Methylpurine DNA glycosylase of the hyperthermophilic archaeon Archaeoglobus fulgidus. 2002

Nils-Kåre Birkeland, and Hilde Anensen, and Ingeborg Knaevelsrud, and Wenche Kristoffersen, and Magnar Bjørås, and Frank T Robb, and Arne Klungland, and Svein Bjelland
Department of Microbiology, University of Bergen, Jahnebakken 5, P.O. Box 7800, N-5020 Bergen, Norway.

Base excision repair of DNA alkylation damage is initiated by a methylpurine DNA glycosylase (MPG) function. Such enzymes have previously been characterized from bacteria and eukarya, but not from archaea. We identified activity for the release of methylated bases from DNA in cell-free extracts of Archaeoglobus fulgidus, an archaeon growing optimally at 83 degrees C. An open reading frame homologous to the alkA gene of Escherichia coli was overexpressed and identified as a gene encoding an MPG enzyme (M(r) = 34 251), hereafter designated afalkA. The purified AfalkA protein differs from E. coli AlkA by excising alkylated bases only, from DNA, in the following order of efficiency: 3-methyladenine (m(3)A) >> 3-methylguanine approximately 7-methyladenine >> 7-methylguanine. Although the rate of enzymatic release of m(3)A is highest in the temperature range of 65-75 degrees C, it is only reduced by 50% at 45 degrees C, a temperature that does not support growth of A. fulgidus. At temperatures above 75 degrees C, nonenzymatic release of methylpurines predominates. The results suggest that the biological function of AfalkA is to excise m(3)A from DNA at suboptimal and maybe even mesophilic temperatures. This hypothesis is further supported by the observation that the afalkA gene function suppresses the alkylation sensitivity of the E. coli tag alkA double mutant. The amino acid sequence similarity and evolutionary relationship of AfalkA with other MPG enzymes from the three domains of life are described and discussed.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D007700 Kinetics The rate dynamics in chemical or physical systems.
D008969 Molecular Sequence Data Descriptions of specific amino acid, carbohydrate, or nucleotide sequences which have appeared in the published literature and/or are deposited in and maintained by databanks such as GENBANK, European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL), National Biomedical Research Foundation (NBRF), or other sequence repositories. Sequence Data, Molecular,Molecular Sequencing Data,Data, Molecular Sequence,Data, Molecular Sequencing,Sequencing Data, Molecular
D009154 Mutation Any detectable and heritable change in the genetic material that causes a change in the GENOTYPE and which is transmitted to daughter cells and to succeeding generations. Mutations
D009699 N-Glycosyl Hydrolases A class of enzymes involved in the hydrolysis of the N-glycosidic bond of nitrogen-linked sugars. Glycoside Hydrolases, Nitrogen-linked,Hydrolases, N-Glycosyl,Nucleosidase,Nucleosidases,Nucleoside Hydrolase,Nitrogen-linked Glycoside Hydrolases,Nucleoside Hydrolases,Glycoside Hydrolases, Nitrogen linked,Hydrolase, Nucleoside,Hydrolases, N Glycosyl,Hydrolases, Nitrogen-linked Glycoside,Hydrolases, Nucleoside,N Glycosyl Hydrolases,Nitrogen linked Glycoside Hydrolases
D010802 Phylogeny The relationships of groups of organisms as reflected by their genetic makeup. Community Phylogenetics,Molecular Phylogenetics,Phylogenetic Analyses,Phylogenetic Analysis,Phylogenetic Clustering,Phylogenetic Comparative Analysis,Phylogenetic Comparative Methods,Phylogenetic Distance,Phylogenetic Generalized Least Squares,Phylogenetic Groups,Phylogenetic Incongruence,Phylogenetic Inference,Phylogenetic Networks,Phylogenetic Reconstruction,Phylogenetic Relatedness,Phylogenetic Relationships,Phylogenetic Signal,Phylogenetic Structure,Phylogenetic Tree,Phylogenetic Trees,Phylogenomics,Analyse, Phylogenetic,Analysis, Phylogenetic,Analysis, Phylogenetic Comparative,Clustering, Phylogenetic,Community Phylogenetic,Comparative Analysis, Phylogenetic,Comparative Method, Phylogenetic,Distance, Phylogenetic,Group, Phylogenetic,Incongruence, Phylogenetic,Inference, Phylogenetic,Method, Phylogenetic Comparative,Molecular Phylogenetic,Network, Phylogenetic,Phylogenetic Analyse,Phylogenetic Clusterings,Phylogenetic Comparative Analyses,Phylogenetic Comparative Method,Phylogenetic Distances,Phylogenetic Group,Phylogenetic Incongruences,Phylogenetic Inferences,Phylogenetic Network,Phylogenetic Reconstructions,Phylogenetic Relatednesses,Phylogenetic Relationship,Phylogenetic Signals,Phylogenetic Structures,Phylogenetic, Community,Phylogenetic, Molecular,Phylogenies,Phylogenomic,Reconstruction, Phylogenetic,Relatedness, Phylogenetic,Relationship, Phylogenetic,Signal, Phylogenetic,Structure, Phylogenetic,Tree, Phylogenetic
D002458 Cell Fractionation Techniques to partition various components of the cell into SUBCELLULAR FRACTIONS. Cell Fractionations,Fractionation, Cell,Fractionations, Cell
D003001 Cloning, Molecular The insertion of recombinant DNA molecules from prokaryotic and/or eukaryotic sources into a replicating vehicle, such as a plasmid or virus vector, and the introduction of the resultant hybrid molecules into recipient cells without altering the viability of those cells. Molecular Cloning
D004260 DNA Repair The removal of DNA LESIONS and/or restoration of intact DNA strands without BASE PAIR MISMATCHES, intrastrand or interstrand crosslinks, or discontinuities in the DNA sugar-phosphate backbones. DNA Damage Response
D004791 Enzyme Inhibitors Compounds or agents that combine with an enzyme in such a manner as to prevent the normal substrate-enzyme combination and the catalytic reaction. Enzyme Inhibitor,Inhibitor, Enzyme,Inhibitors, Enzyme
D004794 Enzyme Repression The interference in synthesis of an enzyme due to the elevated level of an effector substance, usually a metabolite, whose presence would cause depression of the gene responsible for enzyme synthesis. Repression, Enzyme

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