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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
14
pubmed:dateCreated
2011-4-5
pubmed:abstractText
Deoxycytidine kinase (dCK) uses either ATP or UTP as a phosphoryl donor to catalyze the phosphorylation of nucleoside acceptors. The kinetic properties of human dCK are modulated in vivo by phosphorylation of serine 74. This residue is a part of the insert region and is distant from the active site. Replacing the serine with a glutamic acid (S74E variant) can mimic phosphorylation of Ser74. To understand how phosphorylation affects the catalytic properties of dCK, we examined the S74E variant of dCK both structurally and kinetically. We observe that the presence of a glutamic acid at position 74 favors the adoption by the enzyme of the open conformation. Glu74 stabilizes the open conformation by directly interacting with the indole side chain of Trp58, a residue that is in the proximity of the base of the nucleoside substrate. The open dCK conformation is competent for the binding of nucleoside but not for phosphoryl transfer. In contrast, the closed conformation is competent for phosphoryl transfer but not for product release. Thus, dCK must make the transition between the open and closed states during the catalytic cycle. We propose a reaction scheme for dCK that incorporates the transition between the open and closed states, and this serves to rationalize the observed kinetic differences between wild-type dCK and the S74E variant.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Apr
pubmed:issn
1520-4995
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:day
12
pubmed:volume
50
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
2870-80
pubmed:dateRevised
2011-9-26
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:21351740-Amino Acid Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:21351740-Amino Acid Substitution, pubmed-meshheading:21351740-Binding Sites, pubmed-meshheading:21351740-Biocatalysis, pubmed-meshheading:21351740-Deoxycytidine Kinase, pubmed-meshheading:21351740-Glutamic Acid, pubmed-meshheading:21351740-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:21351740-Kinetics, pubmed-meshheading:21351740-Models, Molecular, pubmed-meshheading:21351740-Molecular Sequence Data, pubmed-meshheading:21351740-Mutation, pubmed-meshheading:21351740-Nucleosides, pubmed-meshheading:21351740-Phosphorylation, pubmed-meshheading:21351740-Protein Binding, pubmed-meshheading:21351740-Protein Conformation, pubmed-meshheading:21351740-Protein Processing, Post-Translational, pubmed-meshheading:21351740-Protein Structure, Tertiary, pubmed-meshheading:21351740-Sequence Homology, Amino Acid, pubmed-meshheading:21351740-Serine
pubmed:year
2011
pubmed:articleTitle
Post-translational phosphorylation of serine 74 of human deoxycytidine kinase favors the enzyme adopting the open conformation making it competent for nucleoside binding and release.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, University of Illinois, 900 South Ashland Avenue, Chicago, Illinois 60607, United States.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't, Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural