Formation of a polymethylene bis(disulfide) intersubunit cross-link between cysteine-281 residues in rabbit muscle glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase using octamethylene bis(methane[35S]thiosulfonate).
The synthesis of a radioactive cross-linking agent, S,S'-octamethylene bis(methane[35S]thiosulfonate) (OBMTS), is described. The route of synthesis can be generally used in the synthesis of 35S-labeled thiosulfonates for the selective modification of thiols in proteins. Glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase (G3PD) reacts asymmetrically with the bifunctional inhibitor. Initially two molecules of OBMTS react rapidly with the active-site thiol, Cys-149, on two of the four subunits to inhibit the enzyme completely without cross-linking. This is followed by the modification of four Cys-281 residues to incorporate two cross-links into the tetramer. Reduction of modified G3PD with 5 mM dithioerythritol under nondenaturing conditions released the inhibitor blocking the active-site thiol and completely restored enzyme activity while leaving the cross-link intact. Sodium dodecyl sulfate (Na-DodSO4) gel electrophoresis of the cross-linked enzyme under nonreducing conditions showed a dimer (Mr 72000) as the major species which was only cleaved by reduction in Na-DodSO4 containing beta-mercaptoethanol. The monomer formed was still radioactive, showing that the first disulfide in the cross-link was reduced at a much faster rate than the second disulfide. The latter was only reduced by using vigorous conditions. The location of the intersubunit cross-linked residues was established by isolation of the cyanogen bromide and tryptic subdigest peptides containing modified Cys-281. There were identified by molecular weight, amino terminal sequence, and amino acid composition.[1]References
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