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Two thymidine kinases and one multisubstrate deoxyribonucleoside kinase salvage DNA precursors in Arabidopsis thaliana
Clausen, Anders R.,Girandon, Lenart,Ali, Ashfaq,Knecht, Wolfgang,Rozpedowska, Elzbieta,Sandrini, Michael P. B.,Andreasson, Erik,Munch-Petersen, Birgitte,Piskur, Jure
, p. 3889 - 3897 (2012)
Deoxyribonucleotides are the building blocks of DNA and can be synthesized via de novo and salvage pathways. Deoxyribonucleoside kinases (EC 2.7.1.145) salvage deoxyribonucleosides by transfer of a phosphate group to the 5' of a deoxyribonucleoside. This salvage pathway is well characterized in mammals, but in contrast, little is known about how plants salvage deoxyribonucleosides. We show that during salvage, deoxyribonucleosides can be phosphorylated by extracts of Arabidopsis thaliana into corresponding monophosphate compounds with an unexpected preference for purines over pyrimidines. Deoxyribonucleoside kinase activities were present in all tissues during all growth stages. In the A. thaliana genome, we identified two types of genes that could encode enzymes which are involved in the salvage of deoxyribonucleosides. Thymidine kinase activity was encoded by two thymidine kinase 1 (EC 2.7.1.21)-like genes (AtTK1a and AtTK1b). Deoxyadenosine, deoxyguanosine and deoxycytidine kinase activities were encoded by a single AtdNK gene. T-DNA insertion lines of AtTK1a and AtTK1b mutant genes had normal growth, although AtTK1a AtTK1b double mutants died at an early stage, which indicates that AtTK1a and AtTK1b catalyze redundant reactions. The results obtained in the present study suggest a crucial role for the salvage of thymidine during early plant development. 2012 The Authors Journal compilation
Synthesis and antitumor activity of a heterodinucleotide of BVDU and gemcitabine
Cappellacci,Franchetti,Vita,Petrelli,Grifantini
, p. 460 - 468 (2008/09/21)
A heterodinucleotide comprising BVDU and Gemcitabine bound together by a 5′,5′-pyrophospate bridge (BVDUp2dFdC) has been synthesized and evaluated as antitumor agent against AH13 rat sarcoma cells. BVDUp2dFdC showed a cytotoxicity similar to that of Gemcitabine. Copyright Taylor & Francis Group, LLC.
Synthesis, hydrolysis and anti-EBV activity of a series of 3′-modified cycloSal-BVDUMP pronucleotides
Meier,Lomp,Meerbach,Wutzler
, p. 307 - 314 (2007/10/03)
A series of cycloSal-BVDUMP phosphate triesters has been prepared. The prototype compound was 3-methyl-cycloSal-BVDUMP 2. Furthermore, a series of 3′-O-acyl-modified derivatives having carboxylic acids with different lipophilicity or a L-configurated α-am
Mutation of Gln125 to Asn selectively abolishes the thymidylate kinase activity of herpes simplex virus type 1 thymidine kinase
Degreve, Bart,Esnouf, Robert,De Clercq, Erik,Balzarini, Jan
, p. 285 - 293 (2007/10/03)
The broad substrate specificity of herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1) thymidine kinase (TK) has provided the basis for selective antiherpetic therapy and, more recently, suicide gene therapy for the treatment of cancer. We have now constructed an HSV-1 TK mutant enzyme, in which an asparagine (N) residue is substituted for glutamine (Q) at position 125, and have evaluated the effect of this amino acid change on enzymatic activity. In marked contrast with wild-type HSV-1 TK, which displays both thymidine kinase and thymidylate kinase activities, the HSV-1 TK(Q125N) mutant was unable to phosphorylate pyrimidine nucleoside monophosphates but retained significant phosphorylation activity for thymidine and a series of antiherpetic pyrimidine and purine nucleoside analogs. The abrogation of HSV-1 TK-associated thymidylate kinase activity resulted in a 100-fold accumulation of the monophosphate form of (E)-5(2-bromovinyl)-2′-deoxyuridine (BVDU) in osteosarcoma cells transfected with the HSV-1 TK(Q125N) gene compared with osteosarcoma cells expressing wild-type HSV-1 TK. BVDU monophosphate accumulation gave rise to a much greater inhibition of cellular thymidylate synthase in HSV-1 TK(Q125N) gene-transfected cells than wild-type HSV-1 TK gene-transfected osteosarcoma tumor cells without significantly changing the cytostatic potency of BVDU for the HSV-1 TK gene-transfected tumor cells. Accordingly, the presence of the Q125N mutation in HSV-1 TK gene-transfected tumor cells was found to result in a multilog decrease in the cytostatic activity of those pyrimidine nucleoside analogs that in their monophosphate form do not have marked affinity for thymidylate synthase [i.e., 1-β-D-arabinofuranosylthymine and (E)-5-(2-bromovinyl)-1-β-D-arabinofuranosyluracil].
