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==Human TDG in a post-reactive complex with 5-hydroxymethyluracil (5hmU)==
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== Structural highlights ==
<table><tr><td colspan='2'>[[4fnc]] is a 3 chain structure with sequence from [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human Human]. Full crystallographic information is available from [http://oca.weizmann.ac.il/oca-bin/ocashort?id=4FNC OCA]. For a <b>guided tour on the structure components</b> use [http://oca.weizmann.ac.il/oca-docs/fgij/fg.htm?mol=4FNC FirstGlance]. <br>
</td></tr><tr><td class="sblockLbl"><b>[[Ligand|Ligands:]]</b></td><td class="sblockDat"><scene name='pdbligand=HMU:5-HYDROXYMETHYL+URACIL'>HMU</scene><br>
<tr><td class="sblockLbl"><b>[[Non-Standard_Residue|NonStd Res:]]</b></td><td class="sblockDat"><scene name='pdbligand=AAB:2-DEOXY-RIBOFURANOSE-5-MONOPHOSPHATE'>AAB</scene></td></tr>
<tr><td class="sblockLbl"><b>[[Gene|Gene:]]</b></td><td class="sblockDat">TDG ([http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/Taxonomy/Browser/wwwtax.cgi?mode=Info&srchmode=5&id=9606 HUMAN])</td></tr>
<tr><td class="sblockLbl"><b>Activity:</b></td><td class="sblockDat"><span class='plainlinks'>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thymine-DNA_glycosylase Thymine-DNA glycosylase], with EC number [http://www.brenda-enzymes.info/php/result_flat.php4?ecno=3.2.2.29 3.2.2.29] </span></td></tr>
<tr><td class="sblockLbl"><b>Resources:</b></td><td class="sblockDat"><span class='plainlinks'>[http://oca.weizmann.ac.il/oca-docs/fgij/fg.htm?mol=4fnc FirstGlance], [http://oca.weizmann.ac.il/oca-bin/ocaids?id=4fnc OCA], [http://www.rcsb.org/pdb/explore.do?structureId=4fnc RCSB], [http://www.ebi.ac.uk/pdbsum/4fnc PDBsum]</span></td></tr>
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== Publication Abstract from PubMed ==
The mammalian thymine DNA glycosylase (TDG) is implicated in active DNA demethylation via the base excision repair pathway. TDG excises the mismatched base from G:X mismatches, where X is uracil, thymine or 5-hydroxymethyluracil (5hmU). These are, respectively, the deamination products of cytosine, 5-methylcytosine (5mC) and 5-hydroxymethylcytosine (5hmC). In addition, TDG excises the Tet protein products 5-formylcytosine (5fC) and 5-carboxylcytosine (5caC) but not 5hmC and 5mC, when paired with a guanine. Here we present a post-reactive complex structure of the human TDG domain with a 28-base pair DNA containing a G:5hmU mismatch. TDG flips the target nucleotide from the double-stranded DNA, cleaves the N-glycosidic bond and leaves the C1' hydrolyzed abasic sugar in the flipped state. The cleaved 5hmU base remains in a binding pocket of the enzyme. TDG allows hydrogen-bonding interactions to both T/U-based (5hmU) and C-based (5caC) modifications, thus enabling its activity on a wider range of substrates. We further show that the TDG catalytic domain has higher activity for 5caC at a lower pH (5.5) as compared to the activities at higher pH (7.5 and 8.0) and that the structurally related Escherichia coli mismatch uracil glycosylase can excise 5caC as well. We discuss several possible mechanisms, including the amino-imino tautomerization of the substrate base that may explain how TDG discriminates against 5hmC and 5mC.

Excision of 5-hydroxymethyluracil and 5-carboxylcytosine by the thymine DNA glycosylase domain: its structural basis and implications for active DNA demethylation.,Hashimoto H, Hong S, Bhagwat AS, Zhang X, Cheng X Nucleic Acids Res. 2012 Sep 8. PMID:22962365<ref>PMID:22962365</ref>

From MEDLINE&reg;/PubMed&reg;, a database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine.<br>
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== References ==
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[[Category: Human]]
[[Category: Thymine-DNA glycosylase]]
[[Category: Bhagwat, A S.]]
[[Category: Cheng, X.]]
[[Category: Hashimoto, H.]]
[[Category: Hong, S.]]
[[Category: Zhang, X.]]
[[Category: Base excision repair]]
[[Category: Hydrolase-dna complex]]