Jaffrey Samie R, Fang Ming, Snyder Solomon H
Department of Pharmacology, Weill Medical College of Cornell University, New York, NY 10021, USA.
Chem Biol. 2002 Dec;9(12):1329-35. doi: 10.1016/s1074-5521(02)00293-4.
S-Nitrosylation of specific cysteine residues is a reversible signaling mechanism of nitric oxide (NO) generated by NO synthase (NOS) enzymes. In some proteins, evidence has accumulated that more than one cysteine can be S-nitrosylated; however, it is difficult to distinguish S-nitrosylation on separate cysteine residues. We report a novel simple, sensitive, and specific procedure for nitrosopeptide mapping. Dexras1 is a monomeric G protein whose guanine nucleotide exchange activity is augmented by NO; the identity and number of its S-nitrosylated cysteines is unknown. We describe the radiolabeling of S-nitrosylated cysteine residues in Dexras1. A nitrosopeptide map, generated by two-dimensional peptide chromatography, reveals that only a single cysteine is S-nitrosylated following NO exposure. Mutagenesis of Cys11 abolished the effect of NO donors on Dexras1, implicating this residue in the NO-mediated activation of Dexras1.
特定半胱氨酸残基的S-亚硝基化是一氧化氮合酶(NOS)产生的一氧化氮(NO)的一种可逆信号传导机制。在一些蛋白质中,已有证据表明不止一个半胱氨酸可以被S-亚硝基化;然而,很难区分不同半胱氨酸残基上的S-亚硝基化。我们报告了一种用于亚硝基化肽图谱分析的新颖、简单、灵敏且特异的方法。Dexras1是一种单体G蛋白,其鸟嘌呤核苷酸交换活性可被NO增强;其S-亚硝基化半胱氨酸的身份和数量尚不清楚。我们描述了Dexras1中S-亚硝基化半胱氨酸残基的放射性标记。通过二维肽色谱法生成的亚硝基化肽图谱显示,NO暴露后只有一个半胱氨酸被S-亚硝基化。Cys11的诱变消除了NO供体对Dexras1的影响,表明该残基参与了NO介导的Dexras1激活。