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ArticleBMC research notes2019

Enzyme kinetics of dUTPase from the planarian Dugesia ryukyuensis.

Md Shahanoor Alam, Hideaki Moriyama, Midori Matsumoto

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Article in BMC research notes, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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3 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Md Shahanoor AlamDepartment of Bioscience and Informatics, Keio University, 3-14-1 Hiyoshi, Kouhoku-ku, Yokohama, 223-8522, Japan.
Hideaki MoriyamaSchool of Biological Sciences, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, 243 Manter Hall, Lincoln, NE, 68588, USA.
Midori MatsumotoDepartment of Bioscience and Informatics, Keio University, 3-14-1 Hiyoshi, Kouhoku-ku, Yokohama, 223-8522, Japan. mmatsumo@bio.keio.ac.jp.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4838-6179
Keio University · JPUniversity of Nebraska–Lincoln · US

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Keio University 10,2015Keio University 116,2017
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectivePlanarians including Dugesia ryukyuensis (Dr) have strong regenerative abilities that require enhanced DNA replication. Knockdown of the DUT gene in Dr, which encodes deoxyuridine 5'-triphosphate pyrophosphatase (dUTPase), promotes DNA fragmentation, inhibits regeneration, and eventually leads to death. dUTPase catalyzes the hydrolysis of dUTP to dUMP and pyrophosphate. dUTPase is known to prevent uracil misincorporation in DNA by balancing the intracellular ratio between dUTP and dTTP, and contributes to genome stability. Nevertheless, the catalytic performance of Dr-dUTPase has not been reported.

resultsTo confirm the catalytic activity of Dr-dUTPase, we cloned and expressed Dr-DUT in E. coli. Then, we purified Dr-dUTPase using His-tag and removed the tag with thrombin. The resulting Dr-dUTPase had the leading peptide Gly-Ser-His- originating from the vector at the amino terminus, and a mutation, Arg66Lys, to remove the internal thrombin site. We observed the hydrolysis of dUTP by Dr-dUTPase using Cresol Red as a proton sensor. The K

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BiocatalysisAnimalsPlanariansPyrophosphatasesRegenerationdUTP pyrophosphatasePyrophosphatasesdUTPasePlanarianRegeneration

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PMID30902068
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