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JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY
Volume 277, Issue 6, Pages 4232-4239Publisher
AMER SOC BIOCHEMISTRY MOLECULAR BIOLOGY INC
DOI: 10.1074/jbc.M109678200
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- NCI NIH HHS [CA77495, CA27967] Funding Source: Medline
- NEI NIH HHS [EY04396] Funding Source: Medline
- NIDDK NIH HHS [K08-DK02557] Funding Source: Medline
- NIEHS NIH HHS [ES07804] Funding Source: Medline
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Lipid peroxidation products have signaling functions and at higher concentrations are toxic and may trigger cell death. The compounds are metabolized predominantly by glutathione S-transferases exemplified by mGSTA4-4, an enzyme highly efficient in glutathione conjugation of 4-hydroxyalkenals, and possessing glutathione peroxidase activity toward phospholipid hydroperoxides. mGSTA4-4 belongs to the predominant group of canonical glutathione S-transferases that are soluble and generally localized in the cytoplasm. The intracellular localization of mGSTA4-4 was examined in hepatocytes of normal mouse liver and in transfected HepG2 cells by fluorescence microscopy and digital deconvolution. mGSTA4-4 was found to be predominantly localized at or near the plasma membrane in transfected HepG2 cells, as well as in hepatocytes endogenously expressing the protein. In vitro, mGSTA4-4 associated with liposomes, and this interaction was potentiated when the liposomes contained negatively charged phospholipids. Mutating lysine 115 to glutamic acid resulted in a loss of the plasma membrane targeting of mGSTA4-4 as well as in a significant reduction of its binding to liposomes in vitro. These data suggest preferential targeting of mGSTA4-4 to the plasma membrane that may contain the major substrate(s) for this enzyme. Lysine 115 is critically important for the membrane association of mGSTA4-4, most likely by entering into an electrostatic interaction with negatively charged phospholipid headgroups.
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