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TY - JOUR AU - Baba, Daichi AU - Maita, Nobuo AU - Jee, Jun-Goo AU - Uchimura, Yasuhiro AU - Saitoh, Hisato AU - Sugasawa, Kaoru AU - Hanaoka, Fumio AU - Tochio, Hidehito AU - Hiroaki, Hidekazu AU - Shirakawa, Masahiro PY - 2005 DA - 2005/06/01 TI - Crystal structure of thymine DNA glycosylase conjugated to SUMO-1 JO - Nature SP - 979 EP - 982 VL - 435 IS - 7044 AB - Members of the small ubiquitin-like modifier (SUMO) family can be covalently attached to the lysine residue of a target protein through an enzymatic pathway similar to that used in ubiquitin conjugation1, and are involved in various cellular events that do not rely on degradative signalling via the proteasome or lysosome2,3,4,5. However, little is known about the molecular mechanisms of SUMO-modification-induced protein functional transfer. During DNA mismatch repair, SUMO conjugation of the uracil/thymine DNA glycosylase TDG promotes the release of TDG from the abasic (AP) site created after base excision, and coordinates its transfer to AP endonuclease 1, which catalyses the next step in the repair pathway6. Here we report the crystal structure of the central region of human TDG conjugated to SUMO-1 at 2.1 Å resolution. The structure reveals a helix protruding from the protein surface, which presumably interferes with the product DNA and thus promotes the dissociation of TDG from the DNA molecule. This helix is formed by covalent and non-covalent contacts between TDG and SUMO-1. The non-covalent contacts are also essential for release from the product DNA, as verified by mutagenesis. SN - 1476-4687 UR - https://doi.org/10.1038/nature03634 DO - 10.1038/nature03634 ID - Baba2005 ER -