Isolation of L-Methionine-l-sulfoxide and N-Methylmethionine Sulfoxide from a Red Alga Grateloupia turuturu

Selenium and Methionine Sulfoxide Reduction.

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. Here, we explored a possibility that reversible methionine oxidation is also a mechani...

Methionine sulfoxide reductase A and a dietary supplement S-methyl-L-cysteine prevent Parkinson's-like symptoms.

Parkinson's disease (PD), a common neurodegenerative disease, is caused by loss of dopaminergic neurons in the substantia nigra. Although the underlying cause of the neuronal loss is unknown, oxidative stress is thought to play a major role in the pathogenesis of PD. The amino acid methionine is readily oxidized to methionine sulfoxide, and its reduction is catalyzed by a family of enzymes call...

Methionine-r-sulfoxide Reductases and Biological Importance of Free Methionine Sulfoxide Reduction

Reduction of N-acetyl methionine sulfoxide in plants.

An enzymic activity which catalyzes the reduction of N-acetyl-methionine sulfoxide to l-N-acetyl-methionine has been observed in a wide variety of plant tissues. Its activity depended on the presence of dithiotreithol in the incubation medium. l-Methionine-sulfoxide was essentially inactive as a substrate. Of all the physiological reductants tested, only thioredoxin partially replaced dithiothr...

Methionine sulfoxide reduction in mammals: characterization of methionine-R-sulfoxide reductases.

Methionine residues in proteins are susceptible to oxidation by reactive oxygen species, but can be repaired via reduction of the resulting methionine sulfoxides by methionine-S-sulfoxide reductase (MsrA) and methionine-R-sulfoxide reductase (MsrB). However, the identity of all methionine sulfoxide reductases involved, their cellular locations and relative contributions to the overall pathway a...