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1nzf
From Proteopedia
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| , resolution 2.1Å | |||||||
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| Ligands: | , and | ||||||
| Gene: | BGT (Bacteriophage T4) | ||||||
| Activity: | DNA beta-glucosyltransferase, with EC number 2.4.1.27 | ||||||
| Coordinates: | save as pdb, mmCIF, xml | ||||||
T4 phage BGT-D100A mutant in complex with UDP-glucose: Form II
Overview
T4 phage beta-glucosyltransferase (BGT) is an inverting glycosyltransferase (GT) that transfers glucose from uridine diphospho-glucose (UDP-glucose) to an acceptor modified DNA. BGT belongs to the GT-B structural superfamily, represented, so far, by five different inverting or retaining GT families. Here, we report three high-resolution X-ray structures of BGT and a point mutant solved in the presence of UDP-glucose. The two co-crystal structures of the D100A mutant show that, unlike the wild-type enzyme, this mutation prevents glucose hydrolysis. This strongly indicates that Asp100 is the catalytic base. We obtained the wild-type BGT-UDP-glucose complex by soaking substrate-free BGT crystals. Comparison with a previous structure of BGT solved in the presence of the donor product UDP and an acceptor analogue provides the first model of an inverting GT-B enzyme in which both the donor and acceptor substrates are bound to the active site. The structural analyses support the in-line displacement reaction mechanism previously proposed, locate residues involved in donor substrate specificity and identify the catalytic base.
About this Structure
1NZF is a Single protein structure of sequence from Bacteriophage t4. Full crystallographic information is available from OCA.
Reference
Crystal structures of the T4 phage beta-glucosyltransferase and the D100A mutant in complex with UDP-glucose: glucose binding and identification of the catalytic base for a direct displacement mechanism., Lariviere L, Gueguen-Chaignon V, Morera S, J Mol Biol. 2003 Jul 25;330(5):1077-86. PMID:12860129
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