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AIMS:In bacillithiol (BSH)-utilizing organisms, protein S-bacillithiolation functions as a redox switch in response to oxidative stress and protects critical Cys residues against overoxidation. In Bacillus subtilis, both the redox-sensing repressor OhrR and the methionine synthase MetE are redox controlled by S-bacillithiolation in vivo. Here, we identify pathways of protein de-bacillithiolation and test the hypothesis that YphP(BrxA) and YqiW(BrxB) act as bacilliredoxins (Brx) to remove BSH from OhrR and MetE mixed disulfides. RESULTS:We present evidence that the BrxA and BrxB paralogs have de-bacillithiolation activity. This Brx activity results from attack of the amino-terminal Cys residue in a CGC motif on protein BSH-mixed disulfides. B. subtilis OhrR DNA-binding activity is eliminated by S-thiolation on its sole Cys residue. Both the BrxA and BrxB bacilliredoxins mediate de-bacillithiolation of OhrR accompanied by the transfer of BSH to the amino-terminal cysteine of their CGC active site motif. In vitro studies demonstrate that BrxB can restore DNA-binding activity to OhrR which is S-bacillithiolated, but not to OhrR that is S-cysteinylated. MetE is most strongly S-bacillithiolated at Cys719 in vitro and can be efficiently de-bacillithiolated by both BrxA and BrxB. INNOVATION AND CONCLUSION:We demonstrate that BrxA and BrxB function in the reduction of BSH mixed protein disulfides with two natural substrates (MetE, OhrR). These results provide biochemical evidence for a new class of bacterial redox-regulatory proteins, the bacilliredoxins, which function analogously to glutaredoxins. Bacilliredoxins function in concert with other thiol-disulfide oxidoreductases to maintain redox homeostasis in response to disulfide stress conditions.
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