Jennifer A. Fraser
The Modifier Subunit of Drosophila Glutamate-Cysteine Ligase Regulates Catalytic Activity by Covalent and Noncovalent Interactions and Influences Glutathione Homeostasis in Vivo
Fraser, Jennifer A.; Kansagra, Pushpa; Kotecki, Claire; Saunders, Robert D. C.; McLellan, Lesley I.
Authors
Pushpa Kansagra
Claire Kotecki
Robert D. C. Saunders
Lesley I. McLellan
Abstract
Glutamate-cysteine ligase (GCL) has a key influence on glutathione homeostasis. It has been proposed that mammalian GCL is regulated by the redox environment, and we show here that cysteine residues in the Drosophila melanogaster GCL modifier subunit (DmGCLM) can form covalent interactions with the catalytic subunit (DmGCLC) and modify its activity. Candidate components of intersubunit disulfides (Cys213, Cys214, and Cys267) were identified using matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization time-of-flight spectroscopy of iodoacetamide-modified DmGCLM as well as examination of the evolutionary conservation of cysteines. Mutation of the 3 cysteine residues allowed DmGCLM to associate with DmGCLC, but inhibited the formation of intersubunit disulfides. This caused a 2-fold reduction in the catalytic efficiency of Drosophila GCL, although activity remained significantly higher than the catalytic subunit alone. The cysteine mutant was also more sensitive to inhibition by glutathione than the unmodified holoenzyme. Notably, human GCLM could substitute for DmGCLM in modification of DmGCLC activity. The role of DmGCLM in vivo was examined by analysis of a Drosophila mutant (l(3)L0580) containing a P-element insertion in Gclm. We found that the P-element is not responsible for the lethal phenotype and separated the recessive lethal mutation from the P-element by recombination. This yielded two fully viable and fertile recombinants bearing the P-element insertion, which Western and Northern blotting indicated is a severely hypomorphic allele of Gclm. Glutathione levels were ∼2-fold lower in the GclmL0580 mutants than in control strains, demonstrating the importance of DmGCLM in the regulation of glutathione homeostasis in vivo.
Citation
Fraser, J. A., Kansagra, P., Kotecki, C., Saunders, R. D. C., & McLellan, L. I. (2003). The Modifier Subunit of Drosophila Glutamate-Cysteine Ligase Regulates Catalytic Activity by Covalent and Noncovalent Interactions and Influences Glutathione Homeostasis in Vivo. Journal of Biological Chemistry, 278(47), 46369-46377. https://doi.org/10.1074/jbc.m308035200
Journal Article Type | Article |
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Acceptance Date | Nov 21, 2003 |
Online Publication Date | Sep 3, 2003 |
Publication Date | Nov 21, 2003 |
Deposit Date | Aug 1, 2016 |
Publicly Available Date | Jan 17, 2018 |
Journal | Journal of Biological Chemistry |
Print ISSN | 0021-9258 |
Electronic ISSN | 1083-351X |
Publisher | American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology |
Peer Reviewed | Peer Reviewed |
Volume | 278 |
Issue | 47 |
Pages | 46369-46377 |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1074/jbc.m308035200 |
Keywords | Cell Biology; Biochemistry; Molecular Biology |
Public URL | http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/Output/321202 |
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