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A Semi-High-Throughput Adaptation of the NADH-Coupled ATPase Assay for Screening Small Molecule Inhibitors
Published on: August 17, 2019
Structures of human cytosolic and mitochondrial nucleotidases: implications for structure-based design of selective
Petr Pachl1, Milan Fábry1, Ivan Rosenberg2
1Institute of Molecular Genetics, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, v.v.i., Flemingovo nám. 2, 166 37 Prague 6, Czech Republic.
Abstract:
The human 5'(3')-deoxyribonucleotidases catalyze the dephosphorylation of deoxyribonucleoside monophosphates to the corresponding deoxyribonucleosides and thus help to maintain the balance between pools of nucleosides and nucleotides. Here, the structures of human cytosolic deoxyribonucleotidase (cdN) at atomic resolution (1.08 Å) and mitochondrial deoxyribonucleotidase (mdN) at near-atomic resolution (1.4 Å) are reported. The attainment of an atomic resolution structure allowed interatomic distances to be used to assess the probable protonation state of the phosphate anion and the side chains in the enzyme active site. A detailed comparison of the cdN and mdN active sites allowed the design of a cdN-specific inhibitor.
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