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BIOCHEMISTRY
Volume 47, Issue 21, Pages 5804-5813Publisher
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/bi800018a
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Poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase-1 (PARP-1) is a multimodular nuclear protein that participates in many fundamental cellular activities. Stimulated by binding to nicked DNA, PARP-1 catalyzes poly(ADP-ribosyl)ation of the acceptor proteins using NAD(+) as a substrate. In this work, NMR methods were used to determine the solution structure of human PARP-1 protein. Domain C was found to contain a zinc-binding motif of three antiparallel beta-strands with four conserved cysteines positioned to coordinate the metal ligand, in addition to a helical region. The zinc-binding motif is structurally reminiscent of the zinc-ribbon fold, but with a novel spacing between the conserved cysteines (CX(2)CX(12)CX(9)C). Domain C alone does not appear to bind to DNA. Interestingly, domain C is essential for PARP-1 activity, since a mixture containing nicked DNA and the PARP-1 ABDEF domains has only basal enzymatic activity, while the addition of domain C to the mixture initiated NAD(+) hydrolysis and the formation of poly(ADPribose), as detected by an NMR-based assay and autoradiography. The structural model for domain C in solution provides an important framework for further studies aimed at improving our understanding of how the various domains within the complex PARP-1 enzyme play their respective roles in regulating the enzyme activity when cells are under conditions of genotoxic stress.
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