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Jin Y, Ke J, Zheng P, Zhang H, Zhu Z, Niu L. Structural and biochemical characterization of a nucleotide hydrolase from Streptococcus pneumonia. Structure 2024:S0969-2126(24)00135-7. [PMID: 38701795 DOI: 10.1016/j.str.2024.04.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/21/2023] [Revised: 12/14/2023] [Accepted: 04/08/2024] [Indexed: 05/05/2024]
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In this report, we structurally and biochemically characterized the unknown gene product SP1746 from Streptococcus pneumoniae serotype 4. Various crystal structures of SP1746 in the apo form and in complex with different nucleotides were determined. SP1746 is a globular protein, which belongs to the histidine-aspartate (HD) domain superfamily with two Fe3+ ions in the active site that are coordinated by key active site residues and water molecules. All nucleotides bind in a similar orientation in the active site with their phosphate groups anchored to the diiron cluster. Biochemically, SP1746 hydrolyzes different nucleotide substrates. SP1746 most effectively hydrolyzes diadenosine tetraphosphate (Ap4A) to two ADPs. Based on the aforementioned data, we annotated SP1746 as an Ap4A hydrolase, belonging to the YqeK family. Our in vitro data indicate a potential role for SP1746 in regulating Ap4A homeostasis, which requires validation with in vivo experiments in bacteria in the future.
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- Yuping Jin
- MOE Key Laboratory for Membraneless Organelles and Cellular Dynamics, School of Life Sciences, Division of Life Sciences and Medicine, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230027, China
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- Institute of Health and Medicine, Hefei Comprehensive National Science Center, 4090 Susong Rd, Hefei, Hefei Economic and Technological Development Zone, Hefei, Anhui 230601, China.
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- MOE Key Laboratory for Membraneless Organelles and Cellular Dynamics, School of Life Sciences, Division of Life Sciences and Medicine, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230027, China
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- Core Facility Center for Life Sciences, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230027, China
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- Core Facility Center for Life Sciences, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230027, China
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- MOE Key Laboratory for Membraneless Organelles and Cellular Dynamics, School of Life Sciences, Division of Life Sciences and Medicine, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230027, China.
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Mihiret YE, Schaaf G, Kamleitner M. Protein pyrophosphorylation by inositol phosphates: a novel post-translational modification in plants? FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2024; 15:1347922. [PMID: 38455731 PMCID: PMC10917965 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2024.1347922] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/01/2023] [Accepted: 02/01/2024] [Indexed: 03/09/2024]
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Inositol pyrophosphates (PP-InsPs) are energy-rich molecules harboring one or more diphosphate moieties. PP-InsPs are found in all eukaryotes evaluated and their functional versatility is reflected in the various cellular events in which they take part. These include, among others, insulin signaling and intracellular trafficking in mammals, as well as innate immunity and hormone and phosphate signaling in plants. The molecular mechanisms by which PP-InsPs exert such functions are proposed to rely on the allosteric regulation via direct binding to proteins, by competing with other ligands, or by protein pyrophosphorylation. The latter is the focus of this review, where we outline a historical perspective surrounding the first findings, almost 20 years ago, that certain proteins can be phosphorylated by PP-InsPs in vitro. Strikingly, in vitro phosphorylation occurs by an apparent enzyme-independent but Mg2+-dependent transfer of the β-phosphoryl group of an inositol pyrophosphate to an already phosphorylated serine residue at Glu/Asp-rich protein regions. Ribosome biogenesis, vesicle trafficking and transcription are among the cellular events suggested to be modulated by protein pyrophosphorylation in yeast and mammals. Here we discuss the latest efforts in identifying targets of protein pyrophosphorylation, pointing out the methodological challenges that have hindered the full understanding of this unique post-translational modification, and focusing on the latest advances in mass spectrometry that finally provided convincing evidence that PP-InsP-mediated pyrophosphorylation also occurs in vivo. We also speculate about the relevance of this post-translational modification in plants in a discussion centered around the protein kinase CK2, whose activity is critical for pyrophosphorylation of animal and yeast proteins. This enzyme is widely present in plant species and several of its functions overlap with those of PP-InsPs. Until now, there is virtually no data on pyrophosphorylation of plant proteins, which is an exciting field that remains to be explored.
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- Department of Plant Nutrition, Institute of Crop Science and Resource Conservation, Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn, Bonn, Germany
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Umeda C, Nakajima T, Maruhashi T, Tanigawa M, Maeda T, Mukai Y. Overexpression of polyphosphate polymerases and deletion of polyphosphate phosphatases shorten the replicative lifespan in yeast. FEBS Lett 2023; 597:2316-2333. [PMID: 37574219 DOI: 10.1002/1873-3468.14715] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/12/2023] [Revised: 07/29/2023] [Accepted: 08/03/2023] [Indexed: 08/15/2023]
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We previously found that overexpression of phosphate starvation-responsive genes by disrupting PHO80 led to a shortened replicative lifespan in yeast. To identify lifespan-related genes, we screened upregulated genes in the pho80Δ mutant and focused on the VTC genes, which encode the vacuolar polyphosphate (polyP) polymerase complex. VTC1/VTC2/VTC4 deletion restored the lifespan and intracellular polyP levels in pho80Δ. In the wild type, overexpression of VTC5 or a combination of the other VTCs caused high polyP accumulation and shortened lifespan. Similar phenotypes were caused by the deletion of polyP phosphatase genes-vacuolar PPN1 and cytosolic PPX1. The polyP-accumulating strains exhibited stress sensitivities. Thus, we demonstrated that polyP metabolic enzymes participate in replicative lifespan, and extreme polyP accumulation shortens the lifespan.
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- Chiharu Umeda
- Department of Frontier Bioscience, Nagahama Institute of Bio-Science and Technology, Shiga, Japan
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- Department of Frontier Bioscience, Nagahama Institute of Bio-Science and Technology, Shiga, Japan
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- Department of Frontier Bioscience, Nagahama Institute of Bio-Science and Technology, Shiga, Japan
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- Department of Biology, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, Shizuoka, Japan
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- Department of Biology, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, Shizuoka, Japan
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- Department of Frontier Bioscience, Nagahama Institute of Bio-Science and Technology, Shiga, Japan
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Márquez-Moñino MÁ, Ortega-García R, Shipton ML, Franco-Echevarría E, Riley AM, Sanz-Aparicio J, Potter BVL, González B. Multiple substrate recognition by yeast diadenosine and diphosphoinositol polyphosphate phosphohydrolase through phosphate clamping. SCIENCE ADVANCES 2021; 7:7/17/eabf6744. [PMID: 33893105 PMCID: PMC8064635 DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.abf6744] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/13/2020] [Accepted: 03/04/2021] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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The yeast diadenosine and diphosphoinositol polyphosphate phosphohydrolase DDP1 is a Nudix enzyme with pyrophosphatase activity on diphosphoinositides, dinucleotides, and polyphosphates. These substrates bind to diverse protein targets and participate in signaling and metabolism, being essential for energy and phosphate homeostasis, ATPase pump regulation, or protein phosphorylation. An exhaustive structural study of DDP1 in complex with multiple ligands related to its three diverse substrate classes is reported. This allowed full characterization of the DDP1 active site depicting the molecular basis for endowing multisubstrate abilities to a Nudix enzyme, driven by phosphate anchoring following a defined path. This study, combined with multiple enzyme variants, reveals the different substrate binding modes, preferences, and selection. Our findings expand current knowledge on this important structural superfamily with implications extending beyond inositide research. This work represents a valuable tool for inhibitor/substrate design for ScDDP1 and orthologs as potential targets to address fungal infections and other health concerns.
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- María Ángeles Márquez-Moñino
- Department of Crystallography and Structural Biology, Institute of Physical-Chemistry Rocasolano, CSIC, Serrano 119, 28006 Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Crystallography and Structural Biology, Institute of Physical-Chemistry Rocasolano, CSIC, Serrano 119, 28006 Madrid, Spain
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- Drug Discovery and Medicinal Chemistry, Department of Pharmacology, University of Oxford Mansfield Road, Oxford OX1 3QT, UK
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- Department of Crystallography and Structural Biology, Institute of Physical-Chemistry Rocasolano, CSIC, Serrano 119, 28006 Madrid, Spain
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- Drug Discovery and Medicinal Chemistry, Department of Pharmacology, University of Oxford Mansfield Road, Oxford OX1 3QT, UK
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- Department of Crystallography and Structural Biology, Institute of Physical-Chemistry Rocasolano, CSIC, Serrano 119, 28006 Madrid, Spain
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- Drug Discovery and Medicinal Chemistry, Department of Pharmacology, University of Oxford Mansfield Road, Oxford OX1 3QT, UK
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- Department of Crystallography and Structural Biology, Institute of Physical-Chemistry Rocasolano, CSIC, Serrano 119, 28006 Madrid, Spain.
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Austin S, Mayer A. Phosphate Homeostasis - A Vital Metabolic Equilibrium Maintained Through the INPHORS Signaling Pathway. Front Microbiol 2020; 11:1367. [PMID: 32765429 PMCID: PMC7381174 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2020.01367] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/23/2020] [Accepted: 05/27/2020] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Cells face major changes in demand for and supply of inorganic phosphate (Pi). Pi is often a limiting nutrient in the environment, particularly for plants and microorganisms. At the same time, the need for phosphate varies, establishing conflicts of goals. Cells experience strong peaks of Pi demand, e.g., during the S-phase, when DNA, a highly abundant and phosphate-rich compound, is duplicated. While cells must satisfy these Pi demands, they must safeguard themselves against an excess of Pi in the cytosol. This is necessary because Pi is a product of all nucleotide-hydrolyzing reactions. An accumulation of Pi shifts the equilibria of these reactions and reduces the free energy that they can provide to drive endergonic metabolic reactions. Thus, while Pi starvation may simply retard growth and division, an elevated cytosolic Pi concentration is potentially dangerous for cells because it might stall metabolism. Accordingly, the consequences of perturbed cellular Pi homeostasis are severe. In eukaryotes, they range from lethality in microorganisms such as yeast (Sethuraman et al., 2001; Hürlimann, 2009), severe growth retardation and dwarfism in plants (Puga et al., 2014; Liu et al., 2015; Wild et al., 2016) to neurodegeneration or renal Fanconi syndrome in humans (Legati et al., 2015; Ansermet et al., 2017). Intracellular Pi homeostasis is thus not only a fundamental topic of cell biology but also of growing interest for medicine and agriculture.
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- Sisley Austin
- Département de Biochimie, Université de Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Département de Biochimie, Université de Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland
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Müller WE, Schröder HC, Wang X. Inorganic Polyphosphates As Storage for and Generator of Metabolic Energy in the Extracellular Matrix. Chem Rev 2019; 119:12337-12374. [PMID: 31738523 PMCID: PMC6935868 DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrev.9b00460] [Citation(s) in RCA: 91] [Impact Index Per Article: 18.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/19/2019] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Inorganic polyphosphates (polyP) consist of linear chains of orthophosphate residues, linked by high-energy phosphoanhydride bonds. They are evolutionarily old biopolymers that are present from bacteria to man. No other molecule concentrates as much (bio)chemically usable energy as polyP. However, the function and metabolism of this long-neglected polymer are scarcely known, especially in higher eukaryotes. In recent years, interest in polyP experienced a renaissance, beginning with the discovery of polyP as phosphate source in bone mineralization. Later, two discoveries placed polyP into the focus of regenerative medicine applications. First, polyP shows morphogenetic activity, i.e., induces cell differentiation via gene induction, and, second, acts as an energy storage and donor in the extracellular space. Studies on acidocalcisomes and mitochondria provided first insights into the enzymatic basis of eukaryotic polyP formation. In addition, a concerted action of alkaline phosphatase and adenylate kinase proved crucial for ADP/ATP generation from polyP. PolyP added extracellularly to mammalian cells resulted in a 3-fold increase of ATP. The importance and mechanism of this phosphotransfer reaction for energy-consuming processes in the extracellular matrix are discussed. This review aims to give a critical overview about the formation and function of this unique polymer that is capable of storing (bio)chemically useful energy.
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- Werner E.G. Müller
- ERC Advanced Investigator
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Group at the Institute for Physiological Chemistry, University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg University, Duesbergweg 6, D-55128 Mainz, Germany
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- ERC Advanced Investigator
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Group at the Institute for Physiological Chemistry, University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg University, Duesbergweg 6, D-55128 Mainz, Germany
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- ERC Advanced Investigator
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Group at the Institute for Physiological Chemistry, University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg University, Duesbergweg 6, D-55128 Mainz, Germany
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The diphosphoinositol polyphosphate phosphohydrolases are a subset of the Nudix hydrolase family of enzymes. As such, they metabolize a wide range of substrates, including diphosphoinositol polyphosphates (inositol diphosphates, inositol pyrophosphates), dinucleotide phosphates, nucleosides as well as 5-phosphoribosyl 1-pyrophosphate and inorganic polyphosphate. Here, we describe protocols to optimize these enzymes, with consideration to buffer composition and sample preparation and how to analyze the metabolism of these substrates using high-performance liquid chromatography, giving advice where pitfalls are commonly encountered.
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Srouji JR, Xu A, Park A, Kirsch JF, Brenner SE. The evolution of function within the Nudix homology clan. Proteins 2017; 85:775-811. [PMID: 27936487 PMCID: PMC5389931 DOI: 10.1002/prot.25223] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/21/2016] [Revised: 10/15/2016] [Accepted: 11/28/2016] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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The Nudix homology clan encompasses over 80,000 protein domains from all three domains of life, defined by homology to each other. Proteins with a domain from this clan fall into four general functional classes: pyrophosphohydrolases, isopentenyl diphosphate isomerases (IDIs), adenine/guanine mismatch-specific adenine glycosylases (A/G-specific adenine glycosylases), and nonenzymatic activities such as protein/protein interaction and transcriptional regulation. The largest group, pyrophosphohydrolases, encompasses more than 100 distinct hydrolase specificities. To understand the evolution of this vast number of activities, we assembled and analyzed experimental and structural data for 205 Nudix proteins collected from the literature. We corrected erroneous functions or provided more appropriate descriptions for 53 annotations described in the Gene Ontology Annotation database in this family, and propose 275 new experimentally-based annotations. We manually constructed a structure-guided sequence alignment of 78 Nudix proteins. Using the structural alignment as a seed, we then made an alignment of 347 "select" Nudix homology domains, curated from structurally determined, functionally characterized, or phylogenetically important Nudix domains. Based on our review of Nudix pyrophosphohydrolase structures and specificities, we further analyzed a loop region downstream of the Nudix hydrolase motif previously shown to contact the substrate molecule and possess known functional motifs. This loop region provides a potential structural basis for the functional radiation and evolution of substrate specificity within the hydrolase family. Finally, phylogenetic analyses of the 347 select protein domains and of the complete Nudix homology clan revealed general monophyly with regard to function and a few instances of probable homoplasy. Proteins 2017; 85:775-811. © 2016 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
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- John R. Srouji
- Plant and Microbial Biology DepartmentUniversity of CaliforniaBerkeleyCalifornia94720
- Molecular and Cell Biology DepartmentUniversity of CaliforniaBerkeleyCalifornia94720
- Present address: Molecular and Cellular Biology DepartmentHarvard UniversityCambridgeMassachusetts02138
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- Graduate Study in Comparative Biochemistry, University of CaliforniaBerkeleyCalifornia94720
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- Molecular and Cell Biology DepartmentUniversity of CaliforniaBerkeleyCalifornia94720
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- Molecular and Cell Biology DepartmentUniversity of CaliforniaBerkeleyCalifornia94720
- Graduate Study in Comparative Biochemistry, University of CaliforniaBerkeleyCalifornia94720
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- Plant and Microbial Biology DepartmentUniversity of CaliforniaBerkeleyCalifornia94720
- Molecular and Cell Biology DepartmentUniversity of CaliforniaBerkeleyCalifornia94720
- Graduate Study in Comparative Biochemistry, University of CaliforniaBerkeleyCalifornia94720
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Gerasimaitė R, Mayer A. Ppn2, a novel Zn2+-dependent polyphosphatase in the acidocalcisome-like yeast vacuole. J Cell Sci 2017; 130:1625-1636. [DOI: 10.1242/jcs.201061] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/23/2016] [Accepted: 03/13/2017] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Acidocalcisome-like organelles are found in all kingdoms of life. Many of their functions, such as the accumulation and storage of metal ions, nitrogen and phosphate, the activation of blood clotting and inflammation, depend on the controlled synthesis and turnover of polyphosphate (polyP), a polymer of inorganic phosphate linked by phosphoric anhydride bonds. The exploration of the role of acidocalcisomes in metabolism and physiology requires manipulation of polyP turnover, yet the complete set of proteins responsible for this turnover is unknown. Here, we identify a novel type of polyphosphatase operating in the acidocalcisome-like vacuoles of yeast, Ppn2. Ppn2 belongs to the PPP-superfamily of metallo-phosphatases, is activated by Zn2+ ions and exclusively shows endopolyphosphatase activity. It is sorted to vacuoles via the multivesicular body pathway. Together with Ppn1, Ppn2 constitutes a major fraction of polyphosphatase activity that is necessary to mobilize polyP stores, for example in response to phosphate scarcity. This finding opens the way to manipulating polyP metabolism more profoundly and deciphering its roles in phosphate and energy homeostasis, as well as in signaling.
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- Rūta Gerasimaitė
- Department of Biochemistry, University of Lausanne, Ch. des Boveresses 155, 1066 Epalinges, Switzerland
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Lausanne, Ch. des Boveresses 155, 1066 Epalinges, Switzerland
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Enzymes of yeast polyphosphate metabolism: structure, enzymology and biological roles. Biochem Soc Trans 2016; 44:234-9. [PMID: 26862210 DOI: 10.1042/bst20150213] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Inorganic polyphosphate (polyP) is found in all living organisms. The known polyP functions in eukaryotes range from osmoregulation and virulence in parasitic protozoa to modulating blood coagulation, inflammation, bone mineralization and cellular signalling in mammals. However mechanisms of regulation and even the identity of involved proteins in many cases remain obscure. Most of the insights obtained so far stem from studies in the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Here, we provide a short overview of the properties and functions of known yeast polyP metabolism enzymes and discuss future directions for polyP research.
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Sasaki M, Takegawa K, Kimura Y. Enzymatic characteristics of an ApaH-like phosphatase, PrpA, and a diadenosine tetraphosphate hydrolase, ApaH, from Myxococcus xanthus. FEBS Lett 2014; 588:3395-402. [PMID: 25107648 DOI: 10.1016/j.febslet.2014.07.031] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/11/2014] [Revised: 07/08/2014] [Accepted: 07/24/2014] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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We characterized the activities of the Myxococcus xanthus ApaH-like phosphatases PrpA and ApaH, which share homologies with both phosphoprotein phosphatases and diadenosine tetraphosphate (Ap4A) hydrolases. PrpA exhibited a phosphatase activity towards p-nitrophenyl phosphate (pNPP), tyrosine phosphopeptide and tyrosine-phosphorylated protein, and a weak hydrolase activity towards ApnA and ATP. In the presence of Mn(2+), PrpA hydrolyzed Ap4A into AMP and ATP, whereas in the presence of Co(2+) PrpA hydrolyzed Ap4A into two molecules of ADP. ApaH exhibited high phosphatase activity towards pNPP, and hydrolase activity towards ApnA and ATP. Mn(2+) was required for ApaH-mediated pNPP dephosphorylation and ATP hydrolysis, whereas Co(2+) was required for ApnA hydrolysis. Thus, PrpA and ApaH may function mainly as a tyrosine protein phosphatase and an ApnA hydrolase, respectively.
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- Masashi Sasaki
- Department of Applied Biological Science, Faculty of Agriculture, Kagawa University, Miki-cho, Kagawa, Japan
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- Department of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Kyusyu University, Hakozaki, Higashi-ku, Fukuoka, Japan
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- Department of Applied Biological Science, Faculty of Agriculture, Kagawa University, Miki-cho, Kagawa, Japan.
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Wu M, Chong LS, Capolicchio S, Jessen HJ, Resnick AC, Fiedler D. Elucidating diphosphoinositol polyphosphate function with nonhydrolyzable analogues. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2014; 53:7192-7. [PMID: 24888434 DOI: 10.1002/anie.201402905] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/28/2014] [Revised: 04/25/2014] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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The diphosphoinositol polyphosphates (PP-IPs) represent a novel class of high-energy phosphate-containing messengers which control a wide variety of cellular processes. It is thought that PP-IPs exert their pleiotropic effects as allosteric regulators and through pyrophosphorylation of protein substrates. However, most details of PP-IP signaling have remained elusive because of a paucity of suitable tools. We describe the synthesis of PP-IP bisphosphonate analogues (PCP-IPs), which are resistant to chemical and biochemical degradation. While the two regioisomers 1PCP-IP5 and 5PCP-IP5 inhibited Akt phosphorylation with similar potencies, 1PCP-IP5 was much more effective at inhibiting its cognate phosphatase hDIPP1. Furthermore, the PCP analogues inhibit protein pyrophosphorylation because of their inability to transfer the β-phosphoryl group, and thus enable the distinction between PP-IP signaling mechanisms. As such, the PCP analogues will find widespread applications for the structural and biochemical characterization of PP-IP signaling properties.
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- Mingxuan Wu
- Department of Chemistry, Princeton University, Washington Rd, Princeton, NJ 08544 (USA)
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Wu M, Chong LS, Capolicchio S, Jessen HJ, Resnick AC, Fiedler D. Elucidating Diphosphoinositol Polyphosphate Function with Nonhydrolyzable Analogues. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2014. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.201402905] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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- Mingxuan Wu
- Department of Chemistry, Princeton University, Washington Rd, Princeton, NJ 08544 (USA)
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- Colket Translational Research Bldg, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, 3501 Civic Center Blvd, Philadelphia, PA 19104 (USA)
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Zürich, Winterthurerstrasse 190, 8057 Zürich (Switzerland)
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Zürich, Winterthurerstrasse 190, 8057 Zürich (Switzerland)
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- Colket Translational Research Bldg, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, 3501 Civic Center Blvd, Philadelphia, PA 19104 (USA)
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- Department of Chemistry, Princeton University, Washington Rd, Princeton, NJ 08544 (USA)
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Lee KT, Kwon H, Lee D, Bahn YS. A Nudix Hydrolase Protein, Ysa1, Regulates Oxidative Stress Response and Antifungal Drug Susceptibility in Cryptococcus neoformans. MYCOBIOLOGY 2014; 42:52-58. [PMID: 24808735 PMCID: PMC4004948 DOI: 10.5941/myco.2014.42.1.52] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/15/2014] [Revised: 02/20/2014] [Accepted: 02/20/2014] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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A nucleoside diphosphate-linked moiety X (Nudix) hydrolase-like gene, YSA1, has been identified as one of the gromwell plant extract-responsive genes in Cryptococcus neoformans. Ysa1 is known to control intracellular concentrations of ADP-ribose or O-acetyl-ADP-ribose, and has diverse biological functions, including the response to oxidative stress in the ascomycete yeast, Saccharomyces cerevisiae. In this study, we characterized the role of YSA1 in the stress response and adaptation of the basidiomycete yeast, C. neoformans. We constructed three independent deletion mutants for YSA1, and analyzed their mutant phenotypes. We found that ysa1 mutants did not show increased sensitivity to reactive oxygen species-producing oxidative damage agents, such as hydrogen peroxide and menadione, but exhibited increased sensitivity to diamide, which is a thiol-specific oxidant. Ysa1 was dispensable for the response to most environmental stresses, such as genotoxic, osmotic, and endoplasmic reticulum stress. In conclusion, modulation of YSA1 may regulate the cellular response and adaptation of C. neoformans to certain oxidative stresses and contribute to the evolution of antifungal drug resistance.
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- Kyung-Tae Lee
- Department of Biotechnology, Center for Fungal Pathogenesis, College of Life Science and Biotechnology, Yonsei University, Seoul 120-749, Korea
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- Department of Biotechnology, Center for Fungal Pathogenesis, College of Life Science and Biotechnology, Yonsei University, Seoul 120-749, Korea
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- Nutrex Technology Co., Ltd., Seongnam 463-400, Korea
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- Department of Biotechnology, Center for Fungal Pathogenesis, College of Life Science and Biotechnology, Yonsei University, Seoul 120-749, Korea
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Capolicchio S, Thakor DT, Linden A, Jessen HJ. Synthesis of unsymmetric diphospho-inositol polyphosphates. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2013; 52:6912-6. [PMID: 23712702 DOI: 10.1002/anie.201301092] [Citation(s) in RCA: 71] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/06/2013] [Revised: 03/29/2013] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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- Samanta Capolicchio
- Organic Chemistry Institute, University of Zürich, Winterthurerstrasse 190, 8057 Zürich, Switzerland
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Capolicchio S, Thakor DT, Linden A, Jessen HJ. Synthesis of Unsymmetric Diphospho-Inositol Polyphosphates. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2013. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.201301092] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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McLennan AG. Substrate ambiguity among the nudix hydrolases: biologically significant, evolutionary remnant, or both? Cell Mol Life Sci 2013; 70:373-85. [PMID: 23184251 PMCID: PMC11113851 DOI: 10.1007/s00018-012-1210-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/16/2012] [Revised: 11/01/2012] [Accepted: 11/05/2012] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Many members of the nudix hydrolase family exhibit considerable substrate multispecificity and ambiguity, which raises significant issues when assessing their functions in vivo and gives rise to errors in database annotation. Several display low antimutator activity when expressed in bacterial tester strains as well as some degree of activity in vitro towards mutagenic, oxidized nucleotides such as 8-oxo-dGTP. However, many of these show greater activity towards other nucleotides such as ADP-ribose or diadenosine tetraphosphate (Ap(4)A). The antimutator activities have tended to gain prominence in the literature, whereas they may in fact represent the residual activity of an ancestral antimutator enzyme that has become secondary to the more recently evolved major activity after gene duplication. Whether any meaningful antimutagenic function has also been retained in vivo requires very careful assessment. Then again, other examples of substrate ambiguity may indicate as yet unexplored regulatory systems. For example, bacterial Ap(4)A hydrolases also efficiently remove pyrophosphate from the 5' termini of mRNAs, suggesting a potential role for Ap(4)A in the control of bacterial mRNA turnover, while the ability of some eukaryotic mRNA decapping enzymes to degrade IDP and dIDP or diphosphoinositol polyphosphates (DIPs) may also be indicative of new regulatory networks in RNA metabolism. DIP phosphohydrolases also degrade diadenosine polyphosphates and inorganic polyphosphates, suggesting further avenues for investigation. This article uses these and other examples to highlight the need for a greater awareness of the possible significance of substrate ambiguity among the nudix hydrolases as well as the need to exert caution when interpreting incomplete analyses.
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- Alexander G McLennan
- Institute of Integrative Biology, University of Liverpool, Biosciences Building, Crown St., Liverpool, L69 7ZB, UK.
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Wu M, Dul BE, Trevisan AJ, Fiedler D. Synthesis and characterization of non-hydrolysable diphosphoinositol polyphosphate second messengers. Chem Sci 2013; 4:405-410. [PMID: 23378892 DOI: 10.1039/c2sc21553e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 60] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023] Open
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The diphosphoinositol polyphosphates (PP-IPs) are a central group of eukaryotic second messengers. They regulate numerous processes, including cellular energy homeostasis and adaptation to environmental stresses. To date, most of the molecular details in PP-IP signalling have remained elusive, due to a lack of appropriate methods and reagents. Here we describe the expedient synthesis of methylene-bisphosphonate PP-IP analogues. Their characterization revealed that the analogues exhibit significant stability and mimic their natural counterparts very well. This was further confirmed in two independent biochemical assays, in which our analogues potently inhibited phosphorylation of the protein kinase Akt and hydrolytic activity of the Ddp1 phosphohydrolase. The non-hydrolysable PP-IPs thus emerge as important tools and hold great promise for a variety of applications.
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- Mingxuan Wu
- Department of Chemistry, Princeton University, Washington Rd., 85 Princeton, NJ, 08544, USA. Tel: +1 609 258 1025
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Asp1, a conserved 1/3 inositol polyphosphate kinase, regulates the dimorphic switch in Schizosaccharomyces pombe. Mol Cell Biol 2010; 30:4535-47. [PMID: 20624911 DOI: 10.1128/mcb.00472-10] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022] Open
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The ability to undergo dramatic morphological changes in response to extrinsic cues is conserved in fungi. We have used the model yeast Schizosaccharomyces pombe to determine which intracellular signal regulates the dimorphic switch from the single-cell yeast form to the filamentous invasive growth form. The S. pombe Asp1 protein, a member of the conserved Vip1 1/3 inositol polyphosphate kinase family, is a key regulator of the morphological switch via the cAMP protein kinase A (PKA) pathway. Lack of a functional Asp1 kinase domain abolishes invasive growth which is monopolar, while an increase in Asp1-generated inositol pyrophosphates (PP) increases the cellular response. Remarkably, the Asp1 kinase activity encoded by the N-terminal part of the protein is regulated negatively by the C-terminal domain of Asp1, which has homology to acid histidine phosphatases. Thus, the fine tuning of the cellular response to environmental cues is modulated by the same protein. As the Saccharomyces cerevisiae Asp1 ortholog is also required for the dimorphic switch in this yeast, we propose that Vip1 family members have a general role in regulating fungal dimorphism.
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Barker CJ, Illies C, Gaboardi GC, Berggren PO. Inositol pyrophosphates: structure, enzymology and function. Cell Mol Life Sci 2009; 66:3851-71. [PMID: 19714294 PMCID: PMC11115731 DOI: 10.1007/s00018-009-0115-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 70] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/26/2009] [Revised: 07/13/2009] [Accepted: 07/20/2009] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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The stereochemistry of the inositol backbone provides a platform on which to generate a vast array of distinct molecular motifs that are used to convey information both in signal transduction and many other critical areas of cell biology. Diphosphoinositol phosphates, or inositol pyrophosphates, are the most recently characterized members of the inositide family. They represent a new frontier with both novel targets within the cell and novel modes of action. This includes the proposed pyrophosphorylation of a unique subset of proteins. We review recent insights into the structures of these molecules and the properties of the enzymes which regulate their concentration. These enzymes also act independently of their catalytic activity via protein-protein interactions. This unique combination of enzymes and products has an important role in diverse cellular processes including vesicle trafficking, endo- and exocytosis, apoptosis, telomere length regulation, chromatin hyperrecombination, the response to osmotic stress, and elements of nucleolar function.
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- Christopher John Barker
- The Rolf Luft Research Center for Diabetes and Endocrinology, Karolinska Institutet, 171 76 Stockholm, Sweden
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Garza JA, Ilangovan U, Hinck AP, Barnes LD. Kinetic, dynamic, ligand binding properties, and structural models of a dual-substrate specific nudix hydrolase from Schizosaccharomyces pombe. Biochemistry 2009; 48:6224-39. [PMID: 19462967 DOI: 10.1021/bi802266g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Schizosaccharomyces pombe Aps1 is a nudix hydrolase that catalyzes the hydrolysis of both diadenosine 5',5'''-P(1),P(n)-oligophosphates and diphosphoinositol polyphosphates in vitro. Nudix hydrolases act upon a wide variety of substrates, despite having a common 23 amino acid catalytic motif; hence, the residues responsible for substrate specificity are considered to reside outside the common catalytic nudix motif. The specific residues involved in binding each substrate of S. pombe Aps1 are unknown. In this study, we have conducted mutational and kinetic studies in combination with structural homology modeling and NMR spectroscopic analyses to identify potential residues involved in binding each class of substrates. This study demonstrates several major findings with regard to Aps1. First, the determination of the kinetic parameters of K(m) and k(cat) indicated that the initial 31 residues of Aps1 are not involved in substrate binding or catalysis with respect to Ap(6)A. Second, NMR spectroscopic analyses revealed the secondary structure and three dynamic backbone regions, one of which corresponds to a large insert in Aps1 as compared to other putative fungal orthologues. Third, two structural models of Aps1Delta2-19, based on the crystal structures of human DIPP1 and T. thermophilus Ndx1, were generated using homology modeling. The structural models were in excellent agreement with the NMR-derived secondary structure of Aps1Delta2-19. Fourth, NMR chemical shift mapping in conjunction with structural homology models indicated several residues outside the catalytic nudix motif that are involved in specific binding of diphosphoinositol polyphosphate or diadenosine oligophosphate ligands.
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- John A Garza
- Department of Biochemistry, The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, 7703 Floyd Curl Drive, San Antonio, Texas 78229-3900, USA
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Reilly SJ, Tillander V, Ofman R, Alexson SEH, Hunt MC. The nudix hydrolase 7 is an Acyl-CoA diphosphatase involved in regulating peroxisomal coenzyme A homeostasis. J Biochem 2008; 144:655-63. [PMID: 18799520 DOI: 10.1093/jb/mvn114] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Coenzyme A (CoASH) is an obligate cofactor for lipids undergoing beta-oxidation in peroxisomes. Although the peroxisomal membrane appears to be impermeable to CoASH, peroxisomes contain their own pool of CoASH. It is believed that CoASH enters peroxisomes as acyl-CoAs, but it is not known how this pool is regulated. The mouse nudix hydrolase 7 (NUDT7alpha) was previously identified in peroxisomes as a CoA-diphosphatase, and therefore suggested to be involved in regulation of peroxisomal CoASH levels. Here we show that mouse NUDT7alpha mainly acts as an acyl-CoA diphosphatase, with highest activity towards medium-chain acyl-CoAs, and much lower activity with CoASH. Nudt7alpha mRNA is highly expressed in liver, brown adipose tissue and heart, similar to enzymes involved in peroxisomal lipid degradation. Nudt7alpha mRNA is down-regulated by Wy-14,643, a peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor alpha (PPARalpha) ligand, in a PPARalpha-dependent manner in mouse liver. In highly purified peroxisomes, nudix hydrolase activity is highest with C(6)-CoA and is decreased by fibrate treatment. Under certain conditions, such as treatment with peroxisome proliferators or fasting, an increase in peroxisomal CoASH levels has been reported, which is in line with a decreased expression/activity of NUDT7alpha. Taken together these data suggest that NUDT7alpha function is tightly linked to peroxisomal CoASH/acyl-CoA homeostasis.
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- Sarah-Jayne Reilly
- Division of Clinical Chemistry C1-74, Department of Laboratory Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Karolinska University Hospital at Huddinge, SE-141 86 Stockholm, Sweden
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Olejnik K, Murcha MW, Whelan J, Kraszewska E. Cloning and characterization of AtNUDT13, a novel mitochondrial Arabidopsis thaliana Nudix hydrolase specific for long-chain diadenosine polyphosphates. FEBS J 2007; 274:4877-85. [PMID: 17824959 DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-4658.2007.06009.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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A cDNA corresponding to the At3g26690 gene, which encodes a Nudix protein (AtNUDT13) with predicted mitochondrial localization, was isolated from an Arabidopsis thaliana library. The 202 amino acid AtNUDT13 polypeptide was overexpressed in Escherichia coli and purified to homogeneity. The preferred substrate for this hydrolase was diadenosine hexaphosphate (Ap(6)A), with K(m) and k(cat)/K(m) values of 0.61 mm and 16.0 x 10(3) m(-)1.s(-1), respectively. Optimal activity was at alkaline pH (8.5) with Mg(2+) (5 mm) as the cofactor. MS analysis revealed that the products of diadenosine hexaphosphate hydrolysis were ADP and adenosine tetraphosphate. Diadenosine pentaphosphate and adenosine tetraphosphate were additional substrates, but diadenosine tetraphosphate and diadenosine triphosphate, adenosine nucleotides, diphosphoinositol polyphosphate and phosphoribosyl pyrophosphate were not hydrolyzed. Chemical crosslinking and size exclusion chromatography demonstrated that the protein exists as a monomer in solution. Subcellular localization studies indicated that the AtNUDT13 protein is targeted to the mitochondria. This is the first description of a plant pyrophosphatase catalyzing the hydrolysis of long-chain diadenosine polyphosphates: molecules with multiple biological activities.
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- Kamil Olejnik
- The Department of Plant Biochemistry, Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland
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Winward L, Whitfield WGF, Woodman TJ, McLennan AG, Safrany ST. Characterisation of a bis(5'-nucleosyl)-tetraphosphatase (asymmetrical) from Drosophila melanogaster. Int J Biochem Cell Biol 2007; 39:943-54. [PMID: 17344088 DOI: 10.1016/j.biocel.2007.01.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/04/2006] [Revised: 12/22/2006] [Accepted: 01/08/2007] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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The intracellular functions of diadenosine polyphosphates are still poorly defined. To understand these better, we have expressed and characterized a heat stable, 16.6kDa Nudix hydrolase (Apf) that specifically metabolizes these nucleotides from a Drosophila melanogaster cDNA. Apf always produces an NTP product, with substrate preference depending on pH and divalent ion (Zn(2+) or Mg(2+)). For example, diadenosine tetraphosphate is hydrolysed to ATP and AMP with K(m), k(cat) and k(cat)/K(m) values 9microM, 43s(-1) and 4.8microM(-1)s(-1) (pH 6.5, 0.1mMZn(2+)) and 12microM, 13s(-1) and 1.1microM(-1)s(-1) (pH 7.5, 20mMMg(2+)), respectively. However, diadenosine hexaphosphate is efficiently hydrolysed to ATP only at pH 7.5 with 20mMMg(2+) (K(m), k(cat) and k(cat)/K(m) values of 15microM 4.0s(-1), and 0.27microM(-1)s(-1)). Fluoride potently inhibits diadenosine tetraphosphate hydrolysis in the presence of Mg(2+) (IC(50)=20microM), whereas it is ineffective in the presence of Zn(2+), supporting the view that inhibition involves a specific, MgF(3)(-)-containing transition state analogue complex. Patterns of Apf expression in Drosophila tissues show Apf mRNA levels to be highest in embryos and adult females. Subcellular localization with Apf-EGFP fusion constructs reveals Apf to be predominantly nuclear, having an apparent preferential association with euchromatin and facultative heterochromatin. This supports a nuclear function for diadenosine tetraphosphate. Our results show Apf to be a fairly typical member of the bis (5'-nucleosyl)-tetraphosphatase subfamily of Nudix hydrolases with features that distinguish it from a previously reported bis (5'-nucleosyl)-tetraphosphatase hydrolase activity from Drosophila embryos.
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- Lucinda Winward
- Division of Cell Signalling, School of Life Sciences, University of Dundee, Dow Street, Dundee DD1 5EH, UK.
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Fisher DI, Cartwright JL, McLennan AG. Characterization of the Mn2+-stimulated (di)adenosine polyphosphate hydrolase encoded by the Deinococcus radiodurans DR2356 nudix gene. Arch Microbiol 2006; 186:415-24. [PMID: 16900379 DOI: 10.1007/s00203-006-0155-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/26/2006] [Revised: 06/26/2006] [Accepted: 07/17/2006] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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The DR2356 nudix hydrolase gene from Deinococcus radiodurans has been cloned and the product expressed as an 18 kDa histidine-tagged protein. The enzyme hydrolysed adenosine and diadenosine polyphosphates, always generating ATP as one of the initial products. ATP and other (deoxy)nucleoside triphosphates were also substrates, yielding (d)NDP and Pi as products. The DR2356 protein was most active at pH 8.6-9.0 and showed a strong preference for Mn(2+) as activating cation. Mg(2+) ions at 15 mM supported only 5% of the activity achieved with 2 mM Mn(2+). K (m) and k (cat) values for diadenosine tetra-, penta- and hexaphosphates were 2.0, 2.4 and 1.1 microM and 11.4, 28.6 and 12.0 s(-1), respectively, while for GTP they were 20.3 microM and 1.8 s(-1), respectively. The K (m )for adenosine 5'-pentaphosphate was <1 microM. Expression analysis showed the DR2356 gene to be induced eight- to ninefold in stationary phase and in cells subjected to slow dehydration plus rehydration. Superoxide (but not peroxide) treatment and rapid dehydration caused a two-to threefold induction. The Mn-requirement and induction in stationary phase suggest that DR2356 may have a specific role in maintenance mode metabolism in stationary phase as Mn(2+) accumulates.
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- David I Fisher
- School of Biological Sciences, Biosciences Building, University of Liverpool, P.O. Box 147, Liverpool, UK
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Tai SL, Boer VM, Daran-Lapujade P, Walsh MC, de Winde JH, Daran JM, Pronk JT. Two-dimensional transcriptome analysis in chemostat cultures. Combinatorial effects of oxygen availability and macronutrient limitation in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. J Biol Chem 2004; 280:437-47. [PMID: 15496405 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m410573200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 113] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Genome-wide analysis of transcriptional regulation is generally studied by determining sets of "signature transcripts" that are up- or down-regulated relative to a reference situation when a single culture parameter or genetic modification is changed. This approach is especially relevant for defining small subsets of transcripts for use in high throughput, cost-effective diagnostic analyses. However, this approach may overlook the simultaneous control of transcription by more than one environmental parameter. This study represents the first quantitative assessment of the impact of transcriptional cross-regulation by different environmental parameters. As a model, we compared the response of aerobic as well as anaerobic chemostat cultures of the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae to growth limitation by four different macronutrients (carbon, nitrogen, phosphorus, and sulfur). The identity of the growth-limiting nutrient was shown to have a strong impact on the sets of transcripts that responded to oxygen availability and vice versa. We concluded that identification of reliable signature transcripts for specific environmental parameters can be obtained only by combining transcriptome data sets obtained under several sets of reference conditions. Furthermore, the two-dimensional approach to transcriptome analysis is a valuable new tool to study the interaction of different transcriptional regulation systems.
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- Siew Leng Tai
- Kluyver Laboratory of Biotechnology, Delft University of Technology, Julianalaan 67, 2628BC Delft, The Netherlands
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Ghosh T, Peterson B, Tomasevic N, Peculis BA. Xenopus U8 snoRNA binding protein is a conserved nuclear decapping enzyme. Mol Cell 2004; 13:817-28. [PMID: 15053875 DOI: 10.1016/s1097-2765(04)00127-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/30/2003] [Revised: 01/30/2004] [Accepted: 02/02/2004] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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U8 snoRNP is required for accumulation of mature 5.8S and 28S rRNA in vertebrates. We are identifying proteins that bind U8 RNA with high specificity to understand how U8 functions in ribosome biogenesis. Here, we characterize a Xenopus 29 kDa protein (X29), which we previously showed binds U8 RNA with high affinity. X29 and putative homologs in other vertebrates contain a NUDIX domain found in MutT and other nucleotide diphosphatases. Recombinant X29 protein has diphosphatase activity that removes m(7)G and m(227)G caps from U8 and other RNAs in vitro; the putative 29 kDa human homolog also displays this decapping activity. X29 is primarily nucleolar in Xenopus tissue culture cells. We propose that X29 is a member of a conserved family of nuclear decapping proteins that function in regulating the level of U8 snoRNA and other nuclear RNAs with methylated caps.
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- Trina Ghosh
- National Institutes of Health, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, Genetics and Biochemistry Branch, Building 8, Room 106, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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Iwai T, Kuramitsu S, Masui R. The Nudix hydrolase Ndx1 from Thermus thermophilus HB8 is a diadenosine hexaphosphate hydrolase with a novel activity. J Biol Chem 2004; 279:21732-9. [PMID: 15024014 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m312018200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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The ndx1 gene, which encodes a Nudix protein, was cloned from the extremely thermophilic bacterium Thermus thermophilus HB8. This gene encodes a 126-amino acid protein that includes the characteristic Nudix motif conserved among Nudix proteins. Ndx1 was overexpressed in Escherichia coli and purified. Ndx1 was stable up to 95 degrees C and at extreme pH. Size exclusion chromatography indicated that Ndx1 was monomeric in solution. Ndx1 specifically hydrolyzed (di)adenosine polyphosphates but not ATP or diadenosine triphosphate, and it always generated ATP as the product. Diadenosine hexaphosphate (Ap(6)A), the most preferred substrate, was hydrolyzed to produce two ATP molecules, which is a novel hydrolysis mode for Ap(6)A, with a K(m) of 1.4 microm and a k(cat) of 4.1 s(-1). These results indicate that Ndx1 is a (di)adenosine polyphosphate hydrolase. Ndx1 activity required the presence of the divalent cations Mn(2+), Mg(2+), Zn(2+), and Co(2+), whereas Ca(2+), Ni(2+), and Cu(2+) were not able to activate Ndx1. Fluoride ion inhibited Ndx1 activity via a non-competitive mechanism. Optimal activity for Ap(6)A was observed at around pH 8.0 and about 70 degrees C. We found two important residues with pK(a) values of 6.1 and 9.6 in the free enzyme and pK(a) values of 7.9 and 10.0 in the substrate-enzyme complex. Kinetic studies of proteins with amino acid substitutions suggested that Glu-46 and Glu-50 were conserved residues in the Nudix motif and were involved in catalysis. Trp-26 was likely involved in enzyme-substrate interactions based on fluorescence measurements. Based on these results, the mechanism of substrate recognition and catalysis are discussed.
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- Takayoshi Iwai
- Department of Biology, Graduate School of Science, Osaka University, Toyonaka, Osaka 560-0043
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Kang LW, Gabelli SB, Bianchet MA, Xu WL, Bessman MJ, Amzel LM. Structure of a coenzyme A pyrophosphatase from Deinococcus radiodurans: a member of the Nudix family. J Bacteriol 2003; 185:4110-8. [PMID: 12837785 PMCID: PMC164880 DOI: 10.1128/jb.185.14.4110-4118.2003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Gene Dr1184 from Deinococcus radiodurans codes for a Nudix enzyme (DR-CoAse) that hydrolyzes the pyrophosphate moiety of coenzyme A (CoA). Nudix enzymes with the same specificity have been found in yeast, humans, and mice. The three-dimensional structure of DR-CoAse, the first of a Nudix hydrolase with this specificity, reveals that this enzyme contains, in addition to the fold observed in other Nudix enzymes, insertions that are characteristic of a CoA-hydrolyzing Nudix subfamily. The structure of the complex of the enzyme with Mg(2+), its activating cation, reveals the position of the catalytic site. A helix, part of the N-terminal insertion, partially occludes the binding site and has to change its position to permit substrate binding. Comparison of the structure of DR-CoAse to those of other Nudix enzymes, together with the location in the structure of the sequence characteristic of CoAses, suggests a mode of binding of the substrate to the enzyme that is compatible with all available data.
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- Lin-Woo Kang
- Department of Biophysics and Biophysical Chemistry, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland 21205, USA
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Dobrzanska M, Szurmak B, Wyslouch-Cieszynska A, Kraszewska E. Cloning and characterization of the first member of the Nudix family from Arabidopsis thaliana. J Biol Chem 2002; 277:50482-6. [PMID: 12399474 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m205207200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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The sequence motif commonly called a Nudix box, represented by (GX(5)EX(7)REVXEEXGU) is the marker of a widely distributed family of enzymes that catalyze the hydrolysis of a variety of nucleoside diphosphate derivatives. Here we describe the cloning and characterization of an Arabidopsis thaliana cDNA encoding a Nudix hydrolase that degrades NADH. The deduced amino acid sequence of AtNUDT1 contains 147 amino acids. The recombinant AtNUDT1 was expressed in Escherichia coli and purified. In the presence of Mn(2+) and the optimal pH of 7. 0, the recombinant AtNUDT1 catalyzed the hydrolysis of NADH with a K(m) value of 0. 36 mm. A V(max) of 12. 7 units mg (-1) for NADH was determined. The recombinant AtNUDT1 migrated as a dimer on a gel filtration column. Biochemical analysis of recombinant AtNUDT1 indicated that the first characterized member of the Nudix family from A. thaliana is a NADH pyrophosphatase.
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- Marta Dobrzanska
- Departament of Plant Biochemistry, Mass Spectrometry Laboratory, Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Pawinskiego 5A, 02-106 Warsaw, Poland.
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Fisher DI, Safrany ST, Strike P, McLennan AG, Cartwright JL. Nudix hydrolases that degrade dinucleoside and diphosphoinositol polyphosphates also have 5-phosphoribosyl 1-pyrophosphate (PRPP) pyrophosphatase activity that generates the glycolytic activator ribose 1,5-bisphosphate. J Biol Chem 2002; 277:47313-7. [PMID: 12370170 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m209795200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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A total of 17 Nudix hydrolases were tested for their ability to hydrolyze 5-phosphoribosyl 1-pyrophosphate (PRPP). All 11 enzymes that were active toward dinucleoside polyphosphates with 4 or more phosphate groups as substrates were also able to hydrolyze PRPP, whereas the 6 that could not and that have coenzyme A, NDP-sugars, or pyridine nucleotides as preferred substrates did not degrade PRPP. The products of hydrolysis were ribose 1,5-bisphosphate and P(i). Active PRPP pyrophosphatases included the diphosphoinositol polyphosphate phosphohydrolase (DIPP) subfamily of Nudix hydrolases, which also degrade the non-nucleotide diphosphoinositol polyphosphates. K(m) and k(cat) values for PRPP hydrolysis for the Deinococcus radiodurans DR2356 (di)nucleoside polyphosphate hydrolase, the human diadenosine tetraphosphate hydrolase, and human DIPP-1 (diadenosine hexaphosphate and diphosphoinositol polyphosphate hydrolase) were 1 mm and 1.5 s(-1), 0.13 mm and 0.057 s(-1), and 0.38 mm and 1.0 s(-1), respectively. Active site mutants of the Caenorhabditis elegans diadenosine tetraphosphate hydrolase had no activity, confirming that the same active site is responsible for nucleotide and PRPP hydrolysis. Comparison of the specificity constants for nucleotide, diphosphoinositol polyphosphate, and PRPP hydrolysis suggests that PRPP is a significant substrate for the D. radiodurans DR2356 enzyme and for the DIPP subfamily. In the latter case, generation of the glycolytic activator ribose 1,5-bisphosphate may be a new function for these enzymes.
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- David I Fisher
- Cell Regulation and Signalling Group, School of Biological Sciences, University of Liverpool, Liverpool L69 7ZB, United Kingdom
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Leslie NR, McLennan AG, Safrany ST. Cloning and characterisation of hAps1 and hAps2, human diadenosine polyphosphate-metabolising Nudix hydrolases. BMC BIOCHEMISTRY 2002; 3:20. [PMID: 12121577 PMCID: PMC117780 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2091-3-20] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/17/2002] [Accepted: 07/16/2002] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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BACKGROUND The human genome contains at least 18 genes for Nudix hydrolase enzymes. Many have similar functions to one another. In order to understand their roles in cell physiology, these proteins must be characterised. RESULTS We have characterised two novel human gene products, hAps1, encoded by the NUDT11 gene, and hAps2, encoded by the NUDT10 gene. These cytoplasmic proteins are members of the DIPP subfamily of Nudix hydrolases, and differ from each other by a single amino acid. Both metabolise diadenosine-polyphosphates and, weakly, diphosphoinositol polyphosphates. An apparent polymorphism of hAps1 has also been identified, which leads to the point mutation S39N. This has also been characterised. The favoured nucleotides were diadenosine 5',5"'-pentaphosphate (kcat/Km = 11, 8 and 16 x 10(3) M(-1) x s(-1) respectively for hAps1, hAps1-39N and hAps2) and diadenosine 5',5"'-hexaphosphate (kcat/Km = 13, 14 and 11 x 10(3) M(-1) x s(-1) respectively for hAps1, hAps1-39N and hAps2). Both hAps1 and hAps2 had pH optima of 8.5 and an absolute requirement for divalent cations, with manganese (II) being favoured. Magnesium was not able to activate the enzymes. Therefore, these enzymes could be acutely regulated by manganese fluxes within the cell. CONCLUSIONS Recent gene duplication has generated the two Nudix genes, NUDT11 and NUDT10. We have characterised their gene products as the closely related Nudix hydrolases, hAps1 and hAps2. These two gene products complement the activity of previously described members of the DIPP family, and reinforce the concept that Ap5A and Ap6A act as intracellular messengers.
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- Nick R Leslie
- Division of Cell Signalling, School of Life Sciences, The University of Dundee, Dundee, DD1 5EH, UK
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- School of Biological Sciences, Life Sciences Building, University of Liverpool, PO Box 147, Liverpool, L69 7ZB, UK
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- Division of Cell Signalling, School of Life Sciences, The University of Dundee, Dundee, DD1 5EH, UK
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Minelli A, Allegrucci C, Liguori L, Ronquist G. Ecto-diadenosine polyphosphates hydrolase activity on human prostasomes. Prostate 2002; 51:1-9. [PMID: 11920952 DOI: 10.1002/pros.10062] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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BACKGROUND Ecto-diadenosine polyphosphates are ubiquitous compounds with several physiological roles. Ecto-diadenosine polyphosphates hydrolase control their actions by degrading and terminating their signaling. The present work deals with the identification and partial characterization of ecto-diadenosine polyphosphates hydrolase on human prostasomes. METHODS Reverse-phase and paired-ion HPLC techniques have been used. RESULTS Prostasomes have an ecto-diadenosine polyphosphates hydrolase that leads to the degradation of several diadenosine compounds. Kinetic parameters of the enzyme show that diadenosine tetraphosphate is the preferred substrate that is further metabolized by the prostasome-ecto-nucleotidases to adenosine. The ecto-enzyme is bound to the prostasome-membranes through a GPI-anchor and is activated by physiological concentration of Ca+2, Mg+2, and Mn+2. Its optimum pH is also in the slightly alkaline physiological range. Human spermatozoa do not possess this hydrolytic activity, but they can acquire it after fusion with prostasomes. CONCLUSIONS The existence of an enzyme capable of degrading diadenosine compounds and can be transferred to human spermatozoa suggests new physiological implications for the role of prostasomes in fertilization.
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- Alba Minelli
- Dipartimento di Scienze Biochimiche e Biotecnologie Molecolari, Sezione di Biochimica Cellulare, Università di Perugia, Via del Giochetto, Perugia, Italy.
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Cartwright JL, Safrany ST, Dixon LK, Darzynkiewicz E, Stepinski J, Burke R, McLennan AG. The g5R (D250) gene of African swine fever virus encodes a Nudix hydrolase that preferentially degrades diphosphoinositol polyphosphates. J Virol 2002; 76:1415-21. [PMID: 11773415 PMCID: PMC135849 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.76.3.1415-1421.2002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/09/2001] [Accepted: 09/05/2001] [Indexed: 01/16/2023] Open
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The African swine fever virus (ASFV) g5R gene encodes a protein containing a Nudix hydrolase motif which in terms of sequence appears most closely related to the mammalian diadenosine tetraphosphate (Ap4A) hydrolases. However, purified recombinant g5R protein (g5Rp) showed a much wider range of nucleotide substrate specificity compared to eukaryotic Ap4A hydrolases, having highest activity with GTP, followed by adenosine 5'-pentaphosphate (p5A) and dGTP. Diadenosine and diguanosine nucleotides were substrates, but the enzyme showed no activity with cap analogues such as 7mGp3A. In common with eukaryotic diadenosine hexaphosphate (Ap6A) hydrolases, which prefer higher-order polyphosphates as substrates, g5Rp also hydrolyzes the diphosphoinositol polyphosphates PP-InsP5 and [PP]2-InsP4. A comparison of the kinetics of substrate utilization showed that the k(cat)/K(m) ratio for PP-InsP5 is 60-fold higher than that for GTP, which allows classification of g5R as a novel diphosphoinositol polyphosphate phosphohydrolase (DIPP). Unlike mammalian DIPP, g5Rp appeared to preferentially remove the 5-beta-phosphate from both PP-InsP5 and [PP]2-InsP4. ASFV infection led to a reduction in the levels of PP-InsP5, ATP and GTP by ca. 50% at late times postinfection. The measured intracellular concentrations of these compounds were comparable to the respective K(m) values of g5Rp, suggesting that one or all of these may be substrates for g5Rp during ASFV infection. Transfection of ASFV-infected Vero cells with a plasmid encoding epitope-tagged g5Rp suggested localization of this protein in the rough endoplasmic reticulum. These results suggest a possible role for g5Rp in regulating a stage of viral morphogenesis involving diphosphoinositol polyphosphate-mediated membrane trafficking.
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- Jared L Cartwright
- School of Biological Sciences, University of Liverpool, Liverpool L69 7ZB, UK
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Abdelghany HM, Gasmi L, Cartwright JL, Bailey S, Rafferty JB, McLennan AG. Cloning, characterisation and crystallisation of a diadenosine 5',5"'-P(1),P(4)-tetraphosphate pyrophosphohydrolase from Caenorhabditis elegans. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA 2001; 1550:27-36. [PMID: 11738085 DOI: 10.1016/s0167-4838(01)00263-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Asymmetrically cleaving diadenosine 5',5"'-P(1),P(4)-tetraphosphate (Ap4A) hydrolase activity has been detected in extracts of adult Caenorhabditis elegans and the corresponding cDNA amplified and expressed in Escherichia coli. As expected, sequence analysis shows the enzyme to be a member of the Nudix hydrolase family. The purified recombinant enzyme behaves as a typical animal Ap4A hydrolase. It hydrolyses Ap4A with a K(m) of 7 microM and k(cat) of 27 s(-1) producing AMP and ATP as products. It is also active towards other adenosine and diadenosine polyphosphates with four or more phosphate groups, but not diadenosine triphosphate, always generating ATP as one of the products. It is inhibited non-competitively by fluoride (K(i)=25 microM) and competitively by adenosine 5'-tetraphosphate with Ap4A as substrate (K(i)=10 nM). Crystals of diffraction quality with the morphology of rectangular plates were readily obtained and preliminary data collected. These crystals diffract to a minimum d-spacing of 2 A and belong to either space group C222 or C222(1). Phylogenetic analysis of known and putative Ap4A hydrolases of the Nudix family suggests that they fall into two groups comprising plant and Proteobacterial enzymes on the one hand and animal and archaeal enzymes on the other. Complete structural determination of the C. elegans Ap4A hydrolase will help determine the basis of this grouping.
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- H M Abdelghany
- School of Biological Sciences, University of Liverpool, UK
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Gasmi L, McLennan AG. The mouse Nudt7 gene encodes a peroxisomal nudix hydrolase specific for coenzyme A and its derivatives. Biochem J 2001; 357:33-8. [PMID: 11415433 PMCID: PMC1221925 DOI: 10.1042/0264-6021:3570033] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
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A mouse homologue of the Saccharomyces cerevisiae Pcd1p coenzyme A diphosphatase, NUDT7alpha, has been expressed as a thioredoxin fusion protein in Escherichia coli. NUDT7alpha is also a CoA diphosphatase of the nudix hydrolase family, and hydrolyses CoA, CoA esters and oxidized CoA with similar efficiences, yielding 3',5'-ADP and the corresponding 4'-phosphopantetheine derivative as products. K(m) and k(cat) values with CoA were 240 microM and 3.8 s(-1). Activity was optimal at pH 8.0 with 5 mM Mg(2+) or Mn(2+) ions, while fluoride was inhibitory with an IC(50) value of 20 microM. Expression of the Nudt7 gene was highest in liver, intermediate in lung and kidney, and lowest in brain and heart, producing a 1.5 kb transcript. A similar pattern of expression was found for the human orthologue, NUDT7. An enzymically inactive splice variant, NUDT7beta, which lacks 20 amino acids downstream of the nudix motif, was also found to be expressed in mouse tissues. Transfection of HeLa cells with a vector expressing the Nudt7alpha gene fused to the C-terminus of red fluorescent protein showed that NUDT7alpha, like Pcd1p, was a peroxisomal enzyme. The function of the NUDT7 enzyme may be the elimination of oxidized CoA from peroxisomes, or the regulation of CoA and acyl-CoA levels in this organelle in response to metabolic demand.
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- L Gasmi
- School of Biological Sciences, Life Sciences Building, University of Liverpool, P. O. Box 147, Liverpool L69 7ZB, UK
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AbdelRaheim SR, Cartwright JL, Gasmi L, McLennan AG. The NADH diphosphatase encoded by the Saccharomyces cerevisiae NPY1 nudix hydrolase gene is located in peroxisomes. Arch Biochem Biophys 2001; 388:18-24. [PMID: 11361135 DOI: 10.1006/abbi.2000.2268] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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The NPY1 nudix hydrolase gene of Saccharomyces cerevisiae has been cloned and shown to encode a diphosphatase (pyrophosphatase) with NADH as the preferred substrate, giving NMNH and AMP as products. NADPH, diadenosine diphosphate, NAD+, NADP+, and ADP-ribose were also utilized efficiently. Km values for NADH, NAD+, and ADP-ribose were 0.17, 0.5, and 1.3 mM and kcat values 1.5, 0.6, and 0.6 s(-1), respectively. NPY1 has a potential C-terminal tripeptide PTS1 peroxisomal targeting signal (SHL). By fusing NPY1 to the C-terminus of yeast-enhanced green fluorescent protein, the enzyme was found to be targeted to peroxisomes. Colocalization with peroxisomal thiolase was also shown by indirect immunofluorescence. Related sequences in other organisms also have potential PTS1 signals, suggesting an important peroxisomal function for this protein. This function may be the regulation of nicotinamide coenzyme concentrations independently of those in other compartments or the elimination of oxidized nucleotide derivatives from the peroxisomal environment.
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- S R AbdelRaheim
- School of Biological Sciences, University of Liverpool, United Kingdom
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McLennan AG, Barnes LD, Blackburn GM, Brenner C, Guranowski A, Miller AD, Rovira JM, Rotllán P, Soria B, Tanner JA, Sillero A. Recent progress in the study of the intracellular functions of diadenosine polyphosphates. Drug Dev Res 2001. [DOI: 10.1002/ddr.1122] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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O'Handley SF, Dunn CA, Bessman MJ. Orf135 from Escherichia coli Is a Nudix hydrolase specific for CTP, dCTP, and 5-methyl-dCTP. J Biol Chem 2001; 276:5421-6. [PMID: 11053429 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m004100200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Orf135 from Escherichia coli is a new member of the Nudix (nucleoside diphosphate linked to some other moiety, x) hydrolase family of enzymes with substrate specificity for CTP, dCTP, and 5-methyl-dCTP. The gene has been cloned for overexpression, and the protein has been overproduced, purified, and characterized. Orf135 is most active on 5-methyl-dCTP (k(cat)/K(m) = 301,000 M(-1) s(-1)), followed by CTP (k(cat)/K(m) = 47,000 M(-1) s(-1)) and dCTP (k(cat)/K(m) = 18,000 M(-1) s(-1)). Unlike other nucleoside triphosphate pyrophophohydrolases of the Nudix hydrolase family discovered thus far, Orf135 is highly specific for pyrimidine (deoxy)nucleoside triphosphates. Like other Nudix hydrolases, the enzyme cleaves its substrates to produce a nucleoside monophosphate and inorganic pyrophosphate, has an alkaline pH optimum, and requires a divalent metal cation for catalysis, with magnesium yielding optimal activity. Because of the nature of its substrate specificity, Orf135 may play a role in pyrimidine biosynthesis, lipid biosynthesis, and in controlling levels of 5-methyl-dCTP in the cell.
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- S F O'Handley
- Department of Biology and the McCollum-Pratt Institute, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland 21218, USA.
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Metzler DE, Metzler CM, Sauke DJ. Ribosomes and the Synthesis of Proteins. Biochemistry 2001. [DOI: 10.1016/b978-012492543-4/50032-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Cartwright JL, Gasmi L, Spiller DG, McLennan AG. The Saccharomyces cerevisiae PCD1 gene encodes a peroxisomal nudix hydrolase active toward coenzyme A and its derivatives. J Biol Chem 2000; 275:32925-30. [PMID: 10922370 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m005015200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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The PCD1 nudix hydrolase gene of Saccharomyces cerevisiae has been cloned and the Pcd1p protein characterized as a diphosphatase (pyrophosphatase) with specificity for coenzyme A and CoA derivatives. Oxidized CoA disulfide is preferred over CoA as a substrate with K(m) and k(cat) values of 24 micrometer and 5.0 s(-1), respectively, compared with values for CoA of 280 micrometer and 4.6 s(-1) respectively. The products of CoA hydrolysis were 3'-phosphoadenosine 5'-monophosphate and 4'-phosphopantetheine. F(-) ions inhibited the activity with an IC(50) of 22 micrometer. The sequence of Pcd1p contains a potential PTS2 peroxisomal targeting signal. When fused to the N terminus of yeast-enhanced green fluorescent protein, Pcd1p was shown to locate to peroxisomes by confocal microscopy. It was also shown to co-localize with peroxisomal thiolase by immunofluorescence microscopy. N-terminal sequence analysis of the expressed protein revealed the loss of 7 or 8 amino acids, suggesting processing of the proposed PTS2 signal after import. The function of Pcd1p may be to remove potentially toxic oxidized CoA disulfide from peroxisomes in order to maintain the capacity for beta-oxidation of fatty acids.
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- J L Cartwright
- Cell Regulation and Signalling Group and Centre for Cell Imaging, School of Biological Sciences, University of Liverpool, Life Sciences Building, Liverpool L69 7ZB, United Kingdom
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Despite being known for over 30 years, the functions of the dinucleoside polyphosphates, such as diadenosine 5',5"'-P(1), P(4)-tetraphosphate (Ap(4)A) and diadenosine 5',5"'-P(1), P(3)-triphosphate (Ap(3)A), are still unclear. On the one hand, they may have important signalling functions, both inside and outside the cell (friend), while on the other hand, they may simply be the unavoidable by-products of certain biochemical reactions, which, if allowed to accumulate, would be potentially toxic through their structural similarity to ATP and other essential mononucleotides (foe). Here, the occurrence, synthesis, degradation, and proposed functions of these compounds are briefly reviewed, along with some new data and recent evidence supporting roles for Ap(3)A and Ap(4)A in the cellular decision making processes leading to proliferation, quiescence, differentiation, and apoptosis. Hypotheses are forwarded for the involvement of Ap(4)A in the intra-S phase DNA damage checkpoint and for Ap(3)A and the pFhit (fragile histidine triad gene product) protein in tumour suppression. It is concluded that the roles of friend and foe are not incompatible, but are distinguished by the concentration range of nucleotide achieved under different circumstances.
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- A G McLennan
- School of Biological Sciences, Life Sciences Building, University of Liverpool, Crown Street, L69 7ZB, Liverpool, UK.
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Guranowski A. Specific and nonspecific enzymes involved in the catabolism of mononucleoside and dinucleoside polyphosphates. Pharmacol Ther 2000; 87:117-39. [PMID: 11007995 DOI: 10.1016/s0163-7258(00)00046-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 85] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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This review concerns enzymes that can degrade nucleoside 5'-tetra- and pentaphosphates (p(4)N and p(5)N) and those that can degrade various dinucleoside polyphosphates (Np(3-6)N'). Most of these enzymes are hydrolases, and they occur in all types of organisms. Certain fungi and protozoa also possess specific Np(n)N' phosphorylases. Specific p(4)N hydrolases have been demonstrated in mammals and in plants. In yeast, p(4)N and p(5)N are hydrolyzed by exopolyphosphatases. Among other hydrolases that can degrade these minor mononucleotides are phosphatases, apyrase, and (asymmetrical) Np(4)N' hydrolase, as well as the nonspecific adenylate deaminase. Np(n)N's are good substrates for Type I phosphodiesterases and nucleotide pyrophosphatases, and diadenosine polyphosphates are easily deaminated to diinosine polyphosphates by nonspecific adenylate deaminases. Specific Np(3)N' hydrolases occur in both prokaryotes and eukaryotes. Interestingly, the human fragile histidine triad (Fhit) tumor suppressor protein appears to be a typical Np(3)N' hydrolase. Among the specific Np(4)N' hydrolases are asymmetrically cleaving ones, which are typical of higher eukaryotes, and symmetrically cleaving enzymes found in Physarum polycephalum and in many bacteria. An enzyme that hydrolyzes both diadenosine tetraphosphate and diadenosine triphosphate has been found in the fission yeast Schizosaccharomyces pombe. Its amino acid sequence is similar to that of the human Fhit/Np(3)N' hydrolase. Very recently, a typical (asymmetrical) Np(4)N' hydrolase has been demonstrated for the first time in a bacterium-the pathogenic Bartonella bacilliformis. Another novelty is the discovery of diadenosine 5', 5"'-P(1),P 6-hexaphosphate hydrolases in budding and fission yeasts and in mammalian cells. These enzymes and the (asymmetrical) Np(4)N' hydrolases have the amino acid motif typical of the MutT (or Nudix hydrolase) family. In contrast, the Schizosaccharomyces pombe Ap(4)A/Ap(3)A hydrolase, the human Fhit protein, and the yeast Np(n)N' phosphorylases belong to a superfamily GAFH, which includes the histidine triad proteins.
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- A Guranowski
- Katedra Biochemii i Biotechnologii, Akademia Rolnicza, ul. Wo>/=yOska 35, 60-637, PoznaO, Poland.
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Xu W, Dunn CA, Bessman MJ. Cloning and characterization of the NADH pyrophosphatases from Caenorhabditis elegans and Saccharomyces cerevisiae, members of a Nudix hydrolase subfamily. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2000; 273:753-8. [PMID: 10873676 DOI: 10.1006/bbrc.2000.2999] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Two genes from Caenorhabditis elegans and Saccharomyces cerevisiae, coding for enzymes homologous to the Nudix hydrolase family of nucleotide pyrophosphatases, have been cloned and expressed in Escherichia coli. The purified enzymes are homodimers of 39.1 and 43. 5 kDa, respectively, are activated by Mg(2+) and Mn(2+), and are 30 to 50 times more active on NADH than on NAD(+). They both have a conserved array of amino acids downstream of the Nudix box first seen in the orthologous enzyme from E. coli which designates them as members of an NADH pyrophosphatase subfamily of the Nudix hydrolases.
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- W Xu
- Department of Biology, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland 21218, USA
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Yang H, Slupska MM, Wei YF, Tai JH, Luther WM, Xia YR, Shih DM, Chiang JH, Baikalov C, Fitz-Gibbon S, Phan IT, Conrad A, Miller JH. Cloning and characterization of a new member of the Nudix hydrolases from human and mouse. J Biol Chem 2000; 275:8844-53. [PMID: 10722730 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.275.12.8844] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Proteins containing the Nudix box "GX(5)EX(7)REUXEEXGU" (where U is usually Leu, Val, or Ile) are Nudix hydrolases, which catalyze the hydrolysis of a variety of nucleoside diphosphate derivatives. Here we report cloning and characterization of a human cDNA encoding a novel nudix hydrolase NUDT5 for the hydrolysis of ADP-sugars. The deduced amino acid sequence of NUDT5 contains 219 amino acids, including a conserved Nudix box sequence. The recombinant NUDT5 was expressed in Escherichia coli and purified to near homogeneity. At the optimal pH of 7, the purified recombinant NUDT5 catalyzed hydrolysis of two major substrates ADP-ribose and ADP-mannose with K(m) values of 32 and 83 microM, respectively; the V(max) for ADP-mannose was about 1.5 times that with ADP-ribose. The murine NUDT5 homolog was also cloned and characterized. mNudT5 has 81% amino acid identity to NUDT5 with catalytic activities similar to NUDT5 under the optimal pH of 9. Both NUDT5 and mNudT5 transcripts were ubiquitously expressed in tissues analyzed with preferential abundance in liver. The genomic structures of both NUDT5 and mNudT5 were determined and located on human chromosome 10 and mouse chromosome 2, respectively. The role of NUDT5 in maintaining levels of free ADP-ribose in cells is discussed.
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- H Yang
- Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics and the Molecular Biology Institute, University of California, Los Angeles, California 90095, USA
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Dunn CA, O'Handley SF, Frick DN, Bessman MJ. Studies on the ADP-ribose pyrophosphatase subfamily of the nudix hydrolases and tentative identification of trgB, a gene associated with tellurite resistance. J Biol Chem 1999; 274:32318-24. [PMID: 10542272 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.274.45.32318] [Citation(s) in RCA: 121] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Four Nudix hydrolase genes, ysa1 from Saccharomyces cerevisiae, orf209 from Escherichia coli, yqkg from Bacillus subtilis, and hi0398 from Hemophilus influenzae were amplified, cloned into an expression vector, and transformed into E. coli. The expressed proteins were purified and shown to belong to a subfamily of Nudix hydrolases active on ADP-ribose. Comparison with other members of the subfamily revealed a conserved proline 16 amino acid residues downstream of the Nudix box, common to all of the ADP-ribose pyrophosphatase subfamily. In this same region, a conserved tyrosine designates another subfamily, the diadenosine polyphosphate pyrophosphatases, while an array of eight conserved amino acids is indicative of the NADH pyrophosphatases. On the basis of these classifications, the trgB gene, a tellurite resistance factor from Rhodobacter sphaeroides, was predicted to designate an ADP-ribose pyrophosphatase. In support of this hypothesis, a highly specific ADP-ribose pyrophosphatase gene from the archaebacterium, Methanococcus jannaschii, introduced into E. coli, increased the transformant's tolerance to potassium tellurite.
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- C A Dunn
- Department of Biology and the McCollum-Pratt Institute, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland 21218, USA
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Safrany ST, Ingram SW, Cartwright JL, Falck JR, McLennan AG, Barnes LD, Shears SB. The diadenosine hexaphosphate hydrolases from Schizosaccharomyces pombe and Saccharomyces cerevisiae are homologues of the human diphosphoinositol polyphosphate phosphohydrolase. Overlapping substrate specificities in a MutT-type protein. J Biol Chem 1999; 274:21735-40. [PMID: 10419486 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.274.31.21735] [Citation(s) in RCA: 99] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Aps1 from Schizosaccharomyces pombe (Ingram, S. W., Stratemann, S. A. , and Barnes, L. D. (1999) Biochemistry 38, 3649-3655) and YOR163w from Saccharomyces cerevisiae (Cartwright, J. L., and McLennan, A. G. (1999) J. Biol. Chem. 274, 8604-8610) have both previously been characterized as MutT family hydrolases with high specificity for diadenosine hexa- and pentaphosphates (Ap(6)A and Ap(5)A). Using purified recombinant preparations of these enzymes, we have now discovered that they have an important additional function, namely, the efficient hydrolysis of diphosphorylated inositol polyphosphates. This overlapping specificity of an enzyme for two completely different classes of substrate is not only of enzymological significance, but in addition, this finding provides important new information pertinent to the structure, function, and evolution of the MutT motif. Moreover, we report that the human protein previously characterized as a diphosphorylated inositol phosphate phosphohydrolase represents the first example, in any animal, of an enzyme that degrades Ap(6)A and Ap(5)A, in preference to other diadenosine polyphosphates. The emergence of Ap(6)A and Ap(5)A as extracellular effectors and intracellular ion-channel ligands points not only to diphosphorylated inositol phosphate phosphohydrolase as a candidate for regulating signaling by diadenosine polyphosphates, but also suggests that diphosphorylated inositol phosphates may competitively inhibit this process.
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- S T Safrany
- Inositide Signaling Group, NIEHS, National Institutes of Health, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina 27709, USA
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