Nucleoside Triphosphate Pyrophosphohydrolase (EC 3.6.1.8) MazG-like domain found in integron-associated MazG (iMazG) proteins
This family corresponds to the iMazG proteins representing a new subfamily of MazG NTP-PPases. iMazG is likely to act as a house-cleaning enzyme capable of removing aberrant dNTPs, preventing the incorporation of damaging non-canonical nucleotides into host-cell DNA. It can convert dNTP to dNMP and pyrophosphate by cleaving between the alpha- and beta-phosphates of its dNTP substrates, with a marked preference for dCTP and dATP. Unlike typical tandem-domain MazG proteins, iMazG contains a single MazG-like domain and functions as a tetramer (a dimer of dimers) with a typical four-helical bundle. The divalent ions, such as Mg2+, are required for its pyrophosphatase activity.