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MK1594

Gene
MK1594
Protein
dITP/XTP pyrophosphatase
Organism
Methanopyrus kandleri (strain AV19 / DSM 6324 / JCM 9639 / NBRC 100938)
Length
188 amino acids
Function
Pyrophosphatase that catalyzes the hydrolysis of nucleoside triphosphates to their monophosphate derivatives, with a high preference for the non-canonical purine nucleotides XTP (xanthosine triphosphate), dITP (deoxyinosine triphosphate) and ITP. Seems to function as a house-cleaning enzyme that removes non-canonical purine nucleotides from the nucleotide pool, thus preventing their incorporation into DNA/RNA and avoiding chromosomal lesions.
Similarity
Belongs to the HAM1 NTPase family.
Mass
20.899 kDa
Sequence
MKVLFATGNIGKYHEAKQILARYGIEVERVDLDYPELQSDSLEEIAAYGARYCAESLGQPVIVEDSGLFIEALNGFPGPYSAYVFDTIGNEGILKLLEGEENRKAEFISVVGYCEPGGRPVTFTGEIRGRIAEEPRGEEGFGYDPIFIPEGEDSTFAELGVEEKCKISHRTKALERFAEWYKNNVAGR