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. 2024 Feb;291(4):778-794.
doi: 10.1111/febs.17006. Epub 2023 Dec 7.

Kinetic and structural assessment of the reduction of human 2-Cys peroxiredoxins by thioredoxins

Sebastián F Villar  1   2 , Laura Corrales-González  1 , Belén Márquez de Los Santos  1   3 , Joaquín Dalla Rizza  1 , Ari Zeida  2   4 , Ana Denicola  1   2 , Gerardo Ferrer-Sueta  1   2
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Kinetic and structural assessment of the reduction of human 2-Cys peroxiredoxins by thioredoxins

Sebastián F Villar et al. FEBS J. 2024 Feb.
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Abstract

We have studied the reduction reactions of two cytosolic human peroxiredoxins (Prx) in their disulfide form by three thioredoxins (Trx; two human and one bacterial), with the aim of better understanding the rate and mechanism of those reactions, and their relevance in the context of the catalytic cycle of Prx. We have developed a new methodology based on stopped-flow and intrinsic fluorescence to study the bimolecular reactions, and found rate constants in the range of 105 -106 m-1 s-1 in all cases, showing that there is no marked kinetic preference for the expected Trx partner. By combining experimental findings and molecular dynamics studies, we found that the reactivity of the nucleophilic cysteine (CN ) in the Trx is greatly affected by the formation of the Prx-Trx complex. The protein-protein interaction forces the CN thiolate into an unfavorable hydrophobic microenvironment that reduces its hydration and results in a remarkable acceleration of the thiol-disulfide exchange reactions by more than three orders of magnitude and also produces a measurable shift in the pKa of the CN . This mechanism of activation of the thiol disulfide exchange may help understand the reduction of Prx by alternative reductants involved in redox signaling.

Keywords: catalytic cycle; hydrogen peroxide; peroxiredoxin; reaction mechanism; redox signaling; thioredoxin.

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