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ArticleBiomolecules2015

Tackling Critical Catalytic Residues in Helicobacter pylori L-Asparaginase.

Maristella Maggi, Laurent R Chiarelli, Giovanna Valentini, Claudia Scotti

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Article in Biomolecules, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed, 6 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Maristella MaggiUnit of Immunology and General Pathology, Department of Molecular Medicine, University of Pavia, Via Ferrata 9, Pavia 27100, Italy. giovanna.valentini@unipv.it.
Laurent R ChiarelliLaboratory of Molecular Microbiology, Department of Biology and Biotechnologies "L. Spallanzani", University of Pavia, Via Ferrata 9, Pavia 27100, Italy. laurent.chiarelli@unipv.it.
Giovanna ValentiniLaboratory of Protein Biochemistry, Department of Biology and Biotechnologies "L. Spallanzani", University of Pavia, Viale Taramelli 3/B, Pavia 27100, Italy. giovanna.valentini@unipv.it.
Claudia ScottiUnit of Immunology and General Pathology, Department of Molecular Medicine, University of Pavia, Via Ferrata 9, Pavia 27100, Italy. claudia.scotti@unipv.it.
University of Pavia · IT

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Bacterial asparaginases (amidohydrolases, EC 3.5.1.1) are important enzymes in cancer therapy, especially for Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia. They are tetrameric enzymes able to catalyze the deamination of L-ASN and, to a variable extent, of L-GLN, on which leukemia cells are dependent for survival. In contrast to other known L-asparaginases, Helicobacter pylori CCUG 17874 type II enzyme (HpASNase) is cooperative and has a low affinity towards L-GLN. In this study, some critical amino acids forming the active site of HpASNase (T16, T95 and E289) have been tackled by rational engineering in the attempt to better define their role in catalysis and to achieve a deeper understanding of the peculiar cooperative behavior of this enzyme. Mutations T16E, T95D and T95H led to a complete loss of enzymatic activity. Mutation E289A dramatically reduced the catalytic activity of the enzyme, but increased its thermostability. Interestingly, E289 belongs to a loop that is very variable in L-asparaginases from the structure, sequence and length point of view, and which could be a main determinant of their different catalytic features.

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Catalytic DomainAmino Acid SequenceAmino Acid SubstitutionAsparaginaseBacterial ProteinsEnzyme StabilityHelicobacter pyloriMolecular Sequence DataAsparaginaseBacterial Proteins

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PMID25826146
PMCPMC4496674
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