Abstract
Damaged 2’-deoxyribonucleotides cause mutations, cancer, cell death, and aging. The Escherichia coli Orf135 (NudG) protein catalyzes the hydrolysis of various 2’-deoxyribonucleotides including an oxidized form of dATP, 2-oxo-1,2-dihydro-2’-deoxyadenosine 5’-triphosphate (dAOTP, 2-hydroxy-2’-deoxyadenosine 5’-triphosphate). The best substrate is 5-methyl-2’-deoxycytidine 5’-triphosphate (dCmTP), and the protein prefers dCmTP over dAOTP by ∼200-fold in vitro. To make the enzyme specific for the mutagenic nucleotide dAOTP, a double mutant protein (E33A plus D118E) was designed and produced in E. coli. The purified mutant protein showed one order of magnitude higher dAOTP preference over dCmTP. The split protein based on this mutant may potentially be used to detect dAOTP in living cells.
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