In vivo regulation of cysteine dioxygenase via the ubiquitin-26S proteasome system.
In vivo regulation of cysteine dioxygenase via the ubiquitin-26S proteasome system.
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DOI:
10.1007/978-0-387-33504-9_4
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2006
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John E. Dominy;L. Hirschberger;R. Coloso;M. Stipanuk
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John E. Dominy;L. Hirschberger;R. Coloso;M. Stipanuk
The intracellular free amino acid pool of cysteine is tightly regulated in the mammalian liver. In rats, for instance, intracellular cysteine is maintained between 20 and 100 µmol/g even when dietary protein or sulfur amino acid intake is varied from subrequirement to above-requirement levels for this species (Lee et al., 2004). The narrow range of permissible cysteine concentrations is the consequence of two homeostatic requirements. Liver tissue must keep cysteine levels sufficiently high to meet the needs of protein synthesis and the production of other essential molecules like glutathione, coenzyme A, taurine, and inorganic sulfur. At the same time, however, cysteine concentrations must also be kept below the threshold of cytotoxicity. An important enzyme that contributes to the regulation of steady-state intracellular cysteine levels is cysteine dioxygenase (CDO, EC 1.13. 11.20). Expressed at high levels in the liver with lower levels in the kidney, brain, and lung, this Fe2+ metalloenzyme catalyzes the addition of molecular oxygen to the sulfhydryl group of cysteine, yielding cysteinesulfinate. The oxidative catabolism of cysteine to cysteinesulfinate represents an irreversible loss of cysteine from the free amino acid pool; cysteinesulfinate is shuttled into numerous metabolic pathways including hypotaurine/taurine synthesis, inorganic sulfur production, and use of the carbon backbone as pyruvate for gluconeogenesis or oxidative decarboxylation and cellular respiration. In vivo data suggest that the liver, the organ with the highest amount of CDO expression, uses CDO as a means of disposing excess cysteine obtained through the diet as well as to provide the essential metabolites sulfate, hypotaurine, and taurine (Garcia and Stipanuk, 1992). Steady-state levels of hepatic CDO protein are exquisitely regulated by dietary sulfur amino acids. Hepatic CDO activity is barely detectable in rats fed low-protein (ie,