Destroy and exploit: catalyzed removal of hydroperoxides from the endoplasmic reticulum.

ABSTRACT: Peroxidases are enzymes that reduce hydroperoxide substrates. In many cases, hydroperoxide reduction is coupled to the formation of a disulfide bond, which is transferred onto specific acceptor molecules, the so-called reducing substrates. As such, peroxidases control the spatiotemporal distribution of diffusible second messengers such as hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) and generate new disulfides. Members of two families of peroxidases, peroxiredoxins (Prxs) and glutathione peroxidases (GPxs), reside in different subcellular compartments or are secreted from cells. This review discusses the properties and physiological roles of PrxIV, GPx7, and GPx8 in the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) of higher eukaryotic cells where H2O2 and-possibly-lipid hydroperoxides are regularly produced. Different peroxide

SUBMITTER: Ramming T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3824332 | biostudies-literature | 2013

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature