title: Isolation and characterization of a dinucleoside triphosphatase from Saccharomyces cerevisiae.
abstract: An enzyme able to cleave dinucleoside triphosphates has been purified 3,750-fold from Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Contrary to the enzymes previously shown to catabolize Ap4A in yeast, this enzyme is a hydrolase rather than a phosphorylase. The dinucleoside triphosphatase molecular ratio estimated by gel filtration is 55,000. Dinucleoside triphosphatase activity is strongly stimulated by the presence of divalent cations. Mn2+ displays the strongest stimulating effect, followed by Mg2+, Co2+, Cd2+, and Ca2+. The Km value for Ap3A is 5.4 microM (50 mM Tris-HCl [pH 7.8], 5 mM MgCl2, and 0.1 mM EDTA; 37 degrees C). Dinucleoside polyphosphates are substrates of this enzyme, provided that they contain more than two phosphates and that at least one of the two bases is a purine (Ap3A, Ap3G, Ap3C, Gp3G, Gp3C, m7Gp3A, m7Gp3G, Ap4A, Ap4G, Ap4C, Ap4U, Gp4G, and Ap5A are substrates; AMP, ADP, ATP, Ap2A, and Cp4U are not). Among the products, a nucleoside monophosphate is always formed. The specificity of cleavage of methylated dinucleoside triphosphates and the molecular weight of dinucleoside triphosphatase indicate that this enzyme is different from the mRNA decapping enzyme previously characterized (A. Stevens, Mol. Cell. Biol. 8:2005-2010, 1988).
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire de Biochemie, Unité de Recherche associée 240 du Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Palaiseau, France.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Brevet
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Fromant
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Blanquet
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Plateau
mesh_terms: D017766:Acid Anhydride Hydrolases; D002413:Cations, Divalent / Q000494:pharmacology; D002851:Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid; D015226:Dinucleoside Phosphates / Q000378:metabolism*; D004591:Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel; D006867:Hydrolases / Q000378:metabolism; D006868:Hydrolysis; D010744:Phosphoric Monoester Hydrolases / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000378:metabolism; D012441:Saccharomyces cerevisiae / Q000201:enzymology*; D013379:Substrate Specificity; D000099170:Bis(5'-adenosyl)triphosphatase
chemical_list: D017766:Acid Anhydride Hydrolases; D002413:Cations, Divalent; D015226:Dinucleoside Phosphates; D006867:Hydrolases; D010744:Phosphoric Monoester Hydrolases; D000099170:Bis(5'-adenosyl)triphosphatase; C020733:diadenosine tetraphosphate; C011440:diadenosine triphosphate