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| EFFECT OF PROTEIN AND PEPTIDE INHIBITORS ON THE ACTIVITY OF PROTEIN DISULFIDE ISOMERASE |
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| Author(s): MORJANA NA, GILBERT HF |
| Source: BIOCHEMISTRY Volume: 30 Issue: 20 Pages: 4985-4990 Published: MAY 21 1991 |
| Times Cited: 77 References: 48 |
| Abstract: The protein disulfide isomerase catalyzed reduction of insulin by glutathione is inhibited by peptides of various length and amino acid composition. Peptide inhibitors are competitive against insulin and noncompetitive against GSH, consistent with a sequential rather than a double displacement mechanism. Peptides of unrelated primary sequence that do not contain cysteine inhibit the GSH-insulin transhydrogenase activity of PDI, and the affinity of these peptides toward the enzyme is largely dependent on the peptide length rather than composition, hydrophobicity, or charge. Cysteine-containing peptides are 4-8-fold better inhibitors than non-cysteine-containing peptides of the same length, suggesting a cysteine-specific component to the interaction with the enzyme. Oxidized insulin chain B also inhibits the oxidative folding of reduced ribonuclease in a glutathione redox buffer with an inhibition constant that is comparable to that observed for the inhibition of insulin reduction, suggesting a similar if not identical binding site for the catalysis of oxidative protein folding and the reduction of insulin. |
| Document Type: Article |
| Language: English |
Addresses:
1. BAYLOR UNIV, VERNA & MARRS MCLEAN DEPT BIOCHEM, HOUSTON, TX 77030 USA |
| Publisher: AMER CHEMICAL SOC, 1155 16TH ST, NW, WASHINGTON, DC 20036 |
| Subject Category: Biochemistry & Molecular Biology |
| IDS Number: FM712 |
| ISSN: 0006-2960 |
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