Table 1 Representative redox sensors in the regulation of human diseases

From: Redox regulation: mechanisms, biology and therapeutic targets in diseases

Protein

Site

Modification

Disease

Function

Ref.

ATM

Cys2991

-S-S-

Ataxia-telangiectasia disease

DNA repair

93

RAD51

Cys319

-S-S-

Triple-negative breast cancer

DNA repair (HR)

101

XRCC3

Cys86, Cys328

-S-S-

Cancer

DNA repair (HR)

108

KU80

Cys493, Cys638

-S-S-

Cancer

DNA repair (NHEJ)

126

AAG

Cys167

R-SNO

Cancer

DNA repair (BER)

144

APE1

Cys65

-S-S-

Glioma

DNA repair (BER) biological function

168

APE1

Cys93, Cys310

R-SNO

Liver cancer

Subcellular localization

169

APE1

Cys99

R-SSG

Cervical cancer

DNA binding and endonuclease activity

170

XRCC1

Cys12, Cys20

-S-S-

N.A.

Increasing the binding ability to polβ

176

MGMT

Cys145

R-GSNO

Glioma

Direct reversal pathway

187

MAT

Cys121

-S-S-

Liver diseases

Biosynthesis of SAM

260

DnaJb5

Cys274, Cys276

-S-S-

Cardiac hypertrophy

Histone acetylation

269

HDAC4

Cys667, Cys669

-S-S-

Cardiac hypertrophy

Histone acetylation

269

HDAC8

Cys102, Cys153

-S-S-

Neuroblastoma

Histone acetylation

272

RGS proteins

Cys2

Arg-CysO2(H)

Osteosarcoma, Colon cancer

Degradation by UPS

326

ATG4B

Cys292, Cys361

-S-S-

Cancer

Attenuating autophagic flux

338

ATG3

Cys263

-S-S-

Aging

Attenuating autophagic flux

339

ATG7

Cys572

-S-S-

Aging

Attenuating autophagic flux

339

MICU1

Cys515

-S-S-

Heart failure

Enhancing calcium uptake by mitochondria

379

AMPK

Cys130, Cys174

-S-S-

Myocardial ischemia

Inhibiting the activation of AMPK

391

mTOR

Cys1483

-S-S-

Myocardial ischemia

Inhibiting the activation of mTOR

399

Fyn

Cys488

N.A.

Skin carcinogenesis

Activating Ras/Raf/MEK cascade

402

ERK1/2

Cys38, Cys214

R-SO2/3

Lung cancer

Promoting interaction between MEK and ERK1/2

405

ERK1/2

Cys159

R-SOH

Melanoma

Promoting crystal packing of ERK2 in the presence of ATP

404

ERK1/2

Cys183

R-SNO

Breast cancer, Glioma

Decreasing the dual-phosphorylation of ERK1/2 on T183 and Y185

406

PTEN

Cys124, Cys71

-S-S-

Cancer

Activation of PI3K/Akt pathway

407

LAP-β

Met253

N.A.

Breast cancer

Activating TGF-β1

497

YAP

Cys303, Cys310, Cys315, Cys598, Cys620, Cys629

-S-S-

N.A.

Forming 1 to 4 disulfide bonds and activating YAP

505

p38 MAPK

Cys119, Cys162

-S-S-

Myocardial ischemia

Promoting the interaction between MKK3

515

HIF-1α

Pro402, Pro564

R-OH

Cancer

Recruiting VHL for ubiquitin-dependent degradation

549

HIF-1α

Asn803

R-OH

Cancer

Blocking p300/CBP binding

554

Integrin β3

Cys560-Cys583, Cys523-Cys544

-S-S-

Thrombosis

Inactivation of integrins

483

Vitronectin

Cys137-Cys161, Cys274-Cys453

-S-S-

Thrombosis

Promoting its interaction with integrin β3

520

P50

Cys62

-SSG

N.A.

Impeding its binding to DNA

530

IL-2R

Cys183-Cys232

-S-S-

N.A.

Facilitate the binding of IL-2 to its receptor

534

KEAP1

Cys151, Cys273, Cys288

N.A.

Acute inflammatory responses

Decreasing ubiquitin E3 ligase activity

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