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Gene Manipulation Based Selenium-containing Peptide Exhibiting Synergism of SOD and GPx
In this paper, we constructed a novel bifunctional superoxide dismutase(SOD)/glutathione peroxi- dase(GPx) mimic, a selenium-, copper-containing 35-mer peptide conjugate(Se-Cu-35P) in which a three-amino acid linker((31y-Asn-Gly) connects the C-terminus of 17-mer polypeptide SOD mimic with the N-ter...
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Published in: | Chemical research in Chinese universities 2014-12, Vol.30 (6), p.947-952 |
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Main Authors: | , , , , , , |
Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Summary: | In this paper, we constructed a novel bifunctional superoxide dismutase(SOD)/glutathione peroxi- dase(GPx) mimic, a selenium-, copper-containing 35-mer peptide conjugate(Se-Cu-35P) in which a three-amino acid linker((31y-Asn-Gly) connects the C-terminus of 17-mer polypeptide SOD mimic with the N-terminus of 15-mer po- lypeptide GPx mimic. The SOD and GPx activities of Se-Cu-35P are two orders of magnitude lower than those of natural SOD and GPx, respectively. It provides a GPx activity 56-fold higher than Ebselen(a well-known GPx mimic). The glutathione(GSH) binding constant is 5.6× 10^2 L.mol 1. Se-Cu-35P synergistically resists against the inactivation by H202 and protects the mitochondria from oxidative damage in a dose dependent manner. These results highlight the challenge of generating an efficient SOD/GPx synergism mimic. It could facilitate the studies of the cooperation of GPx and SOD and could be a potential therapeutic agent for the treatment of ROS-mediated diseases, |
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ISSN: | 1005-9040 2210-3171 |
DOI: | 10.1007/s40242-014-4239-z |