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Publication Abstract from PubMed

Mammalian haloacid dehalogenase (HAD)-type phosphatases are an emerging family of phosphatases with important functions in physiology and disease, yet little is known about the basis of their substrate specificity. Here, we characterize a previously unexplored HAD family member (gene annotation: phosphoglycolate phosphatase) that we termed AUM, for aspartate-based, ubiquitous, Mg2+-dependent phosphatase. AUM is a tyrosine-specific paralog of the serine/threonine-specific protein and pyridoxal 5'-phosphate-directed HAD phosphatase chronophin. Comparative evolutionary and biochemical analyses reveal that a single, differently conserved residue in the cap domain of either AUM or chronophin is crucial for phosphatase specificity. We have solved the X-ray crystal structure of the AUM cap fused to the catalytic core of chronophin to 2.65 A resolution and present a detailed view of the catalytic clefts of AUM and chronophin that explains their substrate preferences. Our findings identify a small number of cap domain residues that encode the different substrate specificities of AUM and chronophin.

Evolutionary and Structural Analyses of the Mammalian Haloacid Dehalogenase-Type Phosphatases AUM and Chronophin Provide Insight into the Basis of their Different Substrate Specificities.,Seifried A, Knobloch G, Duraphe PS, Segerer G, Manhard J, Schindelin H, Schultz J, Gohla A J Biol Chem. 2013 Dec 13. PMID:24338473^[1]

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