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Query: EC:3.1.27.4 (ribonuclease)
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The inhibition of ribonuclease Bi by 3'-N-hydroxyurea-3'-deoxythymidine 5'-phosphate is enhanced by 30-fold in the presence of Zn(2+). Thus, an N-hydroxyurea nucleotide can recruit Zn(2+) to inhibit the enzymatic activity of a ribonuclease. This result engenders a general strategy for the inhibition of non-metalloenzymes by metal complexes.
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PMID:Zinc(II)-mediated inhibition of a ribonuclease by an N-hydroxyurea nucleotide. 1256 40

Ribonuclease Sa (RNase Sa) is a secretory ribonuclease from Streptomyces aureofaciens. Herein, 3'-N-hydroxyurea-3'-deoxythymidine 5'-phosphate is shown to be a competitive inhibitor of catalysis by RNase Sa. Inhibition is enhanced by nearly 10-fold in the presence of Zn(2+), which could coordinate to the N-hydroxyurea group along with enzymic residues. The carboxylate of Glu54 is the putative base that abstracts a proton from the 2' hydroxyl group during catalysis of RNA cleavage by RNase Sa. Replacing Glu54 with a glutamine residue has no effect on the affinity of N-hydroxyurea 1 for the enzyme, but eliminates the zinc(II)-dependence of that affinity. These data indicate that an N-hydroxyurea nucleotide can recruit Zn(2+) to inhibit the enzymatic activity of RNase Sa, and suggest that the carboxylate of Glu54 is a ligand for that Zn(2+). These findings further the development of a new class of ribonuclease inhibitors based on the complex of an N-hydroxyurea nucleotide and zinc(II).
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PMID:Zinc(II)-mediated inhibition of ribonuclease Sa by an N-hydroxyurea nucleotide and its basis. 1515 54