Identification and Conformer Analysis of a Novel Redox-Active Motif, Pro-Ala-Ser-Cys-Cys-Ser, in <i>Drosophila</i> Thioredoxin Reductase by Semiempirical Molecular Orbital Calculation

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  • KUWAHARA Mitsuhiko
    Department of Bioresources Chemistry, Graduate School of Natural Science and Technology, Okayama University
  • TAMURA Takashi
    Department of Bioresources Chemistry, Graduate School of Natural Science and Technology, Okayama University
  • KAWAMURA Kentaro
    Department of Bioresources Chemistry, Graduate School of Natural Science and Technology, Okayama University
  • INAGAKI Kenji
    Department of Bioresources Chemistry, Graduate School of Natural Science and Technology, Okayama University

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  • Identification and Conformer Analysis of a Novel Redox-Active Motif, Pro-Ala-Ser-Cys-Cys-Ser, in Drosophila Thioredoxin Reductase by Semiempirical Molecular Orbital Calculation

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Mammalian thioredoxin reductases (TrxRs) contain selenium as selenocysteine (Sec) in the C-terminal redox center –Gly-Cys-Sec-Gly-OH to reduce Trx and other substrates; a Sec-to-Cys substitution in mammalian TrxR yields an almost inactive enzyme. The corresponding tetrapeptide sequence in Drosophila melanogaster TrxR (Dm-TrxR), –Ser-Cys-Cys-Ser-OH, endows the orthologous enzyme with a catalytic competence similar to mammalian selenoenzymes, but implementation of the Ser-containing tetrapeptide sequence SCCS into the mammalian enzyme does not restore the activity of the Sec-to-Cys mutant form (turnover number <2/min). MOPAC calculation suggested that the C-terminal hexapeptide Pro-Ala-Ser-Cys-Cys-Ser-OH functions as a redox center that alleviates the necessity for selenium in Dm-TrxR, and a mutant form of human lung TrxR that mimics this hexapeptide sequence showed improved catalytic turnover (17.4/min for DTNB and 13.2/min for E. coli trx) compared to the Sec-to-Cys mutant. MOPAC calculation also suggested that the dominant form of the Pro-containing hexapeptide is a C+ conformation, which perhaps has a catalytic advantage in facile reduction of the intramolecular disulfide bond between Cys497 and Cys498 by the N-terminal redox center in the neighboring subunit.

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