cysteine-glutathione disulfide

Name: cysteine-glutathione disulfide

Description: Cysteineglutathione disulfide is a molecule that is formed upon oxidative stress of glutathione, that will form mixed disulfides with protein thiol groups, causing reversible S-glutathionylation. S... -glutathionylation is an important post-translational modification responsible for transducing oxidant signals. S-glutathionylation of thiols confers protection against their irreversible oxidation, like for instance the formation of sulphonic acid moieties. If the targeted cysteine is a functionally critical amino acid, S-glutathionylation will however also modify protein function. (PMID 16515838 ). S-sulfonation and S-thiolation of transthyretin Phe33Cys has been detected in a patient with familial transthyretin amyloidosis. (PMID 12876326 ). In Cystinotic human skin fibroblasts in tissue culture there is an accumulation of cystine. Stored cystine in cystinotic tissues may derive in part from glutathione-cysteine mixed disulfide via transpeptidation. (PMID 6130452 ). Cystinosis is an autosomal recessive disorder caused by an impaired transport of cystine out of lysosomes. (PMID 15042893 ).