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Article of Interest: Protein disulfide-isomerase

My apologies Prof. Tienson, I only submitted to the talk page. My user page is now updated!

What to Add/Edit

--I am thinking about adding mechanisms of protein folding, redox signaling, and peptide binding. These would be accompanied with pictures.

--I hope to expand the discussion on further functions of PDI.

--I also want to expand inhibition and consequences of inhibition/dysregulation of PDI.

Potential Sources of Information

Source 1: From structure to redox: The diverse functional roles of disulfides and implications in disease

Source 2: The Unfolded Protein Response and the Role of Protein Disulfide Isomerase in Neurodegeneration

Source 3: Oxidative protein biogenesis and redox regulation in the mitochondrial intermembrane space

Source 4: Mitochondrial disulfide relay and its substrates: mechanisms in health and disease

Source 5: Role of Proteome Physical Chemistry in Cell Behavior

Source 6: Thiol-disulfide exchange between the PDI family of oxidoreductases negates the requirement for an oxidase or reductase for each enzyme Peer Review -JAxolotl

"This allows proteins to quickly find the correct arrangement of disulfide bonds in their fully folded state, and therefore the enzyme acts to catalyze protein folding."

''-The part of the sentence after the "and" sounds pretty awkward. Maybe something like "thereby catalyzing protein folding" would sound better.''

"The reduced (dithiol) form of PDI is able to catalyze a reduction of misformed disulfide bridge of a particular substrate through either reductase activity or isomerase activity."

-You might want to start a new paragraph with this sentence, just to space the different topics out a bit.

"Another major function of PDI relates to its activity as a chaperone; its b' domain aids in the binding of misfolded protein for subsequent degradation."

''-Maybe a few sentences more of how exactly the b' domains help with the binding of misfolded proteins? Also, minor grammatical comment, probably should be "proteins" instead of "protein."''

"Due to the role of PDI in a number of disease states, small molecule inhibitors of PDI have been developed. These molecules can either target the active site of PDI irreversibly or reversibly."

''-Add some reasons why PDI would be inhibited, as it was previously stated that having nonfunctional PDIs would be harmful (increase in neurodegenerative diseases due to misfolded protein pileup). Also, some examples of these inhibitors and how they target the active site would be good to add.''

"It has been shown that PDI activity is inhibited by red wine and grape juice, which could be the explanation for the French Paradox."

''-If possible, maybe include how PDI inhibited by red wine and grape juice. Maybe some of the proposed explanations, although I'm not too sure if that would be appropriate to include.''

''-In terms of the overall article, you might want to add more to the redox signaling section, if possible. It's small and has only one source cited. Some more links in the sections (protein folding/inhibition and effects of stress) could also help with elucidating some of the terms (ex: nitrosative stress). Besides adding a diagram/picture/image or two, the rest of it seems good to go.''

Peer Review-- HelinaSaleh

I think you did a great job with the content.
 * I would suggest cutting your sentences a little shorter to make the passage more concise.
 * Instances where it was hard me to follow : 1. PDI contains two catalytic thioredoxin-like domains (a, a') containing the canonical CGHC motif and two non catalytic domains (b, b'); it( Here by "it" did you mean that the domains display the oxidoreductase and the isomerase activity? ) displays oxidoreductase and isomerase activity, both of which depend on the type of substrate that binds to PDI and changes in PDI's redox state.
 * I would also avoid using “this” in the beginning of a sentence to avoid confusion on what you were talking about in the last sentence. " This allows proteins to quickly find the correct arrangement of the rearrangment of disulfide bonds in their fully folded state.
 * I would suggest linking more words such as CGHC motif and glutathione to create a better understanding for the reader.
 * I thought the information flowed pretty well and the organization was suitable but maybe consider separating the paragraphs when you are explaining the functions of the PDI( i.e., the part that you are explaining the reductase method and basic oxidative folding )
 * Lastly, I thought the tone was apropriate and didn't seem to be biased so good job :)