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  • Title: Physicochemical studies of human O6-methylguanine-DNA methyltransferase.
    Author: Bhattacharyya D, Foote RS, Boulden AM, Mitra S.
    Journal: Eur J Biochem; 1990 Oct 24; 193(2):337-43. PubMed ID: 2226457.
    Abstract:
    O6-Methylguanine-DNA methyltransferase, present in most organisms, removes mutagenic and carcinogenic O6-alkylguanine from DNA by accepting the alkyl group in a stoichiometric reaction. The protein has been partially purified from human placenta. It reacts with second-order rate constants of 2.20 x 10(8) and 0.067 x 10(8) lmol-1 min-1 at 37 degrees C for duplex and single-stranded DNA substrates, respectively. The corresponding value for the alkylated base in synthetic poly(dC, dG, m6dG) is 0.02 x 10(8) l mol-1 min-1. The native protein is monomeric with a molecular mass of 22-24 kDa. Methylation of the protein does not lead to a gross change in its conformation but causes a slight reduction in its isoelectric point of 6.2. Although DNA protects the protein from heat inactivation, both duplex and single-stranded DNAs inhibit its activity in a concentration-dependent manner. The transferase reaction rate is also strongly inhibited by salt with about 20% of the maximum rate observed in physiological ionic strength. This inhibition is nonspecific with respect to the ions of univalent salts.
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