Prion or amyloid-b-derived Cu(II)- or free Zn(II)-ions support S-nitroso-dependent autocleavage of glypican-1 heparan sulfate.
Copper are generally bound to proteins, e.g. the prion and the amyloid beta proteins. We have previously shown that copper ions are required to nitrosylate thiol groups in the core protein of glypican-1, a heparan sulfate-substituted proteoglycan. When S-nitrosylated glypican-1 is then exposed to an appropriate reducing agent, such as ascorbate, nitric oxide is released and autocatalyzes deaminati
