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COMPUTATIONAL AND STRUCTURAL BIOTECHNOLOGY JOURNAL
Volume 21, Issue -, Pages 5358-5371Publisher
ELSEVIER
DOI: 10.1016/j.csbj.2023.10.046
Keywords
Glycosyltransferase; UGT; Structure; Mechanism; Protein engineering
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This review provides a comprehensive overview of the importance of plant UGTs in natural product synthesis and their research progress in catalytic mechanisms and substrate recognition. It also summarizes and evaluates protein engineering strategies used to improve the catalytic activities of plant UGTs, with a particular focus on high-throughput screening methods.
Natural products synthesized by plants have substantial industrial and medicinal values and are therefore attracting increasing interest in various related industries. Among the key enzyme families involved in the biosynthesis of natural products, uridine diphosphate-dependent glycosyltransferases (UGTs) play a crucial role in plants. In recent years, significant efforts have been made to elucidate the catalytic mechanisms and substrate recognition of plant UGTs and to improve them for desired functions. In this review, we presented a comprehensive overview of all currently published structures of plant UGTs, along with in-depth analyses of the corresponding catalytic and substrate recognition mechanisms. In addition, we summarized and evaluated the protein engineering strategies applied to improve the catalytic activities of plant UGTs, with a particular focus on high-throughput screening methods. The primary objective of this review is to provide readers with a comprehensive understanding of plant UGTs and to serve as a valuable reference for the latest techniques used to improve their activities.
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