- DUTP diphosphatase
In
enzymology , a dUTP diphosphatase (EC number|3.6.1.23) is anenzyme that catalyzes thechemical reaction :dUTP + H2O dUMP + diphosphate
Thus, the two substrates of this enzyme are
dUTP and H2O, whereas its two products aredUMP anddiphosphate .This enzyme belongs to the family of
hydrolase s, specifically those acting on acid anhydrides in phosphorus-containing anhydrides. The systematic name of this enzyme class is dUTP nucleotidohydrolase. Other names in common use include deoxyuridine-triphosphatase, dUTPase, dUTP pyrophosphatase, desoxyuridine 5'-triphosphate nucleotidohydrolase, and desoxyuridine 5'-triphosphatase. This enzyme participates inpyrimidine metabolism .The main function of this enzyme is to remove dUTP from the deoxynucleotide pool, which reduces the probability of this base being mistakenly incorporated into
DNA byDNA polymerase s, which is a cause ofmutation s. [cite journal |author=Vassylyev DG, Morikawa K |title=Precluding uracil from DNA |journal=Structure |volume=4 |issue=12 |pages=1381–5 |year=1996 |pmid=8994964 |doi=10.1016/S0969-2126(96)00145-1]tructural studies
As of late 2007, 48 structures have been solved for this class of enzymes, with PDB accession codes PDB link|1DUC, PDB link|1DUD, PDB link|1DUN, PDB link|1DUP, PDB link|1DUT, PDB link|1EU5, PDB link|1EUW, PDB link|1F7D, PDB link|1F7K, PDB link|1F7N, PDB link|1F7O, PDB link|1F7P, PDB link|1F7Q, PDB link|1F7R, PDB link|1MQ7, PDB link|1OGH, PDB link|1OGK, PDB link|1OGL, PDB link|1PKH, PDB link|1PKJ, PDB link|1PKK, PDB link|1RN8, PDB link|1RNJ, PDB link|1SEH, PDB link|1SIX, PDB link|1SJN, PDB link|1SLH, PDB link|1SM8, PDB link|1SMC, PDB link|1SNF, PDB link|1SYL, PDB link|1VYQ, PDB link|1W2Y, PDB link|2BSY, PDB link|2BT1, PDB link|2CJE, PDB link|2D4L, PDB link|2D4M, PDB link|2D4N, PDB link|2HQU, PDB link|2HR6, PDB link|2HRM, PDB link|2OKB, PDB link|2OKD, PDB link|2OKE, PDB link|2OL0, PDB link|2OL1, and PDB link|2PY4.
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CAS registry number for this enzyme class is CAS registry|37289-34-2."Gene Ontology (GO) codes
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