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Endonuclease Active Site Plasticity Allows DNA Cleavage with Diverse Alkaline Earth and Transition Metal Ions

Vasu, Kommireddy and Saravanan, Matheshwaran and Nagaraja, Valakunja (2011) Endonuclease Active Site Plasticity Allows DNA Cleavage with Diverse Alkaline Earth and Transition Metal Ions. In: ACS Chemical Biology, 6 (9). pp. 934-942.

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Official URL: http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/cb200107y

Abstract

A majority of enzymes show a high degree of specificity toward a particular metal ion in their catalytic reaction. However, Type II restriction endonuclease (REase) R.KpnI, which is the first member of the HNH superfamily of REases, exhibits extraordinary diversity in metal ion dependent DNA cleavage. Several alkaline earth and transition group metal ions induce high fidelity and promiscuous cleavage or inhibition depending upon their concentration. The metal ions having different ionic radii and co-ordination geometries readily replace each other from the enzyme's active site, revealing its plasticity. Ability of R KpnI to cleave DNA with both alkaline earth and transition group metal ions having varied ionic radii could imply utilization of different catalytic site(s). However, mutation of the invariant His residue of the HNH motif caused abolition of the enzyme activity with all of the cofactors, indicating that the enzyme follows a single metal ion catalytic mechanism for DNA cleavage. Indispensability of His in nucleophile activation together with broad cofactor tolerance of the enzyme indicates electrostatic stabilization function of metal ions during catalysis. Nevertheless, a second metal ion is recruited at higher concentrations to either induce promiscuity or inhibit the DNA cleavage. Regulation of the endonuclease activity and fidelity by a second metal ion binding is a unique feature of R.KpnI among REases and HNH nucleases. The active site plasticity of R.KpnI opens up avenues for redesigning cofactor specificities and generation of mutants specific to a particular metal ion.

Item Type: Journal Article
Publication: ACS Chemical Biology
Publisher: American Chemical Society
Additional Information: Copyright of this article belongs to American Chemical Society.
Department/Centre: Division of Biological Sciences > Microbiology & Cell Biology
Date Deposited: 30 Sep 2011 06:11
Last Modified: 30 Sep 2011 06:11
URI: http://eprints.iisc.ac.in/id/eprint/41008

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