Structural highlights
Function
[DPYD_PIG] Involved in pyrimidine base degradation. Catalyzes the reduction of uracil and thymine.[1] [2] [3]
Evolutionary Conservation
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Publication Abstract from PubMed
Dihydropyrimidine dehydrogenase catalyzes the first step in pyrimidine degradation: the NADPH-dependent reduction of uracil and thymine to the corresponding 5,6-dihydropyrimidines. Its controlled inhibition has become an adjunct target for cancer therapy, since the enzyme is also responsible for the rapid breakdown of the chemotherapeutic drug 5-fluorouracil. The crystal structure of the homodimeric pig liver enzyme (2x 111 kDa) determined at 1.9 A resolution reveals a highly modular subunit organization, consisting of five domains with different folds. Dihydropyrimidine dehydrogenase contains two FAD, two FMN and eight [4Fe-4S] clusters, arranged in two electron transfer chains that pass the dimer interface twice. Two of the Fe-S clusters show a hitherto unobserved coordination involving a glutamine residue. The ternary complex of an inactive mutant of the enzyme with bound NADPH and 5-fluorouracil reveals the architecture of the substrate-binding sites and residues responsible for recognition and binding of the drug.
Crystal structure of dihydropyrimidine dehydrogenase, a major determinant of the pharmacokinetics of the anti-cancer drug 5-fluorouracil.,Dobritzsch D, Schneider G, Schnackerz KD, Lindqvist Y EMBO J. 2001 Feb 15;20(4):650-60. PMID:11179210[4]
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References
- ↑ Rosenbaum K, Jahnke K, Curti B, Hagen WR, Schnackerz KD, Vanoni MA. Porcine recombinant dihydropyrimidine dehydrogenase: comparison of the spectroscopic and catalytic properties of the wild-type and C671A mutant enzymes. Biochemistry. 1998 Dec 15;37(50):17598-609. PMID:9860876 doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/bi9815997
- ↑ Lohkamp B, Voevodskaya N, Lindqvist Y, Dobritzsch D. Insights into the mechanism of dihydropyrimidine dehydrogenase from site-directed mutagenesis targeting the active site loop and redox cofactor coordination. Biochim Biophys Acta. 2010 Dec;1804(12):2198-206. doi:, 10.1016/j.bbapap.2010.08.014. Epub 2010 Sep 8. PMID:20831907 doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.bbapap.2010.08.014
- ↑ Dobritzsch D, Schneider G, Schnackerz KD, Lindqvist Y. Crystal structure of dihydropyrimidine dehydrogenase, a major determinant of the pharmacokinetics of the anti-cancer drug 5-fluorouracil. EMBO J. 2001 Feb 15;20(4):650-60. PMID:11179210 doi:10.1093/emboj/20.4.650
- ↑ Dobritzsch D, Schneider G, Schnackerz KD, Lindqvist Y. Crystal structure of dihydropyrimidine dehydrogenase, a major determinant of the pharmacokinetics of the anti-cancer drug 5-fluorouracil. EMBO J. 2001 Feb 15;20(4):650-60. PMID:11179210 doi:10.1093/emboj/20.4.650
