Structural highlights
3oh9 is a 3 chain structure with sequence from Ecoli. Full crystallographic information is available from OCA. For a guided tour on the structure components use FirstGlance.
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| NonStd Res: | |
| Related: | 3ogd, 3oh6 |
| Gene: | aidA, alkA, b2068, JW2053 (ECOLI) |
| Activity: | DNA-3-methyladenine glycosylase II, with EC number 3.2.2.21 |
| Resources: | FirstGlance, OCA, PDBe, RCSB, PDBsum, ProSAT |
Function
[3MG2_ECOLI] Hydrolysis of the deoxyribose N-glycosidic bond to excise 3-methyladenine, 3-methylguanine, 7-methylguanine, O2-methylthymine, and O2-methylcytosine from the damaged DNA polymer formed by alkylation lesions.
Evolutionary Conservation
Check, as determined by ConSurfDB. You may read the explanation of the method and the full data available from ConSurf.
Publication Abstract from PubMed
Because DNA damage is so rare, DNA glycosylases interact for the most part with undamaged DNA. Whereas the structural basis for recognition of DNA lesions by glycosylases has been studied extensively, less is known about the nature of the interaction between these proteins and undamaged DNA. Here we report the crystal structures of the DNA glycosylase AlkA in complex with undamaged DNA. The structures revealed a recognition mode in which the DNA is nearly straight, with no amino acid side chains inserted into the duplex, and the target base pair is fully intrahelical. A comparison of the present structures with that of AlkA recognizing an extrahelical lesion revealed conformational changes in both the DNA and protein as the glycosylase transitions from the interrogation of undamaged DNA to catalysis of nucleobase excision. Modeling studies with the cytotoxic lesion 3-methyladenine and accompanying biochemical experiments suggested that AlkA actively interrogates the minor groove of the DNA while probing for the presence of lesions.
Structure of Escherichia coli AlkA in Complex with Undamaged DNA.,Bowman BR, Lee S, Wang S, Verdine GL J Biol Chem. 2010 Nov 12;285(46):35783-91. Epub 2010 Sep 15. PMID:20843803[1]
From MEDLINE®/PubMed®, a database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine.
See Also
References
- ↑ Bowman BR, Lee S, Wang S, Verdine GL. Structure of Escherichia coli AlkA in Complex with Undamaged DNA. J Biol Chem. 2010 Nov 12;285(46):35783-91. Epub 2010 Sep 15. PMID:20843803 doi:10.1074/jbc.M110.155663
