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ArticleCarbohydrate research2016

Characterizing non-hydrolyzing Neisseria meningitidis serogroup A UDP-N-acetylglucosamine (UDP-GlcNAc) 2-epimerase using UDP-N-acetylmannosamine (UDP-ManNAc) and derivatives.

Lei Zhang, Musleh M Muthana, Hai Yu, John B McArthur, Jingyao Qu, Xi Chen

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Article in Carbohydrate research, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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6 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Lei ZhangDepartment of Chemistry, University of California-Davis, One Shields Avenue, Davis, CA 95616, USA.
Musleh M MuthanaDepartment of Chemistry, University of California-Davis, One Shields Avenue, Davis, CA 95616, USA.
Hai YuDepartment of Chemistry, University of California-Davis, One Shields Avenue, Davis, CA 95616, USA.
John B McArthurDepartment of Chemistry, University of California-Davis, One Shields Avenue, Davis, CA 95616, USA.
Jingyao QuDepartment of Chemistry, University of California-Davis, One Shields Avenue, Davis, CA 95616, USA.
Xi ChenDepartment of Chemistry, University of California-Davis, One Shields Avenue, Davis, CA 95616, USA. Electronic address: xiichen@ucdavis.edu.
University of California, Davis · US

Funding

New chemoenzymatic methods for synthesizing complex carbohydratesR01GM094523 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AT DAVIS · PI CHEN, XI · 2013 to 2016
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NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM094523
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Neisseria meningitidis serogroup A non-hydrolyzing uridine 5'-diphosphate-N-acetylglucosamine (UDP-GlcNAc) 2-epimerase (NmSacA) catalyzes the interconversion between UDP-GlcNAc and uridine 5'-diphosphate-N-acetylmannosamine (UDP-ManNAc). It is a key enzyme involved in the biosynthesis of the capsular polysaccharide [-6ManNAcα1-phosphate-]n of N. meningitidis serogroup A, one of the six serogroups (A, B, C, W-135, X, and Y) that account for most cases of N. meningitidis-caused bacterial septicemia and meningitis. N. meningitidis serogroup A is responsible for large epidemics in the developing world, especially in Africa. Here we report that UDP-ManNAc could be used as a substrate for C-terminal His6-tagged recombinant NmSacA (NmSacA-His6) in the absence of UDP-GlcNAc. NmSacA-His6 was activated by UDP-GlcNAc and inhibited by 2-acetamidoglucal and UDP. Substrate specificity study showed that NmSacA-His6 could tolerate several chemoenzymatically synthesized UDP-ManNAc derivatives as substrates although its activity was much lower than non-modified UDP-ManNAc. Homology modeling and molecular docking revealed likely structural determinants of NmSacA substrate specificity. This is the first detailed study of N. meningitidis serogroup A UDP-GlcNAc 2-epimerase.

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Amino Acid SequenceCarbohydrate EpimerasesCatalytic DomainCloning, MolecularEnzyme ActivationEnzyme InhibitorsHexosaminesMolecular Docking SimulationMolecular Sequence DataNeisseria meningitidisSubstrate SpecificityUridine DiphosphateUridine Diphosphate N-Acetylglucosamine2-acetamidoglucalCarbohydrate EpimerasesEnzyme InhibitorsHexosaminesUDP acetylglucosamine-2-epimeraseUridine DiphosphateUridine Diphosphate N-AcetylglucosamineEpimerizationNeisseria meningitidisUDP-GlcNAcUDP-GlcNAc 2-epimeraseUDP-ManNAc

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