Structural highlights
Function
SRXN1_HUMAN Contributes to oxidative stress resistance by reducing cysteine-sulfinic acid formed under exposure to oxidants in the peroxiredoxins PRDX1, PRDX2, PRDX3 and PRDX4. Does not act on PRDX5 or PRDX6. May catalyze the reduction in a multi-step process by acting both as a specific phosphotransferase and a thioltransferase.[1] [2]
Evolutionary Conservation
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Publication Abstract from PubMed
Sufiredoxins (Srx) repair the inactivated forms of typical two-Cys peroxiredoxins (Prx) implicated in hydrogen peroxide-mediated cell signaling. The reduction of the cysteine sulfinic acid moiety within the active site of the Prx by Srx involves novel sulfur chemistry and the use of ATP and Mg(2+). The 1.65 A crystal structure of human Srx (hSrx) exhibits a new protein fold and a unique nucleotide binding motif containing the Gly98-Cys99-His100-Arg101 sequence at the N-terminus of an alpha-helix. HPLC analysis of the reaction products has confirmed that the site of ATP cleavage is between the beta- and gamma-phosphate groups. Cys99 and the gamma-phosphate of ATP, modeled within the active site of the 2.0 A ADP product complex structure, are adjacent to large surface depressions containing additional conserved residues. These features and the necessity for significant remodeling of the Prx structure suggest that the interactions between hSrx and typical two-Cys Prxs are specific. Moreover, the concave shape of the hSrx active site surface appears to be ideally suited to interacting with the convex surface of the toroidal Prx decamer.
Structural basis for the retroreduction of inactivated peroxiredoxins by human sulfiredoxin.,Jonsson TJ, Murray MS, Johnson LC, Poole LB, Lowther WT Biochemistry. 2005 Jun 21;44(24):8634-42. PMID:15952770[3]
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References
- ↑ Chang TS, Jeong W, Woo HA, Lee SM, Park S, Rhee SG. Characterization of mammalian sulfiredoxin and its reactivation of hyperoxidized peroxiredoxin through reduction of cysteine sulfinic acid in the active site to cysteine. J Biol Chem. 2004 Dec 3;279(49):50994-1001. Epub 2004 Sep 24. PMID:15448164 doi:10.1074/jbc.M409482200
- ↑ Woo HA, Jeong W, Chang TS, Park KJ, Park SJ, Yang JS, Rhee SG. Reduction of cysteine sulfinic acid by sulfiredoxin is specific to 2-cys peroxiredoxins. J Biol Chem. 2005 Feb 4;280(5):3125-8. Epub 2004 Dec 8. PMID:15590625 doi:10.1074/jbc.C400496200
- ↑ Jonsson TJ, Murray MS, Johnson LC, Poole LB, Lowther WT. Structural basis for the retroreduction of inactivated peroxiredoxins by human sulfiredoxin. Biochemistry. 2005 Jun 21;44(24):8634-42. PMID:15952770 doi:10.1021/bi050131i
