Structural highlights
Function
RIR1_ECOLI Provides the precursors necessary for DNA synthesis. Catalyzes the biosynthesis of deoxyribonucleotides from the corresponding ribonucleotides. R1 contains the binding sites for both substrates and allosteric effectors and carries out the actual reduction of the ribonucleotide. It also provides redox-active cysteines.
Publication Abstract from PubMed
Ribonucleotide reductase (RNR) converts ribonucleotides to deoxyribonucleotides, a reaction that is essential for DNA biosynthesis and repair. This enzyme is responsible for reducing all four ribonucleotide substrates, with specificity regulated by the binding of an effector to a distal allosteric site. In all characterized RNRs, the binding of effector dATP alters the active site to select for pyrimidines over purines, whereas effectors dGTP and TTP select for substrates ADP and GDP, respectively. Here, we have determined structures of Escherichia coli class Ia RNR with all four substrate/specificity effector-pairs bound (CDP/dATP, UDP/dATP, ADP/dGTP, GDP/TTP) that reveal the conformational rearrangements responsible for this remarkable allostery. These structures delineate how RNR 'reads' the base of each effector and communicates substrate preference to the active site by forming differential hydrogen bonds, thereby maintaining the proper balance of deoxynucleotides in the cell.
Molecular basis for allosteric specificity regulation in class Ia ribonucleotide reductase from Escherichia coli.,Zimanyi CM, Chen PY, Kang G, Funk MA, Drennan CL Elife. 2016 Jan 12;5. pii: e07141. doi: 10.7554/eLife.07141. PMID:26754917[1]
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References
- ↑ Zimanyi CM, Chen PY, Kang G, Funk MA, Drennan CL. Molecular basis for allosteric specificity regulation in class Ia ribonucleotide reductase from Escherichia coli. Elife. 2016 Jan 12;5. pii: e07141. doi: 10.7554/eLife.07141. PMID:26754917 doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.7554/eLife.07141
