Structural highlights
Function
Q6CSZ6_KLULA The purine nucleoside phosphorylases catalyze the phosphorolytic breakdown of the N-glycosidic bond in the beta-(deoxy)ribonucleoside molecules, with the formation of the corresponding free purine bases and pentose-1-phosphate.[PIRNR:PIRNR000477]
Publication Abstract from PubMed
Purine nucleoside phosphorylases (PNPs) catalyze the phosphorolysis of 6-oxypurine nucleosides with an HPO(4)(2-) dianion nucleophile. Nucleosides and phosphate occupy distinct pockets in the PNP active site. Evaluation of the HPO(4)(2-) site by mutagenesis, cooperative binding studies, and thermodynamic and structural analysis demonstrate that alterations in the HPO(4)(2-) binding site can render PNP inactive and significantly impact subunit cooperativity and binding to transition-state analogue inhibitors. Cooperative interactions between the cationic transition-state analogue and the anionic HPO(4)(2-) nucleophile demonstrate the importance of reforming the transition-state ensemble for optimal inhibition with transition-state analogues. Altered phosphate binding in the catalytic site mutants helps to explain one of the known lethal PNP deficiency syndromes in humans.
Phosphate Binding in PNP Alters Transition-State Analogue Affinity and Subunit Cooperativity.,Minnow YVT, Schramm VL, Almo SC, Ghosh A Biochemistry. 2023 Nov 7;62(21):3116-3125. doi: 10.1021/acs.biochem.3c00264. Epub , 2023 Oct 9. PMID:37812583[1]
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References
- ↑ Minnow YVT, Schramm VL, Almo SC, Ghosh A. Phosphate Binding in PNP Alters Transition-State Analogue Affinity and Subunit Cooperativity. Biochemistry. 2023 Nov 7;62(21):3116-3125. PMID:37812583 doi:10.1021/acs.biochem.3c00264
