alpha-Crystallin facilitates the reactivation of hydrogen peroxide-inactivated rhodanese.

It was previously shown that rhodanese, inactivated with hydrogen peroxide, could only be reactivated in the presence of a reductant or the substrate thiosulfate if these reagents were added soon after inactivation and if the oxidant was removed. Here, we report on the facilitated reactivation (75%) of hydrogen peroxide-inactivated rhodanese by the chaperone alpha-crystallin. Reactivation by the chaperone still required a reductant and thiosulfate. Without alpha-crystallin, but in the presence of the reductant and thiosulfate, the inactivated enzyme regained about 39% of its original activity. The alpha-crystallin-assisted reactivation of hydrogen peroxide-inactivated rhodanese was independent of ATP. Further, we found, that alpha-crystallin interacted transiently, but could not form a stable complex with hydrogen peroxide-inactivated rhodanese. Unlike in prior studies that involved denaturation of rhodanese through chemical or thermal means, we have clearly shown that alpha-crystallin can function as a molecular chaperone in the reactivation of an oxidatively inactivated protein.

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