PMID- 22913772 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20121119 LR - 20211021 IS - 1520-4995 (Electronic) IS - 0006-2960 (Print) IS - 0006-2960 (Linking) VI - 51 IP - 37 DP - 2012 Sep 18 TI - Reactive cysteine in the structural Zn(2+) site of the C1B domain from PKCalpha. PG - 7263-77 LID - 10.1021/bi300750w [doi] AB - Structural cysteine-rich Zn(2+) sites that stabilize protein folds are considered to be unreactive. In this article, we identified a reactive cysteine residue, Cys151, in a treble-clef zinc finger with a Cys(3)His coordination sphere. The protein in question is the C1B domain of Protein Kinase Calpha (PKCalpha). Mass-tagging cysteine assays of several C1B variants were employed to ascertain the site specificity of the covalent modification. The reactivity of Cys151 in C1B also manifests itself in the structural dynamics of the Zn(2+) coordination sphere where the Sgamma of Cys151 alternates between the Zn(2+)-bound thiolate and free thiol states. We used NMR-detected pH titrations, ZZ-exchange spectroscopy, and residual dipolar coupling (RDC)-driven structure refinement to characterize the two exchanging conformations of C1B that differ in zinc coordination. Our data suggest that Cys151 serves as an entry point for the reactive oxygen species that activate PKCalpha in a process involving Zn(2+) release. FAU - Stewart, Mikaela D AU - Stewart MD AD - Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas 77843-2128, United States. FAU - Igumenova, Tatyana I AU - Igumenova TI LA - eng GR - T32 GM065088/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/United States GR - 5-T32GM065088/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/United States PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20120905 PL - United States TA - Biochemistry JT - Biochemistry JID - 0370623 RN - 0 (Reactive Oxygen Species) RN - EC 2.7.11.13 (Prkca protein, mouse) RN - EC 2.7.11.13 (Protein Kinase C-alpha) RN - J41CSQ7QDS (Zinc) RN - K848JZ4886 (Cysteine) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Binding Sites MH - Cysteine/*chemistry/metabolism MH - Mice MH - Nuclear Magnetic Resonance, Biomolecular MH - Protein Kinase C-alpha/*chemistry/metabolism MH - Protein Structure, Tertiary MH - Reactive Oxygen Species/*chemistry/metabolism MH - Zinc/*chemistry/metabolism MH - Zinc Fingers PMC - PMC3645944 MID - NIHMS405744 EDAT- 2012/08/24 06:00 MHDA- 2012/12/10 06:00 PMCR- 2013/09/18 CRDT- 2012/08/24 06:00 PHST- 2012/08/24 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2012/08/24 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2012/12/10 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2013/09/18 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - 10.1021/bi300750w [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Biochemistry. 2012 Sep 18;51(37):7263-77. doi: 10.1021/bi300750w. Epub 2012 Sep 5.