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| Thesis Name： |
Structural Insights into the Catalytic Mechanism of Phosphate Ester Hydrolysis by dUTPase |
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Biochemitry |
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Structural Insights into the Catalytic Mechanism of Phosphate Ester Hydrolysis by dUTPase |
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dUTPase is essential to keep uracil out of DNA. Crystal structures of substrate (dUTP and ,-imino-dUTP) and product complexes of wild type and mutant dUTPases were determined to reveal how an enzyme responsible for DNA integrity functions. A kinetic analysis of wild type and mutant dUTPases was performed to obtain relevant mechanistic information in solution. Substrate hydrolysis is shown to be initiated via in-line nucleophile attack of a water molecule oriented by an activating conserved aspartate residue. Substrate binding in a catalytically competent conformation is achieved by (i) multiple interactions of the triphosphate moiety with catalysis-assisting Mg2+, (ii) a concerted motion of residues from three conserved enzyme motifs as compared with the apoenzyme, and (iii) an intricate hydrogen-bonding network that includes several water molecules in the active site. Results provide an understanding for the catalytic role of conserved residues in dUTPases. |
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