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ArticleScientific reports2017

Arabidopsis thaliana dehydroascorbate reductase 2: Conformational flexibility during catalysis.

Nandita Bodra, David Young, Leonardo Astolfi Rosado, Anna Pallo, Khadija Wahni, Frank De Proft, Jingjing Huang, Frank Van Breusegem, Joris Messens

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Article in Scientific reports, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 6 papers.

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9 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Nandita BodraCenter for Structural Biology, VIB, 1050 Brussels, Belgium.
David YoungCenter for Structural Biology, VIB, 1050 Brussels, Belgium.
Leonardo Astolfi RosadoCenter for Structural Biology, VIB, 1050 Brussels, Belgium.
Anna PalloCenter for Structural Biology, VIB, 1050 Brussels, Belgium.
Khadija WahniCenter for Structural Biology, VIB, 1050 Brussels, Belgium.
Frank De ProftResearch Group of General Chemistry, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, 1050 Brussels, Belgium.
Jingjing HuangCenter for Structural Biology, VIB, 1050 Brussels, Belgium.
Frank Van BreusegemCenter for Plant Systems Biology, VIB, 9052 Gent, Belgium.
Joris MessensCenter for Structural Biology, VIB, 1050 Brussels, Belgium.
VIB-VUB Center for Structural Biology · BEGhent University · BEVIB-UGent Center for Plant Systems Biology · BEVrije Universiteit Brussel · BE

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Dehydroascorbate reductase (DHAR) catalyzes the glutathione (GSH)-dependent reduction of dehydroascorbate and plays a direct role in regenerating ascorbic acid, an essential plant antioxidant vital for defense against oxidative stress. DHAR enzymes bear close structural homology to the glutathione transferase (GST) superfamily of enzymes and contain the same active site motif, but most GSTs do not exhibit DHAR activity. The presence of a cysteine at the active site is essential for the catalytic functioning of DHAR, as mutation of this cysteine abolishes the activity. Here we present the crystal structure of DHAR2 from Arabidopsis thaliana with GSH bound to the catalytic cysteine. This structure reveals localized conformational differences around the active site which distinguishes the GSH-bound DHAR2 structure from that of DHAR1. We also unraveled the enzymatic step in which DHAR releases oxidized glutathione (GSSG). To consolidate our structural and kinetic findings, we investigated potential conformational flexibility in DHAR2 by normal mode analysis and found that subdomain mobility could be linked to GSH binding or GSSG release.

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