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. 1987 Dec;7(12):4218–4224. doi: 10.1128/mcb.7.12.4218

Regulation of pyrimidine deoxyribonucleotide metabolism by substrate cycles in dCMP deaminase-deficient V79 hamster cells.

V Bianchi 1, E Pontis 1, P Reichard 1
PMCID: PMC368103  PMID: 3437888

Abstract

A mutant V79 hamster fibroblast cell line lacking the enzyme dCMP deaminase was used to study the regulation of deoxynucleoside triphosphate pools by substrate cycles between pyrimidine deoxyribosides and their 5'-phosphates. Such cycles were suggested earlier to set the rates of cellular import and export of deoxyribosides, thereby influencing pool sizes (V. Bianchi, E. Pontis, and P. Reichard, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 83:986-990, 1986). While normal V79 cells derived more than 80% of their dTTP from CDP reduction via deamination of dCMP, the mutant cells had to rely completely on UDP reduction for de novo synthesis of dTTP, which became limiting for DNA synthesis. Because of the allosteric properties of ribonucleotide reductase, CDP reduction was not diminished, leading to a large expansion of the dCTP pool. The increase of this pool was kept in check by a shift in the balance of the deoxycytidine/dCMP cycle towards the deoxynucleoside, leading to massive excretion of deoxycytidine. In contrast, the balance of the deoxyuridine/dUMP cycle was shifted towards the nucleotide, facilitating import of extracellular deoxynucleosides.

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