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PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Volume 103, Issue 8, Pages 2552-2557Publisher
NATL ACAD SCIENCES
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0510770103
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peroxiredoxin; oxidative stress; phylogenetic comparison; dual functionality; quaternary structural change
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Helicobacter pylori, an oxygen-sensitive microaerophilic bacterium, contains many antioxidant proteins, among which alkylhydroperoxide reductase (AhpC) is the most abundant. The function of AhpC is to protect H. pylori from a hyperoxidative environment by reduction of toxic organic hydroperoxides. We have found that the sequence of AhpC from H. pylori is more homologous to mammalian peroxiredoxins than to eubacterial AhpC. We have also found that the protein structure of AhpC could shift from low-molecular-weight oligomers with peroxide-reductase activity to high-molecular-weight complexes with molecular-chaperone function under oxidative stresses. Time-course study by following the quaternary structural change of AhpC in vivo revealed that this enzyme changes from low-molecular-weight oligomers under normal microaerobic conditions or short-term oxidative shock to high-molecular-weight complexes after severe long-term oxidative stress. This study revealed that AhpC of H. pylori acts as a peroxide reductase in reducing organic hydroperoxides and as a molecular chaperone for prevention of protein misfolding under oxidative stress.
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