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ArticleThe protein journal2024

An ITPA Enzyme with Improved Substrate Selectivity.

Nicholas E Burgis, Kandise VanWormer, Devin Robbins, Jonathan Smith

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Article in The protein journal, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1citing papers in PubMed
0.2field-weighted citation impact, top 39% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

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1 citing paper in PubMed, 1 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.

Nicholas E BurgisDepartment of Chemistry, Biochemistry & Physics, Eastern Washington University, Cheney, WA, 99004, USA. nburgis@ewu.edu.ORCID 0000-0002-8279-7193
Kandise VanWormerDepartment of Chemistry, Biochemistry & Physics, Eastern Washington University, Cheney, WA, 99004, USA.
Devin RobbinsDepartment of Chemistry, Biochemistry & Physics, Eastern Washington University, Cheney, WA, 99004, USA.
Jonathan SmithDepartment of Chemistry, Biochemistry & Physics, Eastern Washington University, Cheney, WA, 99004, USA.
Eastern Washington University · US

Funding

Computational and biochemical screening for the discovery of molecules that stabilize ITPA clinical variantsR15GM112121 · NIGMS · EASTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI BURGIS, NICHOLAS EARL, HOUNDONOUGBO, YAO ATHANASE · 2015 to 2024
$653k
NIGMS NIH HHS R15 GM112121
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Recent clinical data have identified infant patients with lethal ITPA deficiencies. ITPA is known to modulate ITP concentrations in cells and has a critical function in neural development which is not understood. Polymorphism of the ITPA gene affects outcomes for both ribavirin and thiopurine based therapies and nearly one third of the human population is thought to harbor ITPA polymorphism. In a previous site-directed mutagenesis alanine screen of the ITPA substrate selectivity pocket, we identified the ITPA mutant, E22A, as a gain-of function mutant with enhanced ITP hydrolysis activity. Here we report a rational enzyme engineering experiment to investigate the biochemical properties of position 22 ITPA mutants and find that the E22D ITPA has two- and four-fold improved substrate selectivity for ITP over the canonical purine triphosphates ATP and GTP, respectively, while maintaining biological activity. The novel E22D ITPA should be considered as a platform for further development of ITPA therapies.

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Inosine TriphosphatasePyrophosphatasesGenotypeHumansPolymorphism, GeneticInosine TriphosphataseITPA protein, humanPyrophosphatasesDEE 35InosineITPITPARibavirinThiopurine

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PMID38066288
PMCPMC10901923
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