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The posttranslational sulfation of tyrosine has been though to be initiated by the recognition of specific consensus features by the sulfating enzyme tyrosylprotein sulfotransferase (TPST). However, using these recognition features to identify new tyrosine sulfation sites misses recently characterized sites that lack these features. Rigorous analysis of the amino acids surrounding the target tyrosin using the position-specific scoring matrix (PSSM) demonstrates that a consensus sequence does not contain all the information necessary to predict tyrosine sulfation. Instead, accurate prediction requires consideration of all residues within five amino acids on either side of the target tyrosine. These results support the notion that secondary structure is the major determinant of sulfation and that other residues within the sulfation site can compensate for deviations from commonly observed features. This view implies that specific consensus features are not critical for TPST substrate recognition but that TPST may instead broadly recognize any sufficiently exposed tyrosine residue.
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Nicholas, H.B., Chan, S.S. & Rosenquist, G.L. Reevaluation of the determinants of tyrosine sulfation. Endocr 11, 285–292 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1385/ENDO:11:3:285
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