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Query: EC:2.5.1.18 (glutathione S-transferase)
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Expression of cloned genes in prokaryotes such as Escherichia coli is a widely used technique in both basic research and biotechnology. Despite the availability of several E. coli expression vector systems, adequate levels of expression may not be achieved. Expressing proteins as fusions to the highly conserved eukaryotic protein ubiquitin has been reported by several investigators to enhance protein yield in both bacterial and eukaryotic systems. We have modified this technique by the co-expression in E. coli of a ubiquitin-fusion protein and the Saccharomyces cerevisiae ubiquitin-specific protease Ubp2. This allows the co-translational cleavage of engineered ubiquitin-fusion proteins expressed in E. coli. This system was used to express a human Pi class glutathione S-transferase (GST) GSTP1 as well as two mutant GSTP1 derivatives, Trp39-->Cys and Gln52-->Glu. The yield of these enzymes was improved 40-fold by using the ubiquitin-fusion/co-translational cleavage technique, and no uncleaved product was detected. The Trp39-->Cys mutant was totally devoid of GST activity, while the activity of the Gln52-->Glu mutant was reduced to 6% of wild-type GSTP1-1. As both of the mutated residues map within the glutathione-binding site, the reduced GST activity is consistent with a marked reduction in glutathione binding ability.
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PMID:Protein expression using cotranslational fusion and cleavage of ubiquitin. Mutagenesis of the glutathione-binding site of human Pi class glutathione S-transferase. 792 35

Human glutathione S-transferase P1-1 (GSTP1-1) is an ubiquitously expressed protein that plays an important role in the detoxification and xenobiotics metabolism. It has been shown that GSTP1-1 interacts with c-Jun NH(2)-terminal kinase (JNK) and suppresses its activity. Here, we report a novel function of GSTP1-1 in regulating tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha)-triggered signaling. The present experiments showed that GSTP1-1 physically associated with tumor necrosis factor receptor-associated factor 2 (TRAF2) in vivo and in vitro. Overexpression of GSTP1-1 inhibited TRAF2-induced activation of both JNK and p38 but not of nuclear factor-kappaB (NF-kappaB). Glutathione S-transferase P1-1 also attenuated TRAF2-enhanced apoptosis signal-regulating kinase 1 (ASK1) autophosphorylation and inhibited TRAF2-ASK1-induced cell apoptosis by suppressing the interaction of TRAF2 and ASK1. Conversely, silencing of GSTP1-1 expression through RNA interference (RNAi) resulted in increase of TNF-alpha-dependent TRAF2-ASK1 association followed by hyper-activation of ASK1 and JNK. A mutant GSTP1-1 lacking TRAF domain-binding motif exhibited a significant decline of capacity to bind TRAF2 and block TRAF2-ASK1 signaling compared with the wild type of GSTP1-1. Moreover, the glutathione-conjugating activity of GSTP1-1 was not involved in the regulation of TRAF2 signaling. These findings indicate that GSTP1-1 plays an important regulatory role in TNF-alpha-induced signaling by forming ligand-binding interactions with TRAF2, which provides a new insight for analysing the protective effects of GSTP1-1 in tumor cells.
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PMID:Human glutathione S-transferase P1-1 interacts with TRAF2 and regulates TRAF2-ASK1 signals. 1663 64

Cancer chemotherapy often fails due to acquired drug resistance. One of the most critical biochemical changes observed in drug-resistant tumor cells is over-expression of glutathione S-transferase Pi isozyme (GSTP1). Glutathione S-transferase inhibitors have been used as potentiating agents of chemotherapeutic drugs. Earlier we reported haloenol lactone 1 as a site-directed GSTP1 inactivator. We proposed that enzymatic hydrolysis of the haloenol lactone may be the initial step of GSTP1 chemical modification, resulting in the inactivation of the enzyme. Enzyme inactivation is initiated through addition of Cys-47 to the lactone ring, which is opened in the process to form an alpha-bromoketone adduct. The acidity of Cys-47 confers good leaving group properties, and rapid hydrolysis occurs to generate an alpha-bromoketoacid intermediate. The reaction may proceed via alkylation of the transient thioester to form a six-membered ring episulfonium ion intermediate which would be yet more reactive toward hydrolysis, with either process leading to the observed mass increase of 230 Da. To probe the importance of the bromine of the lactone in GST inactivation, we designed and synthesized compound 2. Unlike lactone 1, lactone 2 did not show time-dependent inhibitory effect on GSTP1. Incubation of compounds 1 and 2 with excess of N-acetyl cysteine produced the corresponding di-N-acetyl cysteine conjugate and mono-N-acetyl cysteine conjugate, respectively. To probe the role of Cys-47 in the inactivation of GSTP1 by compound 1, we prepared mutant C47A GSTP1. The mutant GSTP1 still showed good activity toward CDNB, but it lost susceptibility to the inactivation by compound 1. In addition, LC-MS/MS technique allowed us to identify the modified Cys-47 after the enzyme was exposed to compound 1.
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PMID:Mechanistic studies of inactivation of glutathione S-transferase Pi isozyme by a haloenol lactone derivative. 1678 14