Abstract
Successive phosphorylation of nucleoside analog prodrugs to their triphosphate forms is required for the pharmacological activity of these compounds in the chemotherapeutic treatment of viral infections and cancer. Human thymidylate kinase (TMPK), apart from its essential physiological role in the biosynthesis of TTP, is also required for the activation of thymidine analogs, such as the clinically used anti-HIV prodrugs AZT and d4T. This enzyme is rate determining in the three-step cascade of AZT phosphorylation. Our structural work on human, yeast and E. coli TMPKs, in conjunction with sequence homology analyses and biochemical data, has demonstrated that three loops are crucial for the function of this enzyme: the first is the highly conserved P-loop motif, which binds and positions the phosphoryl groups of ATP, the second critical loop contains the DR(Y / H) motif that supplies a catalytic arginine and is also important for the binding and positioning of the magnesium ion complexed to ATP, and the third loop is the so-called Lid-region that is a flexible stretch which closes on ATP when it binds. Modifications of the sugar moieties of nucleoside monophosphates are shown to exert drastic effects on the enzymes conformation and, thus, reduced activity. Our structural work on several TMPKs has formed the basis for generating mutants of human TMPK that are about 100 times more efficient in phosphorylating AZTMP. These enzyme variants could potentially be introduced into HIV-targeted cells in order to significantly improve AZTs antiviral activity.
Keywords: nucleotide analogs, human thymidylate kinase, aztmp, antiviral activity
Mini-Reviews in Medicinal Chemistry
Title: Structural Requirements for Efficient Phosphorylation of Nucleotide Analogs by Human Thymidylate Kinase
Volume: 4 Issue: 4
Author(s): Arnon Lavie and Manfred Konrad
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Keywords: nucleotide analogs, human thymidylate kinase, aztmp, antiviral activity
Abstract: Successive phosphorylation of nucleoside analog prodrugs to their triphosphate forms is required for the pharmacological activity of these compounds in the chemotherapeutic treatment of viral infections and cancer. Human thymidylate kinase (TMPK), apart from its essential physiological role in the biosynthesis of TTP, is also required for the activation of thymidine analogs, such as the clinically used anti-HIV prodrugs AZT and d4T. This enzyme is rate determining in the three-step cascade of AZT phosphorylation. Our structural work on human, yeast and E. coli TMPKs, in conjunction with sequence homology analyses and biochemical data, has demonstrated that three loops are crucial for the function of this enzyme: the first is the highly conserved P-loop motif, which binds and positions the phosphoryl groups of ATP, the second critical loop contains the DR(Y / H) motif that supplies a catalytic arginine and is also important for the binding and positioning of the magnesium ion complexed to ATP, and the third loop is the so-called Lid-region that is a flexible stretch which closes on ATP when it binds. Modifications of the sugar moieties of nucleoside monophosphates are shown to exert drastic effects on the enzymes conformation and, thus, reduced activity. Our structural work on several TMPKs has formed the basis for generating mutants of human TMPK that are about 100 times more efficient in phosphorylating AZTMP. These enzyme variants could potentially be introduced into HIV-targeted cells in order to significantly improve AZTs antiviral activity.
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Lavie Arnon and Konrad Manfred, Structural Requirements for Efficient Phosphorylation of Nucleotide Analogs by Human Thymidylate Kinase, Mini-Reviews in Medicinal Chemistry 2004; 4 (4) . https://dx.doi.org/10.2174/1389557043403981
DOI https://dx.doi.org/10.2174/1389557043403981 |
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