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Kinetic properties and stereospecificity of the monomeric dUTPase from herpes simplex virus type 1

Bergman, Anna-Carin ; Nyman, Per-Olof LU and Larsson, Gunilla (1998) In FEBS Letters 441(2). p.327-330
Abstract
Kinetic properties of the monomeric enzyme dUTPase from herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV) were investigated and compared to those previously determined for homotrimeric dUTPases of bacterial and retroviral origins. The HSV and Escherichia coli dUTPases are equally potent as catalysts towards the native substrate dUTP with a kcat/KM of about 107 M-1 s-1 and a KM of 0.3 μM. However, the viral enzymes are less specific than the bacterial enzyme. The HSV and E. coli dUTPases show the same stereospecificity towards the racemic substrate analogue dUTPαS (2'-deoxyuridine 5'-(α-thio)triphosphate), suggesting that they have identical reaction mechanisms.
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dUTPase, Nucleotide metabolism, Kinetics, Inhibition, Substrate analogue, Herpes simplex virus
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FEBS Letters
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441
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2
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327 - 330
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Wiley-Blackwell
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1873-3468
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10.1016/S0014-5793(98)01575-0
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  author       = {{Bergman, Anna-Carin and Nyman, Per-Olof and Larsson, Gunilla}},
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  keywords     = {{dUTPase; Nucleotide metabolism; Kinetics; Inhibition; Substrate analogue; Herpes simplex virus}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  number       = {{2}},
  pages        = {{327--330}},
  publisher    = {{Wiley-Blackwell}},
  series       = {{FEBS Letters}},
  title        = {{Kinetic properties and stereospecificity of the monomeric dUTPase from herpes simplex virus type 1}},
  url          = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0014-5793(98)01575-0}},
  doi          = {{10.1016/S0014-5793(98)01575-0}},
  volume       = {{441}},
  year         = {{1998}},
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