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Kinetics and inhibition of recombinant human cystathionine gamma-lyase : Toward the rational control of transsulfuration

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Steegborn, Clemens ; Clausen, Tim ; Sondermann, Peter ; Jacob, Uwe ; Worbs, Michael ; Marinkovic, Snezan ; Huber, Robert ; Wahl, Markus C.:
Kinetics and inhibition of recombinant human cystathionine gamma-lyase : Toward the rational control of transsulfuration.
In: The Journal of Biological Chemistry. Vol. 274 (1999) Issue 18 . - pp. 12675-12684.
ISSN 1083-351X
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1074/jbc.274.18.12675

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The gene encoding human cystathionine gamma-lyase was cloned from total cellular Hep G2 RNA. Fusion to a T7 promoter allowed expression in Escherichia coli, representing the first mammalian cystathionine gamma-lyase overproduced in a bacterial system. About 90% of the heterologous gene product was insoluble, and renaturation experiments from purified inclusion bodies met with limited success. About 5 mg/liter culture of human cystathionine gamma-lyase could also be extracted from the soluble lysis fraction, employing a three-step native procedure. While the enzyme showed high gamma-lyase activity toward L-cystathionine (Km = 0.5 mM, Vmax = 2.5 units/mg) with an optimum pH of 8.2, no residual cystathionine beta-lyase behavior and only marginal reactivity toward L-cystine and L-cysteine were detected. Inhibition studies were performed with the mechanism-based inactivators propargylglycine, trifluoroalanine, and aminoethoxyvinylglycine. Propargylglycine inactivated human cystathionine gamma-lyase much more strongly than trifluoroalanine, in agreement with the enzyme's preference for C-gamma-S bonds. Aminoethoxyvinylglycine showed slow and tight binding characteristics with a Ki of 10.5 microM, comparable with its effect on cystathionine beta-lyase. The results have important implications for the design of specific inhibitors for transsulfuration components.

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Item Type: Article in a journal
Refereed: Yes
Additional notes: PubMed-ID: 10212249
Institutions of the University: Faculties > Faculty of Biology, Chemistry and Earth Sciences > Department of Chemistry > Chair Biochemistry > Chair Biochemistry - Univ.-Prof. Dr. Clemens Steegborn
Faculties
Faculties > Faculty of Biology, Chemistry and Earth Sciences
Faculties > Faculty of Biology, Chemistry and Earth Sciences > Department of Chemistry
Faculties > Faculty of Biology, Chemistry and Earth Sciences > Department of Chemistry > Chair Biochemistry
Result of work at the UBT: No
DDC Subjects: 500 Science > 540 Chemistry
Date Deposited: 13 Apr 2015 06:22
Last Modified: 16 Jun 2023 07:43
URI: https://eref.uni-bayreuth.de/id/eprint/10001