title: Products of Cu(II)-catalyzed oxidation of the N-terminal fragments of alpha-synuclein in the presence of hydrogen peroxide.
abstract: Reactive oxygen species (ROS) may provide the covalent modifications of amino acid residues in proteins, formation of protein-protein cross-linkages, and oxidation of the protein backbone resulting in protein fragmentation. In an attempt to elucidate the products of the copper(II)-catalyzed oxidation of the (1-17), (1-28), (1-39) and (1-39)(A30P) fragments of alpha-synuclein, the high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) and matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry (MALDI-TOF MS) methods and Cu(II) /hydrogen peroxide as a model oxidizing system were employed. Peptide solution (0.50 mM) was incubated at 37 degrees C for 24 h with metal:peptide:hydrogen peroxide molar ratio 1:1:4 in phosphate buffer, pH 7.4. Oxidation targets for all peptide studied are the methionine residues (M(1), M(5)). Incubation 24 h of the (1-28), (1-39) and (1-39)(A30P) fragments in aerobic conditions lead to the oxidation of one methionine residue to methionine sulfoxide. Reaction of hydrogen peroxide with all fragments of alpha-synuclein resulted in oxidation of two methionine residues (M(1), M(5)) to methionine sulfoxides. For the Cu(II):peptide:hydrogen peroxide 1:1:4 molar ratio systems the further oxidation of methionine residues to sulfone was observed. The cleavage of the peptide bond M(1)-D(2) for all peptides studied was observed as metal binding residues. For the (1-39) and (1-39)(A30P) fragments of alpha-synuclein the molecular ions with lower molecular masses (A(11)-Y(39), E(13)-Y(39)) were also detected.
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Chemistry, University of Wrocław, Joliot-Curie 14, 50-383 Wrocław, Poland. TerKow@wchuwr.chem.uni.wroc.pl
authors.forename: Teresa
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kowalik-Jankowska
authors.forename: Anna
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Rajewska
authors.forename: Elzbieta
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Jankowska
authors.forename: Kornelia
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Wiśniewska
authors.forename: Zbigniew
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Grzonka
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001665:Binding Sites; D002851:Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid / Q000379:methods; D003300:Copper / Q000378:metabolism*; D006861:Hydrogen Peroxide / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism*; D008715:Methionine / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010084:Oxidation-Reduction; D010446:Peptide Fragments / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism; D019032:Spectrometry, Mass, Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption-Ionization; D051844:alpha-Synuclein / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D010446:Peptide Fragments; D051844:alpha-Synuclein; D003300:Copper; D008715:Methionine; D006861:Hydrogen Peroxide