Division of Basic Sciences, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA 98109, USA.
Structure. 2010 Oct 13;18(10):1321-31. doi: 10.1016/j.str.2010.07.006. Epub 2010 Aug 26.
The GIY-YIG endonuclease family comprises hundreds of diverse proteins and a multitude of functions; none have been visualized bound to DNA. The structure of the GIY-YIG restriction endonuclease R.Eco29kI has been solved both alone and bound to its target site. The protein displays a domain-swapped homodimeric structure with several extended surface loops encircling the DNA. Only three side chains from each protein subunit contact DNA bases, two directly and one via a bridging solvent molecule. Both tyrosine residues within the GIY-YIG motif are positioned in the catalytic center near a putative nucleophilic water; the remainder of the active site resembles the HNH endonuclease family. The structure illustrates how the GIY-YIG scaffold has been adapted for the highly specific recognition of a DNA restriction site, in contrast to nonspecific DNA cleavage by GIY-YIG domains in homing endonucleases or structure-specific cleavage by DNA repair enzymes such as UvrC.
GIY-YIG 内切酶家族包含数百种不同的蛋白质和多种功能;目前还没有观察到它们与 DNA 结合。GIY-YIG 限制性内切酶 R.Eco29kI 的结构已被单独解决并结合到其靶位点。该蛋白质显示出一种具有交换结构域的同源二聚体结构,几个延伸的表面环环绕 DNA。每个蛋白质亚基只有三个侧链与 DNA 碱基接触,两个直接接触,一个通过桥接溶剂分子接触。GIY-YIG 基序中的两个酪氨酸残基位于催化中心附近的假定亲核水分子附近;活性位点的其余部分类似于 HNH 内切酶家族。该结构说明了 GIY-YIG 支架如何适应高度特异性识别 DNA 限制位点,与同系物内切酶中的 GIY-YIG 结构域的非特异性 DNA 切割或 UvrC 等 DNA 修复酶的结构特异性切割形成对比。