Monothiol glutaredoxins: a common domain for multiple functions

E Herrero, MA de la Torre-Ruiz - Cellular and molecular life sciences, 2007 - Springer
E Herrero, MA de la Torre-Ruiz
Cellular and molecular life sciences, 2007Springer
Monothiol glutaredoxins with the CGFS sequence at the active site are widespread among
prokaryotes and eukaryotes. Two subclasses exist, those with a single glutaredoxin domain
and those with a thioredoxin-like region followed by one or more glutaredoxin domains.
Studies in Saccharomyces cerevisiae have demonstrated the role of the Grx5 protein in the
biogenesis of iron-sulfur clusters. Grx5 homologues in other eukaryotes could carry out
similar functions. Two S. cerevisiae monothiol glutaredoxins with the thioredoxin-like …
Abstract
Monothiol glutaredoxins with the CGFS sequence at the active site are widespread among prokaryotes and eukaryotes. Two subclasses exist, those with a single glutaredoxin domain and those with a thioredoxin-like region followed by one or more glutaredoxin domains. Studies in Saccharomyces cerevisiae have demonstrated the role of the Grx5 protein in the biogenesis of iron-sulfur clusters. Grx5 homologues in other eukaryotes could carry out similar functions. Two S. cerevisiae monothiol glutaredoxins with the thioredoxin-like extension, Grx3 and Grx4, are modulators of the transcriptional activator Aft1, which regulates iron uptake in yeast. The human PICOT protein is a Grx3/Grx4 homologue with the same hybrid primary structure that regulates protein kinase C activity and may participate in physiological processes such as control of cardiac function. Therefore, monothiol glutaredoxins share a common basic structural motif and biochemical mechanism of action, while participating in a diversity of cellular functions as protein redox regulators.
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