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Germ Line Variants of Human N-Methylpurine DNA Glycosylase Show Impaired DNA Repair Activity and Facilitate 1,N6-Ethenoadenine-induced Mutations*

S. Adhikari,Mahandranauth A. Chetram,Jordan Woodrick,P. Mitra,P. Manthena,Pooja Khatkar,S. Dakshanamurthy,Monica Dixon,S. Karmahapatra,Nikhil Nuthalapati,Suhani Gupta,Ganga Narasimhan,R. Mazumder,C. Loffredo,Aykut Üren,R. Roy

Published 2014 in Journal of Biological Chemistry

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Background: hMPG initiates repair of mutagenic and tumorigenic modified purine bases. Results: Two germ line hMPG variants showed reduced activity due to low affinity for DNA and facilitated lesion-induced mutations. Conclusion: Changes in amino acid sequence alter the function of hMPG, leading to genomic instability. Significance: Individuals possessing these hMPG variants may be at higher risk for genomic instability-related diseases. Human N-methylpurine DNA glycosylase (hMPG) initiates base excision repair of a number of structurally diverse purine bases including 1,N6-ethenoadenine, hypoxanthine, and alkylation adducts in DNA. Genetic studies discovered at least eight validated non-synonymous single nucleotide polymorphisms (nsSNPs) of the hMPG gene in human populations that result in specific single amino acid substitutions. In this study, we tested the functional consequences of these nsSNPs of hMPG. Our results showed that two specific arginine residues, Arg-141 and Arg-120, are important for the activity of hMPG as the germ line variants R120C and R141Q had reduced enzymatic activity in vitro as well as in mammalian cells. Expression of these two variants in mammalian cells lacking endogenous MPG also showed an increase in mutations and sensitivity to an alkylating agent compared with the WT hMPG. Real time binding experiments by surface plasmon resonance spectroscopy suggested that these variants have substantial reduction in the equilibrium dissociation constant of binding (KD) of hMPG toward 1,N6-ethenoadenine-containing oligonucleotide (ϵA-DNA). Pre-steady-state kinetic studies showed that the substitutions at arginine residues affected the turnover of the enzyme significantly under multiple turnover condition. Surface plasmon resonance spectroscopy further showed that both variants had significantly decreased nonspecific (undamaged) DNA binding. Molecular modeling suggested that R141Q substitution may have resulted in a direct loss of the salt bridge between ϵA-DNA and hMPG, whereas R120C substitution redistributed, at a distance, the interactions among residues in the catalytic pocket. Together our results suggest that individuals carrying R120C and R141Q MPG variants may be at risk for genomic instability and associated diseases as a consequence.

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