Existence of molten globule state in homocysteine-induced protein covalent modifications.
Homocysteine thiolactone is a toxic metabolite produced from homocysteine by amino-acyl t-RNA synthetase in error editing reaction. The basic cause of toxicity of homocysteine thiolactone is believed to be due to the adduct formation with lysine residues (known as protein N-homocysteinylation) leadi...
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| author | Tarun Kumar Gurumayum Suraj Sharma Laishram Rajendrakumar Singh |
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| description | Homocysteine thiolactone is a toxic metabolite produced from homocysteine by amino-acyl t-RNA synthetase in error editing reaction. The basic cause of toxicity of homocysteine thiolactone is believed to be due to the adduct formation with lysine residues (known as protein N-homocysteinylation) leading to protein aggregation and loss of enzyme function. There was no data available until now that showed the effect of homocysteine thiolactone on the native state structural changes that led to aggregate formation. In the present study we have investigated the time dependent structural changes due to homocysteine thiolactone induced modifications on three different proteins having different physico-chemical properties (cytochrome-c, lysozyme and alpha lactalbumin). We discovered that N-homocysteinylation leads to the formation of molten globule state--an important protein folding intermediate in the protein folding pathway. We also found that the formation of the molten globule state might be responsible for the appearance of aggregate formation. The study indicates the importance of protein folding intermediate state in eliciting the homocysteine thiolactone toxicity. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-ba5be2e52e404af88b72c6d106b595c22022-12-21T18:10:15ZengPublic Library of Science (PLoS)PLoS ONE1932-62032014-01-01911e11356610.1371/journal.pone.0113566Existence of molten globule state in homocysteine-induced protein covalent modifications.Tarun KumarGurumayum Suraj SharmaLaishram Rajendrakumar SinghHomocysteine thiolactone is a toxic metabolite produced from homocysteine by amino-acyl t-RNA synthetase in error editing reaction. The basic cause of toxicity of homocysteine thiolactone is believed to be due to the adduct formation with lysine residues (known as protein N-homocysteinylation) leading to protein aggregation and loss of enzyme function. There was no data available until now that showed the effect of homocysteine thiolactone on the native state structural changes that led to aggregate formation. In the present study we have investigated the time dependent structural changes due to homocysteine thiolactone induced modifications on three different proteins having different physico-chemical properties (cytochrome-c, lysozyme and alpha lactalbumin). We discovered that N-homocysteinylation leads to the formation of molten globule state--an important protein folding intermediate in the protein folding pathway. We also found that the formation of the molten globule state might be responsible for the appearance of aggregate formation. The study indicates the importance of protein folding intermediate state in eliciting the homocysteine thiolactone toxicity.http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4236184?pdf=render |
| spellingShingle | Tarun Kumar Gurumayum Suraj Sharma Laishram Rajendrakumar Singh Existence of molten globule state in homocysteine-induced protein covalent modifications. PLoS ONE |
| title | Existence of molten globule state in homocysteine-induced protein covalent modifications. |
| title_full | Existence of molten globule state in homocysteine-induced protein covalent modifications. |
| title_fullStr | Existence of molten globule state in homocysteine-induced protein covalent modifications. |
| title_full_unstemmed | Existence of molten globule state in homocysteine-induced protein covalent modifications. |
| title_short | Existence of molten globule state in homocysteine-induced protein covalent modifications. |
| title_sort | existence of molten globule state in homocysteine induced protein covalent modifications |
| url | http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4236184?pdf=render |
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