Ectonucleotide Pyrophosphatase/Phosphodiesterase 4 (ENPP4)

ENPP4, Belongs to the nucleotide pyrophosphatase / phosphodiesterase family. Nucleotide pyrophosphatases / phosphodiesterases (NPPs) generate nucleoside 5"""-monophosphates from a variety of nucleotides and their derivatives. Homology searches and alignment-assisted mutagenesis revealed that the catalytic core of NPPs assumes a fold similar to that of a superfamily of phospho-/sulfo-coordinating metalloenzymes comprising alkaline phosphatases, phosphoglycerate mutases, and arysulfatases. Mutation of mouse NPP1 in some of its predicted metal-coordinating residues (D358N or H362Q) or in the catalytic site threonine (T238S) resulted in an enzyme that could still form the nucleotidylated catalytic intermediate but was hampered in the second step of catalysis.