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ArticleBiochemistry2012

Mechanism and kinetics of inducible nitric oxide synthase auto-S-nitrosation and inactivation.

Brian C Smith, Nathaniel B Fernhoff, Michael A Marletta

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Article in Biochemistry, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 18 papers.

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18citing papers in PubMed
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18 citing papers in PubMed, 38 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Key roles of GAPDH, Hsp90, and NO in heme trafficking.Journal of inorganic biochemistry · 2026
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  18. A Conspectus of Cellular Mechanisms of Nitrosothiol Formation from Nitric Oxide.Forum on immunopathological diseases and therapeutics · 2012
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Brian C SmithCalifornia Institute for Quantitative Biosciences, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720-3220, United States.
Nathaniel B Fernhoff
Michael A Marletta
QB3 · USLawrence Berkeley National Laboratory · US

Funding

Specificity and Control of Signaling by S-NitrosationR01GM080272 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA BERKELEY · PI MARLETTA, MICHAEL A. · 2007 to 2010
$1.1M
Shining Light on the Mechanism and Regulation of Nitric Oxide SynthasesF32GM095023 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA BERKELEY · PI SMITH, BRIAN CHRISTOPHER · 2010 to 2012
$115k
NIGMS NIH HHS 5F32GM095023NIGMS NIH HHS F32 GM095023NIGMS NIH HHS GM080272NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM080272
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Nitric oxide (NO), the product of the nitric oxide synthase (NOS) reaction, was previously shown to result in S-nitrosation of the NOS Zn(2+)-tetrathiolate and inactivation of the enzyme. To probe the potential physiological significance of NOS S-nitrosation, we determined the inactivation time scale of the inducible NOS isoform (iNOS) and found it directly correlates with an increase in the level of iNOS S-nitrosation. A kinetic model of NOS inactivation in which arginine is treated as a suicide substrate was developed. In this model, NO synthesized at the heme cofactor is partitioned between release into solution (NO release pathway) and NOS S-nitrosation followed by NOS inactivation (inactivation pathway). Experimentally determined progress curves of NO formation were fit to the model. The NO release pathway was perturbed through addition of the NO traps oxymyoglobin (MbO(2)) and β2 H-NOX, which yielded partition ratios between NO release and inactivation of ~100 at 4 μM MbO(2) and ~22000 at saturating trap concentrations. The results suggest that a portion of the NO synthesized at the heme cofactor reacts with the Zn(2+)-tetrathiolate without being released into solution. Perturbation of the inactivation pathway through addition of the reducing agent GSH or TCEP resulted in a concentration-dependent decrease in the level of iNOS S-nitrosation that directly correlated with protection from iNOS inactivation. iNOS inactivation was most responsive to physiological concentrations of GSH with an apparent K(m) value of 13 mM. NOS turnover that leads to NOS S-nitrosation might be a mechanism for controlling NOS activity, and NOS S-nitrosation could play a role in the physiological generation of nitrosothiols.

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AnimalsArginineBiotinCatalysisDown-RegulationMiceModels, MolecularNitric OxideNitric Oxide Synthase Type IINitrosationS-NitrosoglutathioneSubstrate SpecificityArginineBiotinNitric OxideNitric Oxide Synthase Type IINos2 protein, mouseS-Nitrosoglutathione

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PMID22242685
PMCPMC3277664
OpenAlexW2088636394

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