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Thermostabilization of recombinant human and bovine Cu Zn superoxide dismutases by replacement of free cysteines

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authors

  • Hallewell, R. A.
  • Imlay, K. C.
  • Lee, Pauline
  • Fong, N. M.
  • Gallegos, C.
  • Getzoff, Elizabeth
  • Tainer, John
  • Cabelli, D. E.
  • Tekampolson, P.
  • Mullenbach, G. T.
  • Cousens, L. S.

publication date

  • November 1991

journal

  • Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications  Journal

abstract

  • Human CuZn superoxide dismutase (HSOD) has two free cysteines: a buried cysteine (Cys6) located in a beta-strand, and a solvent accessible cysteine (Cys111) located in a loop region. The highly homologous bovine enzyme (BSOD) has a single buried Cys6 residue. Cys6 residues in HSOD and BSOD were replaced by alanine and Cys111 residues in HSOD by serine. The mutant enzymes were expressed and purified from yeast and had normal specific activities. The relative resistance of the purified proteins to irreversible inactivation of enzymatic activity by heating at 70 degrees C was HSOD Ala6 Ser111 greater than BSOD Ala6 Ser109 greater than BSOD Cys6 Ser109 (wild type) greater than HSOD Ala6 Cys111 greater than HSOD Cys6 Ser111 greater than HSOD Cys111 (wild type). In all cases, removal of a free cysteine residue increased thermostability.

subject areas

  • Amino Acid Sequence
  • Animals
  • Base Sequence
  • Cattle
  • Cloning, Molecular
  • Cysteine
  • Dithionitrobenzoic Acid
  • Enzyme Stability
  • Erythrocytes
  • Humans
  • Kinetics
  • Molecular Sequence Data
  • Mutagenesis, Site-Directed
  • Recombinant Proteins
  • Saccharomyces cerevisiae
  • Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid
  • Superoxide Dismutase
  • Thermodynamics
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Identity

International Standard Serial Number (ISSN)

  • 0006-291X

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

  • 10.1016/s0006-291x(05)81443-3

PubMed ID

  • 1958215
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Additional Document Info

start page

  • 474

end page

  • 480

volume

  • 181

issue

  • 1

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