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ArticleThe Journal of biological chemistry2009

Structure-guided Mutational Analysis of the Nucleotidyltransferase Domain of Escherichia coli DNA Ligase (LigA).

Li Kai Wang, Hui Zhu, Stewart Shuman

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Article in The Journal of biological chemistry, 2009. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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6 citing papers in PubMed, 10 citations in OpenAlex.

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3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Li Kai WangMolecular Biology Program, Sloan-Kettering Institute, New York, New York 10065, USA.
Hui Zhu
Stewart Shuman
Kettering University · US

Funding

Viral DNA and RNA LigasesR01GM063611 · NIGMS · SLOAN-KETTERING INSTITUTE FOR CANCER RES · PI SHUMAN, STEWART H · 2001 to 2017
$5.4M
NIGMS NIH HHS GM63611
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

NAD(+)-dependent DNA ligases (LigA) are ubiquitous in bacteria, where they are essential for growth and present attractive targets for antimicrobial drug discovery. LigA has a distinctive modular structure in which a nucleotidyltransferase catalytic domain is flanked by an upstream NMN-binding module and by downstream OB-fold, zinc finger, helix-hairpin-helix, and BRCT domains. Here we conducted a structure-function analysis of the nucleotidyltransferase domain of Escherichia coli LigA, guided by the crystal structure of the LigA-DNA-adenylate intermediate. We tested the effects of 29 alanine and conservative mutations at 15 amino acids on ligase activity in vitro and in vivo. We thereby identified essential functional groups that coordinate the reactive phosphates (Arg(136)), contact the AMP adenine (Lys(290)), engage the phosphodiester backbone flanking the nick (Arg(218), Arg(308), Arg(97) plus Arg(101)), or stabilize the active domain fold (Arg(171)). Finer analysis of the mutational effects revealed step-specific functions for Arg(136), which is essential for the reaction of LigA with NAD(+) to form the covalent ligase-AMP intermediate (step 1) and for the transfer of AMP to the nick 5'-PO(4) to form the DNA-adenylate intermediate (step 2) but is dispensable for phosphodiester formation at a preadenylylated nick (step 3).

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Amino Acid SubstitutionCrystallography, X-RayDNA, BacterialDNA LigasesEscherichia coliEscherichia coli ProteinsMutation, MissenseNADProtein Structure, TertiaryStructure-Activity RelationshipZinc FingersDNA, BacterialDNA LigasesEscherichia coli ProteinsLigA protein, E coliNAD

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PMID19150981
PMCPMC2659207
OpenAlexW1997485748

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