Thioredoxin/Glutaredoxin System of Chlorella1: CHLORELLA ADENOSINE 5′-PHOSPHOSULFATE SULFOTRANSFERASE CANNOT USE THIOREDOXIN OR GLUTAREDOXIN AS COFACTORS

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Tsang, Monica Lik-Shing

RESUMO

Using the thioredoxin/glutaredoxin-dependent adenosine 3′-phosphate 5′-phosphosulfate reductase coupled assay system, the Chlorella thioredoxin/glutaredoxin system has been partially purified and characterized. A NADPH-thioredoxin reductase and two thioredoxin/glutaredoxin activities, designated as Chlorella thioredoxin/glutaredoxin protein I and II (CPI and CPII), were found in crude extracts of Chlorella. Similar to their counterparts from Escherichia coli, both CPI and CPII are heat-stable low molecular proteins of ≃14,000. While CPI (but not CPII) is a substrate for its homologous NADPH-thioredoxin reductase as well as for E. coli NADPH-thioredoxin reductase, CPII is better than CPI as a substrate for reduction by the glutathione system. Based on these properties, CPI and CPII may be classified as Chlorella thioredoxin and Chlorella glutaredoxin, respectively. The Chlorella NADPH-thioredoxin reductase (Mr = 72,000, with two 36,000-dalton subunits) resembles E. coli-thioredoxin reductase in size. Besides Chlorella thioredoxin, the Chlorella thioredoxin reductase will also use E. coli thioredoxin, but not glutaredoxin, as a substrate. Although a thioredoxin-like protein has been implicated in higher plant light-dependent sulfate reaction, neither Chlorella thioredoxin nor glutaredoxin can stimulate the thiol-dependent adenosine 5′-phosphosulfate-sulfotransferase reaction. Furthermore, Chlorella thioredoxin and glutaredoxin, in conjunction with an appropriate reductase system, cannot replace the thiol requirement of Chlorella adenosine 5′-phosphosulfate-sulfotransferase. The exact physiological roles and subcellular localization of the Chlorella thioredoxin and glutaredoxin systems remain to be determined.

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