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Structural highlights

Function

LNPA_BIFL2 Reversibly phosphorolyzes lacto-N-biose to Gal1-P and N-acetylglucosamine (GlcNAc) and galacto-N-biose to Gal1-P and N-acetylgalactosamine (GalNAc). Involved in the lacto-N-biose I/galacto-N-biose (LNB/GNB) degradation pathway, which is important for host intestinal colonization by bifidobacteria.^{[1] [2] [3]}

Evolutionary Conservation

Check, as determined by ConSurfDB. You may read the explanation of the method and the full data available from ConSurf.

References

1. ↑ Kitaoka M, Tian J, Nishimoto M. Novel putative galactose operon involving lacto-N-biose phosphorylase in Bifidobacterium longum. Appl Environ Microbiol. 2005 Jun;71(6):3158-62. PMID:15933016 doi:71/6/3158
2. ↑ Nishimoto M, Kitaoka M. Identification of N-acetylhexosamine 1-kinase in the complete lacto-N-biose I/galacto-N-biose metabolic pathway in Bifidobacterium longum. Appl Environ Microbiol. 2007 Oct;73(20):6444-9. Epub 2007 Aug 24. PMID:17720833 doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/AEM.01425-07
3. ↑ Hidaka M, Nishimoto M, Kitaoka M, Wakagi T, Shoun H, Fushinobu S. The crystal structure of galacto-N-biose/lacto-N-biose I phosphorylase: a large deformation of a TIM barrel scaffold. J Biol Chem. 2009 Mar 13;284(11):7273-83. Epub 2009 Jan 5. PMID:19124470 doi:10.1074/jbc.M808525200