Removal of N-Alkyl Modifications from N[superscript 2]-Alkylguanine and N[superscript 4]-Alkylcytosine in DNA by the Adaptive Response Protein AlkB
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Li, Deyu
Fedeles, Bogdan I.
Shrivastav, Nidhi
Delaney, James C.
Yang, Xuedong
Wong, Cintyu
Drennan, Catherine L.
Essigmann, John M.
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Removal of N-Alkyl Modifications from N2-Alkylguanine and N4-Alkylcytosine in DNA by the Adaptive Response Protein AlkB
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August 2013
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Chemical Research in Toxicology
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American Chemical Society
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Li, Deyu, Bogdan I. Fedeles, Nidhi Shrivastav, James C. Delaney, Xuedong Yang, Cintyu Wong, Catherine L. Drennan, and John M. Essigmann. “Removal of N-Alkyl Modifications from N2-Alkylguanine and N4-Alkylcytosine in DNA by the Adaptive Response Protein AlkB.” Chemical Research in Toxicology 26, no. 8 (August 19, 2013): 1182-1187.
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Abstract
The AlkB enzyme is an Fe(II)- and α-ketoglutarate-dependent dioxygenase that repairs DNA alkyl lesions by a direct reversal of damage mechanism as part of the adaptive response in E. coli. The reported substrate scope of AlkB includes simple DNA alkyl adducts, such as 1-methyladenine, 3-methylcytosine, 3-ethylcytosine, 1-methylguanine, 3-methylthymine, and N6-methyladenine, as well as more complex DNA adducts, such as 1,N6-ethenoadenine, 3,N4-ethenocytosine, and 1,N6-ethanoadenine. Previous studies have revealed, in a piecemeal way, that AlkB has an impressive repertoire of substrates. The present study makes two additions to this list, showing that alkyl adducts on the N2 position of guanine and N4 position of cytosine are also substrates for AlkB. Using high resolution ESI-TOF mass spectrometry, we show that AlkB has the biochemical capability to repair in vitro N2-methylguanine, N2-ethylguanine, N2-furan-2-yl-methylguanine, N2-tetrahydrofuran-2-yl-methylguanine, and N4-methylcytosine in ssDNA but not in dsDNA. When viewed together with previous work, the experimental data herein demonstrate that AlkB is able to repair all simple N-alkyl adducts occurring at the Watson–Crick base pairing interface of the four DNA bases, confirming AlkB as a versatile gatekeeper of genomic integrity under alkylation stress.
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Center for Environmental Health Sciences
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Biological Engineering
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Chemistry
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https://doi.org/10.1021/tx400096m
