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- Title
Crystal structure of a human mitochondrial deoxyribonucleotidase.
- Authors
Rinaldo-Matthis, Agnes; Rampazzo, Chiara; Reichard, Peter; Bianchi, Vera; Nordlund, Pär
- Abstract
5' nucleotidases are ubiquitous enzymes that dephosphorylate nucleoside monophosphates and participate in the regulation of nucleotide pools. The mitochondrial 5'-(3') deoxyribonucleotidase (dNT-2) specifically dephosphorylates dUMP and dTMP, thereby protecting mitochondrial DNA replication from excess dTTP. We have solved the structure of dNT-2, the first of a mammalian 5' nucleotidase. The structure reveals a relationship to the HAD family, members of which use an aspartyl nucleophile as their common catalytic strategy, with a phosphoserine phosphatase as the most similar neighbor. A structure-based sequence alignment of dNT-2 with other 5' nucleotidases also suggests a common origin for these enzymes. Here we study the structures of dNT-2 in complex with bound phosphate and beryllium trifluoride plus thymidine as model for a phosphoenzyme-product complex. Based on these structures, determinants for substrate specificity recognition and the catalytic action of dNT-2 are outlined.
- Publication
Nature structural biology, 2002, Vol 9, Issue 10, p779
- ISSN
1072-8368
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1038/nsb846