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. 1993 Jul 15;293(Pt 2):351–356. doi: 10.1042/bj2930351

Unusual reactivity of Tyr-7 of GSH transferase P1-1.

D J Meyer 1, C Xia 1, B Coles 1, H Chen 1, P Reinemer 1, R Huber 1, B Ketterer 1
PMCID: PMC1134366  PMID: 8343114

Abstract

Reaction of human GSH transferase P1-1 (GSTP1-1) with diethylpyrocarbonate (DEPC) at pH 7.0 and 4 degrees C resulted in covalent modification of an equivalent of one histidine and one tyrosine residue per subunit, with loss of activity. Sequence analysis showed that His-71 and Tyr-7 were modified. Reference to the three-dimensional structure of GSTP1-1 [Reinemer, Dirr, Ladenstein, Huber, Lo Bello, Frederici and Parker (1992) J. Mol. Biol. 227, 214-226] shows that the modification of Tyr-7 is most likely to affect enzyme activity. Kinetic analysis of the DEPC modification of Tyr-7 in GSTP1-1 gave a k2 approx. 150 times that of a peptide comprising residues 1-11 of GSTP1-1. The reaction of Tyr-7 of GSTP1-1 with DEPC was poorly inhibited by 1 mM GSH (14%) or 10 microM S-hexylglutathione (18%). DEPC treatment of the enzyme altered the absorbance at 290 nm in second-derivative spectra, suggesting that a significant amount of tyrosinate ion occurs in the enzyme. GSH, however, did not significantly alter the A290. The data provide the first evidence of unusual chemical reactivity of Tyr-7 and are consistent with its proposed role as a proton acceptor during catalysis.

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