The coupling of tight DNA binding and base flipping: identification of a conserved structural motif in base flipping enzymes - PubMed (original) (raw)
. 2004 Jul 23;279(30):31419-28.
doi: 10.1074/jbc.M402950200. Epub 2004 May 12.
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The coupling of tight DNA binding and base flipping: identification of a conserved structural motif in base flipping enzymes
R August Estabrook et al. J Biol Chem. 2004.
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Abstract
Val(121) is positioned immediately above the extrahelical cytosine in HhaI DNA C(5)-cytosine methyltransferase, and replacement with alanine dramatically interferes with base flipping and catalysis. DNA binding and k(cat) are decreased 10(5)-fold for the Val(121) --> Ala mutant that has a normal circular dichroism spectrum and AdoMet affinity. The magnitude of this loss of function is comparable with removal of the essential catalytic Cys(81). Surprisingly, DNA binding is completely recovered (increase of 10(5)-fold) with a DNA substrate lacking the target cytosine base (abasic). Thus, interfering with the base flipping transition results in a dramatic loss of binding energy. Our data support an induced fit mechanism in which tight DNA binding is coupled to both base flipping and protein loop rearrangement. The importance of the proximal protein segment (His(127)-Thr(132)) in maintaining this critical interaction between Val(121) and the flipped cytosine was probed with single site alanine substitutions. None of these mutants are significantly altered in secondary structure, AdoMet or DNA affinity, k(methylation), k(inactivation), or k(cat). Although Val(121) plays a critical role in both extrahelical base stabilization and catalysis, its position and mobility are not influenced by individual residues in the adjacent peptide region. Structural comparisons with other DNA methyltransferases and DNA repair enzymes that stabilize extrahelical nucleotides reveal a motif that includes a positively charged or polar side chain and a hydrophobic residue positioned adjacent to the target DNA base and either the 5'- or 3'-phosphate.
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