Structural highlights
Function
[THIO_ECOLI] Participates in various redox reactions through the reversible oxidation of its active center dithiol to a disulfide and catalyzes dithiol-disulfide exchange reactions.
Evolutionary Conservation
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Publication Abstract from PubMed
The ubiquitous thioredoxin fold proteins catalyze oxidation, reduction, or disulfide exchange reactions depending on their redox properties. They also play vital roles in protein folding, redox control, and disease. Here, we have shown that a single residue strongly modifies both the redox properties of thioredoxin fold proteins and their ability to interact with substrates. This residue is adjacent in three-dimensional space to the characteristic CXXC active site motif of thioredoxin fold proteins but distant in sequence. This residue is just N-terminal to the conservative cis-proline. It is isoleucine 75 in the case of thioredoxin. Our findings support the conclusion that a very small percentage of the amino acid residues of thioredoxin-related proteins are capable of dictating the functions of these proteins.
Properties of the thioredoxin fold superfamily are modulated by a single amino acid residue.,Ren G, Stephan D, Xu Z, Zheng Y, Tang D, Harrison RS, Kurz M, Jarrott R, Shouldice SR, Hiniker A, Martin JL, Heras B, Bardwell JC J Biol Chem. 2009 Apr 10;284(15):10150-9. Epub 2009 Jan 30. PMID:19181668[1]
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References
- ↑ Ren G, Stephan D, Xu Z, Zheng Y, Tang D, Harrison RS, Kurz M, Jarrott R, Shouldice SR, Hiniker A, Martin JL, Heras B, Bardwell JC. Properties of the thioredoxin fold superfamily are modulated by a single amino acid residue. J Biol Chem. 2009 Apr 10;284(15):10150-9. Epub 2009 Jan 30. PMID:19181668 doi:10.1074/jbc.M809509200
