Structural highlights
Function
[NDKB_HUMAN] Major role in the synthesis of nucleoside triphosphates other than ATP. Negatively regulates Rho activity by interacting with AKAP13/LBC. Acts as a transcriptional activator of the MYC gene; binds DNA non-specifically (PubMed:8392752). Exhibits histidine protein kinase activity.[1] [2]
Evolutionary Conservation
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Publication Abstract from PubMed
BACKGROUND: Nucleoside diphosphate (NDP) kinases provide precursors for DNA and RNA synthesis. In mammals, these enzymes are also involved in cell regulations. Human NDP kinase B, product of the human nm23-H2 gene, is both an enzyme and a transcription factor. It activates transcription of the c-myc oncogene independently of its catalytic function, by binding to its promoter DNA. How do the two functions coexist? RESULTS: Recombinant human NDP kinase B was co-crystallized with GDP. The X-ray structure was solved at 2.0 A resolution by molecular replacement from the homologous Drosophila Awd protein. Both enzymes are homo-hexamers with a characteristic beta alpha beta beta alpha beta fold. GDP binds near the active site His118. The guanine base is in a surface cleft and interacts with the C terminus of another subunit. CONCLUSIONS: The beta alpha beta beta alpha beta fold, also present in the 'palm' domain of Escherichia coli DNA polymerase I and HIV reverse transcriptase, is both a mononucleotide- and a polynucleotide-binding fold. If NDP kinase B binds DNA in the same way as the polymerases, the enzyme must undergo a conformation change in order to carry out gene activation.
X-ray structure of human nucleoside diphosphate kinase B complexed with GDP at 2 A resolution.,Morera S, Lacombe ML, Xu Y, LeBras G, Janin J Structure. 1995 Dec 15;3(12):1307-14. PMID:8747457[3]
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References
- ↑ Iwashita S, Fujii M, Mukai H, Ono Y, Miyamoto M. Lbc proto-oncogene product binds to and could be negatively regulated by metastasis suppressor nm23-H2. Biochem Biophys Res Commun. 2004 Aug 6;320(4):1063-8. PMID:15249197 doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.bbrc.2004.06.067
- ↑ Wieland T, Hippe HJ, Ludwig K, Zhou XB, Korth M, Klumpp S. Reversible histidine phosphorylation in mammalian cells: a teeter-totter formed by nucleoside diphosphate kinase and protein histidine phosphatase 1. Methods Enzymol. 2010;471:379-402. doi: 10.1016/S0076-6879(10)71020-X. Epub 2010 , Mar 1. PMID:20946858 doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0076-6879(10)71020-X
- ↑ Morera S, Lacombe ML, Xu Y, LeBras G, Janin J. X-ray structure of human nucleoside diphosphate kinase B complexed with GDP at 2 A resolution. Structure. 1995 Dec 15;3(12):1307-14. PMID:8747457