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ArticleThe Journal of biological chemistry2014

Oxidation of an exposed methionine instigates the aggregation of glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase.

Andre L Samson, Anja S Knaupp, Itamar Kass, Oded Kleifeld, Emilia M Marijanovic, Victoria A Hughes, Chris J Lupton, Ashley M Buckle, Stephen P Bottomley, Robert L Medcalf

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Article in The Journal of biological chemistry, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 24 papers.

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24 citing papers in PubMed, 49 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Andre L SamsonAustralian Centre for Blood Diseases, Monash University, Melbourne 3004, Victoria, Australia and; Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Monash University, Clayton 3800, Victoria, Australia. Electronic address: andre.samson@monash.edu.
Anja S KnauppDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Monash University, Clayton 3800, Victoria, Australia; Australian Regenerative Medicine Institute and Department of Anatomy and Developmental Biology, and Monash University, Clayton 3800, Victoria, Australia.
Itamar KassDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Monash University, Clayton 3800, Victoria, Australia; Victorian Life Sciences Computation Centre, Monash University, Clayton 3800, Victoria, Australia.
Oded KleifeldDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Monash University, Clayton 3800, Victoria, Australia.
Emilia M MarijanovicDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Monash University, Clayton 3800, Victoria, Australia.
Victoria A HughesDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Monash University, Clayton 3800, Victoria, Australia.
Chris J LuptonDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Monash University, Clayton 3800, Victoria, Australia.
Ashley M BuckleDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Monash University, Clayton 3800, Victoria, Australia.
Stephen P BottomleyDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Monash University, Clayton 3800, Victoria, Australia.
Robert L MedcalfAustralian Centre for Blood Diseases, Monash University, Melbourne 3004, Victoria, Australia and. Electronic address: robert.medcalf@monash.edu.
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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase (GAPDH) is a ubiquitous and abundant protein that participates in cellular energy production. GAPDH normally exists in a soluble form; however, following necrosis, GAPDH and numerous other intracellular proteins convert into an insoluble disulfide-cross-linked state via the process of "nucleocytoplasmic coagulation." Here, free radical-induced aggregation of GAPDH was studied as an in vitro model of nucleocytoplasmic coagulation. Despite the fact that disulfide cross-linking is a prominent feature of GAPDH aggregation, our data show that it is not a primary rate-determining step. To identify the true instigating event of GAPDH misfolding, we mapped the post-translational modifications that arise during its aggregation. Solvent accessibility and energy calculations of the mapped modifications within the context of the high resolution native GAPDH structure suggested that oxidation of methionine 46 may instigate aggregation. We confirmed this by mutating methionine 46 to leucine, which rendered GAPDH highly resistant to free radical-induced aggregation. Molecular dynamics simulations suggest that oxidation of methionine 46 triggers a local increase in the conformational plasticity of GAPDH that likely promotes further oxidation and eventual aggregation. Hence, methionine 46 represents a "linchpin" whereby its oxidation is a primary event permissive for the subsequent misfolding, aggregation, and disulfide cross-linking of GAPDH. A critical role for linchpin residues in nucleocytoplasmic coagulation and other forms of free radical-induced protein misfolding should now be investigated. Furthermore, because disulfide-cross-linked aggregates of GAPDH arise in many disorders and because methionine 46 is irrelevant to native GAPDH function, mutation of methionine 46 in models of disease should allow the unequivocal assessment of whether GAPDH aggregation influences disease progression.

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Models, MolecularProtein Aggregation, PathologicalProtein FoldingProtein Processing, Post-TranslationalAmino Acid SubstitutionGlyceraldehyde-3-Phosphate DehydrogenasesHumansMethionineMutation, MissenseOxidation-ReductionGlyceraldehyde-3-Phosphate DehydrogenasesMethionineDisulfideGAPDHMolecular DynamicsNucleocytoplasmic CoagulationOxidative StressPost-translational Modification (PTM)Protein AggregationProtein Misfolding

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PMID25086035
PMCPMC4175333
OpenAlexW1982205139

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