title: Inactivation of rabbit muscle glycogen phosphorylase b by peroxynitrite revisited: does the nitration of Tyr613 in the allosteric inhibition site control enzymatic function?
abstract: There is increasing evidence that sequence-specific formation of 3-nitrotyrosine (3-NT) may cause functional changes in target proteins. Recently, the nitration of Tyr residues in glycogen phosphorylase b (Ph-b) was implicated in the age-associated decline of protein function [Sharov et al., Exp. Gerontol. 41 (2006) 407-416]; in another report, the nitration of one specific residue, Tyr613, located in the allosteric inhibition site was hypothesized as a rationale for peroxynitrite inactivation [Dairou et al., J. Mol. Biol. 372 (2007) 1009-1021]. In this study, we have optimized the analysis of in-gel Ph-b digests by high performance liquid chromatography-electro spray ionization-tandem mass spectrometry, in order to achieve a quantitative analysis of nitration of individual Tyr residues at a high coverage of Tyr-containing sequences (92%). Our data do not confirm the role of Tyr613 nitration in the control of enzymatic function. Furthermore, we show here that the enzymatic activity of Ph-b does not directly correlate with the protein nitration levels, and that the modification of Cys and, potentially, other amino acid residues can better rationalize Ph-b inactivation by peroxynitrite.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, University of Kansas, 2095 Constant Avenue, Lawrence, KS 66047, USA.
authors.forename: Victor S
authors.initials: VS
authors.lastname: Sharov
authors.forename: Nadezhda A
authors.initials: NA
authors.lastname: Galeva
authors.forename: Elena S
authors.initials: ES
authors.lastname: Dremina
authors.forename: Todd D
authors.initials: TD
authors.lastname: Williams
authors.forename: Christian
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Schöneich
mesh_terms: D000495:Allosteric Site; D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D003545:Cysteine / Q000378:metabolism; D024982:Glycogen Phosphorylase, Muscle Form / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors* / Q000737:chemistry / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism*; D007700:Kinetics; D008958:Models, Molecular; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D018482:Muscle, Skeletal / Q000201:enzymology*; D009566:Nitrates / Q000378:metabolism; D010446:Peptide Fragments / Q000737:chemistry / Q000302:isolation & purification; D030421:Peroxynitrous Acid / Q000494:pharmacology*; D011487:Protein Conformation; D011817:Rabbits; D019032:Spectrometry, Mass, Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption-Ionization; D014357:Trypsin; D014443:Tyrosine / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D009566:Nitrates; D010446:Peptide Fragments; D030421:Peroxynitrous Acid; D014443:Tyrosine; D024982:Glycogen Phosphorylase, Muscle Form; D014357:Trypsin; D003545:Cysteine