Structural insights by molecular dynamics simulations into differential repair efficiency for ethano-A versus etheno-A adducts by the human alkylpurine-DNA N-glycosylase
AUTOR(ES)
Guliaev, Anton B.
FONTE
Oxford University Press
RESUMO
1,N6-ethenoadenine adducts (εA) are formed by known environmental carcinogens and found to be removed by human alkylpurine-DNA N-glycosylase (APNG). 1,N6-ethanoadenine (ΕA) adducts differ from εA by change of a double bond to a single bond in the 5-member exocyclic ring and are formed by chloroethyl nitrosoureas, which are used in cancer therapy. In this work, using purified recombinant human APNG, we show that ΕA is a substrate for the enzyme. However, the excision efficiency of ΕA was 65-fold lower than that of εA. Molecular dynamics simulation produced similar structural motifs for εA and ΕA when incorporated into a DNA duplex, suggesting that there are no specific conformational features in the DNA duplex which can account for the differences in repair efficiency. However, when ΕA was modeled into the APNG active site, based on the APNG/εA-DNA crystallographic coordinates, in structures produced by 2 ns molecular dynamics simulation, we observed weakening in the stacking interaction between ΕA and aromatic side chains of the key amino acids in the active site. In contrast, the planar εA is better stacked at the enzyme active site. We propose that the observed destabilization of the ΕA adduct at the active site, such as reduced stacking interactions, could account for the biochemically observed weaker recognition of ΕA by APNG as compared to εA.
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