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Jia Q, Zeng H, Li H, Xiao N, Tang J, Gao S, Zhang J, Xie W. The C-terminal loop of Arabidopsis thaliana guanosine deaminase is essential to catalysis. Chem Commun (Camb) 2021; 57:9748-9751. [PMID: 34477187 DOI: 10.1039/d1cc03042f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Guanosine deaminase (GSDA) in plants specifically deaminates (de)guanosine to produce xanthosine with high specificity, which is further converted to xanthine, a key intermediate in purine metabolism and nitrogen recycling. We solved GSDA's structures from Arabidopsis thaliana in the free and ligand-bound forms at high resolutions. Unlike GDA, the enzyme employs a single-proton shuttle mechanism for catalysis and both the substrate and enzyme undergo structural rearrangements. The last fragment of the enzyme loops back and seals the active site, and the substrate rotates during the reaction, both essential to deamination. We further identified more substrates that could be employed by the enzyme and compare it with other deaminases to reveal the recognition differences of specific substrates. Our studies provide insight into this important enzyme involved in purine metabolism and will potentially aid in the development of deaminase-based gene-editing tools.
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- Qian Jia
- MOE Key Laboratory of Gene Function and Regulation, State Key Laboratory for Biocontrol, School of Life Sciences, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, 510006, People's Republic of China.
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- MOE Key Laboratory of Gene Function and Regulation, State Key Laboratory for Biocontrol, School of Life Sciences, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, 510006, People's Republic of China.
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- MOE Key Laboratory of Gene Function and Regulation, State Key Laboratory for Biocontrol, School of Life Sciences, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, 510006, People's Republic of China.
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- MOE Key Laboratory of Gene Function and Regulation, State Key Laboratory for Biocontrol, School of Life Sciences, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, 510006, People's Republic of China.
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- MOE Key Laboratory of Gene Function and Regulation, State Key Laboratory for Biocontrol, School of Life Sciences, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, 510006, People's Republic of China.
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- MOE Key Laboratory of Gene Function and Regulation, State Key Laboratory for Biocontrol, School of Life Sciences, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, 510006, People's Republic of China.
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- MOE Key Laboratory of Gene Function and Regulation, State Key Laboratory for Biocontrol, School of Life Sciences, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, 510006, People's Republic of China.
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- MOE Key Laboratory of Gene Function and Regulation, State Key Laboratory for Biocontrol, School of Life Sciences, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, 510006, People's Republic of China.
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Structural and mechanistic insights into the bifunctional HISN2 enzyme catalyzing the second and third steps of histidine biosynthesis in plants. Sci Rep 2021; 11:9647. [PMID: 33958623 PMCID: PMC8102479 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-021-88920-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/03/2021] [Accepted: 04/16/2021] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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The second and third steps of the histidine biosynthetic pathway (HBP) in plants are catalyzed by a bifunctional enzyme–HISN2. The enzyme consists of two distinct domains, active respectively as a phosphoribosyl-AMP cyclohydrolase (PRA-CH) and phosphoribosyl-ATP pyrophosphatase (PRA-PH). The domains are analogous to single-domain enzymes encoded by bacterial hisI and hisE genes, respectively. The calculated sequence similarity networks between HISN2 analogs from prokaryotes and eukaryotes suggest that the plant enzymes are closest relatives of those in the class of Deltaproteobacteria. In this work, we obtained crystal structures of HISN2 enzyme from Medicago truncatula (MtHISN2) and described its architecture and interactions with AMP. The AMP molecule bound to the PRA-PH domain shows positioning of the N1-phosphoribosyl relevant to catalysis. AMP bound to the PRA-CH domain mimics a part of the substrate, giving insights into the reaction mechanism. The latter interaction also arises as a possible second-tier regulatory mechanism of the HBP flux, as indicated by inhibition assays and isothermal titration calorimetry.
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Frances A, Cordelier P. The Emerging Role of Cytidine Deaminase in Human Diseases: A New Opportunity for Therapy? Mol Ther 2019; 28:357-366. [PMID: 31870623 DOI: 10.1016/j.ymthe.2019.11.026] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/30/2019] [Revised: 11/14/2019] [Accepted: 11/25/2019] [Indexed: 12/23/2022] Open
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The recycling activity of cytidine deaminase (CDA) within the pyrimidine salvage pathway is essential to DNA and RNA synthesis. As such, CDA deficiency can lead to replicative stress, notably in Bloom syndrome. Alternatively, CDA also can deaminate cytidine and deoxycytidine analog-based therapies, such as gemcitabine. Thus, CDA overexpression is often associated with lower systemic, chemotherapy-related, adverse effects but also with resistance to treatment. Considering the increasing interest of CDA in cancer chemoresistance, the aims of this review are to describe CDA structure, regulation of expression, and activity, and to report the therapeutic strategies based on CDA expression that recently emerged for tumor treatment.
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- Audrey Frances
- Université Fédérale de Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées, Université Toulouse III Paul Sabatier, INSERM, Cancer Research Center of Toulouse (CRCT), Toulouse, France
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- Université Fédérale de Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées, Université Toulouse III Paul Sabatier, INSERM, Cancer Research Center of Toulouse (CRCT), Toulouse, France.
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Bitra A, Hussain B, Tanwar AS, Anand R. Identification of Function and Mechanistic Insights of Guanine Deaminase from Nitrosomonas europaea: Role of the C-Terminal Loop in Catalysis. Biochemistry 2013; 52:3512-22. [DOI: 10.1021/bi400068g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/24/2023]
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- Aruna Bitra
- Department of Chemistry, IIT Bombay, Mumbai, India 400076
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- Department of Chemistry, IIT Bombay, Mumbai, India 400076
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- Department of Chemistry, IIT Bombay, Mumbai, India 400076
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D'Ordine RL, Linger RS, Thai CJ, Davisson VJ. Catalytic zinc site and mechanism of the metalloenzyme PR-AMP cyclohydrolase. Biochemistry 2012; 51:5791-803. [PMID: 22741521 DOI: 10.1021/bi300391m] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/16/2023]
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The enzyme N(1)-(5'-phosphoribosyl) adenosine-5'-monophosphate cyclohydrolase (PR-AMP cyclohydrolase) is a Zn(2+) metalloprotein encoded by the hisI gene. It catalyzes the third step of histidine biosynthesis, an uncommon ring-opening of a purine heterocycle for use in primary metabolism. A three-dimensional structure of the enzyme from Methanobacterium thermoautotrophicum has revealed that three conserved cysteine residues occur at the dimer interface and likely form the catalytic site. To investigate the functions of these cysteines in the enzyme from Methanococcus vannielii, a series of biochemical studies were pursued to test the basic hypothesis regarding their roles in catalysis. Inactivation of the enzyme activity by methyl methane thiosulfonate (MMTS) or 5,5'-dithiobis(2-nitrobenzoic acid) (DTNB) also compromised the Zn(2+) binding properties of the protein inducing loss of up to 90% of the metal. Overall reaction stoichiometry and the potassium cyanide (KCN) induced cleavage of the protein suggested that all three cysteines were modified in the process. The enzyme was protected from DTNB-induced inactivation by inclusion of the substrate N(1)-(5'-phosphoribosyl)adenosine 5'-monophosphate; (PR-AMP), while Mg(2+), a metal required for catalytic activity, enhanced the rate of inactivation. Site-directed mutations of the conserved C93, C109, C116 and the double mutant C109/C116 were prepared and analyzed for catalytic activity, Zn(2+) content, and reactivity with DTNB. Substitution of alanine for each of the conserved cysteines showed no measurable catalytic activity, and only the C116A was still capable of binding Zn(2+). Reactions of DTNB with the C109A/C116A double mutant showed that C93 is completely modified within 0.5 s. A model consistent with these data involves a DTNB-induced mixed disulfide linkage between C93 and C109 or C116, followed by ejection of the active site Zn(2+) and provides further evidence that the Zn(2+) coordination site involves the three conserved cysteine residues. The C93 reactivity is modulated by the presence of the Zn(2+) and Mg(2+) and substantiates the role of this residue as a metal ligand. In addition, Mg(2+) ligand binding site(s) indicated by the structural analysis were probed by site-directed mutagenesis of three key aspartate residues flanking the conserved C93 which were shown to have a functional impact on catalysis, cysteine activation, and metal (zinc) binding capacity. The unique amino acid sequence, the dynamic properties of the cysteine ligands involved in Zn(2+) coordination, and the requirement for a second metal (Mg(2+)) are discussed in the context of their roles in catalysis. The results are consistent with a Zn(2+)-mediated activation of H(2)O mechanism involving histidine as a general base that has features similar to but distinct from those of previously characterized purine and pyrimidine deaminases.
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- Robert L D'Ordine
- Department of Medicinal Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907, USA
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Britan-Rosich E, Nowarski R, Kotler M. Multifaceted counter-APOBEC3G mechanisms employed by HIV-1 Vif. J Mol Biol 2011; 410:1065-76. [PMID: 21763507 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2011.03.058] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/15/2010] [Revised: 03/23/2011] [Accepted: 03/28/2011] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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In the absence of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) Vif protein, the host antiviral deaminase apolipoprotein B mRNA-editing enzyme-catalytic polypeptide-like 3G (A3G) restricts the production of infectious HIV-1 by deamination of dC residues in the negative single-stranded DNA produced by reverse transcription. The Vif protein averts the lethal threat of deamination by precluding the packaging of A3G into assembling virions by mediating proteasomal degradation of A3G. In spite of this robust Vif activity, residual A3G molecules that escape degradation and incorporate into newly assembled virions are potentially deleterious to the virus. We hypothesized that virion-associated Vif inhibits A3G enzymatic activity and therefore prevents lethal mutagenesis of the newly synthesized viral DNA. Here, we show that (i) Vif-proficient HIV-1 particles released from H9 cells contain A3G with lower specific activity compared with Δvif-virus-associated A3G, (ii) encapsidated HIV-1 Vif inhibits the deamination activity of recombinant A3G, and (iii) purified HIV-1 Vif protein and the Vif-derived peptide Vif25-39 inhibit A3G activity in vitro at nanomolar concentrations in an uncompetitive manner. Our results manifest the potentiality of Vif to control the deamination threat in virions or in the pre-integration complexes following entry to target cells. Hence, virion-associated Vif could serve as a last line of defense, protecting the virus against A3G antiviral activity.
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- Elena Britan-Rosich
- Department of Pathology, The Hebrew University Hadassah Medical School, Jerusalem 91120, Israel
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Nowarski R, Britan-Rosich E, Shiloach T, Kotler M. Hypermutation by intersegmental transfer of APOBEC3G cytidine deaminase. Nat Struct Mol Biol 2008; 15:1059-66. [PMID: 18820687 DOI: 10.1038/nsmb.1495] [Citation(s) in RCA: 95] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/07/2008] [Accepted: 09/02/2008] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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Deamination of cytidine residues in single-stranded DNA (ssDNA) is an important mechanism by which apolipoprotein B mRNA-editing, catalytic polypeptide-like (APOBEC) enzymes restrict endogenous and exogenous viruses. The dynamic process underlying APOBEC-induced hypermutation is not fully understood. Here we show that enzymatically active APOBEC3G can be detected in wild-type Vif(+) HIV-1 virions, albeit at low levels. In vitro studies showed that single enzyme-DNA encounters result in distributive deamination of adjacent cytidines. Nonlinear translocation of APOBEC3G, however, directed scattered deamination of numerous targets along the DNA. Increased ssDNA concentrations abolished enzyme processivity in the case of short, but not long, DNA substrates, emphasizing the key role of rapid intersegmental transfer in targeting the deaminase. Our data support a model by which APOBEC3G intersegmental transfer via monomeric binding to two ssDNA segments results in dispersed hypermutation of viral genomes.
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- Roni Nowarski
- Department of Pathology and the Lautenberg Center for General and Tumor Immunology, the Hebrew University-Hadassah Medical School, Jerusalem 91120, Israel
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Kumasaka T, Yamamoto M, Furuichi M, Nakasako M, Teh AH, Kimura M, Yamaguchi I, Ueki T. Crystal structures of blasticidin S deaminase (BSD): implications for dynamic properties of catalytic zinc. J Biol Chem 2007; 282:37103-11. [PMID: 17959604 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m704476200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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The set of blasticidin S (BS) and blasticidin S deaminase (BSD) is a widely used selectable marker for gene transfer experiments. BSD is a member of the cytidine deaminase (CDA) family; it is a zinc-dependent enzyme with three cysteines and one water molecule as zinc ligands. The crystal structures of BSD were determined in six states (i.e. native, substrate-bound, product-bound, cacodylate-bound, substrate-bound E56Q mutant, and R90K mutant). In the structures, the zinc position and coordination structures vary. The substrate-bound structure shows a large positional and geometrical shift of zinc with a double-headed electron density of the substrate that seems to be assigned to the amino and hydroxyl groups of the substrate and product, respectively. In this intermediate-like structure, the steric hindrance of the hydroxyl group pushes the zinc into the triangular plane consisting of three cysteines with a positional shift of approximately 0.6 A, and the fifth ligand water approaches the opposite direction of the substrate with a shift of 0.4 A. Accordingly, the zinc coordination is changed from tetrahedral to trigonal bipyramidal, and its coordination distance is extended between zinc and its intermediate. The shift of zinc and the recruited water is also observed in the structure of the inactivated E56Q mutant. This novel observation is different in two-cysteine cytidine deaminase Escherichia coli CDA and might be essential for the reaction mechanism in BSD, since it is useful for the easy release of the product by charge compensation and for the structural change of the substrate.
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- Takashi Kumasaka
- Department of Life Science, Graduate School of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Yokohama, Kanagawa 226-8501, Japan.
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Zhang Y, Maley F, Maley GF, Duncan G, Dunigan DD, Van Etten JL. Chloroviruses encode a bifunctional dCMP-dCTP deaminase that produces two key intermediates in dTTP formation. J Virol 2007; 81:7662-71. [PMID: 17475641 PMCID: PMC1933376 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.00186-07] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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The chlorovirus PBCV-1, like many large double-stranded DNA-containing viruses, contains several genes that encode putative proteins involved in nucleotide biosynthesis. This report describes the characterization of the PBCV-1 dCMP deaminase, which produces dUMP, a key intermediate in the synthesis of dTTP. As predicted, the recombinant protein has dCMP deaminase activity that is activated by dCTP and inhibited by dTTP. Unexpectedly, however, the viral enzyme also has dCTP deaminase activity, producing dUTP. Typically, these two reactions are catalyzed by proteins in separate enzyme classes; to our knowledge, this is the first example of a protein having both deaminase activities. Kinetic experiments established that (i) the PBCV-1 enzyme has a higher affinity for dCTP than for dCMP, (ii) dCTP serves as a positive heterotropic effector for the dCMP deaminase activity and a positive homotropic effector for the dCTP deaminase activity, and (iii) the enzymatic efficiency of the dCMP deaminase activity is about four times higher than that of the dCTP deaminase activity. Inhibitor studies suggest that the same active site is involved in both dCMP and dCTP deaminations. The discovery that the PBCV-1 dCMP deaminase has two activities, together with a previous report that the virus also encodes a functional dUTP triphosphatase (Y. Zhang, H. Moriyama, K. Homma, and J. L. Van Etten, J. Virol. 79:9945-9953, 2005), means that PBCV-1 is the first virus to encode enzymes involved in all three known pathways to form dUMP.
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- Yuanzheng Zhang
- Department of Plant Pathology, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE 68583-0722, USA
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Björnberg O, Neuhard J, Nyman PO. A bifunctional dCTP deaminase-dUTP nucleotidohydrolase from the hyperthermophilic archaeon Methanocaldococcus jannaschii. J Biol Chem 2003; 278:20667-72. [PMID: 12670946 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m213010200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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By the sequential action of dCTP deaminase and dUTPase, dCTP is converted to dUMP, the precursor of thymidine nucleotides. In addition, dUTPase has an essential role as a safeguard against uracil incorporation in DNA. The putative dCTP deaminase (MJ0430) and dUTPase (MJ1102) from the hyperthermophilic archaeon Methanocaldococcus jannaschii were overproduced in Escherichia coli. Unexpectedly, we found the MJ0430 protein capable of both reactions, i.e. hydrolytic deamination of the cytosine ring and hydrolytic cleavage of the phosphoanhydride bond between the alpha- and beta-phosphates. When the reaction was followed by thin layer chromatography using [3H]dCTP as substrate, dUMP and not dUTP was identified as a reaction product. In the presence of unlabeled dUTP, which acted as an inhibitor, no label was transferred from [3H]dCTP to the pool of dUTP. This finding strongly suggests that the two consecutive steps of the reaction are tightly coupled within the enzyme. The hitherto unknown bifunctionality of the MJ0430 protein appears beneficial for the cells because the toxic intermediate dUTP is never released. The MJ0430 protein also catalyzed the hydrolysis of dUTP to dUMP but with a low affinity for the substrate (Km >100 micro m). According to limited proteolysis, the C-terminal residues constitute a flexible region. The other protein investigated, MJ1102, is a specific dUTPase with a Km for dUTP (0.4 micro m) comparable in magnitude with that found for previously characterized dUTPases. Its physiological function is probably to degrade dUTP derived from other reactions in nucleotide metabolism.
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- Olof Björnberg
- Centre for Crystallographic Studies, Department of Chemistry, University of Copenhagen, Universitetsparken 5, DK-2100 Copenhagen Ø, Denmark
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Ko TP, Lin JJ, Hu CY, Hsu YH, Wang AHJ, Liaw SH. Crystal structure of yeast cytosine deaminase. Insights into enzyme mechanism and evolution. J Biol Chem 2003; 278:19111-7. [PMID: 12637534 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m300874200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 99] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Yeast cytosine deaminase is an attractive candidate for anticancer gene therapy because it catalyzes the deamination of the prodrug 5-fluorocytosine to form 5-fluorouracil. We report here the crystal structure of the enzyme in complex with the inhibitor 2-hydroxypyrimidine at 1.6-A resolution. The protein forms a tightly packed dimer with an extensive interface of 1450 A2 per monomer. The inhibitor was converted into a hydrated adduct as a transition-state analog. The essential zinc ion is ligated by the 4-hydroxyl group of the inhibitor together with His62, Cys91, and Cys94 from the protein. The enzyme shares similar active-site architecture to cytidine deaminases and an unusually high structural homology to 5-aminoimidazole-4-carboxamide-ribonucleotide transformylase and thereby may define a new superfamily. The unique C-terminal tail is involved in substrate specificity and also functions as a gate controlling access to the active site. The complex structure reveals a closed conformation, suggesting that substrate binding seals the active-site entrance so that the catalytic groups are sequestered from solvent. A comparison of the crystal structures of the bacterial and fungal cytosine deaminases provides an elegant example of convergent evolution, where starting from unrelated ancestral proteins, the same metal-assisted deamination is achieved through opposite chiral intermediates within distinctly different active sites.
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- Tzu-Ping Ko
- Institute of Biological Chemistry, Academia Sinica, Taipei 11529, Taiwan
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Mian IS, Moser MJ, Holley WR, Chatterjee A. Statistical modelling and phylogenetic analysis of a deaminase domain. J Comput Biol 1998; 5:57-72. [PMID: 9541871 DOI: 10.1089/cmb.1998.5.57] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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Deamination reactions are catalyzed by a variety of enzymes including those involved in nucleoside/nucleotide metabolism and cytosine to uracil (C-->U) and adenosine to inosine (A-->I) mRNA editing. The active site of the deaminase (DM) domain in these enzymes contains a conserved histidine (or rarely cysteine), two cysteines and a glutamate proposed to act as a proton shuttle during deamination. Here, a statistical model, a hidden Markov model (HMM), of the DM domain has been created which identifies currently known DM domains and suggests new DM domains in viral, bacterial and eucaryotic proteins. However, no DM domains were identified in the currently predicted proteins from the archaeon Methanococcus jannaschii and possible causes for, and a potential means to ameliorate this situation are discussed. In some of the newly identified DM domains, the glutamate is changed to a residue that could not function as a proton shuttle and in one instance (Mus musculus spermatid protein TENR) the cysteines are also changed to lysine and serine. These may be non-competent DM domains able to bind but not act upon their substrate. Phylogenetic analysis using an HMM-generated alignment of DM domains reveals three branches with clear substructure in each branch. The results suggest DM domains that are candidates for yeast, platyhelminth, plant and mammalian C-->U and A-->I mRNA editing enzymes. Some bacterial and eucaryotic DM domains form distinct branches in the phylogenetic tree suggesting the existence of common, novel substrates.
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- I S Mian
- Life Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California, USA
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- William N. Lipscomb
- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Harvard University, 12 Oxford Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138
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McGaughey KM, Wheeler LJ, Moore JT, Maley GF, Maley F, Mathews CK. Protein-protein interactions involving T4 phage-coded deoxycytidylate deaminase and thymidylate synthase. J Biol Chem 1996; 271:23037-42. [PMID: 8798492 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.271.38.23037] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023] Open
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The enzymes deoxycytidylate deaminase (EC) and thymidylate synthase (EC) are functionally associated with one another, since they catalyze sequential reactions. In T4 coliphage infection the two enzymes are found in dNTP synthetase, a multienzyme complex for deoxyribonucleotide biosynthesis. Protein-protein interactions involving the phage-coded forms of these two enzymes have been explored in three experiments that use the respective purified protein as an affinity ligand. First, an extract of radiolabeled T4 proteins was passed through a column of immobilized enzyme (either dTMP synthase or dCMP deaminase), and the specifically bound proteins were identified. Second, two mutant form of dCMP deaminase (H90N and H94N), altered in presumed zinc-binding sites, were analyzed similarly, with the results suggesting that some, but not all, interactions require normal structure near the catalytic site. Third, affinity chromatography using either enzyme as the immobilized ligand, revealed interactions between the two purified enzymes in the absence of other proteins. In these experiments we noted a significant effect of dCTP, an allosteric modifier of dCMP deaminase, upon the interactions.
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- K M McGaughey
- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon 97331-7503, USA
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[20] Computational Analyses Aiding Identification and Characterization of Proteins, Genes, and Operons. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 1995. [DOI: 10.1016/s1067-2389(06)80023-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register]
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