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ArticleThe Journal of biological chemistry2014

Structures of complexes of a metal-independent glycosyltransferase GT6 from Bacteroides ovatus with UDP-N-acetylgalactosamine (UDP-GalNAc) and its hydrolysis products.

Tram T K Pham, Brittany Stinson, Nethaji Thiyagarajan, Michelle Lizotte-Waniewski, Keith Brew, K Ravi Acharya

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Article in The Journal of biological chemistry, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.

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6 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Tram T K PhamFrom the Department of Biology and Biochemistry, University of Bath, Claverton Down, Bath BA2 7AY, United Kingdom and.
Brittany Stinson
Nethaji Thiyagarajan
Michelle Lizotte-Waniewski
Keith Brew
K Ravi Acharya
Florida Atlantic University · USUniversity of Bath · GB

Funding

TIMP Engineering and Application to ArthritisR01AR040994 · NIAMS · UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS MEDICAL CENTER · PI BREW, KEITH · 1991 to 2013
$4.8M
NIAMS NIH HHS R01 AR040994Wellcome TrustWellcome Trust 088464
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Mammalian members of glycosyltransferase family 6 (GT6) of the CAZy database have a GT-A fold containing a conserved Asp-X-Asp (DXD) sequence that binds an essential metal cofactor. Bacteroides ovatus GT6a represents a GT6 clade found in more than 30 Gram-negative bacteria that is similar in sequence to the catalytic domains of mammalian GT6, but has an Asn(95)-Ala-Asn(97) (NXN) sequence substituted for the DXD motif and metal-independent catalytic activity. Co-crystals of a low activity mutant of BoGT6a (E192Q) with UDP-GalNAc contained protein complexes with intact UDP-GalNAc and two forms with hydrolysis products (UDP plus GalNAc) representing an initial closed complex and later open form primed for product release. Two cationic residues near the C terminus of BoGT6a, Lys(231) and Arg(243), interact with the diphosphate moiety of UDP-GalNAc, but only Lys(231) interacts with the UDP product and may function in leaving group stabilization. The amide group of Asn(95), the first Asn of the NXN motif, interacts with the ribose moiety of the substrate. This metal-independent GT6 resembles its metal-dependent homologs in undergoing conformational changes on binding UDP-GalNAc that arise from structuring the C terminus to cover this substrate. It appears that in the GT6 family, the metal cofactor functions specifically in binding the UDP moiety in the donor substrate and transition state, actions that can be efficiently performed by components of the polypeptide chain.

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BacteroidesCrystallography, X-RayGlycosyltransferasesHydrolysisMetalsModels, MolecularProtein ConformationUridine Diphosphate N-AcetylgalactosamineGlycosyltransferasesMetalsUridine Diphosphate N-AcetylgalactosamineBacteriaCrystal StructureEnzyme MechanismsGlycosyltransferasesX-ray Crystallography

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PMID24459149
PMCPMC3961637
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