Protein
Putative mutator protein MutT4
Organism
Mycobacterium tuberculosis (strain ATCC 25618 / H37Rv)
Function
May be involved in the GO system responsible for removing an oxidatively damaged form of guanine (7,8-dihydro-8-oxoguanine, 8-oxo-dGTP) from DNA and the nucleotide pool (By similarity). In vitro has dATPase rather than 8-oxo-dGTPase activity.
Similarity
Belongs to the Nudix hydrolase family.
Sequence
MSDGEQAKSRRRRGRRRGRRAAATAENHMDAQPAGDATPTPATAKRSRSRSPRRGSTRMRTVHETSAGGLVIDGIDGPRDAQVAALIGRVDRRGRLLWSLPKGHIELGETAEQTAIREVAEETGIRGSVLAALGRIDYWFVTDGRRVHKTVHHYLMRFLGGELSDEDLEVAEVAWVPIRELPSRLAYADERRLAEVADELIDKLQSDGPAALPPLPPSSPRRRPQTHSRARHADDSAPGQHNGPGPGP