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ArticleMolecular cell2018

Evidence against Stable Protein S-Nitrosylation as a Widespread Mechanism of Post-translational Regulation.

Kathryn Wolhuter, Harry J Whitwell, Christopher H Switzer, Joseph R Burgoyne, John F Timms, Philip Eaton

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Article in Molecular cell, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 57 papers.

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57 citing papers in PubMed, 109 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Kathryn WolhuterKing's College London, School of Cardiovascular Medicine & Sciences, British Heart Foundation Centre of Research Excellence the Rayne Institute, St. Thomas' Hospital, London SE1 7EH, UK.
Harry J WhitwellInstitute for Women's Health, University College London, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT, UK.
Christopher H SwitzerKing's College London, School of Cardiovascular Medicine & Sciences, British Heart Foundation Centre of Research Excellence the Rayne Institute, St. Thomas' Hospital, London SE1 7EH, UK.
Joseph R BurgoyneKing's College London, School of Cardiovascular Medicine & Sciences, British Heart Foundation Centre of Research Excellence the Rayne Institute, St. Thomas' Hospital, London SE1 7EH, UK.
John F TimmsInstitute for Women's Health, University College London, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT, UK.
Philip EatonKing's College London, School of Cardiovascular Medicine & Sciences, British Heart Foundation Centre of Research Excellence the Rayne Institute, St. Thomas' Hospital, London SE1 7EH, UK. Electronic address: philip.eaton@kcl.ac.uk.
British Heart Foundation · GBSt Thomas' Hospital · GBUniversity College London · GB

Funding

Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council BB/C503646/1British Heart Foundation FS/11/45/28859British Heart Foundation FS/14/1/30551British Heart Foundation IG/16/2/32273British Heart Foundation PG/10/98/28655British Heart Foundation PG/13/13/30018British Heart Foundation PG/15/26/31373British Heart Foundation RG/12/12/29872British Heart Foundation RG/17/16/33294Department of HealthMedical Research Council G0600785Medical Research Council G0700320Medical Research Council G1000458Medical Research Council MR/K003232/1Medical Research Council MR/L009684/1
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

S-nitrosation, commonly referred to as S-nitrosylation, is widely regarded as a ubiquitous, stable post-translational modification that directly regulates many proteins. Such a widespread role would appear to be incompatible with the inherent lability of the S-nitroso bond, especially its propensity to rapidly react with thiols to generate disulfide bonds. As anticipated, we observed robust and widespread protein S-nitrosation after exposing cells to nitrosocysteine or lipopolysaccharide. Proteins detected using the ascorbate-dependent biotin switch method are typically interpreted to be directly regulated by S-nitrosation. However, these S-nitrosated proteins are shown to predominantly comprise transient intermediates leading to disulfide bond formation. These disulfides are likely to be the dominant end effectors resulting from elevations in nitrosating cellular nitric oxide species. We propose that S-nitrosation primarily serves as a transient intermediate leading to disulfide formation. Overall, we conclude that the current widely held perception that stable S-nitrosation directly regulates the function of many proteins is significantly incorrect.

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CysteineDisulfidesHumansNitric OxideNitrosationOxidation-ReductionProtein Processing, Post-TranslationalProteinsProteolysisProteomicsS-NitrosothiolsSulfhydryl CompoundsCysteineDisulfidesNitric OxideProteinsS-NitrosothiolsSulfhydryl CompoundscysteinedisulfideproteinredoxsignalingS-nitrosationS-nitrosylationthiol

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PMID29358077
PMCPMC5807093
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