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==Nucleoside Diphosphate Kinase from Aspergillus fumgiatus Af293 bound to UDP==
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== Structural highlights ==
<table><tr><td colspan='2'>[[6xpt]] is a 6 chain structure with sequence from [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aspergillus_fumigatus_Af293 Aspergillus fumigatus Af293]. Full crystallographic information is available from [http://oca.weizmann.ac.il/oca-bin/ocashort?id=6XPT OCA]. For a <b>guided tour on the structure components</b> use [https://proteopedia.org/fgij/fg.htm?mol=6XPT FirstGlance]. <br>
</td></tr><tr id='method'><td class="sblockLbl"><b>[[Empirical_models|Method:]]</b></td><td class="sblockDat" id="methodDat">X-ray diffraction, [[Resolution|Resolution]] 2.3&#8491;</td></tr>
<tr id='ligand'><td class="sblockLbl"><b>[[Ligand|Ligands:]]</b></td><td class="sblockDat" id="ligandDat"><scene name='pdbligand=MG:MAGNESIUM+ION'>MG</scene>, <scene name='pdbligand=UDP:URIDINE-5-DIPHOSPHATE'>UDP</scene></td></tr>
<tr id='resources'><td class="sblockLbl"><b>Resources:</b></td><td class="sblockDat"><span class='plainlinks'>[https://proteopedia.org/fgij/fg.htm?mol=6xpt FirstGlance], [http://oca.weizmann.ac.il/oca-bin/ocaids?id=6xpt OCA], [https://pdbe.org/6xpt PDBe], [https://www.rcsb.org/pdb/explore.do?structureId=6xpt RCSB], [https://www.ebi.ac.uk/pdbsum/6xpt PDBsum], [https://prosat.h-its.org/prosat/prosatexe?pdbcode=6xpt ProSAT]</span></td></tr>
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== Function ==
[https://www.uniprot.org/uniprot/NDK_ASPFU NDK_ASPFU] Major role in the synthesis of nucleoside triphosphates other than ATP. The ATP gamma phosphate is transferred to the NDP beta phosphate via a ping-pong mechanism, using a phosphorylated active-site intermediate.
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== Publication Abstract from PubMed ==
Aspergillus fumigatus infections are rising at a disconcerting rate in tandem with antifungal resistance rates. Efforts to develop novel antifungals has been hindered by the limited knowledge of fundamental biological and structural mechanisms of A. fumigatus propagation. Biosynthesis of NTPs, the building blocks of DNA and RNA, is catalysed by NDK. An essential enzyme in A. fumigatus, NDK poses as an attractive target for novel antifungals. NDK exhibits broad substrate specificity across species, using both purines and pyrimidines, but the selectivity of such nucleosides in A. fumigatus NDK is unknown, impeding structure-guided inhibitor design. Structures of NDK in unbound- and NDP-bound states were solved and NDK activity was assessed in the presence of various NTP substrates. We present the first instance of a unique substrate binding mode adopted by CDP and TDP specific to A. fumigatus NDK that illuminates the structural determinants of selectivity. Analysis of the oligomeric state reveals that A. fumigatus NDK adopts a hexameric assembly in both unbound- and NDP-bound states, contrary to previous reports suggesting it is tetrameric. Kinetic analysis revealed that ATP exhibited the greatest turnover rate (321 +/- 33.0 s(-1) ), specificity constant (626 +/- 110.0 mM(-1) s(-1) ) and binding free energy change (-37.0 +/- 3.5 kcal/mol). Comparatively, cytidine nucleosides displayed the slowest turnover rate (53.1 +/- 3.7 s(-1) ) and lowest specificity constant (40.2 +/- 4.4 mM(-1) s(-1) ). We conclude that NDK exhibits nucleoside selectivity whereby adenine nucleosides are used preferentially compared to cytidine nucleosides, and these insights can be exploited to guide drug design.

Nucleoside selectivity of Aspergillus fumigatus nucleoside-diphosphate kinase.,Nguyen S, Jovcevski B, Pukala TL, Bruning JB FEBS J. 2020 Oct 21. doi: 10.1111/febs.15607. PMID:33089641<ref>PMID:33089641</ref>

From MEDLINE&reg;/PubMed&reg;, a database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine.<br>
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==See Also==
*[[Nucleoside diphosphate kinase 3D structures|Nucleoside diphosphate kinase 3D structures]]
== References ==
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[[Category: Aspergillus fumigatus Af293]]
[[Category: Large Structures]]
[[Category: Bruning JB]]
[[Category: Nguyen S]]