title: Peptide methionine sulfoxide reductase: biochemistry and physiological role.
abstract: The oxidation of methionine to methionine sulfoxide both in vivo and in vitro can lead to the loss of biological activity in a variety of proteins. This loss of activity can be reversed by an enzyme called methionine sulfoxide reductase. The gene for this enzyme has been cloned and sequenced from a variety of prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells, and the deduced amino acid sequence is very highly conserved. The mechanism of action of the bovine enzyme has been shown to involve a critical cysteine residue located at position 72 of the protein. In addition to its role as a "repair" enzyme, other evidence suggests that the enzyme may be involved in bacterial adherence and regulation of protein activity.
authors.affiliation: Hospital for Special Surgery, Weill Medical College of Cornell University New York, NY 10021, USA.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Brot
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Weissbach
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001422:Bacterial Adhesion / Q000502:physiology; D002417:Cattle; D006801:Humans; D008715:Methionine / Q000737:chemistry; D051150:Methionine Sulfoxide Reductases; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010084:Oxidation-Reduction; D010088:Oxidoreductases / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology*; D017382:Reactive Oxygen Species / Q000378:metabolism; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid; D013379:Substrate Specificity
chemical_list: D017382:Reactive Oxygen Species; D008715:Methionine; D010088:Oxidoreductases; D051150:Methionine Sulfoxide Reductases; C027219:methionine sulfoxide reductase