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1oe5
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XENOPUS SMUG1, AN ANTI-MUTATOR URACIL-DNA GLYCOSYLASE
Overview
Cytosine deamination is a major promutagenic process, generating G:U mismatches that can cause transition mutations if not repaired. Uracil is also introduced into DNA via nonmutagenic incorporation of dUTP during replication. In bacteria, uracil is excised by uracil-DNA glycosylases (UDG) related to E. coli UNG, and UNG homologs are found in mammals and viruses. Ung knockout mice display no increase in mutation frequency due to a second UDG activity, SMUG1, which is specialized for antimutational uracil excision in mammalian cells. Remarkably, SMUG1 also excises the oxidation-damage product 5-hydroxymethyluracil (HmU), but like UNG is inactive against thymine (5-methyluracil), a chemical substructure of HmU. We have solved the crystal structure of SMUG1 complexed with DNA and base-excision products. This structure indicates a more invasive interaction with dsDNA than observed with other UDGs and reveals an elegant water displacement/replacement mechanism that allows SMUG1 to exclude thymine from its active site while accepting HmU.
About this Structure
1OE5 is a Protein complex structure of sequences from Xenopus laevis with , , , and as ligands. Known structural/functional Site: . Full crystallographic information is available from OCA.
Reference
Structure and specificity of the vertebrate anti-mutator uracil-DNA glycosylase SMUG1., Wibley JE, Waters TR, Haushalter K, Verdine GL, Pearl LH, Mol Cell. 2003 Jun;11(6):1647-59. PMID:12820976
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Categories: Protein complex | Xenopus laevis | Pearl, L H. | Wibley, J E.A. | DUR | EPE | GOL | IPA | URA | Dna glycosylase | Single stranded | Smug1
