Role of Substrate Reactivity in the Glutathione Peroxidase (GPx) Activity of Selenocystine
作者:Beena G. Singh、Partha P. Bag、Fumio Kumakura、Michio Iwaoka、K. Indira. Priyadarsini
DOI:10.1246/bcsj.20090348
日期:2010.6.15
Selenocystine (CysSeSeCys), a diselenide, exhibits glutathione peroxidase (GPx) activity, where it catalyses the reduction of hydroperoxides using a thiol co-factor. To understand the relative reactivity of the two substrates, enzyme kinetic parameters, i.e., the turnover number (kcat) and the relative reactivity parameters toward thiol (φG) and hydroperoxide (φH), were determined by applying Dalziel kinetics for a bi-substrate model in the presence of hydrogen peroxide (H2O2), t-butyl hydroperoxide, or α-cumyl hydroperoxide and glutathione or dithiothreitol (DTTred). The intermediates formed during the reaction of CysSeSeCys with H2O2 and DTTred were characterized by 77Se NMR spectroscopy. Ab initio calculation at HF/6-31G(d) indicated that the reactions with H2O2 are exothermic, while those with DTTred are endothermic. Based on these studies, the GPx activity of CysSeSeCys is likely to be initiated by the reaction with hydroperoxide and in the catalytic cycle, the reaction with thiol is the rate-determining step.
硒半胱氨酸(CysSeSeCys)是一种双硒化合物,表现出谷胱甘肽过氧化物酶(GPx)活性,它催化使用硫醇辅因子的过氧化氢还原反应。为了理解两种底物的相对反应性,采用Dalziel动力学法在氢过氧化物(H2O2)、t-丁基过氧化物或α-茴香醇过氧化物以及谷胱甘肽或二硫苏糖醇(DTTred)的存在下,确定了酶动力学参数,即转化数(kcat)以及对硫醇(φG)和过氧化氢(φH)的相对反应性参数。通过77Se NMR光谱对CysSeSeCys与H2O2和DTTred反应过程中形成的中间体进行了表征。HF/6-31G(d)的从头计算表明,与H2O2的反应是放热的,而与DTTred的反应是吸热的。基于这些研究,CysSeSeCys的GPx活性可能是通过与过氧化氢的反应启动的,在催化循环中,硫醇的反应是速率决定环节。