CATH Classification

Domain Context

CATH Clusters

Superfamily Divalent-metal-dependent TIM barrel enzymes
Functional Family Probable endonuclease 4

Enzyme Information

3.1.21.2
Deoxyribonuclease IV.
based on mapping to UniProt Q9WYJ7
Endonucleolytic cleavage to 5'-phosphooligonucleotide end-products.
-!- The enzyme is an apurinic/apyrimidinic (AP) site endonuclease that primes DNA repair synthesis at AP sites. -!- It specifically cleaves the DNA backbone at AP sites and also removes 3' DNA-blocking groups such as 3' phosphates, 3' phosphoglycolates, and 3' alpha,beta-unsaturated aldehydes that arise from oxidative base damage and the activity of combined glycosylase/lyase enzymes. -!- It is also the only known repair enzyme that is able to cleave the DNA backbone 5' of the oxidative lesion alpha-deoxyadenosine. -!- The enzyme has a strong preference for single-stranded DNA. -!- Formerly EC 3.1.4.30.

UniProtKB Entries (1)

Q9WYJ7
END4_THEMA
Thermotoga maritima MSB8
Probable endonuclease 4

PDB Structure

PDB 4HNO
External Links
Method X-RAY DIFFRACTION
Organism
Primary Citation
Conserved Structural Chemistry for Incision Activity in Structurally Non-homologous Apurinic/Apyrimidinic Endonuclease APE1 and Endonuclease IV DNA Repair Enzymes.
Tsutakawa, S.E., Shin, D.S., Mol, C.D., Izumi, T., Arvai, A.S., Mantha, A.K., Szczesny, B., Ivanov, I.N., Hosfield, D.J., Maiti, B., Pique, M.E., Frankel, K.A., Hitomi, K., Cunningham, R.P., Mitra, S., Tainer, J.A.
J.Biol.Chem.