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_displayNameUniProt:P32119-2 PRDX2
_timestamp2025-08-15 21:40:38
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commentFUNCTION Thiol-specific peroxidase that catalyzes the reduction of hydrogen peroxide and organic hydroperoxides to water and alcohols, respectively. Plays a role in cell protection against oxidative stress by detoxifying peroxides and as sensor of hydrogen peroxide-mediated signaling events. Might participate in the signaling cascades of growth factors and tumor necrosis factor-alpha by regulating the intracellular concentrations of H(2)O(2).CATALYTIC ACTIVITY a hydroperoxide + [thioredoxin]-dithiol = an alcohol + [thioredoxin]-disulfide + H2OSUBUNIT Homodimer; disulfide-linked, upon oxidation (PubMed:27892488). 5 homodimers assemble to form a ring-like decamer (PubMed:27892488). Interacts with TIPIN (PubMed:17141802).INTERACTION The enzyme can be inactivated by further oxidation of the cysteine sulfenic acid (C(P)-SOH) to sulphinic acid (C(P)-SO2H) instead of its condensation to a disulfide bond. It can be reactivated by forming a transient disulfide bond with sulfiredoxin SRXN1, which reduces the cysteine sulfinic acid in an ATP- and Mg-dependent manner.PTM Acetylation increases resistance to transition to high molecular-mass complexes (PubMed:18606987). Deacetylated by HDAC6 which decreases reducing activity (PubMed:18606987).MISCELLANEOUS The active site is a conserved redox-active cysteine residue, the peroxidatic cysteine (C(P)), which makes the nucleophilic attack on the peroxide substrate. The peroxide oxidizes the C(P)-SH to cysteine sulfenic acid (C(P)-SOH), which then reacts with another cysteine residue, the resolving cysteine (C(R)), to form a disulfide bridge. The disulfide is subsequently reduced by an appropriate electron donor to complete the catalytic cycle. In this typical 2-Cys peroxiredoxin, C(R) is provided by the other dimeric subunit to form an intersubunit disulfide. The disulfide is subsequently reduced by thioredoxin.MISCELLANEOUS Due to intron retention. May be produced at very low levels due to a premature stop codon in the mRNA, leading to nonsense-mediated mRNA decay.SIMILARITY Belongs to the peroxiredoxin family. AhpC/Prx1 subfamily.
created[InstanceEdit:8964659] Weiser, JD
descriptionrecommendedName: Peroxiredoxin-2 ecNumber evidence="8 9"1.11.1.24 alternativeName: Natural killer cell-enhancing factor B shortName: NKEF-B alternativeName: PRP alternativeName: Thiol-specific antioxidant protein shortName: TSA alternativeName: Thioredoxin peroxidase 1 alternativeName: Thioredoxin-dependent peroxide reductase 1 alternativeName: fullName evidence="12"Thioredoxin-dependent peroxiredoxin 2
geneNamePRDX2
NKEFB
TDPX1
identifierP32119
isoformParent
isSequenceChangedFALSE
keyword3D-structure
Acetylation
Alternative splicing
Antioxidant
Cytoplasm
Direct protein sequencing
Disulfide bond
Oxidoreductase
Peroxidase
Phosphoprotein
Proteomics identification
Redox-active center
Reference proteome
modified[InstanceEdit:9836292] Weiser, Joel, 2023-05-25
[InstanceEdit:9852000] Weiser, Joel, 2023-11-03
[InstanceEdit:9926675] Weiser, Joel, 2024-11-03
[InstanceEdit:9939033] Weiser, Joel, 2025-02-21
[InstanceEdit:9948485] Weiser, Joel, 2025-05-21
[InstanceEdit:9963647] Weiser, Joel, 2025-08-15
namePRDX2
referenceDatabase[ReferenceDatabase:2] UniProt
referenceGene[ReferenceDNASequence:8958642] ENSEMBL:ENSG00000167815 PRDX2 [Homo sapiens]
secondaryIdentifierPRDX2_HUMAN
A8K0C0
P31945
P32118
P35701
Q6FHG4
Q92763
Q9UC23
sequenceLength198
species[Species:48887] Homo sapiens
variantIdentifierP32119-2
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