title: Reversing the inactivation of peroxiredoxins caused by cysteine sulfinic acid formation.
abstract: The active-site cysteine of peroxiredoxins is selectively oxidized to cysteine sulfinic acid during catalysis, which leads to inactivation of peroxidase activity. This oxidation was thought to be irreversible. However, by metabolic labeling of mammalian cells with 35S, we show that the sulfinic form of peroxiredoxin I, produced during the exposure of cells to H2O2, is rapidly reduced to the catalytically active thiol form. The mammalian cells' ability to reduce protein sulfinic acid might serve as a mechanism to repair oxidatively damaged proteins or represent a new type of cyclic modification by which the function of various proteins is regulated.
authors.affiliation: Center for Cell Signaling Research and Division of Molecular Life Sciences, Ewha Womans University, Seoul 120-750, Korea.
authors.forename: Hyun Ae
authors.initials: HA
authors.lastname: Woo
authors.forename: Ho Zoon
authors.initials: HZ
authors.lastname: Chae
authors.forename: Sung Chul
authors.initials: SC
authors.lastname: Hwang
authors.forename: Kap-Seok
authors.initials: KS
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: Sang Won
authors.initials: SW
authors.lastname: Kang
authors.forename: Kanghwa
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Sue Goo
authors.initials: SG
authors.lastname: Rhee
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002384:Catalysis; D002460:Cell Line; D003513:Cycloheximide / Q000494:pharmacology; D003545:Cysteine / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000378:metabolism*; D019281:Dimerization; D006367:HeLa Cells; D006801:Humans; D006861:Hydrogen Peroxide / Q000378:metabolism*; D008715:Methionine / Q000378:metabolism; D051379:Mice; D018377:Neurotransmitter Agents; D010084:Oxidation-Reduction; D010544:Peroxidases / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism*; D054464:Peroxiredoxins; D011500:Protein Synthesis Inhibitors / Q000494:pharmacology; D021241:Spectrometry, Mass, Electrospray Ionization; D013438:Sulfhydryl Compounds / Q000378:metabolism; D013441:Sulfinic Acids / Q000378:metabolism; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured
chemical_list: D018377:Neurotransmitter Agents; D011500:Protein Synthesis Inhibitors; D013438:Sulfhydryl Compounds; D013441:Sulfinic Acids; D003513:Cycloheximide; D008715:Methionine; D006861:Hydrogen Peroxide; D010544:Peroxidases; D054464:Peroxiredoxins; D003545:Cysteine; C013461:cysteine sulfinic acid