A novel vanadium reductase, Vanabin2, forms a possible cascade involved in electron transfer
A novel vanadium reductase, Vanabin2, forms a possible cascade involved in electron transfer
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DOI:
10.1016/j.bbapap.2009.01.007
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发表时间:
2009-04-01
影响因子:
3.2
通讯作者:
Michibata, Hitoshi
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作者:
Kawakami, Norifumi;Ueki, Tatsuya;Michibata, Hitoshi
The unusual ascidian ability to accumulate high levels of vanadium ions at concentrations of up to 350 mM, a 10(7)-fold increase over that found in seawater, has been attracting interdisciplinary attention for a century. Accumulated V-V is finally reduced to V-III via V-IV in ascidian vanadocytes. Reducing agents must therefore participate in the reduction. Previously, we identified a vanadium-binding protein, Vanabin2, in which all 18 cysteines form nine disulfide bonds. Here, we report that Vanabin2 is a novel vanadium reductase because partial cleavage of its disulfide bonds results in the reduction of V-V to V-IV. We propose that Vanabin2 forms a possible electron transfer cascade from the electron donor, NADPH, via glutathione reductase, glutathione, and Vanabin2 to the acceptor, and vanadium ions conjugated through thioldisulfide exchange reactions. (C) 2009 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.