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ArticleBiochemistry2016

Deprotonations in the Reaction of Flavin-Dependent Thymidylate Synthase.

Frederick W Stull, Steffen M Bernard, Aparna Sapra, Janet L Smith, Erik R P Zuiderweg, Bruce A Palfey

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Article in Biochemistry, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers.

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12citing papers in PubMed
1.2field-weighted citation impact, top 20% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

12 citing papers in PubMed, 20 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Frederick W StullProgram in Chemical Biology, University of Michigan , Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, United States.
Steffen M BernardProgram in Chemical Biology, University of Michigan , Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, United States.
Aparna SapraDepartment of Biological Chemistry, University of Michigan , Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, United States.
Janet L SmithProgram in Chemical Biology, University of Michigan , Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, United States.
Erik R P ZuiderwegDepartment of Biological Chemistry, University of Michigan , Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, United States.
Bruce A PalfeyProgram in Chemical Biology, University of Michigan , Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, United States.
University of Michigan–Ann Arbor · US

Funding

STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION OF A PURINE BIOSYNTHETIC ENZYMER01DK042303 · NIDDK · UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN AT ANN ARBOR · PI SMITH, JANET L. · 1990 to 2024
$6.6M
MICHIGAN CHEMISTRY-BIOLOGY INTERFACE TRAINING PROGRAMT32GM008597 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN AT ANN ARBOR · PI MONTGOMERY, JOHN · 1996 to 2018
$5.0M
Structural basis of specificity in affinity-labeled polyketide synthase didomainsR01GM081544 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN AT ANN ARBOR · PI SMITH, JANET L. · 2009 to 2012
$1.9M
NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK042303NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM081544NIGMS NIH HHS T32 GM008597
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Many microorganisms use flavin-dependent thymidylate synthase (FDTS) to synthesize the essential nucleotide 2'-deoxythymidine 5'-monophosphate (dTMP) from 2'-deoxyuridine 5'-monophosphate (dUMP), 5,10-methylenetetrahydrofolate (CH2THF), and NADPH. FDTSs have a structure that is unrelated to the thymidylate synthase used by humans and a very different mechanism. Here we report nuclear magnetic resonance evidence that FDTS ionizes N3 of dUMP using an active-site arginine. The ionized form of dUMP is largely responsible for the changes in the flavin absorbance spectrum of FDTS upon dUMP binding. dUMP analogues also suggest that the phosphate of dUMP acts as the base that removes the proton from C5 of the dUMP-methylene intermediate in the FDTS-catalyzed reaction. These findings establish additional differences between the mechanisms of FDTS and human thymidylate synthase.

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ProtonsCatalysisCatalytic DomainFlavinsHumansKineticsMagnetic Resonance SpectroscopyNADPProtein ConformationThymidylate SynthaseFlavinsNADPProtonsThymidylate Synthase

Identifiers

PMID27214228
PMCPMC5939375
OpenAlexW2402115195

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