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JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY
卷 289, 期 35, 页码 24428-24439出版社
AMER SOC BIOCHEMISTRY MOLECULAR BIOLOGY INC
DOI: 10.1074/jbc.M114.588947
关键词
Glycosylation; Virus Structure; Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR); Mass Spectrometry (MS); Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry (GC-MS); Carbohydrate Metabolism; N-Acetyl-L-Rhamnosamine; Megavirus Chilensis; UDP-N-acetylglucosamine
资金
- CNRS
- IBISA
- Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur region
- Regione Liguria
- Regione Liguria (P.O. C.R.O. FSE, Asse IV Capitale umano, ob. specifico I/6 programma) [20]
Background: Much evidence indicates that giant viruses, including Megavirus chilensis, possibly encode autonomous glycosylation systems. Results: The Megavirus genome encodes proteins involved in the synthesis of 2-acetamido-2,6-dideoxy hexoses. Conclusion:N-Acetyl-rhamnosamine that is found in the virion glycans is produced by a novel viral biosynthetic pathway. Significance: These results will help in understanding the origin and function of the virally encoded glycosylation machineries. Giant viruses mimicking microbes, by the sizes of their particles and the heavily glycosylated fibrils surrounding their capsids, infect Acanthamoeba sp., which are ubiquitous unicellular eukaryotes. The glycans on fibrils are produced by virally encoded enzymes, organized in gene clusters. Like Mimivirus, Megavirus glycans are mainly composed of virally synthesized N-acetylglucosamine (GlcNAc). They also contain N-acetylrhamnosamine (RhaNAc), a rare sugar; the enzymes involved in its synthesis are encoded by a gene cluster specific to Megavirus close relatives. We combined activity assays on two enzymes of the pathway with mass spectrometry and NMR studies to characterize their specificities. Mg534 is a 4,6-dehydratase 5-epimerase; its three-dimensional structure suggests that it belongs to a third subfamily of inverting dehydratases. Mg535, next in the pathway, is a bifunctional 3-epimerase 4-reductase. The sequential activity of the two enzymes leads to the formation of UDP-l-RhaNAc. This study is another example of giant viruses performing their glycan synthesis using enzymes different from their cellular counterparts, raising again the question of the origin of these pathways.
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