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Publication Abstract from PubMed

Almost half of the entire set of predicted genomic products from Methanococcus jannaschii are classified as functionally unknown hypothetical proteins. We present a structure-based identification of the biochemical function of a protein with an as yet unknown function from a M. jannaschii gene, Mj0226. The crystal structure of Mj0226 protein determined at 2.2 A resolution reveals that the protein is a homodimer and each monomer folds into an elongated alpha/beta structure of a new fold family. Comparisons of Mj0226 protein with protein structures in the database, however, indicate that one part of the protein is homologous to some of the nucleotide-binding proteins. Biochemical analysis shows that Mj0226 protein is a novel nucleotide triphosphatase that can efficiently hydrolyze nonstandard nucleotides such as XTP to XMP or ITP to IMP, but not the standard nucleotides, in the presence of Mg2+ or Mn2+ ions.

Structure-based identification of a novel NTPase from Methanococcus jannaschii.,Hwang KY, Chung JH, Kim SH, Han YS, Cho Y Nat Struct Biol. 1999 Jul;6(7):691-6. PMID:10404228^[1]

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