کد مقاله کد نشریه سال انتشار مقاله انگلیسی نسخه تمام متن
2188279 1096160 2007 10 صفحه PDF دانلود رایگان
عنوان انگلیسی مقاله ISI
Non-homologous Recombination of Deoxyribonucleoside Kinases from Human and Drosophila melanogaster Yields Human-like Enzymes with Novel Activities
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موضوعات مرتبط
علوم زیستی و بیوفناوری بیوشیمی، ژنتیک و زیست شناسی مولکولی بیولوژی سلول
پیش نمایش صفحه اول مقاله
Non-homologous Recombination of Deoxyribonucleoside Kinases from Human and Drosophila melanogaster Yields Human-like Enzymes with Novel Activities
چکیده انگلیسی

In antiviral and cancer therapy, deoxyribonucleoside kinases (dNKs) are often the rate-limiting step in activating nucleoside analog (NA) prodrugs into their cytotoxic, phosphorylated forms. We have constructed libraries of hybrid enzymes by non-homologous recombination of the pyrimidine-specific human thymidine kinase 2 and the broad-specificity dNK from Drosophila melanogaster; their low sequence identity has precluded engineering by conventional, homology-dependent shuffling techniques. From these libraries, we identified chimeras that phosphorylate nucleoside analogs with higher activity than either parental enzyme, and that possess new activity towards the anti-HIV prodrug 2′,3′-didehydro-3′-deoxythymidine (d4T). These results demonstrate the potential of non-homologous recombination within the dNK family for creating enzymes with new and improved activities towards nucleoside analogs. In addition, our results exposed a previously unknown role for the C-terminal regions of these dNKs in determining substrate selectivity.

ناشر
Database: Elsevier - ScienceDirect (ساینس دایرکت)
Journal: Journal of Molecular Biology - Volume 370, Issue 4, 20 July 2007, Pages 742–751
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