A mutant of uracil DNA glycosylase that distinguishes between cytosine and 5-methylcytosine
A mutant of uracil DNA glycosylase that distinguishes between cytosine and 5-methylcytosine
We demonstrate that a mutant of uracil DNA glycosylase (N123D:L191A) distinguishes between cytosine and methylcytosine. Uracil DNA glycosylase (UDG) efficiently removes uracil from DNA in a reaction in which the base is flipped into the enzyme’s active site. Uracil is selected over cytosine by a pattern of specific hydrogen bonds, and thymine is excluded by steric clash of its 5-methyl group with Y66. The N123D mutation generates an enzyme that excises cytosine. This N123D:L191A mutant excises C when it is mispaired with A or opposite an abasic site, but not when it is paired with G. In contrast no cleavage is observed with any substrates that contain 5-methylcytosine. This enzyme may offer a new approach for discriminating between cytosine and 5-methylcytosine.
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Kimber, Scott T.
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Brown, Tom
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Fox, Keith R.
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16 April 2014
Kimber, Scott T.
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Brown, Tom
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Fox, Keith R.
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Kimber, Scott T., Brown, Tom and Fox, Keith R.
(2014)
A mutant of uracil DNA glycosylase that distinguishes between cytosine and 5-methylcytosine.
PLoS ONE, 9 (4), .
(doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0095394).
Abstract
We demonstrate that a mutant of uracil DNA glycosylase (N123D:L191A) distinguishes between cytosine and methylcytosine. Uracil DNA glycosylase (UDG) efficiently removes uracil from DNA in a reaction in which the base is flipped into the enzyme’s active site. Uracil is selected over cytosine by a pattern of specific hydrogen bonds, and thymine is excluded by steric clash of its 5-methyl group with Y66. The N123D mutation generates an enzyme that excises cytosine. This N123D:L191A mutant excises C when it is mispaired with A or opposite an abasic site, but not when it is paired with G. In contrast no cleavage is observed with any substrates that contain 5-methylcytosine. This enzyme may offer a new approach for discriminating between cytosine and 5-methylcytosine.
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Accepted/In Press date: 25 March 2014
Published date: 16 April 2014
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URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/364303
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