CRYSTAL STRUCTURE OF A PUTATIVE XANTHOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE PYROPHOSPHATASE/HAM1 PROTEIN HOMOLOG (TM0159) FROM THERMOTOGA MARITIMA AT 1.78 A RESOLUTIONCRYSTAL STRUCTURE OF A PUTATIVE XANTHOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE PYROPHOSPHATASE/HAM1 PROTEIN HOMOLOG (TM0159) FROM THERMOTOGA MARITIMA AT 1.78 A RESOLUTION
Structural highlights
1vp2 is a 2 chain structure with sequence from Thermotoga maritima. Full crystallographic information is available from OCA. For a guided tour on the structure components use FirstGlance.
IXTPA_THEMA Pyrophosphatase that catalyzes the hydrolysis of nucleoside triphosphates to their monophosphate derivatives, with a high preference for the non-canonical purine nucleotides XTP (xanthosine triphosphate), dITP (deoxyinosine triphosphate) and ITP. Seems to function as a house-cleaning enzyme that removes non-canonical purine nucleotides from the nucleotide pool, thus preventing their incorporation into DNA/RNA and avoiding chromosomal lesions.[HAMAP-Rule:MF_01405]
Evolutionary Conservation
Check, as determined by ConSurfDB. You may read the explanation of the method and the full data available from ConSurf.
