Damage to bovine pancreatic RNase A, due to the Ho atom and/or solvated electron attack at proteinsulfur-containing residues, was investigated by Raman spectroscopy and mass spectrometry techniques.To the already known desulfurization process affecting Met residues, novel reactivity was observedinvolving disulfide moieties, leading to the chemical transformation of Cys into Ala residues. Mappingexperiments demonstrated that desulfurization selectively affected Met79, Cys110, Cys58 and Cys72during first stages of reaction. While this reaction was performed on protein species added to largeunilamellar vescicles, desulfurization yielded sulfur radicals able to induce a cis-trans isomerization oflipids at the onset of irradiation. These findings reveal new scenarios on reactions generated by radicalstressing conditions, suggesting the need for specific assays and for future investigations to detectthese modifications in proteins and lipids within challenged cells.

The reductive desulfurization of Met and Cys residues in bovine RNAse A associated with the trans lipid formation in a mimetic model of biological membranes

Ferreri C;Chatgilialoglu C;Torreggiani A;Salzano A M;Renzone G;Scaloni A
2008

Abstract

Damage to bovine pancreatic RNase A, due to the Ho atom and/or solvated electron attack at proteinsulfur-containing residues, was investigated by Raman spectroscopy and mass spectrometry techniques.To the already known desulfurization process affecting Met residues, novel reactivity was observedinvolving disulfide moieties, leading to the chemical transformation of Cys into Ala residues. Mappingexperiments demonstrated that desulfurization selectively affected Met79, Cys110, Cys58 and Cys72during first stages of reaction. While this reaction was performed on protein species added to largeunilamellar vescicles, desulfurization yielded sulfur radicals able to induce a cis-trans isomerization oflipids at the onset of irradiation. These findings reveal new scenarios on reactions generated by radicalstressing conditions, suggesting the need for specific assays and for future investigations to detectthese modifications in proteins and lipids within challenged cells.
2008
Istituto per la Sintesi Organica e la Fotoreattivita' - ISOF
Istituto per il Sistema Produzione Animale in Ambiente Mediterraneo - ISPAAM
tandem damage
reductive radical stress
protein modification
trans lipids
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