Active site of Escherichia coli DNA photolyase: Asn378 is crucial both for stabilizing the neutral flavin radical cofactor and for DNA repair |
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Authors: | Xu Lei Mu Wanmeng Ding Yanwei Luo Zhaofeng Han Qingkai Bi Fuyong Wang Yuzhen Song Qinhua |
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Institution: | School of Life Sciences, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230027, China. |
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Abstract: | Escherichia coli DNA photolyase repairs cyclobutane pyrimidine dimer (CPD) in UV-damaged DNA through a photoinduced electron transfer mechanism. The catalytic activity of the enzyme requires fully reduced FAD (FADH (-)). After purification in vitro, the cofactor FADH (-) in photolyase is oxidized into the neutral radical form FADH (*) under aerobic conditions and the enzyme loses its repair function. We have constructed a mutant photolyase in which asparagine 378 (N378) is replaced with serine (S). In comparison with wild-type photolyase, we found N378S mutant photolyase containing oxidized FAD (FAD ox) but not FADH (*) after routine purification procedures, but evidence shows that the mutant protein contains FADH (-) in vivo as the wild type. Although N378S mutant photolyase is photoreducable and capable of binding CPD in DNA, the activity assays indicate the mutant protein is catalytically inert. We conclude that the Asn378 residue of E. coli photolyase is crucial both for stabilizing the neutral flavin radical cofactor and for catalysis. |
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