Structural characterization of purine nucleoside phosphorylase from human pathogen Helicobacter pylori

Crosbi ID237960
Bib IRB ID868854
Year2017
StatusObjavljeno
Typeprilog u časopisu
Subtypeizvorni znanstveni rad
AuthorsŠtefanić, Zoran ; Mikleušević, Goran ; Luić, Marija ; Bzowska, Agnieszka ; Leščić Ašler, Ivana
JournalInternational journal of biological macromolecules
Volume101
Pagesstr. 518-526
DOI10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2017.03.101
ISSN0141-8130
EISSN1879-0003
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en original Structural characterization of purine nucleoside phosphorylase from human pathogen Helicobacter pylori

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Microaerophilic bacterium Helicobacer pylori is a well known human pathogen involved in the devel-opment of many diseases. Due to the evergrowing infection rate and increase of H. pylori antibioticresistence, it is of utmost importance to find a new way to attack and eradicate H. pylori. The purinemetabolism in H. pylori is solely dependant on the salvage pathway and one of the key enzymes in thispathway is purine nucleoside phosphorylase (PNP). In this timely context, we report here the basic bio-chemical and structural characterization of recombinant PNP from the H. pylori clinical isolate expressedin Escherichia coli. Structure of H. pylori PNP is typical for high molecular mass PNPs. However, its activitytowards adenosine is very low, thus resembling more that of low molecular mass PNPs. Understandingthe molecular mechanism of this key enzyme may lead to the development of new drug strategies andhelp in the eradication of H. pylori.

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en original Helicobacter pylori ; Purine nucleoside phosphorylase ; Purification ; Stability ; Substrate specificity ; Crystal structure

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Štefanić, Zoran ; Mikleušević, Goran ; Luić, Marija ; Bzowska, Agnieszka ; Leščić Ašler, Ivana
Structural characterization of purine nucleoside phosphorylase from human pathogen Helicobacter pylori // International journal of biological macromolecules, 101 (2017), 518-526. doi: 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2017.03.101
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