Substitution of lysine for arginine at position 199 of a hypoxanthine phosphoribosyltransferase interferes with binding of the primary substrate to the active site

Sydney P. Craig*, Pamela J. Focia, Robert J. Fletterick

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Abstract

Lysine was substituted for a conserved arginine at position 199 of the schistosomal hypoxanthine phosphoribosyltransferase (HPRT). This resulted in a ≤ 35-fold increase in the K(M) for binding phosphoribosyl-pyrophosphate (PRPP). The possible functional role of R199 in tertiary structure, as well as in the binding of PRPP, is interpreted in the context of the reported three dimensional structure for the human HPRT.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)1-3
Number of pages3
JournalBiochimica et Biophysica Acta - Protein Structure and Molecular Enzymology
Volume1339
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - Apr 25 1997

Funding

The R199K mutation was generated by SPCIII while working in C.C. Wang's laboratory at UCSF. We are grateful to C.C. for granting us permission to continue investigating this site directed mutant form of the schistosomal enzyme. We thank Xiao Qing Lin for technical contributions and are grateful to Janina Eads and James C. Sacchettini of the Albert Einstein College of Medicine for generously providing us with the 3-D coordinates for dimers of the human HPRT. This work was partially supported by NIH Grant AI34326 to S.P.C.

Keywords

  • Mutagenesis
  • Phosphoribosyltransferase
  • Structure

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Biophysics
  • Structural Biology
  • Biochemistry
  • Molecular Biology

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