title: Direct contacts between conserved motifs of different subunits provide major contribution to active site organization in human and mycobacterial dUTPases.
abstract: dUTP pyrophosphatases (dUTPases) are essential for genome integrity. Recent results allowed characterization of the role of conserved residues. Here we analyzed the Asp/Asn mutation within conserved Motif I of human and mycobacterial dUTPases, wherein the Asp residue was previously implicated in Mg(2+)-coordination. Our results on transient/steady-state kinetics, ligand binding and a 1.80 A resolution structure of the mutant mycobacterial enzyme, in comparison with wild type and C-terminally truncated structures, argue that this residue has a major role in providing intra- and intersubunit contacts, but is not essential for Mg(2+) accommodation. We conclude that in addition to the role of conserved motifs in substrate accommodation, direct subunit interaction between protein atoms of active site residues from different conserved motifs are crucial for enzyme function.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Enzymology, BRC, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest, Hungary.
authors.forename: Eniko
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Takács
authors.forename: Gergely
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Nagy
authors.forename: Ibolya
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Leveles
authors.forename: Veronika
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Harmat
authors.forename: Anna
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Lopata
authors.forename: Judit
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Tóth
authors.forename: Beáta G
authors.initials: BG
authors.lastname: Vértessy
mesh_terms: D020816:Amino Acid Motifs; D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D001665:Binding Sites / Q000235:genetics; D006801:Humans; D007700:Kinetics; D017434:Protein Structure, Tertiary / Q000235:genetics; D011755:Pyrophosphatases
chemical_list: D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D011755:Pyrophosphatases; C020020:dUTP pyrophosphatase