Publication Abstract from PubMed
The enzyme thymidylate kinase phosphorylates the substrate thymidine 5'-phosphate (dTMP) to form thymidine 5'-diphosphate (dTDP), which is further phosphorylated to dTTP for incorporation into DNA. Ehrlichia chaffeensis is the etiologic agent of human monocytotropic erlichiosis (HME), a potentially life-threatening tick-borne infection. HME is endemic in the United States from the southern states up to the eastern seaboard. HME is transmitted to humans via the lone star tick Amblyomma americanum. Here, the 2.15 A resolution crystal structure of thymidylate kinase from E. chaffeensis in the apo form is presented.
Structure of thymidylate kinase from Ehrlichia chaffeensis.,Leibly DJ, Abendroth J, Bryan CM, Sankaran B, Kelley A, Barrett LK, Stewart L, Van Voorhis WC Acta Crystallogr Sect F Struct Biol Cryst Commun. 2011 Sep 1;67(Pt, 9):1090-4. Epub 2011 Aug 16. PMID:21904055[1]
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