Publication Date:
2004-04-24
Description:
Acting as a signal, hydrogen peroxide circumvents antioxidant defense by overoxidizing peroxiredoxins (Prxs), the enzymes that metabolize peroxides. We show that sestrins, a family of proteins whose expression is modulated by p53, are required for regeneration of Prxs containing Cys-SO(2)H, thus reestablishing the antioxidant firewall. Sestrins contain a predicted redox-active domain homologous to AhpD, the enzyme catalyzing the reduction of a bacterial Prx, AhpC. Purified Hi95 (sestrin 2) protein supports adenosine triphosphate-dependent reduction of overoxidized PrxI in vitro, indicating that unlike AhpD, which is a disulfide reductase, sestrins are cysteine sulfinyl reductases. As modulators of peroxide signaling and antioxidant defense, sestrins constitute potential therapeutic targets.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Budanov, Andrei V -- Sablina, Anna A -- Feinstein, Elena -- Koonin, Eugene V -- Chumakov, Peter M -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 2004 Apr 23;304(5670):596-600.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Lerner Research Institute, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH 44195, USA.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15105503" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
Keywords:
Amino Acid Sequence
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Amino Acid Substitution
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Cell Division
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Cell Line, Tumor
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Cell Survival
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Cells, Cultured
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Heat-Shock Proteins/chemistry/genetics/*metabolism
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Humans
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Hydrogen Peroxide/metabolism
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Molecular Sequence Data
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Mutation
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Nuclear Proteins/chemistry/genetics/*metabolism
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Oxidation-Reduction
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Oxidoreductases/genetics/metabolism
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Peroxidases/*chemistry/*metabolism
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Peroxiredoxins
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RNA, Small Interfering
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Reactive Oxygen Species/metabolism
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Recombinant Proteins/metabolism
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Tumor Suppressor Protein p53/metabolism
Print ISSN:
0036-8075
Electronic ISSN:
1095-9203
Topics:
Biology
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Chemistry and Pharmacology
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Computer Science
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Medicine
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Natural Sciences in General
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Physics
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