Structure-based identification of a novel NTPase from Methanococcus jannaschii
NATURE STRUCTURAL BIOLOGY(1999)
摘要
Almost half of the entire set of predicted genomic products from Methanococcus jannaschii are classified as functionally unknown hypothetical proteins. We present a structure-based identification of the biochemical function of a protein with an as yet unknown function from a M. jannaschii gene, Mj0226. The crystal structure of Mj0226 protein determined at 2.2 Å resolution reveals that the protein is a homodimer and each monomer folds into an elongated α/β structure of a new fold family. Comparisons of Mj0226 protein with protein structures in the database, however, indicate that one part of the protein is homologous to some of the nucleotide-binding proteins. Biochemical analysis shows that Mj0226 protein is a novel nucleotide triphosphatase that can efficiently hydrolyze nonstandard nucleotides such as XTP to XMP or ITP to IMP, but not the standard nucleotides, in the presence of Mg 2+ or Mn 2+ ions.
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Life Sciences,general,Biochemistry,Protein Structure,Membrane Biology,Biological Microscopy
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