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Query: EC:3.6.1.25 (triphosphatase)
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The gene 4 protein of bacteriophage T7 is both a primase and a helicase. In this paper, we present a detailed description of a third activity, single-stranded DNA-dependent nucleoside 5'-triphosphate hydrolysis, and show that this activity is coupled to the unidirectional translocation of the gene 4 protein on single-stranded DNA (Tabor, S., and Richardson, C.C. (1981) Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U. S. A. 78, 205-209). The competitive inhibitor of NTP hydrolysis, beta, gamma-methylene dTTP, is also a potent inhibitor of gene 4 protein-dependent, RNA-primed DNA synthesis; inhibition is not due to a direct inhibition of T7 DNA polymerase or RNA primer synthesis. We conclude that the energy derived from the hydrolysis of NTPs by the gene 4 protein is required for translocation of the protein to primase recognition sites. Measurement of the rates of hydrolysis of NTPs using a variety of DNAs of known structure and length support the unidirectional translocation of the gene 4 protein on single-stranded DNA. Duplex DNA, RNA, and single-stranded DNA coated with single-stranded DNA-binding protein do not serve as effectors for the nucleoside triphosphatase of the gene 4 protein. Kinetic data suggest that the gene 4 protein does not remain bound to newly synthesized oligoribonucleotide primers but continues to search for other primase recognition sites. Although all the predominant naturally occurring NTPs except rCTP are hydrolyzed by the gene 4 protein, the enzyme shows specificity for dTTP with a Km of 0.4 mM. In the accompanying paper (Matson, S.W., Tabor, S., and Richardson, C.C. (1983) J. Biol. Chem. 258, 14017-14024), we show that the hydrolysis of NTPs is also required for the protein to function as a helicase in duplex regions of DNA.
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PMID:DNA-dependent nucleoside 5'-triphosphatase activity of the gene 4 protein of bacteriophage T7. 613 75

A recombinant baculovirus overexpressing the herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1) origin binding protein, encoded by the UL9 gene, was constructed. The purified recombinant protein has DNA-dependent nucleoside triphosphatase activity similar to the enzyme isolated from mammalian cells. Optimal nucleoside triphosphatase activity requires low salt (< 50 mM), 2-3 mM Mg2+, alkaline pH (8.3-9.5), high temperature (45 degrees C), and a single-stranded DNA coeffector containing minimal secondary structure. Enzymatic activity is subject to product inhibition, and there appears to be a single nucleotide binding site. The minimal length of single-stranded DNA that elicits enzymatic activity is 14 nucleotides, and activity increases as the length is increased. Saturation for various single-stranded DNA coeffectors is about 10 microM in nucleotide, but the maximum velocity is reduced 2-3-fold for coeffectors containing secondary structure. The HSV-1-encoded single-stranded DNA-binding protein ICP8 specifically stimulates the DNA-dependent nucleoside triphosphatase activity. The kinetics of nucleoside triphosphate hydrolysis exhibit a substantial lag period which can be shortened, but not eliminated, by reduced secondary structure in the DNA coeffector or by increased temperature.
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PMID:The herpes simplex virus type I origin binding protein. DNA-dependent nucleoside triphosphatase activity. 838 Apr 7

The rotavirus nonstructural protein NSP2 self-assembles into homomultimers, binds single-stranded RNA nonspecifically, possesses a Mg2+-dependent nucleoside triphosphatase (NTPase) activity, and is a component of replication intermediates. Because these properties are characteristics of known viral helicases, we examined the possibility that this was also an activity of NSP2 by using a strand displacement assay and purified bacterially expressed protein. The results revealed that, under saturating concentrations, NSP2 disrupted both DNA-RNA and RNA-RNA duplexes; hence, the protein possesses helix-destabilizing activity. However, unlike typical helicases, NSP2 required neither a divalent cation nor a nucleotide energy source for helix destabilization. Further characterization showed that NSP2 displayed no polarity in destabilizing a partial duplex. In addition, helix destabilization by NSP2 was found to proceed cooperatively and rapidly. The presence of Mg2+ and other divalent cations inhibited by approximately one-half the activity of NSP2, probably due to the increased stability of the duplex substrate brought on by the cations. In contrast, under conditions where NSP2 functions as an NTPase, its helix-destabilizing activity was less sensitive to the presence of Mg2+, suggesting that in the cellular environment the two activities associated with the protein, helix destabilization and NTPase, may function together. Although distinct from typical helicases, the helix-destabilizing activity of NSP2 is quite similar to that of the sigmaNS protein of reovirus and to the single-stranded DNA-binding proteins (SSBs) involved in double-stranded DNA replication. The presence of SSB-like nonstructural proteins in two members of the family Reoviridae suggests a common mechanism of unwinding viral mRNA prior to packaging and subsequent minus-strand RNA synthesis.
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PMID:Identification and characterization of the helix-destabilizing activity of rotavirus nonstructural protein NSP2. 1131 22