UniProt functional annotation for Q9XZT6

UniProt code: Q9XZT6.

Organism: Drosophila melanogaster (Fruit fly).
Taxonomy: Eukaryota; Metazoa; Ecdysozoa; Arthropoda; Hexapoda; Insecta; Pterygota; Neoptera; Endopterygota; Diptera; Brachycera; Muscomorpha; Ephydroidea; Drosophilidae; Drosophila; Sophophora.
 
Function: Deoxyribonucleoside kinase that has a broad specificity phosphorylating thymidine, 2'-deoxyriboadenosine, 2'-deoxyribocytidine and 2'-deoxyriboguanosine. Specificity is higher for pyrimidine nucleosides. Several anti-viral and anti-cancer nucleoside analogs are also efficiently phosphorylated. {ECO:0000269|PubMed:10446143, ECO:0000269|PubMed:10692477, ECO:0000269|PubMed:16008571}.
 
Catalytic activity: Reaction=a 2'-deoxyribonucleoside + ATP = a 2'-deoxyribonucleoside 5'- phosphate + ADP + H(+); Xref=Rhea:RHEA:12140, ChEBI:CHEBI:15378, ChEBI:CHEBI:18274, ChEBI:CHEBI:30616, ChEBI:CHEBI:65317, ChEBI:CHEBI:456216; EC=2.7.1.145; Evidence={ECO:0000269|PubMed:10446143, ECO:0000269|PubMed:10692477, ECO:0000269|PubMed:16008571, ECO:0000269|PubMed:9461577};
Activity regulation: Subject to feedback inhibition by dTTP. {ECO:0000269|PubMed:16008571}.
Biophysicochemical properties: Kinetic parameters: KM=0.9 uM for thymidine {ECO:0000269|PubMed:10446143, ECO:0000269|PubMed:10692477}; KM=1 uM for deoxycytidine {ECO:0000269|PubMed:10446143, ECO:0000269|PubMed:10692477}; KM=109 uM for deoxyadenosine {ECO:0000269|PubMed:10446143, ECO:0000269|PubMed:10692477}; KM=654 uM for deoxyguanosine {ECO:0000269|PubMed:10446143, ECO:0000269|PubMed:10692477}; Vmax=29.4 mmol/min/mg enzyme with thymidine as substrate {ECO:0000269|PubMed:10446143, ECO:0000269|PubMed:10692477}; Vmax=28.7 mmol/min/mg enzyme with deoxycytidine as substrate {ECO:0000269|PubMed:10446143, ECO:0000269|PubMed:10692477}; Vmax=35.5 mmol/min/mg enzyme with deoxyadenosine as substrate {ECO:0000269|PubMed:10446143, ECO:0000269|PubMed:10692477}; Vmax=37.7 mmol/min/mg enzyme with deoxyguanosine as substrate {ECO:0000269|PubMed:10446143, ECO:0000269|PubMed:10692477};
Subunit: Monomer. {ECO:0000269|PubMed:9461577}.
Similarity: Belongs to the DCK/DGK family. {ECO:0000305}.

Annotations taken from UniProtKB at the EBI.