Rietsch A, Belin D, Martin N, Beckwith J
Department of Microbilogy and Molecular Genetics, harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1996 Nov 12;93(23):13048-53. doi: 10.1073/pnas.93.23.13048.
Biochemical studies have shown that the periplasmic protein disulfide oxidoreductase DsbC can isomerize aberrant disulfide bonds. Here we present the first evidence for an in vivo role of DsbC in disulfide bond isomerization. Furthermore, our data suggest that the enzymes DsbA and DsbC play distinct roles in the cell in disulfide bond formation and isomerization, respectively. We have shown that mutants in dsbC display a defect in disulfide bond formation specific for proteins with multiple disulfide bonds. The defect can be complemented by the addition of reduced dithiothreitol to the medium, suggesting that absence of DsbC results in accumulation of misoxidized proteins. Mutations in the dipZ and trxA genes have similar phenotypes. We propose that DipZ, a cytoplasmic membrane protein with a thioredoxin-like domain, and thioredoxin, the product of the trxA gene, are components of a pathway for maintaining DsbC active as a protein disulfide bond isomerase.
生化研究表明,周质蛋白二硫键氧化还原酶DsbC能够使异常二硫键发生异构化。在此,我们首次提供了DsbC在体内二硫键异构化中发挥作用的证据。此外,我们的数据表明,酶DsbA和DsbC在细胞内分别在二硫键形成和异构化过程中发挥着不同的作用。我们已经表明,dsbC突变体在具有多个二硫键的蛋白质的二硫键形成方面表现出缺陷。通过向培养基中添加还原型二硫苏糖醇可以弥补该缺陷,这表明缺乏DsbC会导致错误氧化的蛋白质积累。dipZ和trxA基因的突变具有相似的表型。我们提出,具有硫氧还蛋白样结构域的细胞质膜蛋白DipZ以及trxA基因的产物硫氧还蛋白,是维持DsbC作为蛋白质二硫键异构酶活性的途径的组成部分。