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Disease
[FHIT_HUMAN] Note=A chromosomal aberration involving FHIT has been found in a lymphoblastoid cell line established from a family with renal cell carcinoma and thyroid carcinoma. Translocation t(3;8)(p14.2;q24.1) with RNF139. Although the 3p14.2 breakpoint has been shown to interrupt FHIT in its 5-prime non-coding region, it is unlikely that FHIT is causally related to renal or other malignancies.[1] Note=Associated with digestive tract cancers. Numerous tumor types are found to have aberrant forms of FHIT protein due to deletions in a coding region of chromosome 3p14.2 including the fragile site locus FRA3B.[2]
Function
[FHIT_HUMAN] Cleaves A-5'-PPP-5'A to yield AMP and ADP. Possible tumor suppressor for specific tissues.[3]
Evolutionary Conservation
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Publication Abstract from PubMed
Alterations in the FHIT gene at 3p14.2 occur as early and frequent events in the development of several common human cancers. The ability of human Fhit-negative cells to form tumors in nude mice is suppressed by stable reexpression of Fhit protein. Fhit protein is a diadenosine P1,P3-triphosphate (ApppA) hydrolase whose fungal and animal homologs form a branch of the histidine triad (HIT) superfamily of nucleotide-binding proteins. Because the His-96 --> Asn substitution of Fhit, which retards ApppA hydrolase activity by seven orders of magnitude, did not block tumor-suppressor activity in vivo, we determined whether this mutation affected ApppA binding or particular steps in the ApppA catalytic cycle. Evidence is presented that His-96 --> Asn protein binds ApppA well and forms an enzyme-AMP intermediate extremely poorly, suggesting that Fhit-substrate complexes are the likely signaling form of the enzyme. The cocrystal structure of Fhit bound to Ado-p-CH2-p-ps-Ado (IB2), a nonhydrolyzable ApppA analog, was refined to 3.1 A, and the structure of His-96 --> Asn Fhit with IB2 was refined to 2.6 A, revealing that two ApppA molecules bind per Fhit dimer; identifying two additional adenosine-binding sites on the dimer surface; and illustrating that His-98 is positioned to donate a hydrogen bond to the scissile bridging oxygen of ApppA substrates. The form of Fhit bound to two ApppA substrates would present to the cell a dramatically phosphorylated surface, prominently displaying six phosphate groups and two adenosine moieties in place of a deep cavity lined with histidines, arginines, and glutamines.
Genetic, biochemical, and crystallographic characterization of Fhit-substrate complexes as the active signaling form of Fhit.,Pace HC, Garrison PN, Robinson AK, Barnes LD, Draganescu A, Rosler A, Blackburn GM, Siprashvili Z, Croce CM, Huebner K, Brenner C Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1998 May 12;95(10):5484-9. PMID:9576908[4]
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References
- ↑ Pekarsky Y, Garrison PN, Palamarchuk A, Zanesi N, Aqeilan RI, Huebner K, Barnes LD, Croce CM. Fhit is a physiological target of the protein kinase Src. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2004 Mar 16;101(11):3775-9. Epub 2004 Mar 8. PMID:15007172 doi:10.1073/pnas.0400481101
- ↑ Pekarsky Y, Garrison PN, Palamarchuk A, Zanesi N, Aqeilan RI, Huebner K, Barnes LD, Croce CM. Fhit is a physiological target of the protein kinase Src. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2004 Mar 16;101(11):3775-9. Epub 2004 Mar 8. PMID:15007172 doi:10.1073/pnas.0400481101
- ↑ Barnes LD, Garrison PN, Siprashvili Z, Guranowski A, Robinson AK, Ingram SW, Croce CM, Ohta M, Huebner K. Fhit, a putative tumor suppressor in humans, is a dinucleoside 5',5"'-P1,P3-triphosphate hydrolase. Biochemistry. 1996 Sep 10;35(36):11529-35. PMID:8794732 doi:10.1021/bi961415t
- ↑ Pace HC, Garrison PN, Robinson AK, Barnes LD, Draganescu A, Rosler A, Blackburn GM, Siprashvili Z, Croce CM, Huebner K, Brenner C. Genetic, biochemical, and crystallographic characterization of Fhit-substrate complexes as the active signaling form of Fhit. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1998 May 12;95(10):5484-9. PMID:9576908
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