Chemistry of hydrogen peroxide formation and elimination in mammalian cells, and its role in various pathologies

CMC Andrés, JM Pérez de la Lastra, CA Juan, FJ Plou… - Stresses, 2022 - mdpi.com
Hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) is a compound involved in some mammalian reactions and
processes. It modulates and signals the redox metabolism of cells by acting as a messenger …

ROS homeostasis and metabolism: a dangerous liason in cancer cells

E Panieri, MM Santoro - Cell death & disease, 2016 - nature.com
Tumor cells harbor genetic alterations that promote a continuous and elevated production of
reactive oxygen species. Whereas such oxidative stress conditions would be harmful to …

Peroxiredoxins: guardians against oxidative stress and modulators of peroxide signaling

A Perkins, KJ Nelson, D Parsonage, LB Poole… - Trends in biochemical …, 2015 - cell.com
Peroxiredoxins (Prxs) are a ubiquitous family of cysteine-dependent peroxidase enzymes
that play dominant roles in regulating peroxide levels within cells. These enzymes, often …

Mitochondria-derived ROS activate AMP-activated protein kinase (AMPK) indirectly

EC Hinchy, AV Gruszczyk, R Willows… - Journal of Biological …, 2018 - ASBMB
Mitochondrial reactive oxygen species (ROS) production is a tightly regulated redox signal
that transmits information from the organelle to the cell. Other mitochondrial signals, such as …

[HTML][HTML] The cysteine proteome

YM Go, JD Chandler, DP Jones - Free Radical Biology and Medicine, 2015 - Elsevier
The cysteine (Cys) proteome is a major component of the adaptive interface between the
genome and the exposome. The thiol moiety of Cys undergoes a range of biologic …

[HTML][HTML] The roles of peroxiredoxin and thioredoxin in hydrogen peroxide sensing and in signal transduction

LES Netto, F Antunes - Molecules and cells, 2016 - Elsevier
A challenge in the redox field is the elucidation of the molecular mechanisms, by which H 2
O 2 mediates signal transduction in cells. This is relevant since redox pathways are …

Oxidative stress response pathways in fungi

H Yaakoub, S Mina, A Calenda, JP Bouchara… - Cellular and Molecular …, 2022 - Springer
Fungal response to any stress is intricate, specific, and multilayered, though it employs only
a few evolutionarily conserved regulators. This comes with the assumption that one …

[HTML][HTML] The eEF1A proteins: at the crossroads of oncogenesis, apoptosis, and viral infections

W Abbas, A Kumar, G Herbein - Frontiers in oncology, 2015 - frontiersin.org
Eukaryotic translation elongation factors 1 alpha, eEF1A1 and eEF1A2, are not only
translation factors but also pleiotropic proteins that are highly expressed in human tumors …

Peroxiredoxin 1 functions as a signal peroxidase to receive, transduce, and transmit peroxide signals in mammalian cells

RM Jarvis, SM Hughes, EC Ledgerwood - Free Radical Biology and …, 2012 - Elsevier
Hydrogen peroxide is widely viewed as the main second messenger in redox signaling, and
it has been proposed that deactivation of the antioxidant peroxiredoxin (Prdx) enzymes …

Thiol-based redox switches

B Groitl, U Jakob - Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA)-Proteins and …, 2014 - Elsevier
Regulation of protein function through thiol-based redox switches plays an important role in
the response and adaptation to local and global changes in the cellular levels of reactive …