3i3m

Structural highlights

Function

ALKB_ECOLI Dioxygenase that repairs alkylated DNA and RNA containing 3-methylcytosine or 1-methyladenine by oxidative demethylation. Has highest activity towards 3-methylcytosine. Has lower activity towards alkylated DNA containing ethenoadenine, and no detectable activity towards 1-methylguanine or 3-methylthymine. Accepts double-stranded and single-stranded substrates. Requires molecular oxygen, alpha-ketoglutarate and iron. Provides extensive resistance to alkylating agents such as MMS and DMS (SN2 agents), but not to MMNG and MNU (SN1 agents).^{[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]}

Evolutionary Conservation

Check, as determined by ConSurfDB. You may read the explanation of the method and the full data available from ConSurf.

See Also

• Dioxygenase 3D structures

References

1. ↑ Falnes PO, Johansen RF, Seeberg E. AlkB-mediated oxidative demethylation reverses DNA damage in Escherichia coli. Nature. 2002 Sep 12;419(6903):178-82. PMID:12226668 doi:10.1038/nature01048
2. ↑ Aas PA, Otterlei M, Falnes PO, Vagbo CB, Skorpen F, Akbari M, Sundheim O, Bjoras M, Slupphaug G, Seeberg E, Krokan HE. Human and bacterial oxidative demethylases repair alkylation damage in both RNA and DNA. Nature. 2003 Feb 20;421(6925):859-63. PMID:12594517 doi:10.1038/nature01363
3. ↑ Yu B, Edstrom WC, Benach J, Hamuro Y, Weber PC, Gibney BR, Hunt JF. Crystal structures of catalytic complexes of the oxidative DNA/RNA repair enzyme AlkB. Nature. 2006 Feb 16;439(7078):879-84. PMID:16482161 doi:10.1038/nature04561
4. ↑ Yu B, Hunt JF. Enzymological and structural studies of the mechanism of promiscuous substrate recognition by the oxidative DNA repair enzyme AlkB. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2009 Aug 25;106(34):14315-20. Epub 2009 Aug 11. PMID:19706517
5. ↑ Yi C, Jia G, Hou G, Dai Q, Zhang W, Zheng G, Jian X, Yang CG, Cui Q, He C. Iron-catalysed oxidation intermediates captured in a DNA repair dioxygenase. Nature. 2010 Nov 11;468(7321):330-3. PMID:21068844 doi:10.1038/nature09497
6. ↑ Holland PJ, Hollis T. Structural and mutational analysis of Escherichia coli AlkB provides insight into substrate specificity and DNA damage searching. PLoS One. 2010 Jan 13;5(1):e8680. PMID:20084272 doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0008680