NITRIC-OXIDE DESTROYS ZINC-SULFUR CLUSTERS INDUCING ZINC RELEASE FROM METALLOTHIONEIN AND INHIBITION OF THE ZINC FINGER-TYPE YEAST TRANSCRIPTION ACTIVATOR LAC9
NITRIC-OXIDE DESTROYS ZINC-SULFUR CLUSTERS INDUCING ZINC RELEASE FROM METALLOTHIONEIN AND INHIBITION OF THE ZINC FINGER-TYPE YEAST TRANSCRIPTION ACTIVATOR LAC9
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DOI:
10.1006/bbrc.1994.1564
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发表时间:
1994-04-29
影响因子:
3.1
通讯作者:
KOLBBACHOFEN, V
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作者:
KRONCKE, KD;FEHSEL, K;KOLBBACHOFEN, V
Nitric oxide, generated from S-nitrosocysteine or applied as gas mediates metal ion release from the Zn2+/Cd2+-complexing protein metallothionein via oxidation of SH-groups. Time-dependent S-nitrosylation and subsequent disulfide formation of metallothionein are demonstrated. Furthermore, nitric oxide inhibits DNA binding activity of the yeast transcription factor LAC9 containing a zinc finger like DNA binding domain. These results show that nitric oxide interacts with and destroys zinc-sulfur clusters in proteins. (C) 1994 Academic Press, Inc.