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1.
Mol Cell Biol ; 25(15): 6772-88, 2005 Aug.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-16024810

ABSTRACT

The divergently transcribed DIT1 and DIT2 genes of Saccharomyces cerevisiae, which belong to the mid-late class of sporulation-specific genes, are subject to Ssn6-Tup1-mediated repression in mitotic cells. The Ssn6-Tup1 complex, which is required for repression of diverse sets of coordinately regulated genes, is known to be recruited to target genes by promoter-specific DNA-binding proteins. In this study, we show that a 42-bp negative regulatory element (NRE) present in the DIT1-DIT2 intergenic region consists of two distinct subsites and that a multimer of each subsite supports efficient Ssn6-Tup1-dependent repression of a CYC1-lacZ reporter gene. By genetic screening procedures, we identified DFG16, YGR122w, VPS36, and the DNA-binding proteins Rim101 and Nrg1 as potential mediators of NRE-directed repression. We show that Nrg1 and Rim101 bind simultaneously to adjacent target sites within the NRE in vitro and act as corepressors in vivo. We have found that the ability of Rim101 to be proteolytically processed to its active form and mediate NRE-directed repression not only depends on the previously characterized RIM signaling pathway but also requires Dfg16, Ygr122w, and components of the ESCRT trafficking pathway. Interestingly, Rim101 was processed in bro1 and doa4 strains but was unable to mediate efficient repression.


Subject(s)
DNA-Binding Proteins/physiology , Gene Expression Regulation, Fungal/physiology , Genes, Fungal/physiology , Genes, Regulator/physiology , Hydroxymethyl and Formyl Transferases/genetics , Repressor Proteins/physiology , Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins/physiology , Saccharomyces cerevisiae/genetics , Ubiquitin-Protein Ligase Complexes/physiology , Base Sequence , F-Box Proteins , Hydroxymethyl and Formyl Transferases/biosynthesis , Hydroxymethyl and Formyl Transferases/physiology , Molecular Sequence Data , Protein Transport/genetics , Protein Transport/physiology , Saccharomyces cerevisiae/metabolism , Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins/biosynthesis , Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins/genetics , Spores, Fungal/genetics , Spores, Fungal/physiology
2.
Biochem Pharmacol ; 65(7): 1163-70, 2003 Apr 01.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-12663051

ABSTRACT

Pemetrexed (LY231514) is a new-generation antifolate that, in its polyglutamyl forms, is a potent inhibitor of thymidylate synthase and glycinamide ribonucleotide formyltransferase (GAR transformylase). This study explored the mechanisms of resistance to pemetrexed in L1210 murine leukemia cells using chemical mutagenesis with 5-formyltetrahydrofolate (5-formylTHF) as the growth substrate. A cell line, MTA-13, was identified that was 8.5-fold resistant to pemetrexed with comparable cross-resistance to ZD1694 (Tomudex) and lesser cross-resistance (5-fold) to ZD9331 [(2S)-2-(O-fluoro-p-[N-(2,7-dimethyl-4-oxo-3,4-dihydro-quinazolin-6-ylmethyl)-N-(prop-2-ynyl)amino]benzamido)-4-(tetrazol-5-yl)-butyric acid], DDATHF (dideazatetrahydrofolate) (3.5-fold), and methotrexate (MTX) (2.7-fold) but comparable sensitivity to trimetrexate. Influx of pemetrexed, MTX, and 5-formylTHF into MTA-13 cells was decreased by 56, 47, and 38% compared to wild-type cells. Folate receptor expression was negligible in both cell lines. Net drug uptake declined within 15min to a slower, constant rate over the next 45min, reflecting the rate of accumulation of pemetrexed polyglutamate derivatives. This rate in the MTA-13 line was half that of the wild-type cells. Accumulation of 50nM [3H]pemetrexed, 25nM [3H]5-formylTHF, or 50nM [3H]DDATHF after 3 days was decreased to 35, 46, and 56% the level of L1210 cells. The reduced folate carrier (RFC) message and protein were decreased by 50%, and folypolyglutamate synthetase (FPGS) message was decreased by 65% in MTA-13 cells. No mutations were detected in either protein by DNA sequence analysis. There was a slight decrease (approximately 25%) in thymidylate synthase mRNA, without mutations in the protein, and there was no change in GAR transformylase message. The data indicate that resistance to pemetrexed in the MTA-13 cell line was due to changes in both RFC and FPGS expression, two proteins that act in tandem to regulate polyglutamation of folates and antifolates in cells, resulting in cellular depletion of these active pemetrexed congeners.


Subject(s)
Carrier Proteins/biosynthesis , Drug Resistance, Neoplasm/physiology , Folic Acid Antagonists/pharmacology , Glutamates/pharmacology , Guanine/analogs & derivatives , Guanine/pharmacology , Membrane Transport Proteins , Peptide Synthases/biosynthesis , Animals , Biological Transport/drug effects , Carrier Proteins/genetics , Down-Regulation , Folic Acid/metabolism , Gene Silencing/drug effects , Hydroxymethyl and Formyl Transferases/biosynthesis , Hydroxymethyl and Formyl Transferases/genetics , Leukemia L1210/pathology , Mice , Pemetrexed , Peptide Synthases/genetics , Phosphoribosylglycinamide Formyltransferase , Reduced Folate Carrier Protein , Tumor Cells, Cultured
3.
Mol Cell Biol ; 22(15): 5434-42, 2002 Aug.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-12101237

ABSTRACT

Protein synthesis in eukaryotic cytoplasm and in archaebacteria is initiated with methionine, whereas, that in eubacteria and in eukaryotic organelles, such as mitochondria and chloroplasts, is initiated with formylmethionine. In view of this clear distinction, we have investigated whether protein synthesis in the eukaryotic cytoplasm can be initiated with formylmethionine, and, if so, what the consequences are to the cell. For this purpose, we have expressed in an inducible manner the Escherichia coli methionyl-tRNA formyltransferase (MTF) in the cytoplasm of the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Expression of active MTF, but not of an inactive mutant, leads to formylation of methionine attached to the yeast cytoplasmic initiator tRNA to the extent of about 70%. As a consequence, the yeast strain grows slowly. Coexpression of the E. coli polypeptide deformylase (DEF), which removes the formyl group from the N-terminal formylmethionine in a polypeptide, rescues the slow-growth phenotype, whereas, coexpression of an inactive mutant of DEF does not. These results suggest that the cytoplasmic protein-synthesizing system of yeast, like that of eubacteria, can at least to some extent utilize formylated initiator Met-tRNA to initiate protein synthesis and that initiation of proteins with formylmethionine leads to the slow-growth phenotype. Removal of the formyl group in these proteins by DEF would explain the rescue of the slow-growth phenotype.


Subject(s)
Amidohydrolases , Formates/metabolism , Hydroxymethyl and Formyl Transferases/biosynthesis , N-Formylmethionine/metabolism , RNA, Transfer, Met/metabolism , Saccharomyces cerevisiae/metabolism , Aminopeptidases/genetics , Aminopeptidases/metabolism , Bacterial Proteins/biosynthesis , Bacterial Proteins/genetics , Bacterial Proteins/pharmacology , Base Sequence , Cell Division/drug effects , Cell Division/physiology , Cytoplasm/metabolism , Electrophoresis, Gel, Two-Dimensional , Escherichia coli/enzymology , Escherichia coli/genetics , Formates/pharmacology , Gene Expression Regulation, Fungal , Hydroxymethyl and Formyl Transferases/genetics , Hydroxymethyl and Formyl Transferases/pharmacology , Molecular Sequence Data , Peptide Chain Initiation, Translational/physiology , Phenotype , RNA, Transfer, Met/genetics , Ribosomal Proteins/analysis , Ribosomal Proteins/metabolism , Saccharomyces cerevisiae/drug effects
4.
Microbiology (Reading) ; 147(Pt 6): 1517-1524, 2001 Jun.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-11390682

ABSTRACT

Fluorescent pseudomonads produce yellow-green siderophores when grown under conditions of iron starvation. Here, the characterization of the pvdF gene, which is required for synthesis of the siderophore pyoverdine by Pseudomonas aeruginosa strain PAO1, is described. A P. aeruginosa pvdF mutant was constructed and found to be defective for production of pyoverdine, demonstrating the involvement of PvdF in pyoverdine synthesis. Transcription analysis showed that expression of pvdF was regulated by the amount of iron in the growth medium, consistent with its role in siderophore production. DNA sequencing showed that pvdF gives rise to a protein of 31 kDa that has similarity with glycinamide ribonucleotide transformylase (GART) enzymes involved in purine synthesis from a wide range of eukaryotic and prokaryotic species. Chemical analyses of extracts from wild-type and pvdF mutant bacteria indicated that the PvdF enzyme catalyses the formylation of N(5)-hydroxyornithine to give rise to N(5)-formyl-N(5)-hydroxyornithine, a component of pyoverdine. These studies enhance understanding of the enzymology of pyoverdine synthesis, and to the best of the authors' knowledge provide the first example of involvement of a GART-type enzyme in synthesis of a secondary metabolite.


Subject(s)
Genes, Bacterial , Hydroxymethyl and Formyl Transferases/genetics , Oligopeptides , Ornithine/analogs & derivatives , Pigments, Biological/genetics , Pseudomonas aeruginosa/genetics , Siderophores/genetics , Blotting, Northern , Culture Media , DNA, Bacterial/analysis , Gene Expression Regulation, Bacterial , Hydroxymethyl and Formyl Transferases/biosynthesis , Mutation , Ornithine/metabolism , Phosphoribosylglycinamide Formyltransferase , Pigments, Biological/biosynthesis , Pseudomonas aeruginosa/enzymology , Pseudomonas aeruginosa/metabolism , RNA, Messenger/analysis , Sequence Analysis, DNA , Sequence Homology, Amino Acid , Siderophores/biosynthesis
5.
Radiat Res ; 153(5 Pt 2): 670-8, 2000 May.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-10790291

ABSTRACT

A total of 960 complementary DNA (cDNA) clones from an HL60 cell cDNA library were screened to discover genes that were differentially expressed in HL60 cells exposed to 60 Hz square-wave magnetic fields (MFs) compared to sham-exposed cells. Square-wave fields are rich in odd harmonic frequency content. We used a two-gel cDNA library screening method (BIGEL) to identify treatment-induced alterations in gene expression. Four cDNA clones were tentatively identified as differentially expressed after exposure to square-wave MFs at 2 mT for 24 h. BIGEL-identified genes (GenBank accession number) corresponding to these clones were: TI227H (D50525), EST Homo sapiens partial cDNA (Z17814), human ribosomal protein S13 (L01124), and AICAR transformylase mRNAs (D82348). The differences in mRNA levels were not confirmed in test compared to experimental cells by Northern analysis. In other experiments, we used concurrent exposure to 60 Hz sine- or square-wave MFs (0 or 2 mT, duration of 3 or 24 h, no postexposure delay). In addition to the four BIGEL genes, we also investigated MYC, HSP70, RAN and SOD1. In the case of MYC and HSP70, square-wave MFs appeared to exhibit more marked alterations when compared to sinusoidal waveforms, but the overall results indicated no effect of possible differential magnetic-field-induced expression of all eight genes. In contrast, alterations of mRNA levels were observed for seven genes after exposure to X irradiation, hyperthermia and TPA. These results are contrary to previously proposed similarities between the action of these agents and MF effects on gene transcription.


Subject(s)
Electromagnetic Fields/adverse effects , Gene Expression Profiling , Gene Expression/radiation effects , RNA, Messenger/metabolism , Blotting, Northern , Clone Cells , Expressed Sequence Tags , Gene Expression/genetics , HL-60 Cells , HSP70 Heat-Shock Proteins/biosynthesis , HSP70 Heat-Shock Proteins/genetics , Hot Temperature/adverse effects , Humans , Hydroxymethyl and Formyl Transferases/biosynthesis , Hydroxymethyl and Formyl Transferases/genetics , Phosphoribosylaminoimidazolecarboxamide Formyltransferase , Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-myc/biosynthesis , Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-myc/genetics , Ribosomal Proteins/biosynthesis , Ribosomal Proteins/genetics , Superoxide Dismutase/biosynthesis , Superoxide Dismutase/genetics , Superoxide Dismutase-1 , Tetradecanoylphorbol Acetate/pharmacology , X-Rays , ran GTP-Binding Protein/biosynthesis , ran GTP-Binding Protein/genetics
6.
Blood ; 95(6): 2144-9, 2000 Mar 15.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-10706887

ABSTRACT

The non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL) subtype anaplastic large-cell lymphoma (ALCL) is frequently associated with a t(2;5)(p23;q35) that results in the fusion of the ubiquitously expressed nucleophosmin (NPM) gene at 5q35 to the anaplastic lymphoma kinase (ALK) gene at 2p23, which is not normally expressed in hematopoietic tissues. Approximately 20% of ALCLs that express ALK do not contain the t(2;5), suggesting that other genetic abnormalities can result in aberrant ALK expression. Here we report the molecular characterization of an alternative genetic means of ALK activation, the inv(2)(p23q35). This recurrent abnormality produces a fusion of the amino-terminus of 5-aminoimidazole-4-carboxamide ribonucleotide formyltransferase/IMP cyclohydrolase (ATIC), a bifunctional homodimeric enzyme that catalyzes the penultimate and final steps of de novo purine nucleotide biosynthesis, with the intracellular portion of the ALK receptor tyrosine kinase. RT-PCR analysis of 5 ALCL tumors that contained the inv(2) revealed identical ATIC-ALK fusion cDNA junctions in all of the cases. Transient expression studies show that the ATIC-ALK fusion transcript directs the synthesis of an approximately 87-kd chimeric protein that is localized to the cytoplasm, in contrast to NPM-ALK, which typically exhibits a cytoplasmic and nuclear subcellular distribution. ATIC-ALK was constitutively tyrosine phosphorylated and could convert the IL-3-dependent murine hematopoietic cell line BaF3 to cytokine-independent growth. Our studies demonstrate an alternative mechanism for ALK involvement in the genesis of NHL and suggest that ATIC-ALK activation results from ATIC-mediated homodimerization. In addition, expected decreases in ATIC enzymatic function in ATIC-ALK-containing lymphomas may render these tumors more sensitive to antifolate drugs such as methotrexate. (Blood. 2000;95:2144-2149)


Subject(s)
Chromosome Inversion , Chromosomes, Human, Pair 2 , Hydroxymethyl and Formyl Transferases/biosynthesis , Lymphoma, Large B-Cell, Diffuse/genetics , Multienzyme Complexes/biosynthesis , Nucleotide Deaminases/biosynthesis , Protein-Tyrosine Kinases/biosynthesis , Protein-Tyrosine Kinases/metabolism , Adolescent , Anaplastic Lymphoma Kinase , Animals , Cell Line , Enzyme Activation , Female , Humans , Immunoblotting , In Situ Hybridization, Fluorescence , Mice , Microscopy, Fluorescence , Models, Genetic , Oncogene Proteins, Fusion/metabolism , Precipitin Tests , Purines/biosynthesis , Receptor Protein-Tyrosine Kinases , Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction , Time Factors , Transfection
7.
Mol Gen Genet ; 262(1): 115-20, 1999 Aug.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-10503542

ABSTRACT

Ketopantoate hydroxymethyltransferase, which is encoded by the panB gene in the lower eukaryote Aspergillus nidulans, is essential for the biosynthesis of coenzyme A, while the pathway intermediate 4'-phosphopantetheine is required for penicillin production. Ketopantoate hydroxymethyltransferase could also serve as a target for anti-fungal drugs, since it is not present in mammals. Clones of panB were identified by complementation of the corresponding mutant, and the DNA sequence of the gene was determined. The fungal panB gene encodes a predicted protein of molecular mass 37.7 kDa, containing two short sequence motifs, LeuValGlyAspSer and GlyIleGlyAlaGly, that are completely conserved between prokaryotic and eukaryotic homologues. The mutation panB100 was found to result in deletion of Gly-168, the last glycine within the latter conserved motif. Analysis by gel filtration suggests that the fungal PanB protein can be expressed in Escherichia coli as an active octameric enzyme. The panB transcript is present in low abundance and, most probably, a small increase in transcript levels occurs in the absence of exogenous pantothenate.


Subject(s)
Aspergillus nidulans/genetics , Coenzyme A/biosynthesis , Genes, Fungal , Hydroxymethyl and Formyl Transferases/genetics , Pantothenic Acid/biosynthesis , Amino Acid Sequence , Conserved Sequence , Escherichia coli/genetics , Eukaryotic Cells/enzymology , Gene Expression , Hydroxymethyl and Formyl Transferases/biosynthesis , Molecular Sequence Data , Prokaryotic Cells/enzymology , Recombinant Proteins/biosynthesis , Restriction Mapping , Sequence Analysis, DNA
8.
Biochemistry ; 38(13): 4053-7, 1999 Mar 30.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-10194318

ABSTRACT

The fmu gene product has been proposed to be an RNA methyltransferase [Koonin, E. V. (1994) Nucleic Acids Res. 22, 2476-2478]. Fmu has been cloned and expressed, and the encoded 47 kDa protein has been purified and characterized. The enzyme catalyzed specific methylation of C967 of unmodified 16S rRNA transcripts. A 16mer stem-loop structure containing C967 (nt 960-975) was also a good substrate for the enzyme in vitro. Methylation of C967 was confirmed by several methods including analysis of RNase T1 digests and nearest-neighbor analysis. Fmu did not catalyze methylation of transcripts of 23S rRNA. E. coli cells that contained kanr-disrupted fmu produced 16S rRNA that could be specifically methylated by Fmu in vitro at C967 but not C1407. Further, fmu disruption did not significantly alter the growth rate of E. coli in rich or minimal media. We propose renaming this ORF "rrmB" and the enzyme "RrmB" for rRNA methyltransferase.


Subject(s)
Escherichia coli/enzymology , Methyltransferases/isolation & purification , RNA, Ribosomal, 16S/metabolism , 5-Methylcytosine , Cloning, Molecular , Cytosine/analogs & derivatives , Cytosine/chemistry , Endoribonucleases/metabolism , Escherichia coli/genetics , Gene Deletion , Hydroxymethyl and Formyl Transferases/biosynthesis , Hydroxymethyl and Formyl Transferases/deficiency , Hydroxymethyl and Formyl Transferases/genetics , Hydroxymethyl and Formyl Transferases/metabolism , Methylation , Methyltransferases/metabolism , RNA, Ribosomal, 16S/chemistry , Ribonuclease T1/metabolism , S-Adenosylmethionine/metabolism , Single-Strand Specific DNA and RNA Endonucleases/metabolism , Substrate Specificity
9.
Microbiology (Reading) ; 145 ( Pt 3): 569-576, 1999 Mar.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-10217490

ABSTRACT

The Escherichia coli glycine-cleavage enzyme system (gcvTHP and lpd gene products) provides C1 units for cellular methylation reactions. Both the GcvA and leucine-responsive regulatory (Lrp) proteins are required for regulation of the gcv operon. One model proposed for gcv regulation is that Lrp plays a structural role, bending the DNA to allow GcvA to function as either an activator or a repressor in response to environmental signals. This hypothesis was tested by replacing all but the upstream 22 bp of the Lrp-binding region in a gcvT::lacZ fusion with the I1A site from phage lambda. Integration host factor (IHF) binds the I1A site and bends the DNA about 140 degrees. Shifting the I1A site by increments of 1 base around the DNA helix resulted in IHF-dependent activation and repression of gcvT::lacZ expression that were face-of-the-helix dependent. Activation was also dependent on the GcvA protein, and repression was dependent on both the GcvA and GcvR proteins, demonstrating that the roles for these proteins were not altered. The results are consistent with Lrp playing primarily a structural role in gcv regulation, although they do not completely rule out the possibility that Lrp also interacts with another gcv-regulatory protein or with RNA polymerase.


Subject(s)
Amino Acid Oxidoreductases/genetics , Carrier Proteins/genetics , DNA-Binding Proteins/metabolism , Escherichia coli Proteins , Escherichia coli/genetics , Gene Expression Regulation, Bacterial , Glycine/metabolism , Multienzyme Complexes/genetics , Receptors, Immunologic/metabolism , Transcription Factors/metabolism , Transferases/genetics , Amino Acid Oxidoreductases/biosynthesis , Aminomethyltransferase , Bacterial Proteins/biosynthesis , Bacterial Proteins/genetics , Bacterial Proteins/metabolism , Bacteriophage lambda/genetics , Carrier Proteins/biosynthesis , DNA, Bacterial/chemistry , Enzyme Activation , Enzyme Repression , Escherichia coli/enzymology , Genes, Reporter , Hydroxymethyl and Formyl Transferases/biosynthesis , Hydroxymethyl and Formyl Transferases/genetics , Integration Host Factors , Low Density Lipoprotein Receptor-Related Protein-1 , Multienzyme Complexes/biosynthesis , Nucleic Acid Conformation , Operon , Protein Binding , Transferases/biosynthesis
10.
Biochemistry ; 37(45): 15647-62, 1998 Nov 10.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-9843369

ABSTRACT

Glycinamide ribonucleotide synthetase (GAR-syn) catalyzes the second step of the de novo purine biosynthetic pathway; the conversion of phosphoribosylamine, glycine, and ATP to glycinamide ribonucleotide (GAR), ADP, and Pi. GAR-syn containing an N-terminal polyhistidine tag was expressed as the SeMet incorporated protein for crystallographic studies. In addition, the protein as isolated contains a Pro294Leu mutation. This protein was crystallized, and the structure solved using multiple-wavelength anomalous diffraction (MAD) phase determination and refined to 1.6 A resolution. GAR-syn adopts an alpha/beta structure that consists of four domains labeled N, A, B, and C. The N, A, and C domains are clustered to form a large central core structure whereas the smaller B domain is extended outward. Two hinge regions, which might readily facilitate interdomain movement, connect the B domain and the main core. A search of structural databases showed that the structure of GAR-syn is similar to D-alanine:D-alanine ligase, biotin carboxylase, and glutathione synthetase, despite low sequence similarity. These four enzymes all utilize similar ATP-dependent catalytic mechanisms even though they catalyze different chemical reactions. Another ATP-binding enzyme with low sequence similarity but unknown function, synapsin Ia, was also found to share high structural similarity with GAR-syn. Interestingly, the GAR-syn N domain shows similarity to the N-terminal region of glycinamide ribonucleotide transformylase and several dinucleotide-dependent dehydrogenases. Models of ADP and GAR binding were generated based on structure and sequence homology. On the basis of these models, the active site lies in a cleft between the large domain and the extended B domain. Most of the residues that facilitate ATP binding belong to the A or B domains. The N and C domains appear to be largely responsible for substrate specificity. The structure of GAR-syn allows modeling studies of possible channeling complexes with PPRP amidotransferase.


Subject(s)
Escherichia coli/enzymology , Hydroxymethyl and Formyl Transferases/chemistry , Adenosine Triphosphate/metabolism , Amino Acid Sequence , Binding Sites , Computer Simulation , Crystallography, X-Ray , Hydroxymethyl and Formyl Transferases/biosynthesis , Hydroxymethyl and Formyl Transferases/metabolism , Models, Molecular , Molecular Sequence Data , Phosphoribosylglycinamide Formyltransferase , Protein Structure, Secondary , Protein Structure, Tertiary
11.
Microbiology (Reading) ; 144 ( Pt 10): 2865-2872, 1998 Oct.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-9802028

ABSTRACT

GcvA and Lrp are both necessary for activation of the gcv operon. The upstream GcvA-binding sites 3 and 2 were separated from the Lrp-binding region and the rest of the gcv control region. Moving these sites by 1 or 2 helical turns of DNA further from the gcv promoter reduces, but does not eliminate, either GcvA-mediated activation or repression of a gcvT::lacZ gene fusion. However, moving these sites by 1.5 or 2.5 helical turns of DNA results in a GcvA-mediated super-repression of the operon. This repression is dependent on Lrp and is partially dependent on GcvR. Lrp bound to the gcv control region induces a bend in the DNA. Based on these results, a model for gcv regulation is presented in which Lrp plays a primarily structural role, by bending the DNA and GcvA functions as the activator protein.


Subject(s)
DNA, Bacterial/chemistry , DNA-Binding Proteins/metabolism , Escherichia coli Proteins , Escherichia coli/genetics , Hydroxymethyl and Formyl Transferases/genetics , Nucleic Acid Conformation , Receptors, Immunologic/metabolism , Response Elements/genetics , Transcription Factors/metabolism , Aminomethyltransferase , Animals , Bacterial Proteins/genetics , Bacterial Proteins/metabolism , Base Sequence , DNA, Bacterial/metabolism , DNA-Binding Proteins/genetics , Dimerization , Escherichia coli/metabolism , Gene Expression Regulation, Bacterial , Hydroxymethyl and Formyl Transferases/biosynthesis , Lac Operon , Low Density Lipoprotein Receptor-Related Protein-1 , Lysogeny , Models, Genetic , Operon/genetics , Receptors, Immunologic/genetics , Recombinant Fusion Proteins/biosynthesis , Repressor Proteins/genetics , Repressor Proteins/metabolism , Sequence Deletion , Trans-Activators/genetics , Trans-Activators/metabolism , Transcription Factors/genetics
12.
Adv Exp Med Biol ; 431: 221-6, 1998.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-9598063

ABSTRACT

1. The human pur H (ATIC) gene encoding a bifunctional protein, hPurH, which carries the penultimate and final enzymatic activities of the purine nucleotide synthesis pathway, AICARFT & IMPCH, has been cloned and sequenced. The gene product, hPurH has been overexpressed in E. coli, purified to homogeneity and crystallized. 2. The human pur H gene lies on chromosome 2, between band q34 and q35. There is at least one intron of 278 bp near the 5' end. 3. Truncation mutant studies demonstrate two non-overlapping functional domains in the protein arranged as indicated in Figure 5. The existence of a linker or interaction region between the catalytic domains remains to be established. 4. Cleland-type kinetic inhibition experiments indicate that the AICARFT reaction is of the ordered, sequential type with the reduced folate cofactor binding first. 5. The reaction has a broad pH optimum in the alkaline range, with a maximum at about pH 8.2. 6. Preliminary transient phase kinetic studies show the presence of a "burst" indicating that a late step in the reaction sequence is rate limiting. 7. A PurH crystal structure is that of a dimer, with a putative single binding site for the reduced folate cofactor formed using elements from each of the monomer subunits. Probable binding sites for AICAR and FAICAR can be identified on each monomer. 8. Equilibrium sedimentation studies show hPurH apoprotein to be a monomer:dimer equilibrium mixture with a kD of 0.55 uM. 9. The crystal structure has permitted identification of a number of candidate amino acid residues likely to be involved in catalysis and/or substrate binding. Among these, we have thus far completed studies on two, Lysine 265 and Histidine 266. These appear to be critically involved in the AICARFT reaction, although whether their role(s) are in catalysis or binding remains to be determined.


Subject(s)
Chromosomes, Human, Pair 2 , Hydroxymethyl and Formyl Transferases/genetics , Multienzyme Complexes/genetics , Nucleotide Deaminases/genetics , Aminoimidazole Carboxamide/analogs & derivatives , Aminoimidazole Carboxamide/metabolism , Binding Sites , Chromosome Mapping , Cloning, Molecular , Humans , Hydroxymethyl and Formyl Transferases/biosynthesis , Hydroxymethyl and Formyl Transferases/chemistry , Kinetics , Models, Molecular , Multienzyme Complexes/biosynthesis , Multienzyme Complexes/chemistry , Nucleotide Deaminases/biosynthesis , Nucleotide Deaminases/chemistry , Protein Conformation , Purine Nucleotides/biosynthesis , Recombinant Proteins/biosynthesis , Recombinant Proteins/chemistry , Ribonucleotides/metabolism
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