title: Structure of formamidopyrimidine-DNA glycosylase covalently complexed to DNA.
abstract: Formamidopyrimidine-DNA glycosylase (Fpg) is a DNA repair enzyme that excises oxidized purines from damaged DNA. The Schiff base intermediate formed during this reaction between Escherichia coli Fpg and DNA was trapped by reduction with sodium borohydride, and the structure of the resulting covalently cross-linked complex was determined at a 2.1-A resolution. Fpg is a bilobal protein with a wide, positively charged DNA-binding groove. It possesses a conserved zinc finger and a helix-two turn-helix motif that participate in DNA binding. The absolutely conserved residues Lys-56, His-70, Asn-168, and Arg-258 form hydrogen bonds to the phosphodiester backbone of DNA, which is sharply kinked at the lesion site. Residues Met-73, Arg-109, and Phe-110 are inserted into the DNA helix, filling the void created by nucleotide eversion. A deep hydrophobic pocket in the active site is positioned to accommodate an everted base. Structural analysis of the Fpg-DNA complex reveals essential features of damage recognition and the catalytic mechanism of Fpg.
authors.affiliation: Department of Inorganic Chemistry and the Laboratory for Structural Chemistry and Biology, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem 91904, Israel.
authors.forename: Rotem
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Gilboa
authors.forename: Dmitry O
authors.initials: DO
authors.lastname: Zharkov
authors.forename: Gali
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Golan
authors.forename: Andrea S
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Fernandes
authors.forename: Sue Ellen
authors.initials: SE
authors.lastname: Gerchman
authors.forename: Eileen
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Matz
authors.forename: Jadwiga H
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Kycia
authors.forename: Arthur P
authors.initials: AP
authors.lastname: Grollman
authors.forename: Gil
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Shoham
mesh_terms: D001120:Arginine / Q000737:chemistry; D001216:Asparagine / Q000737:chemistry; D001665:Binding Sites; D020134:Catalytic Domain; D018360:Crystallography, X-Ray; D004247:DNA / Q000737:chemistry*; D043382:DNA-Formamidopyrimidine Glycosylase; D004583:Electrons; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000201:enzymology*; D029968:Escherichia coli Proteins; D006639:Histidine / Q000737:chemistry; D006860:Hydrogen Bonding; D008239:Lysine / Q000737:chemistry; D008715:Methionine / Q000737:chemistry; D008958:Models, Molecular; D009154:Mutation; D009699:N-Glycosyl Hydrolases / Q000737:chemistry*; D009690:Nucleic Acid Conformation; D009841:Oligonucleotides / Q000737:chemistry; D010649:Phenylalanine / Q000737:chemistry; D011485:Protein Binding; D055672:Static Electricity
chemical_list: D029968:Escherichia coli Proteins; D009841:Oligonucleotides; D010649:Phenylalanine; D006639:Histidine; D001216:Asparagine; D004247:DNA; D001120:Arginine; D008715:Methionine; D009699:N-Glycosyl Hydrolases; D043382:DNA-Formamidopyrimidine Glycosylase; C468610:DNA-formamidopyrimidine glycosylase, E coli; D008239:Lysine