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  • Crystal structures of free, IMP-, and GMP-bound Escherichia coli hypoxanthine phosphoribosyltransferase

    Author(s)
    Guddat, LW
    Vos, S
    Martin, JL
    Keough, DT
    De Jersey, J
    Griffith University Author(s)
    Martin, Jennifer
    Year published
    2002
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    Abstract
    Crystal structures have been determined for free Escherichia coli hypoxanthine phosphoribosyltransferase (HPRT) (2.9 Å resolution) and for the enzyme in complex with the reaction products, inosine 5′-monophosphate (IMP) and guanosine 5′-monophosphate (GMP) (2.8 Å resolution). Of the known 6-oxopurine phosphoribosyltransferase (PRTase) structures, E. coli HPRT is most similar in structure to that of Tritrichomonas foetus HGXPRT, with a rmsd for 150 Cα atoms of 1.0 Å. Comparison of the free and product bound structures shows that the side chain of Phe156 and the polypeptide backbone in this vicinity move to bind IMP or GMP. A ...
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    Crystal structures have been determined for free Escherichia coli hypoxanthine phosphoribosyltransferase (HPRT) (2.9 Å resolution) and for the enzyme in complex with the reaction products, inosine 5′-monophosphate (IMP) and guanosine 5′-monophosphate (GMP) (2.8 Å resolution). Of the known 6-oxopurine phosphoribosyltransferase (PRTase) structures, E. coli HPRT is most similar in structure to that of Tritrichomonas foetus HGXPRT, with a rmsd for 150 Cα atoms of 1.0 Å. Comparison of the free and product bound structures shows that the side chain of Phe156 and the polypeptide backbone in this vicinity move to bind IMP or GMP. A nonproline cis peptide bond, also found in some other 6-oxopurine PRTases, is observed between Leu46 and Arg47 in both the free and complexed structures. For catalysis to occur, the 6-oxopurine PRTases have a requirement for divalent metal ion, usually Mg2+ in vivo. In the free structure, a Mg2+ is coordinated to the side chains of Glu103 and Asp104. This interaction may be important for stabilization of the enzyme before catalysis. E. coli HPRT is unique among the known 6-oxopurine PRTases in that it exhibits a marked preference for hypoxanthine as substrate over both xanthine and guanine. The structures suggest that its substrate specificity is due to the modes of binding of the bases. In E. coli HPRT, the carbonyl oxygen of Asp163 would likely form a hydrogen bond with the 2-exocyclic nitrogen of guanine (in the HPRT-guanine-PRib-PP-Mg2+ complex). However, hypoxanthine does not have a 2-exocyclic atom and the HPRT-IMP structure suggests that hypoxanthine is likely to occupy a different position in the purine-binding pocket.
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    Journal Title
    Protein Science
    Volume
    11
    Issue
    7
    DOI
    https://doi.org/10.1110/ps.0201002
    Subject
    Biochemistry and cell biology
    Biochemistry and cell biology not elsewhere classified
    Theory of computation
    Other information and computing sciences
    Publication URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/10072/347888
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