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Identification of an important cysteine residue in human glutamate-cysteine ligase catalytic subunit by site-directed mutagenesis. 1998

Z Tu, and M W Anders
Department of Pharmacology and Physiology, School of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Rochester, 610 Elmwood Avenue, Box 711, Rochester, NY 14642, USA.

Glutamate-cysteine ligase (GLCL) catalyses the rate-limiting step in glutathione biosynthesis. To identify cysteine residues in GLCL that are involved in its activity, eight conserved cysteine residues in human GLCL catalytic subunit (hGLCLC) were replaced with glycine residues by PCR-based site-directed mutagenesis. Both recombinant hGLCLC and hGLCL holoenzyme were expressed and purified with a baculovirus expression system. The activity of purified hGLCL holoenzyme with the mutant hGLCLC-C553G was 110+/-12 micromol/h per mg of protein compared with 370+/-20 micromol/h per mg of protein for the wild-type. Holoenzymes with hGLCLC-C52G, -C248G, -C249G, -C295G, -C491G, -C501G or -C605G showed activities similar to the wild type. The Km values of hGLCL containing hGLCLC-C553G were slightly lower than those of the wild type, indicating that the replacement of cysteine-553 with Gly in hGLCLC did not significantly affect substrate binding by the enzyme. hGLCLC-C553G was more easily dissociated from hGLCLR than the wild-type hGLCLC. GLCL activity increased by 11% after hGLCLC-C553G was incubated with an equimolar amount of purified hGLCL regulatory subunit (hGLCLR) at room temperature for 30 min, but increased by 110% after wild-type hGLCLC was incubated with hGLCLR for 10 min. These results indicate that cysteine-553 in hGLCLC is involved in heterodimer formation between hGLCLC and hGLCLR.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D011487 Protein Conformation The characteristic 3-dimensional shape of a protein, including the secondary, supersecondary (motifs), tertiary (domains) and quaternary structure of the peptide chain. PROTEIN STRUCTURE, QUATERNARY describes the conformation assumed by multimeric proteins (aggregates of more than one polypeptide chain). Conformation, Protein,Conformations, Protein,Protein Conformations
D002460 Cell Line Established cell cultures that have the potential to propagate indefinitely. Cell Lines,Line, Cell,Lines, Cell
D002850 Chromatography, Gel Chromatography on non-ionic gels without regard to the mechanism of solute discrimination. Chromatography, Exclusion,Chromatography, Gel Permeation,Chromatography, Molecular Sieve,Gel Filtration,Gel Filtration Chromatography,Chromatography, Size Exclusion,Exclusion Chromatography,Gel Chromatography,Gel Permeation Chromatography,Molecular Sieve Chromatography,Chromatography, Gel Filtration,Exclusion Chromatography, Size,Filtration Chromatography, Gel,Filtration, Gel,Sieve Chromatography, Molecular,Size Exclusion Chromatography
D002942 Circular Dichroism A change from planar to elliptic polarization when an initially plane-polarized light wave traverses an optically active medium. (McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific and Technical Terms, 4th ed) Circular Dichroism, Vibrational,Dichroism, Circular,Vibrational Circular Dichroism
D003545 Cysteine A thiol-containing non-essential amino acid that is oxidized to form CYSTINE. Cysteine Hydrochloride,Half-Cystine,L-Cysteine,Zinc Cysteinate,Half Cystine,L Cysteine
D004789 Enzyme Activation Conversion of an inactive form of an enzyme to one possessing metabolic activity. It includes 1, activation by ions (activators); 2, activation by cofactors (coenzymes); and 3, conversion of an enzyme precursor (proenzyme or zymogen) to an active enzyme. Activation, Enzyme,Activations, Enzyme,Enzyme Activations
D005721 Glutamate-Cysteine Ligase One of the enzymes active in the gamma-glutamyl cycle. It catalyzes the synthesis of gamma-glutamylcysteine from glutamate and cysteine in the presence of ATP with the formation of ADP and orthophosphate. EC 6.3.2.2. gamma-Glutamyl-Cysteine Synthetase,Glutamylcysteine Synthetase,Glutamate Cysteine Ligase,Ligase, Glutamate-Cysteine,Synthetase, Glutamylcysteine,Synthetase, gamma-Glutamyl-Cysteine,gamma Glutamyl Cysteine Synthetase
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000818 Animals Unicellular or multicellular, heterotrophic organisms, that have sensation and the power of voluntary movement. Under the older five kingdom paradigm, Animalia was one of the kingdoms. Under the modern three domain model, Animalia represents one of the many groups in the domain EUKARYOTA. Animal,Metazoa,Animalia
D014162 Transfection The uptake of naked or purified DNA by CELLS, usually meaning the process as it occurs in eukaryotic cells. It is analogous to bacterial transformation (TRANSFORMATION, BACTERIAL) and both are routinely employed in GENE TRANSFER TECHNIQUES. Transfections

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