Structural highlights
Function
[DNK_DROME] Deoxyribonucleoside kinase that has a broad specificity phosphorylating thymidine, deoxyadenosine, deoxycytidine and deoxyguanosine. Specificity is higher for pyrimidine nucleosides. Several anti-viral and anti-cancer nucleoside analogs are also efficiently phosphorylated.[1] [2] [3]
Evolutionary Conservation
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Publication Abstract from PubMed
Deoxyribonucleoside kinases phosphorylate deoxyribonucleosides and activate a number of medically important nucleoside analogs. Here we report the structure of the Drosophila deoxyribonucleoside kinase with deoxycytidine bound at the nucleoside binding site and that of the human deoxyguanosine kinase with ATP at the nucleoside substrate binding site. Compared to the human kinase, the Drosophila kinase has a wider substrate cleft, which may be responsible for the broad substrate specificity of this enzyme. The human deoxyguanosine kinase is highly specific for purine substrates; this is apparently due to the presence of Arg 118, which provides favorable hydrogen bonding interactions with the substrate. The two new structures provide an explanation for the substrate specificity of cellular deoxyribonucleoside kinases.
Structural basis for substrate specificities of cellular deoxyribonucleoside kinases.,Johansson K, Ramaswamy S, Ljungcrantz C, Knecht W, Piskur J, Munch-Petersen B, Eriksson S, Eklund H Nat Struct Biol. 2001 Jul;8(7):616-20. PMID:11427893[4]
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References
- ↑ Johansson M, van Rompay AR, Degreve B, Balzarini J, Karlsson A. Cloning and characterization of the multisubstrate deoxyribonucleoside kinase of Drosophila melanogaster. J Biol Chem. 1999 Aug 20;274(34):23814-9. PMID:10446143
- ↑ Munch-Petersen B, Knecht W, Lenz C, Sondergaard L, Piskur J. Functional expression of a multisubstrate deoxyribonucleoside kinase from Drosophila melanogaster and its C-terminal deletion mutants. J Biol Chem. 2000 Mar 3;275(9):6673-9. PMID:10692477
- ↑ Welin M, Skovgaard T, Knecht W, Zhu C, Berenstein D, Munch-Petersen B, Piskur J, Eklund H. Structural basis for the changed substrate specificity of Drosophila melanogaster deoxyribonucleoside kinase mutant N64D. FEBS J. 2005 Jul;272(14):3733-42. PMID:16008571 doi:10.1111/j.1742-4658.2005.04803.x
- ↑ Johansson K, Ramaswamy S, Ljungcrantz C, Knecht W, Piskur J, Munch-Petersen B, Eriksson S, Eklund H. Structural basis for substrate specificities of cellular deoxyribonucleoside kinases. Nat Struct Biol. 2001 Jul;8(7):616-20. PMID:11427893 doi:10.1038/89661
