Carbamoylation of peptides and proteins in vitro by S-(N-methylcarbamoyl)glutathione and S-(N-methylcarbamoyl)cysteine, two electrophilic S-linked conjugates of methyl isocyanate.
Carbamoylation of peptides and proteins in vitro by S-(N-methylcarbamoyl)glutathione and S-(N-methylcarbamoyl)cysteine, two electrophilic S-linked conjugates of methyl isocyanate.
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S-(N-甲基氨基甲酰基)谷胱甘肽和 S-(N-甲基氨基甲酰基)半胱氨酸(异氰酸甲酯的两种亲电子 S 连接缀合物)在体外对肽和蛋白质进行氨基甲酰化。
DOI:
10.1021/tx00022a007
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发表时间:
1991
影响因子:
4.1
通讯作者:
Baillie,TA
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作者:
Pearson,PG;Slatter,JG;Rashed,MS;Han,DH;Baillie,TA
The reactivity toward peptides and proteins of S-(AT-methylcarbamoyl) glutathione (SMG), the glutathione conjugate of methyl isocyanate, and the corresponding cysteine adduct, S-(2V-methylcarbamoyl) cysteine (SMC), was investigated with the aid of in vitro model systems. Incubation of SMC or a trideuteriomethyl analogue of SMC with eitherthe reduced or oxidized forms of oxytocin afforded similar mixtures of mono-, bis-and tris-jV-methylcarbamoylated peptides. Structure elucidation of the mono and bis adducts by fast atom bombardment tandem mass spectrometry indicated that carbamoylation of oxytocin occurred preferentially at Cys-6 and that Cys-1 and/or Tyr-2 were secondary sites of modification. Upon incubation of S-[AT-([14C] methyl) carbamoyl] glutathione (14C-SMG) with native bovine serum albumin (BSA), radioactivity became bound covalently to the protein in a time-and concentration-dependent fashion.“Blocking” of the lone Cys-34 thiol group of BSA in the form of a disulfide prior to exposure of the protein to 14C-SMG failed to decrease significantly the extent or time course of this covalent binding. It is concluded that carbamate thioester conjugates of MIC are reactive, carbamoylating entities which can donate the elements of MIC to nucleophilic functionalities on peptides and proteins. Free thiols appear to be preferred sites for such carbamoylation processes, a phenomenon that may have important toxicological consequences in the pathology of tissue lesions induced by MIC and related isocyanates.