Abstract:
:DNA ligases finalize DNA replication and repair through DNA nick-sealing reactions that can abort to generate cytotoxic 5'-adenylation DNA damage. Aprataxin (Aptx) catalyzes direct reversal of 5'-adenylate adducts to protect genome integrity. Here the structure of a Schizosaccharomyces pombe Aptx-DNA-AMP-Zn(2+) complex reveals active site and DNA interaction clefts formed by fusing a histidine triad (HIT) nucleotide hydrolase with a DNA minor groove-binding C(2)HE zinc finger (Znf). An Aptx helical 'wedge' interrogates the base stack for sensing DNA ends or DNA nicks. The HIT-Znf, the wedge and an '[F/Y]PK' pivot motif cooperate to distort terminal DNA base-pairing and direct 5'-adenylate into the active site pocket. Structural and mutational data support a wedge-pivot-cut HIT-Znf catalytic mechanism for 5'-adenylate adduct recognition and removal and suggest that mutations affecting protein folding, the active site pocket and the pivot motif underlie Aptx dysfunction in the neurodegenerative disorder ataxia with oculomotor apraxia 1 (AOA1).
journal_name
Nat Struct Mol Bioljournal_title
Nature structural & molecular biologyauthors
Tumbale P,Appel CD,Kraehenbuehl R,Robertson PD,Williams JS,Krahn J,Ahel I,Williams RSdoi
10.1038/nsmb.2146subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2011-10-09 00:00:00pages
1189-95issue
11eissn
1545-9993issn
1545-9985pii
nsmb.2146journal_volume
18pub_type
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