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Inactivation of human DGAT2 by oxidative stress on cysteine residues.

PloS one (2017-07-13)
Sunhee Jung, Miri Choi, Kwangman Choi, Eun Bin Kwon, Mingu Kang, Dong-Eun Kim, Hyejeong Jeong, Janghwan Kim, Jong Heon Kim, Mun Ock Kim, Sang-Bae Han, Sungchan Cho
ABSTRACT

Diacylglycerol acyltransferases (DGATs) have a crucial role in the biosynthesis of triacylglycerol (TG), the major storage form of metabolic energy in eukaryotic organisms. Even though DGAT2, one of two distinct DGATs, has a vital role in TG biosynthesis, little is known about the regulation of DGAT2 activity. In this study, we examined the role of cysteine and its oxidation in the enzymatic activity of human DGAT2 in vitro. Human DGAT2 activity was considerably inhibited not only by thiol-modifying reagents (NEM and IA) but also by ROS-related chemicals (H2O2 and β-lapachone), while human DGAT1 and GPAT1 were little affected. Particularly, ROS-related chemicals concomitantly induced intermolecular disulfide crosslinking of human DGAT2. Both the oxidative inactivation and disulfide crosslinking were almost completely reversed by the treatment with DTT, a disulfide-reducing agent. These results clearly demonstrated the significant role of ROS-induced intermolecular crosslinking in the inactivation of human DGAT2 and also suggested DGAT2 as a redox-sensitive regulator in TG biosynthesis.

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DL-Cysteine, technical grade
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