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ReviewFree radical biology & medicine2011

The biological significance of methionine sulfoxide stereochemistry.

Byung Cheon Lee, Vadim N Gladyshev

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Review in Free radical biology & medicine, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 80 papers.

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80citing papers in PubMed
3.7field-weighted citation impact, top 6% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

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80 citing papers in PubMed, 158 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Byung Cheon LeeDivision of Genetics, Department of Medicine, Brigham & Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, 77 Avenue Louis Pasteur, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
Vadim N Gladyshev
Brigham and Women's Hospital · USHarvard University · US

Funding

Methionine sulfoxide reduction, selenium and agingR01AG021518 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN · PI GLADYSHEV, VADIM N. · 2003 to 2018
$5.0M
NIA NIH HHS AG021518NIA NIH HHS R01 AG021518
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Methionine can be oxidized by reactive oxygen species to a mixture of two diastereomers, methionine-S-sulfoxide and methionine-R-sulfoxide. Both free amino acid and protein-based forms of methionine-S-sulfoxide are stereospecifically reduced by MsrA, whereas the reduction of methionine-R-sulfoxide requires two enzymes, MsrB and fRMsr, which act on its protein-based and free amino acid forms, respectively. However, mammals lack fRMsr and are characterized by deficiency in the reduction of free methionine-R-sulfoxide. The biological significance of such biased reduction of methionine sulfoxide has not been fully explored. MsrA and MsrB activities decrease during aging, leading to accumulation of protein-based and free amino acid forms of methionine sulfoxide. Since methionine is an indispensible amino acid in human nutrition and a key metabolite in sulfur, methylation, and transsulfuration pathways, the consequences of accumulation of its oxidized forms require further studies. Finally, in addition to methionine, methylsulfinyl groups are present in various drugs and natural compounds, and their differential reduction by Msrs may have important therapeutic implications.

Indexed as

AgingAnimalsHumansMethionineOxidation-ReductionOxidoreductasesStereoisomerismMethioninemethionine sulfoxideOxidoreductases

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PMID21075204
PMCPMC3311537
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