Mass spectro
metric analysis of proteolysis products ofhaloenol lactone-
modified glutathione
S-transferase isozy
me
mGSTP1 indicates that the haloenollactone 3-cinna
myl-5(
E)-bro
mo
methylidenetetrahydro-2-furanone is covalently attached to the protein at Cys-47.Co
mparisons of the extent of adductfor
mation with losses in enzy
matic activity indicate that
mGSTP1exhibits greatest reactivity toward thehaloenol lactone, followed by
mGSTM1 and
mGSTA3. Activities of
mGSTP1 and
mGSTM1 decreasein inverse proportion to haloenol lactone concentration, whereas
modification had no apparent effect oncatalytic activity of
mGSTA3. Decreases in activity agree with theextent of protein
modification observedin ESI
mass spectra for
mGSTP1 and
mGSTM1 but not for
mGSTA3.Kinetic studies e
mployingreco
mbinant hu
man proteins with replace
ment of cysteine by serine atCys-47 and Cys-101 indicate thatrapid inactivation (
t1/2 = 2
min) occursonly when residue 47 is cysteine. Mass spectra ofC47S-hGSTP1incubated with haloenol lactone de
monstrate covalent attach
ment of ahaloenol lactone-glutathioneconjugate and suggest that an ester for
ms between the lactone andSer-47. Therefore, we propose thatinitial opening of the lactone ring is pro
moted by Cys-47 throughthioester for
mation between the lactonecarbonyl and the Cys-47 sulfhydryl. Enol-keto tauto
merizationand enzy
me-
mediated hydrolytic cleavageof the thioester produces a reactive
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moketone which reacts asecond ti
me with Cys-47 and inactivatesthe enzy
me. These results suggest that Pi class GSTs havethioesterase activity and that haloenol lactoneinactivation occurs through an enzy
me-
mediated process.