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2f5q
From Proteopedia
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| , resolution 2.35Å | |||||||
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| Ligands: | , , , , , | ||||||
| Activity: | DNA-formamidopyrimidine glycosylase, with EC number 3.2.2.23 | ||||||
| Related: | 1R2Y, 1L1T, 2F5N, 2F5O, 2F5P, 2F5S
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| Resources: | FirstGlance, OCA, PDBsum, RCSB | ||||||
| Coordinates: | save as pdb, mmCIF, xml | ||||||
Catalytically inactive (E3Q) MutM crosslinked to oxoG:C containing DNA CC2
Overview
DNA glycosylases must interrogate millions of base pairs of undamaged DNA in order to locate and then excise one damaged nucleobase. The nature of this search process remains poorly understood. Here we report the use of disulfide cross-linking (DXL) technology to obtain structures of a bacterial DNA glycosylase, MutM, interrogating undamaged DNA. These structures, solved to 2.0 angstrom resolution, reveal the nature of the search process: The protein inserts a probe residue into the helical stack and severely buckles the target base pair, which remains intrahelical. MutM therefore actively interrogates the intact DNA helix while searching for damage.
About this Structure
2F5Q is a Single protein structure of sequence from Geobacillus stearothermophilus. Full crystallographic information is available from OCA.
Reference
Structure of a DNA glycosylase searching for lesions., Banerjee A, Santos WL, Verdine GL, Science. 2006 Feb 24;311(5764):1153-7. PMID:16497933
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