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- * Inorganic pyrophosphatase signature *
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- Inorganic pyrophosphatase (EC 3.6.1.1) (PPase) [1,2] is the enzyme responsible
- for the hydrolysis of pyrophosphate (PPi) which is formed principally as the
- product of the many biosynthetic reactions that utilize ATP. All known PPases
- require the presence of divalent metal cations, with magnesium conferring the
- highest activity. Among other residues, a lysine has been postulated to be
- part or close to the active site. PPases have been sequenced from Escherichia
- coli (homohexamer), from the thermophilic bacterium PS-3, from fungi
- (homodimer), from a plant, and from bovine retina. In yeast, a mitochondrial
- isoform of PPase has been characterized which seems to be involved in energy
- production and whose activity is stimulated by uncouplers of ATP synthesis.
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- The sequences of PPases share some regions of similarities. As signature
- patterns we have selected a region that contains three conserved aspartates
- that are involved in the binding of cations.
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- -Consensus pattern: D-[SGN]-D-P-[LIVM]-D-[LIVMC]
- [The three D's bind divalent metal cations]
- -Sequences known to belong to this class detected by the pattern: ALL.
- -Other sequence(s) detected in SWISS-PROT: NONE.
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- -Expert(s) to contact by email: Kolakowski L.F. Jr.
- lfk@receptor.mgh.harvard.edu
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- -Last update: June 1994 / Text revised.
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- [ 1] Lahti R., Kolakowski L.F. Jr., Heinonen J., Vihinen M., Pohjanoksa K.,
- Cooperman B.S.
- Biochim. Biophys. Acta 1038:338-345(1990).
- [ 2] Cooperman B.S., Baykov A.A., Lahti R.
- Trends Biochem. Sci. 17:262-266(1992).
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