Structural highlights
Function
[UCK2_HUMAN] Phosphorylates uridine and cytidine to uridine monophosphate and cytidine monophosphate. Does not phosphorylate deoxyribonucleosides or purine ribonucleosides. Can use ATP or GTP as a phosphate donor. Can also phosphorylate cytidine and uridine nucleoside analogs such as 6-azauridine, 5-fluorouridine, 4-thiouridine, 5-bromouridine, N(4)-acetylcytidine, N(4)-benzoylcytidine, 5-fluorocytidine, 2-thiocytidine, 5-methylcytidine, and N(4)-anisoylcytidine.
Evolutionary Conservation
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Publication Abstract from PubMed
Uridine-cytidine kinase (UCK) catalyzes the phosphorylation of uridine and cytidine and activates pharmacological ribonucleoside analogs. Here we present the crystal structures of human UCK alone and in complexes with a substrate, cytidine, a feedback inhibitor, CTP or UTP, and with phosphorylation products, CMP and ADP, respectively. Free UCK takes an alpha/beta mononucleotide binding fold and exists as a homotetramer with 222 symmetry. Upon inhibitor binding, one loop region was loosened, causing the UCK tetramer to be distorted. Upon cytidine binding, a large induced fit was observed at the uridine/cytidine binding site, which endows UCK with a strict specificity for pyrimidine ribonucleosides. The first UCK structure provided the structural basis for the specificity, catalysis, and regulation of human uridine-cytidine kinase, which give clues for the design of novel antitumor and antiviral ribonucleoside analogs that inhibit RNA synthesis.
Structural basis for the specificity, catalysis, and regulation of human uridine-cytidine kinase.,Suzuki NN, Koizumi K, Fukushima M, Matsuda A, Inagaki F Structure. 2004 May;12(5):751-64. PMID:15130468[1]
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References
- ↑ Suzuki NN, Koizumi K, Fukushima M, Matsuda A, Inagaki F. Structural basis for the specificity, catalysis, and regulation of human uridine-cytidine kinase. Structure. 2004 May;12(5):751-64. PMID:15130468 doi:10.1016/j.str.2004.02.038
