Cytidine deaminases catalyze the conversion of N ( S , O ) 4 -substituted pyrimidine nucleosides
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Abstract
Cytidine deaminases (CDAs) catalyze the hydrolytic deamination of cytidine and 2'-deoxycytidine to uridine and 2'-deoxyuridine. Here, we report that prokaryotic homo-tetrameric CDAs catalyze the nucleophilic substitution at the fourth position of N4-acyl-cytidines, N4-alkyl-cytidines, and N4-alkyloxycarbonyl-cytidines, and S4-alkylthio-uridines and O4-alkyl-uridines, converting them to uridine and corresponding amide, amine, carbamate, thiol, or alcohol as leaving groups. The x-ray structure of a metagenomic CDA_F14 and the molecular modeling of the CDAs used in this study show a relationship between the bulkiness of a leaving group and the volume of the binding pocket, which is partly determined by the flexible β3α3 loop of CDAs. We propose that CDAs that are active toward a wide range of substrates participate in salvage and/or catabolism of variously modified pyrimidine nucleosides. This identified promiscuity of CDAs expands the knowledge about the cellular turnover of cytidine derivatives, including the pharmacokinetics of pyrimidine-based prodrugs.
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