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Crystal Structure of Human Nocturnin Catalytic Domain.

Author(s): Estrella, Michael A.; Du, Jin; Korennykh, Alexei

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Abstract: Nocturnin (NOCT) helps the circadian clock to adjust metabolism according to day and night activity. NOCT is upregulated in early evening and it has been proposed that NOCT serves as a deadenylase for metabolic enzyme mRNAs. We present a 2.7-Å crystal structure of the catalytic domain of human NOCT. Our structure shows that NOCT has a close overall similarity to CCR4 deadenylase family members, PDE12 and CNOT6L, and to a DNA repair enzyme TDP2. All the key catalytic residues present in PDE12, CNOT6L and TDP2 are conserved in NOCT and have the same conformations. However, we observe substantial differences in the surface properties of NOCT, an unexpectedly narrow active site pocket, and conserved structural elements in the vicinity of the catalytic center, which are unique to NOCT and absent in the deadenylases PDE12/CNOT6L. Moreover, we show that in contrast to human PDE12 and CNOT6L, NOCT is completely inactive against poly-A RNA. Our work thus reveals the structure of an intriguing circadian protein and suggests that NOCT has considerable differences from the related deadenylases, which may point to a unique cellular function of this enzyme.
Publication Date: 2-Nov-2018
Citation: Estrella, Michael A, Du, Jin, Korennykh, Alexei. (2018). Crystal Structure of Human Nocturnin Catalytic Domain.. Scientific reports, 8 (1), 16294. doi:10.1038/s41598-018-34615-0
DOI: doi:10.1038/s41598-018-34615-0
ISSN: 2045-2322
EISSN: 2045-2322
Pages: 1 - 8
Language: eng
Type of Material: Journal Article
Journal/Proceeding Title: Scientific reports
Version: Final published version. This is an open access article.



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