Article
Analysis of human ITPase nucleobase specificity by site-directed mutagenesis.
Biochimie - 1 Sept 2013
Gall Amanda D, Gall Anthony, Moore Ashley C, Aune Martin K, Heid Steven, Mori Ayaka, Burgis Nicholas E
Abstract excerpt
Inosine triphosphate (ITP) pyrophosphohydrolase, or ITPase, is an intracellular enzyme that is responsible for the hydrolysis of the acidic anhydride bond between the alpha and beta phosphates in ITP, and other noncanonical nucleoside triphosphates, producing the corresponding nucleoside monophosphate and pyrophosphate. This activity protects the cell by preventing noncanonical nucleoside triphosphates from...
Topics
- Adenine
- Conserved Sequence
- Escherichia coli
- Humans
- Mutagenesis, Site-Directed
- Mutation
- Nucleotides
- Pyrophosphatases
- Recombinant Proteins
- Substrate Specificity
- Inosine Triphosphatase
