Publication Date:
2004-01-24
Description:
DsbA, a thioredoxin superfamily member, introduces disulfide bonds into newly translocated proteins. This process is thought to occur via formation of mixed disulfide complexes between DsbA and its substrates. However, these complexes are difficult to detect, probably because of their short-lived nature. Here we show that it is possible to detect such covalent intermediates in vivo by a mutation in DsbA that alters cis proline-151. Further, this mutant allowed us to identify substrates of DsbA. Alteration of the cis proline, highly conserved among thioredoxin superfamily members, may be useful for the detection of substrates and intermediate complexes in other systems.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Kadokura, Hiroshi -- Tian, Hongping -- Zander, Thomas -- Bardwell, James C A -- Beckwith, Jon -- GM41883/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/ -- GM57039/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/ -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 2004 Jan 23;303(5657):534-7.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/14739460" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
Keywords:
Amino Acid Motifs
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Bacterial Proteins/chemistry/metabolism
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Disulfides/chemistry
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Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel
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Escherichia coli Proteins/*chemistry/*metabolism
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Isomerism
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Mass Spectrometry
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Membrane Proteins/chemistry/metabolism
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Molecular Weight
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Mutation
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Oxidation-Reduction
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Plasmids
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Proline/chemistry
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Protein Conformation
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Protein Disulfide-Isomerases/*chemistry/genetics/*metabolism
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*Protein Folding
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Thioredoxins/chemistry/metabolism
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Transduction, Genetic
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
