PMID- 17662654 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20071108 LR - 20131121 IS - 1471-4892 (Print) IS - 1471-4892 (Linking) VI - 7 IP - 4 DP - 2007 Aug TI - Mechanisms of reversible protein glutathionylation in redox signaling and oxidative stress. PG - 381-91 AB - Reversible protein S-glutathionylation (protein-SSG) is an important post-translational modification, providing protection of protein cysteines from irreversible oxidation and serving to transduce redox signals. Analogous to phosphatases, glutaredoxin (GRx) enzymes catalyze deglutathionylation of proteins, regulating diverse intracellular signaling pathways. Recently, other enzymes have been reported to exhibit deglutathionylating activity, but their contribution to intracellular protein deglutathionylation is uncertain. Currently, no enzyme has been shown to serve as a catalyst of S-glutathionylation in situ, although potential prototypes are reported, including human GRx1 and the pi isoform of glutathione-S-transferase (GSTpi). Further insight into cellular mechanisms of protein glutathionylation and deglutathionylation will enrich our understanding of redox signal transduction and potentially identify new therapeutic targets for diseases in which oxidative stress perturbs normal redox signaling. Accordingly, this review focuses primarily on mechanisms of catalysis in mammalian systems. FAU - Gallogly, Molly M AU - Gallogly MM AD - Department of Pharmacology, School of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University, 10900 Euclid Avenue, and the Louis Stokes Cleveland Veterans Affairs Medical Research Center, Cleveland, OH 44106-4965, United States. FAU - Mieyal, John J AU - Mieyal JJ LA - eng GR - 1F30AG029687/AG/NIA NIH HHS/United States GR - P01 AG 15885/AG/NIA NIH HHS/United States GR - R01 AG 024413/AG/NIA NIH HHS/United States GR - T32 GM008803/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/United States GR - T32 GM07250/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/United States PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural PT - Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S. PT - Review DEP - 20070726 PL - England TA - Curr Opin Pharmacol JT - Current opinion in pharmacology JID - 100966133 RN - 0 (GLRX protein, human) RN - 0 (Glutaredoxins) RN - 0 (Sulfhydryl Compounds) RN - EC 1.- (Oxidoreductases) RN - GAN16C9B8O (Glutathione) RN - K848JZ4886 (Cysteine) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Catalysis MH - Cysteine/chemistry/*metabolism MH - Glutaredoxins MH - Glutathione/chemistry/*metabolism MH - Humans MH - Oxidation-Reduction MH - *Oxidative Stress MH - Oxidoreductases/metabolism MH - *Protein Processing, Post-Translational MH - Signal Transduction MH - Sulfhydryl Compounds/chemistry/metabolism RF - 106 EDAT- 2007/07/31 09:00 MHDA- 2007/11/09 09:00 CRDT- 2007/07/31 09:00 PHST- 2007/04/12 00:00 [received] PHST- 2007/05/29 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2007/06/07 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2007/07/31 09:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2007/11/09 09:00 [medline] PHST- 2007/07/31 09:00 [entrez] AID - S1471-4892(07)00103-8 [pii] AID - 10.1016/j.coph.2007.06.003 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Curr Opin Pharmacol. 2007 Aug;7(4):381-91. doi: 10.1016/j.coph.2007.06.003. Epub 2007 Jul 26.