Structural highlights
Function
[GLMU_MYCTU] 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]
Evolutionary Conservation
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Publication Abstract from PubMed
GlmU is a bifunctional enzyme that catalyzes the final two steps in the biosynthesis of UDP-GlcNAc. Crystals of GlmU from Mycobacterium tuberculosis obtained using ammonium sulfate as a precipitant diffracted poorly (to 3.4 A resolution) and displayed an unusually high solvent content (>80%) with sparse crystal packing that resulted in large solvent channels. With one molecule per asymmetric unit, the monomers from three neighbouring asymmetric units related by the crystal threefold formed a biological trimer. Although this is the first report of the structure of GlmU determined in a cubic crystal form, the trimeric arrangement here is similar to that observed for other GlmU structures determined in hexagonal (H3, H32, P6(3)22) space groups.
Structure of N-acetylglucosamine-1-phosphate uridyltransferase (GlmU) from Mycobacterium tuberculosis in a cubic space group.,Verma SK, Jaiswal M, Kumar N, Parikh A, Nandicoori VK, Prakash B Acta Crystallogr Sect F Struct Biol Cryst Commun. 2009 May 1;65(Pt, 5):435-9. Epub 2009 Apr 24. PMID:19407371[3]
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References
- ↑ Zhang Z, Bulloch EM, Bunker RD, Baker EN, Squire CJ. Structure and function of GlmU from Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Acta Crystallogr D Biol Crystallogr. 2009 Mar;65(Pt 3):275-83. Epub 2009, Feb 20. PMID:19237750 doi:10.1107/S0907444909001036
- ↑ Parikh A, Verma SK, Khan S, Prakash B, Nandicoori VK. PknB-mediated phosphorylation of a novel substrate, N-acetylglucosamine-1-phosphate uridyltransferase, modulates its acetyltransferase activity. J Mol Biol. 2009 Feb 20;386(2):451-64. Epub 2008 Dec 24. PMID:19121323 doi:10.1016/j.jmb.2008.12.031
- ↑ Verma SK, Jaiswal M, Kumar N, Parikh A, Nandicoori VK, Prakash B. Structure of N-acetylglucosamine-1-phosphate uridyltransferase (GlmU) from Mycobacterium tuberculosis in a cubic space group. Acta Crystallogr Sect F Struct Biol Cryst Commun. 2009 May 1;65(Pt, 5):435-9. Epub 2009 Apr 24. PMID:19407371 doi:10.1107/S1744309109010252
