title: Structural basis for the recognition of the FapydG lesion (2,6-diamino-4-hydroxy-5-formamidopyrimidine) by formamidopyrimidine-DNA glycosylase.
abstract: Formamidopyrimidine-DNA glycosylase (Fpg) is a DNA repair enzyme that excises oxidized purines such as 7,8-dihydro-8-oxoguanine (8-oxoG) and 2,6-diamino-4-hydroxy-5-formamidopyrimidine (FapyG) from damaged DNA. Here, we report the crystal structure of the Fpg protein from Lactococcus lactis (LlFpg) bound to a carbocyclic FapydG (cFapydG)-containing DNA. The structure reveals that Fpg stabilizes the cFapydG nucleoside into an extrahelical conformation inside its substrate binding pocket. In contrast to the recognition of the 8-oxodG lesion, which is bound with the glycosidic bond in a syn conformation, the cFapydG lesion displays in the complex an anti conformation. Furthermore, Fpg establishes interactions with all the functional groups of the FapyG base lesion, which can be classified in two categories: (i) those specifying a purine-derived lesion (here a guanine) involved in the Watson-Crick face recognition of the lesion and probably contributing to an optimal orientation of the pyrimidine ring moiety in the binding pocket and (ii) those specifying the imidazole ring-opened moiety of FapyG and probably participating also in the rotameric selection of the FapydG nucleobase. These interactions involve strictly conserved Fpg residues and structural water molecules mediated interactions. The significant differences between the Fpg recognition modes of 8-oxodG and FapydG provide new insights into the Fpg substrate specificity.
authors.affiliation: Centre de Biophysique Moléculaire, UPR4301, CNRS, rue Charles Sadron, 45071 Orléans Cedex 02, France.
authors.forename: Franck
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Coste
authors.forename: Matthias
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ober
authors.forename: Thomas
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Carell
authors.forename: Serge
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Boiteux
authors.forename: Charles
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Zelwer
authors.forename: Bertrand
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Castaing
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001419:Bacteria / Q000201:enzymology / Q000235:genetics; D001483:Base Sequence; D001665:Binding Sites; D017124:Conserved Sequence; D018360:Crystallography, X-Ray; D004249:DNA Damage; D004260:DNA Repair; D043382:DNA-Formamidopyrimidine Glycosylase / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism*; D005559:Formamides / Q000737:chemistry; D005663:Furans / Q000737:chemistry; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009838:Oligodeoxyribonucleotides; D011743:Pyrimidines / Q000737:chemistry; D016415:Sequence Alignment; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid; D013379:Substrate Specificity
chemical_list: D005559:Formamides; D005663:Furans; C435881:N6-(2-deoxy-erythro-pentofuranosyl)-2,6-diamino-4-hydroxy-5-formamidopyrimidine; D009838:Oligodeoxyribonucleotides; D011743:Pyrimidines; D043382:DNA-Formamidopyrimidine Glycosylase