Protein
dITP/XTP pyrophosphatase
Organism
Methanothermobacter marburgensis (strain ATCC BAA-927 / DSM 2133 / JCM 14651 / NBRC 100331 / OCM 82 / Marburg)
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.
Sequence
MKVTFITGNKHKLSEAEKIFHDTGIELEHADLGYPELQGTLEEVARYGAEHAARIMDGPVIVEDAGLFIRALKWFPGPYSAYVQDTIGNRGILKLMENVEDRYAEFRSAVGFCAPKSEPEVFLGVVKGRIGTEERGTRGFAFDPLFYPEGMDRSFGELSTIEKNRFSHRSRALKKFAQWYTENYEVI