4aa7

Structural highlights

Function

[GLMU_ECOLI] Catalyzes the last two sequential reactions in the de novo biosynthetic pathway for UDP-N-acetylglucosamine (UDP-GlcNAc). The C-terminal domain catalyzes the transfer of acetyl group from acetyl coenzyme A to glucosamine-1-phosphate (GlcN-1-P) to produce N-acetylglucosamine-1-phosphate (GlcNAc-1-P), which is converted into UDP-GlcNAc by the transfer of uridine 5-monophosphate (from uridine 5-triphosphate), a reaction catalyzed by the N-terminal domain.^{[1] [2]}

References

1. ↑ Mengin-Lecreulx D, van Heijenoort J. Copurification of glucosamine-1-phosphate acetyltransferase and N-acetylglucosamine-1-phosphate uridyltransferase activities of Escherichia coli: characterization of the glmU gene product as a bifunctional enzyme catalyzing two subsequent steps in the pathway for UDP-N-acetylglucosamine synthesis. J Bacteriol. 1994 Sep;176(18):5788-95. PMID:8083170
2. ↑ Gehring AM, Lees WJ, Mindiola DJ, Walsh CT, Brown ED. Acetyltransfer precedes uridylyltransfer in the formation of UDP-N-acetylglucosamine in separable active sites of the bifunctional GlmU protein of Escherichia coli. Biochemistry. 1996 Jan 16;35(2):579-85. PMID:8555230 doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/bi952275a
3. ↑ Green OM, McKenzie AR, Shapiro AB, Otterbein L, Ni H, Patten A, Stokes S, Albert R, Kawatkar S, Breed J. Inhibitors of acetyltransferase domain of N-acetylglucosamine-1-phosphate-uridyltransferase/glucosamine-1-phosphate-acetylt ransferase (GlmU). Part 1: Hit to lead evaluation of a novel arylsulfonamide series. Bioorg Med Chem Lett. 2012 Feb 15;22(4):1510-9. Epub 2012 Jan 14. PMID:22297115 doi:10.1016/j.bmcl.2012.01.016