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New Phytol ; 237(5): 1759-1775, 2023 03.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-36464781

ABSTRACT

In plants, inosine is enzymatically introduced in some tRNAs, but not in other RNAs or DNA. Nonetheless, our data show that RNA and DNA from Arabidopsis thaliana contain (deoxy)inosine, probably derived from nonenzymatic adenosine deamination in nucleic acids and usage of (deoxy)inosine triphosphate (dITP and ITP) during nucleic acid synthesis. We combined biochemical approaches, LC-MS, as well as RNA-Seq to characterize a plant INOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE PYROPHOSPHATASE (ITPA) from A. thaliana, which is conserved in many organisms, and investigated the sources of deaminated purine nucleotides in plants. Inosine triphosphate pyrophosphatase dephosphorylates deaminated nucleoside di- and triphosphates to the respective monophosphates. ITPA loss-of-function causes inosine di- and triphosphate accumulation in vivo and an elevated inosine and deoxyinosine content in RNA and DNA, respectively, as well as salicylic acid (SA) accumulation, early senescence, and upregulation of transcripts associated with immunity and senescence. Cadmium-induced oxidative stress and biochemical inhibition of the INOSINE MONOPHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE leads to more IDP and ITP in the wild-type (WT), and this effect is enhanced in itpa mutants, suggesting that ITP originates from ATP deamination and IMP phosphorylation. Inosine triphosphate pyrophosphatase is part of a molecular protection system in plants, preventing the accumulation of (d)ITP and its usage for nucleic acid synthesis.


Subject(s)
Inosine Triphosphate , Purine Nucleotides , Pyrophosphatases , Adenosine Triphosphate , DNA , Inosine Triphosphate/genetics , Nucleic Acids , Pyrophosphatases/genetics , RNA
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Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A ; 115(12): 3012-3017, 2018 03 20.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-29507216

ABSTRACT

Enzymatic substrate selectivity is critical for the precise control of metabolic pathways. In cases where chemically related substrates are present inside cells, robust mechanisms of substrate selectivity are required. Here, we report the mechanism utilized for catalytic ATP versus GTP selectivity during adenylate kinase (Adk) -mediated phosphorylation of AMP. Using NMR spectroscopy we found that while Adk adopts a catalytically competent and closed structural state in complex with ATP, the enzyme is arrested in a catalytically inhibited and open state in complex with GTP. X-ray crystallography experiments revealed that the interaction interfaces supporting ATP and GTP recognition, in part, are mediated by coinciding residues. The mechanism provides an atomic view on how the cellular GTP pool is protected from Adk turnover, which is important because GTP has many specialized cellular functions. In further support of this mechanism, a structure-function analysis enabled by synthesis of ATP analogs suggests that a hydrogen bond between the adenine moiety and the backbone of the enzyme is vital for ATP selectivity. The importance of the hydrogen bond for substrate selectivity is likely general given the conservation of its location and orientation across the family of eukaryotic protein kinases.


Subject(s)
Adenosine Triphosphate/metabolism , Adenylyl Cyclases/metabolism , Guanosine Triphosphate/metabolism , Adenylyl Cyclase Inhibitors/chemistry , Adenylyl Cyclase Inhibitors/pharmacology , Inosine Triphosphate/genetics , Inosine Triphosphate/metabolism , Kinetics , Models, Molecular , Protein Conformation , Structure-Activity Relationship , Substrate Specificity
3.
Nat Methods ; 13(11): 923-924, 2016 Nov.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-27694911

ABSTRACT

Large-scale mutagenesis of target DNA sequences allows researchers to comprehensively assess the effects of single-nucleotide changes. Here we demonstrate the construction of a systematic allelic series (SAS) using massively parallel single-nucleotide mutagenesis with reversibly terminated deoxyinosine triphosphates (rtITP). We created a mutational library containing every possible single-nucleotide mutation surrounding the active site of the TEM-1 ß-lactamase gene. When combined with high-throughput functional assays, SAS mutational libraries can expedite the functional assessment of genetic variation.


Subject(s)
DNA Mutational Analysis/methods , High-Throughput Nucleotide Sequencing/methods , Inosine Triphosphate/genetics , Mutagenesis, Site-Directed , Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide/genetics , beta-Lactamases/genetics , Ampicillin Resistance/genetics , Gene Library , Models, Molecular
4.
J Gastroenterol Hepatol ; 29(1): 201-7, 2014 Jan.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-23980585

ABSTRACT

BACKGROUND AND AIM: It is not yet clear which factors are associated with the outcome of 72-week treatment with pegylated-interferon and ribavirin (RBV) in patients with chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection. METHODS: In 66 patients with HCV genotype 1 who had a late viral response (LVR) to 72-week treatment of pegylated-interferon and RBV, we examined the factors that determined the outcome, including single nucleotide polymorphisms of interleukin-28B and inosine triphosphatase (ITPA) genes. RESULTS: Thirty seven of 66 (56%) patients with LVR achieved a sustained viral response (SVR). The mean age of these 37 SVR patients was 55, compared with 61 in 29 relapsed patients (P = 0.009). Twenty six of 54 (48%) patients with the CC genotype and 11 of 12 (92%) with the CA/AA genotype of ITPA rs1127354 achieved SVR (P = 0.006). The SVR rates were 79%, 40%, 60%, and 33% in patients with undetectable HCV RNA on weeks 16, 20, 24, and 28 or later, respectively (P = 0.014). Finally, serum RBV concentration at week 44 of treatment was significantly higher in the SVR group (2651 ng/mL) than in the relapse group (1989 ng/mL, P = 0.002). In contrast, the rate of the interleukin-28B genotype was not different between the groups. Multiple regression analysis showed that age < 60 years, ITPA CA/AA genotype, and serum RBV concentration were significant independent predictive factors for SVR. CONCLUSIONS: Our findings elucidated the association of four factors, including ITPA genotype, with the outcome of 72-week treatment in LVR patients.


Subject(s)
Antiviral Agents/administration & dosage , Genotype , Hepatitis C, Chronic/drug therapy , Hepatitis C, Chronic/genetics , Inosine Triphosphate/genetics , Interferon-alpha/administration & dosage , Polyethylene Glycols/administration & dosage , Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide , Ribavirin/administration & dosage , Adult , Aged , Drug Therapy, Combination , Female , Hepatitis C, Chronic/virology , Humans , Interferon alpha-2 , Interferon-alpha/pharmacokinetics , Interferons , Interleukins/genetics , Male , Middle Aged , Polyethylene Glycols/pharmacokinetics , Pyrophosphatases/genetics , Recombinant Proteins/administration & dosage , Recombinant Proteins/pharmacokinetics , Regression Analysis , Ribavirin/pharmacokinetics , Time Factors , Treatment Outcome , Young Adult , Inosine Triphosphatase
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Biochim Biophys Acta ; 1690(2): 134-40, 2004 Oct 14.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-15469902

ABSTRACT

Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome (WAS) is an X-linked disorder characterized by eczema, thrombocytopenia and increased susceptibility of infections, with mutations of the WAS gene being responsible for WAS and X-linked thrombocytopenia. Herein, two novel mutations of WAS at T336C on exon 3, and at 1326-1329, a G deletion on exon 10, resulting in L101P missense mutation and frameshift mutation 444 stop, respectively, are reported. The affected patients with either mutation showed severe suppression of WAS protein (WASP) levels, T cell proliferation, and CFSE-labeled T cells division. Because WASP L101 have not shown direct nuclear Overhauser effect (NOE) contact with the WASP-interacting protein (WIP) in NMR spectroscopy, molecular modeling was performed to evaluate the molecular effect of WASP P101 to WIP peptide. It is presumed that P101 induced a conformational change in the Q99 residue of WASP and made the side chain of Q99 move away from the WIP peptide, resulting in disruption of the hydrogen bond between Q99 WASP and Y475 WIP. A possible model for the molecular pathogenesis of WAS has been proposed by analyzing the interactions of WASP and WIP using a molecular modeling study.


Subject(s)
Carrier Proteins/chemistry , Carrier Proteins/genetics , Mutation , Proteins/chemistry , Proteins/genetics , Wiskott-Aldrich Syndrome/genetics , Amino Acid Sequence , Base Sequence , Cell Division , Chromosomes, Human, X , Cytoskeletal Proteins , DNA Mutational Analysis , Exons , Female , Frameshift Mutation , Gene Deletion , Humans , Hydrogen Bonding , Inosine Triphosphate/genetics , Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins , Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy , Male , Models, Molecular , Molecular Sequence Data , Mutation, Missense , Pedigree , Peptides/chemistry , Protein Binding , Protein Conformation , Protein Structure, Tertiary , Sequence Homology, Amino Acid , T-Lymphocytes/metabolism , Wiskott-Aldrich Syndrome Protein
6.
Am J Med Genet ; 4(4): 357-64, 1979.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-231907

ABSTRACT

We describe a female infant with multiple congenital anomalies and mental retardation, pre- and postnatal growth failure, microcephaly, unusual facial appearance, and minor skeletal anomalies, all very suggestive of the partial trisomy 20(p) syndrome. Although she was born to karyotypically normal parents, she had an extra small metacentric chromosome. Analysis of metaphase and prometaphase chromosomes by GTG banding and Giemsa 11 staining showed that the extra chromosome was a number 20 with a deletion of the distal end of the long arm. Gene dose studies of adenosine deaminase (ADA) and inosine triphosphatase (ITP) supported the cytogenetic interpretation.


Subject(s)
Chromosomes, Human, 19-20 , Genes , Trisomy , Abnormalities, Multiple/genetics , Adenosine Deaminase/genetics , Chromosome Banding , Chromosome Mapping , Female , Genetic Markers , Humans , Infant, Newborn , Inosine Triphosphate/genetics , Intellectual Disability/genetics , Psychomotor Disorders/genetics , Pyrophosphatases/genetics , Inosine Triphosphatase
7.
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A ; 74(10): 4365-9, 1977 Oct.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-337297

ABSTRACT

Transcription termination at the attenuators of the trp operons of Escherichia coli and Salmonella typhimurium was studied in vitro using DNA restriction fragments as templates. Readthrough transcription beyond the terminators occurred with 5 and 30% efficiency, respectively, in E. coli and S. typhimurium. This difference is correlated with the stability of proposed secondary structures of the respective trp leader transcripts. Secondary structure analyses of the two leader transcripts revealed a well-conserved pattern of RNA base paring. This and the possibility that trp leader RNA is translated suggest a model for regulation of transcription termination that is based on ribosome movement along the RNA and a shift between alternative RNA base-pairing configuration.


Subject(s)
Escherichia coli/genetics , Operon , RNA, Bacterial/genetics , Salmonella typhimurium/genetics , Transcription, Genetic , Tryptophan/genetics , Guanosine Triphosphate/genetics , Inosine Triphosphate/genetics , Nucleic Acid Conformation
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