Abstract:
:Selective modification of one (of three) tyrosine residue per enzyme monomer leads to inactivation of dUTPase of the retrovirus equine infectious anemia virus (EIAV). The substrate dUMP and the cofactor Mg2+ protect against inactivation and modification, in agreement with the study on E. coli dUTPase (Vertessy et al. (1994) Biochim. Biophys. Acta 1205, 146-150). Amino acid analyses of nitrated dUTPases confirmed Tyr-selectivity of modification. The nitrated residue in E. coli dUTPase was identified as the evolutionary highly conserved Tyr-93. The modifiable residue is shown to be the only Tyr exposed in both E. coli and EIAV dUTPases. As a consequence of Tyr-93 derivatization, the Mg2+-dependent interaction between the substrate-analogue dUDP and E. coli dUTPase becomes impaired as shown by circular dichroism spectroscopy, here presented as a tool for monitoring ligand binding to the active site.
journal_name
Biochem Biophys Res Communjournal_title
Biochemical and biophysical research communicationsauthors
Vertessy BG,Persson R,Rosengren AM,Zeppezauer M,Nyman POdoi
10.1006/bbrc.1996.0226subject
Has Abstractpub_date
1996-02-15 00:00:00pages
294-300issue
2eissn
0006-291Xissn
1090-2104pii
S0006-291X(96)90226-0journal_volume
219pub_type
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