title: Thiol-disulphide interchange in tubulin: kinetics and the effect on polymerization.
abstract: All 20 cysteine residues are accessible to disulphide reagents in the tubulin dimer, whereas only four are accessible in taxol-stabilized microtubules. Reaction rates with disulphide reagents are a function of the reagent, are decreased by G nucleotides, and increased with increase in pH and urea. With transient (stop-flow) kinetics, DTNB [5,5'-dithiobis-(2-nitrobenzoic acid)] and 2,2'-dithiodipyridine progress curves cannot be fitted by the sum of exponential terms based only on classes of cysteines. The mixed disulphide products react further to form both intra- and intermonomer disulphide bonds that can be reversed by reducing agents. With MMTS (methyl methanethiosulphonate) or ODNB (n-octyl-dithio-2-nitrobenzoate), virtually no protein-protein disulphide bonds are formed and the ODNB reaction can be given as the sum of three exponential terms with pseudo-first-order rate constants of 0.206, 0.069 and 0.010 s(-1) at pH 6.5, suggesting three classes of thiol reactivities. Limited cysteine substitution leads to only small changes in tryptophan or CD spectra, whereas complete substitution leads to loss of the helix content. MMTS-induced loss of SH groups leads to progressive increases in the critical concentration and loss of polymerization competence that can be reversed by assembly promoters such as higher protein concentration, taxol or high ionic strength. Under such conditions, the substituted tubulin forms protofilament-based structures such as microtubules, open tubules, sheets and/or bundles.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Biochemistry and Genetics, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA.
authors.forename: P J
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: Britto
authors.forename: Leslie
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Knipling
authors.forename: Peter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: McPhie
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Wolff
mesh_terms: D015082:2,2'-Dipyridyl / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000737:chemistry; D000255:Adenosine Triphosphate / Q000378:metabolism; D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001704:Biopolymers / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism; D003545:Cysteine / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism; D004220:Disulfides / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism*; D004228:Dithionitrobenzoic Acid / Q000737:chemistry; D006153:Guanosine Diphosphate / Q000378:metabolism; D006160:Guanosine Triphosphate / Q000378:metabolism; D007700:Kinetics; D008741:Methyl Methanesulfonate / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000737:chemistry; D015394:Molecular Structure; D009579:Nitrobenzoates / Q000737:chemistry; D011489:Protein Denaturation; D013438:Sulfhydryl Compounds / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism*; D014404:Tubulin / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D001704:Biopolymers; D004220:Disulfides; D009579:Nitrobenzoates; D013438:Sulfhydryl Compounds; D014404:Tubulin; D006153:Guanosine Diphosphate; C080134:n-octyl-5-dithio-2-nitrobenzoic acid; C011136:thionitrobenzoic acid; C001105:2,2'-dipyridyl disulfide; C014674:methyl methanethiosulfonate; D015082:2,2'-Dipyridyl; D006160:Guanosine Triphosphate; D000255:Adenosine Triphosphate; D004228:Dithionitrobenzoic Acid; D008741:Methyl Methanesulfonate; D003545:Cysteine
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