Dihydrofolate Reductase (DHFR) Ruixiao ‘Ray’ Gao Department of chemistry Illinois state university 10/30/2014.

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Dihydrofolate Reductase (DHFR) Ruixiao ‘Ray’ Gao Department of chemistry Illinois state university 10/30/2014

2 Background Found in all organisms (186 aa) Encoded by DHFR gene that exists in chromosome 5 Synthesis of purine and thymidylate Nucleic acid precursor Synthesis De novo mitochondrial thymidylate biosynthesis pathway Catalyze enzyme DNA precursor synthesis

DHFR in Biosynthesis Mechanism

4 structure 3FRA

5 Amino Acid Sequence Alignment

1RX2 Secondary Structure

1RX2

Quaternary Structure Tertiary Structure 3FL9 1RX2

Active Sites: Met20 Amino Acids stablize alpha helices and overall structure: Ser24 & Gly39 Gly102 & Glu112 Ser81 & Gly9 3DGA

11 DHFR Mutants

Anticancer Properties from Antimalarial Drugs Antimalarial drugs for their anticancer potential: DHFR inhibitors resist the growth of several human cancer lines Bind with pyrimethamine and P218 Cluster analysis clustered tighly the synthetic peroxides and DHFR inhibitors. Artemisinins & paclitaxel with DHFR inhibitors kill cancer cells by inducing apoptosis

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