Abstract:
:To understand the role of cysteine (SH) residues in the folding of hen ovalbumin (OVA), SH-mutated OVAs, in which each SH residue was replaced by alanine (C11A, C30A, C367A, and C382A), were prepared. SDS-PAGE analysis under non-reducing conditions showed that the C11A and C30A mutants produced a disulfide (SS) isomer in addition to a protein with a native SS bond (Cys73-Cys120). The susceptibility to elastase digestion suggested that the Cys73 residue in the SS isomer participates as a counterpart of the SS bond. Upon refolding of the SH-mutated OVAs under the denatured and SS-reduced states, only C30A failed to refold into an intact form. This indicated that the Cys30 residue plays an important role in correct refolding. To confirm this, each of the four SH-mutated OVAs, in which the original SS-forming sites (C11/73/120A, C30/73/120A, C73/120/367A, and C73/120/382A) were deleted, was constructed and expressed. The C11/73/120A and C30/73/120A mutants formed no SS form, in contrast to C73/120A as a control. Thus, we concluded that Cys30 participates in the correct folding of OVA, and that its SS bond (Cys11-Cys30) is transiently generated during the early folding stage to avoid misfolding, and then the native SS form of OVA is regenerated through SH-SS exchanges.
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Biochem Biophys Res Communjournal_title
Biochemical and biophysical research communicationsauthors
Ishimaru T,Ito K,Tanaka M,Matsudomi Ndoi
10.1016/j.bbrc.2017.11.146subject
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2018-01-01 00:00:00pages
1061-1066issue
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