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SUBMITTER: Paige JS
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2628636 | biostudies-literature | 2008 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Paige Jeremy S JS Xu Guoqiang G Stancevic Branka B Jaffrey Samie R SR
Chemistry & biology 20081201 12
Nitric oxide (NO) regulates protein function by S-nitrosylation of cysteine to form nitrosothiols. Nitrosothiols are highly susceptible to nonenzymatic degradation by cytosolic reducing agents. Here we show that although most protein nitrosothiols are rapidly degraded by cytosolic reductants, a small subset form unusually stable S-nitrosylated proteins. Our findings suggest that stable S-nitrosylation reflects a protein conformation change that shields the nitrosothiol. To identify stable protei ...[more]