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ArticleFrontiers in chemistry2021

Redox Potentials of Disulfide Bonds in LOXL2 Studied by Nonequilibrium Alchemical Simulation.

Lirui Lin, Haiying Zou, Wenjin Li, Li-Yan Xu, En-Min Li, Geng Dong

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Article in Frontiers in chemistry, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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Lirui LinDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Shantou University Medical College, Shantou, China.
Haiying ZouDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Shantou University Medical College, Shantou, China.
Wenjin LiInstitute for Advanced Study, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, China.
Li-Yan XuKey Laboratory of Molecular Biology in High Cancer Incidence Coastal Area of Guangdong Higher Education Institutes, Shantou University Medical College, Shantou, China.
En-Min LiDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Shantou University Medical College, Shantou, China.
Geng DongDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Shantou University Medical College, Shantou, China.
Shantou University Medical College · CNShantou University · CNShenzhen University · CN

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Abstract

Lysyl oxidase-like 2 (LOXL2) is a metalloenzyme that catalyzes the oxidative deamination ε-amino group of lysine. It is found that LOXL2 is a promotor for the metastasis and invasion of cancer cells. Disulfide bonds are important components in LOXL2, and they play a stabilizing role for protein structure or a functional role for regulating protein bioactivity. The redox potential of disulfide bond is one important property to determine the functional role of disulfide bond. In this study, we have calculated the reduction potential of all the disulfide bonds in LOXL2 by non-equilibrium alchemical simulations. Our results show that seven of seventeen disulfide bonds have high redox potentials between -182 and -298 mV and could have a functional role, viz., Cys573-Cys625, Cys579-Cys695, Cys657-Cys673, and Cys663-Cys685 in the catalytic domain, Cys351-Cys414, Cys464-Cys530, and Cys477-Cys543 in the scavenger receptor cysteine-rich (SRCR) domains. The disulfide bond of Cys351-Cys414 is predicted to play an allosteric function role, which could affect the metastasis and invasion of cancer cells. Other functional bonds have a catalytic role related to enzyme activity. The rest of disulfide bonds are predicted to play a structural role. Our study provides an important insight for the classification of disulfide bonds in LOXL2 and can be utilized for the drug design that targets the cysteine residues in LOXL2.

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alchemical methoddisulfide bondLOXL2non-equilibration simulationredox potential

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