Selective cysteines oxidation in soluble guanylyl cyclase catalytic domain is involved in NO activation.

Nitric oxide (NO) binds to soluble guanylyl cyclase (GC1) and stimulates its catalytic activity to produce cGMP. Despite the key role of the NO-cGMP signaling in cardiovascular physiology, the mechanisms of GC1 activation remain ill-defined. It is believed that conserved cysteines (Cys) in GC1 modulate the enzyme's activity through thiol-redox modifications.

The β1'-β2' Motif of the RNase H Domain of Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 Reverse Transcriptase Is Responsible for Conferring Open Conformation to the p66 Subunit by Displacing the Connection Domain from the Polymerase Cleft.

The heterodimeric human immunodeficiency virus type 1 reverse transcriptase is composed of p66 and p51 subunits. While in the p51 subunit, the connection domain is tucked in the polymerase cleft; it is effectively displaced from the cleft of the catalytically active p66 subunit. How is the connection domain relocated from the polymerase cleft of p66? Does the RNase H domain have any role in this process? To answer this question, we extended the C-terminal region of p51 by stepwise addition of N-terminal motifs of RNase H domain to generate p54, p57, p60, and p63 derivatives.