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Title: Structural characterization of Class 2 OLD family nucleases supports a two-metal catalysis mechanism for cleavage

Abstract

Overcoming lysogenization defect (OLD) proteins constitute a family of uncharacterized nucleases present in bacteria, archaea, and some viruses. These enzymes contain an N-terminal ATPase domain and a C-terminal Toprim domain common amongst replication, recombination, and repair proteins. The in vivo activities of OLD proteins remain poorly understood and no definitive structural information exists. Here we identify and define two classes of OLD proteins based on differences in gene neighborhood and amino acid sequence conservation and present the crystal structures of the catalytic C-terminal regions from the Burkholderia pseudomallei and Xanthamonas campestris p.v. campestris Class 2 OLD proteins at 2.24 Å and 1.86 Å resolution respectively. The structures reveal a two-domain architecture containing a Toprim domain with altered architecture and a unique helical domain. Conserved side chains contributed by both domains coordinate two bound magnesium ions in the active site of B. pseudomallei OLD in a geometry that supports a two-metal catalysis mechanism for cleavage. The spatial organization of these domains additionally suggests a novel mode of DNA binding that is distinct from other Toprim containing proteins. Together, these findings define the fundamental structural properties of the OLD family catalytic core and the underlying mechanism controlling nuclease activity.

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  1. Cornell Univ., Ithaca, NY (United States)
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Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
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USDOE
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Advanced Photon Source (APS), Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), Argonne, IL (US)
OSTI Identifier:
1566816
Resource Type:
Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
Nucleic Acids Research
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 47; Journal Issue: 17; Journal ID: ISSN 0305-1048
Publisher:
Oxford University Press
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
ENGLISH
Subject:
59 BASIC BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

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Schiltz, Carl J., Lee, April, Partlow, Edward A., Hosford, Christopher J., and Chappie, Joshua S. Structural characterization of Class 2 OLD family nucleases supports a two-metal catalysis mechanism for cleavage. United States: N. p., 2019. Web. doi:10.1093/nar/gkz703.
Schiltz, Carl J., Lee, April, Partlow, Edward A., Hosford, Christopher J., & Chappie, Joshua S. Structural characterization of Class 2 OLD family nucleases supports a two-metal catalysis mechanism for cleavage. United States. https://doi.org/10.1093/nar/gkz703
Schiltz, Carl J., Lee, April, Partlow, Edward A., Hosford, Christopher J., and Chappie, Joshua S. Sat . "Structural characterization of Class 2 OLD family nucleases supports a two-metal catalysis mechanism for cleavage". United States. https://doi.org/10.1093/nar/gkz703. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1566816.
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title = {Structural characterization of Class 2 OLD family nucleases supports a two-metal catalysis mechanism for cleavage},
author = {Schiltz, Carl J. and Lee, April and Partlow, Edward A. and Hosford, Christopher J. and Chappie, Joshua S.},
abstractNote = {Overcoming lysogenization defect (OLD) proteins constitute a family of uncharacterized nucleases present in bacteria, archaea, and some viruses. These enzymes contain an N-terminal ATPase domain and a C-terminal Toprim domain common amongst replication, recombination, and repair proteins. The in vivo activities of OLD proteins remain poorly understood and no definitive structural information exists. Here we identify and define two classes of OLD proteins based on differences in gene neighborhood and amino acid sequence conservation and present the crystal structures of the catalytic C-terminal regions from the Burkholderia pseudomallei and Xanthamonas campestris p.v. campestris Class 2 OLD proteins at 2.24 Å and 1.86 Å resolution respectively. The structures reveal a two-domain architecture containing a Toprim domain with altered architecture and a unique helical domain. Conserved side chains contributed by both domains coordinate two bound magnesium ions in the active site of B. pseudomallei OLD in a geometry that supports a two-metal catalysis mechanism for cleavage. The spatial organization of these domains additionally suggests a novel mode of DNA binding that is distinct from other Toprim containing proteins. Together, these findings define the fundamental structural properties of the OLD family catalytic core and the underlying mechanism controlling nuclease activity.},
doi = {10.1093/nar/gkz703},
journal = {Nucleic Acids Research},
number = 17,
volume = 47,
place = {United States},
year = {Sat Aug 10 00:00:00 EDT 2019},
month = {Sat Aug 10 00:00:00 EDT 2019}
}

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