Drosophila melanogaster RECQ5/QE DNA helicase: stimulation by GTP binding.
The Drosophila melanogaster RECQ5/QE gene encodes a member of the DNA helicase family comprising the Escherichia coli RecQ protein and products of the human Bloom's, Werner's, and Rothmund-Thomson syndrome genes. The full-length product of RECQ5/QE was expressed in the baculovirus system and was purified. Gel filtration experiments indicated that RECQ5/QE was present in an oligomeric state. The RECQ5/QE protein hydrolyzed ATP and even more actively GTP in the presence of single-stranded DNA. ATP drove the DNA helicase activity of RECQ5/QE, whereas GTP had little effect. GTP exhibited a stimulatory effect on DNA unwinding when it was used together with ATP. This effect was more apparent with non-hydrolyzable GTP analogs, such as GTPgammaS and GMPPNP. These results indicate that GTP binding to RECQ5/QE triggers its DNA helicase activity. GTP binding increased the rate of strand separation without affecting the S(0.5) (K(m)) values for the substrates during the DNA helicase reaction. The data collectively suggest that the RECQ5/QE protein is activated upon GTP binding through the ATP-binding site.
Cellular and Molecular Biology Laboratory, RIKEN (The Institute of Physical and Chemical Research), 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako-shi, Saitama 351-0198, Japan.
Katsumi
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Kawasaki
Sayako
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Maruyama
Minoru
M
Nakayama
Kohji
K
Matsumoto
Takehiko
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Shibata
D000251:Adenosine Triphosphatases / Q000378:metabolism; D000255:Adenosine Triphosphate / Q000378:metabolism; D000818:Animals; D002460:Cell Line; D004265:DNA Helicases / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D004277:DNA, Single-Stranded / Q000378:metabolism; D019281:Dimerization; D029721:Drosophila Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D004789:Enzyme Activation; D020558:GTP Phosphohydrolases / Q000378:metabolism; D006160:Guanosine Triphosphate / Q000378:metabolism; D011485:Protein Binding; D053484:RecQ Helicases; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism
D004277:DNA, Single-Stranded; D029721:Drosophila Proteins; C506732:RECQL5 protein, human; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D006160:Guanosine Triphosphate; D000255:Adenosine Triphosphate; D000251:Adenosine Triphosphatases; D020558:GTP Phosphohydrolases; D004265:DNA Helicases; D053484:RecQ Helicases