000378:metabolism; D000067856:Poly(ADP-ribose) Polymerase Inhibitors; D016944:Sulfolobus / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D004791:Enzyme Inhibitors; D000067856:Poly(ADP-ribose) Polymerase Inhibitors; D009243:NAD; D000246:Adenosine Diphosphate Ribose