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- * Alkylbase DNA glycosidases alkA family signature *
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- Alkylbase DNA glycosidases [1] are DNA repair enzymes that hydrolyzes the
- deoxyribose N-glycosidic bond to excise various alkylated bases from a damaged
- DNA polymer.
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- In Escherichia coli there are two alkylbase DNA glycosidases: one (gene tag)
- which is constitutively expressed and which is specific for the removal of 3-
- methyladenine (EC 3.2.2.20), and one (gene alkA) which is induced during
- adaptation to alkylation and which can remove a variety of alkylation products
- (EC 3.2.2.21.) Tag and alkA do not share any region of sequence similarity.
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- In yeast there is an alkylbase DNA glycosidase (gene MAG) [2,3], which can
- remove 3-methyladenine or 7-methyladenine and which is structurally related to
- alkA.
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- MAG and alkA are both proteins of about 390 amino acid residues. While the C-
- and N-terminal ends appear to be unrelated, there is a central region of about
- 130 residues which is well conserved. As a signature pattern we have selected
- part of this region.
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- -Consensus pattern: G-I-G-x-W-[ST]-A-x(2)-F-x-[LIVM]-x-G-x(4)-D-V-F-x-P-[ED]-D
- -Sequences known to belong to this class detected by the pattern: ALL.
- -Other sequence(s) detected in SWISS-PROT: NONE.
- -Last update: June 1992 / Text revised.
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- [ 1] Lindahl T., Sedgwick B.
- Annu. Rev. Biochem. 57:133-157(1988).
- [ 2] Berdal K.G., Bjoras M., Bjelland S., Seeberg E.C.
- EMBO J. 9:4563-4568(1990).
- [ 3] Chen J., Derfler B., Samson L.
- EMBO J. 9:4569-4575(1990).
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