Free methionine-(R)-sulfoxide reductase (fRMsr) catalyzes the reduction of the free form of methionine-(R)-sulfoxide back to free methionine. The fRMsr protein from Staphylococcus aureus was overexpressed in Escherichia coli, purified and crystallized at 295 K using ammonium sulfate as a precipitant. Diffraction data were collected to 1.7 angstrom resolution from a native crystal using synchrotron radiation. The crystal belonged to the hexagonal space group P6(1)22, with unit-cell parameters a = b = 89.84, c = 88.75 angstrom, alpha = beta = 90, gamma = 120 degrees. Assuming the presence of one molecule in the asymmetric unit, the calculated Matthews coefficient value was 2.21 angstrom(3) Da(-1), with a solvent content of 57.1%.
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Free Radic Biol Med
June 2021
Biodiversité et Biotechnologie Fongiques, UMR1163, INRAE, Aix Marseille Université, Marseille, France. Electronic address:
Methionine, either as a free amino acid or included in proteins, can be oxidized into methionine sulfoxide (MetO), which exists as R and S diastereomers. Almost all characterized organisms possess thiol-oxidoreductases named methionine sulfoxide reductase (Msr) enzymes to reduce MetO back to Met. MsrA and MsrB reduce the S and R diastereomers of MetO, respectively, with strict stereospecificity and are found in almost all organisms.
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April 2021
Department of Biotechnology, College of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, Korea University, Seoul, 02841, Republic of Korea. Electronic address:
Aberrant production of reactive oxygen species (ROS) leads to tissue damage accumulation, which is associated with a myriad of human pathologies. Although several sensors have been developed for ROS quantification, their applications for ROS-related human physiologies and pathologies still remain problematic due to the unstable nature of ROS. Herein, we developed Trx1-cpYFP-fRMsr (TYfR), a genetically-encoded fluorescent biosensor with the remarkable specificity and sensitivity toward fMetRO (free Methionine-R-sulfoxide), allowing for dynamic quantification of physiological levels of fMetRO, a novel indicator of ROS and methionine redox status in vitro and in vivo.
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January 2018
Division of Genetics, Department of Medicine, Brigham & Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, 02115, USA.
Accumulation of oxidized amino acids, including methionine, has been implicated in aging. The ability to reduce one of the products of methionine oxidation, free methionine-R-sulfoxide (Met-R-SO), is widespread in microorganisms, but during evolution this function, conferred by the enzyme fRMsr, was lost in metazoa. We examined whether restoration of the fRMsr function in an animal can alleviate the consequences of methionine oxidation.
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January 2017
a Department of Physiology , College of Medicine, Yeungnam University, Daegu , Republic of Korea.
Methionine-S-sulfoxide reductase (MsrA) protects against high-fat diet-induced insulin resistance due to its antioxidant effects. To determine whether its counterpart, methionine-R-sulfoxide reductase (MsrB) has similar effects, we compared MsrB1 knockout and wild-type mice using a hyperinsulinemic-euglycemic clamp technique. High-fat feeding for eight weeks increased body weights, fat masses, and plasma levels of glucose, insulin, and triglycerides to similar extents in wild-type and MsrB1 knockout mice.
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October 2014
Brigham and Women׳s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA.
Selenium is an essential trace element because it is present in proteins in the form of selenocysteine residue. Functionally characterized selenoproteins are oxidoreductases. Selenoprotein methionine-R-sulfoxide reductase B1 (MsrB1) is a repair enzyme that reduces ROS-oxidized methionine residues in proteins.
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