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ArticleActa crystallographica. Section D, Structural biology2022

Structural basis for substrate recognition in the Phytolacca americana glycosyltransferase PaGT3.

Rakesh Maharjan, Yohta Fukuda, Taisuke Nakayama, Toru Nakayama, Hiroki Hamada, Shin Ichi Ozaki, Tsuyoshi Inoue

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Article in Acta crystallographica. Section D, Structural biology, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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8 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Synthetic and systems biotechnology · 2026
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  3. Single-crystal structure of the spicy capsaicin.Acta crystallographica. Section C, Structural chemistry · 2025
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  8. Structure-function and engineering of plant UDP-glycosyltransferase.Computational and structural biotechnology journal · 2023
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7 authors.

Rakesh MaharjanGraduate School of Pharmaceutical Science, Osaka University, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan.ORCID 0000-0003-2217-3191
Yohta FukudaGraduate School of Pharmaceutical Science, Osaka University, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan.ORCID 0000-0002-7386-8201
Taisuke NakayamaNational Institute of Biomedical Innovation, Health and Nutrition, Ibaraki, Osaka 567-0085, Japan.
Toru NakayamaDepartment of Biomolecular Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, Tohoku University, Sendai, Miyagi 980-8579, Japan.
Hiroki HamadaDepartment of Life Science, Faculty of Science, Okayama University of Science, Okayama 700-0005, Japan.
Shin Ichi OzakiDepartment of Biological Chemistry, Graduate School of Science and Technology for Innovation, Yamaguchi University, Yamaguchi 753-8515, Japan.
Tsuyoshi InoueGraduate School of Pharmaceutical Science, Osaka University, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan.ORCID 0000-0001-5337-5066

Funding

Japan Society for the Promotion of Science 18H02004Japan Society for the Promotion of Science 20K05708Japan Society for the Promotion of Science 20K15971
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Capsaicinoids are phenolic compounds that have health benefits. However, the pungency and poor water solubility of these compounds limit their exploitation. Glycosylation is a powerful method to improve water solubility and reduce pungency while preserving bioactivity. PaGT3, a uridine diphosphate glycosyltransferase (UGT) from Phytolacca americana, is known for its ability to glycosylate capsaicinoids and other phenolic compounds. While structural information on several UGTs is available, structures of UGTs that can glycosylate a range of phenolic compounds are rare. To fill this gap, crystal structures of PaGT3 with a sugar-donor analogue (UDP-2-fluoroglucose) and the acceptors capsaicin and kaempferol were determined. PaGT3 adopts a GT-B-fold structure that is highly conserved among UGTs. However, the acceptor-binding pocket in PaGT3 is hydrophobic and large, and is surrounded by longer loops. The larger acceptor-binding pocket in PaGT3 allows the enzyme to bind a range of compounds, while the flexibility of the longer loops possibly plays a role in accommodating the acceptors in the binding pocket according to their shape and size. This structural information provides insights into the acceptor-binding mechanism in UGTs that bind multiple substrates.

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GlycosyltransferasesPhytolacca americanaGlycosylationUridine DiphosphateGlycosyltransferasesUridine Diphosphatecapsaicincrown ethersglycosylationkaempferolpolyphenolsprotein crystallizationUGT

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PMID35234151
PMCPMC8900826

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