期刊
BIOCHEMICAL JOURNAL
卷 443, 期 -, 页码 427-437出版社
PORTLAND PRESS LTD
DOI: 10.1042/BJ20112071
关键词
Arabidopsis thaliana; glucosamine-6-phosphate N-acetyltransferase (GNA); glycosylation; N-acetyl glucosamine biosynthesis; nucleotide sugar
资金
- Max Planck Society
- Bundesministerium fur Bildung und Forschung [315426C]
GlcNAc (N-acetylglucosamine) is an essential part of the glycan chain in N-linked glycoproteins. It is a building block for polysaccharides such as chitin, and several glucosaminoglycans and proteins can be O-GlcNAcylated. The deacetylated form, glucosamine, is an integral part of GPI (glycosylphosphatidylinositol) anchors. Both are incorporated into polymers by glycosyltransferases that utilize UDP-GlcNAc. This UDP-sugar is synthesized in a short pathway comprising four steps starting from fructose 6-phosphate. GNA (glucosamine-6-phosphate N-acetyltransferase) catalyses the second of these four reactions in the de novo synthesis in eukaryotes. A phylogenetic analysis revealed that only one GNA isoform can be found in most of the species investigated and that the most likely Arabidopsis candidate is encoded by the gene At5g15770 (AtGNA). qPCR (quantitative PCR) revealed the ubiquitous expression of AtGNA in all organs of Arabidopsis plants. Heterologous expression of AtGNA showed that it is highly active between pH 7 and 8 and at temperatures of 30-40 degrees C. It showed K-m values of 231 mu M for glucosamine 6-phosphate and 33 mu M for acetyl-CoA respectively and a catalytic efficiency comparable with that of other GNAs characterized. The solved crystal structure of AtGNA at a resolution of 1.5 angstrom (1 angstrom = 0.1 nm) revealed a very high structural similarity to crystallized GNA proteins from Homo sapiens and Saccharomyces cerevisiae despite less well conserved protein sequence identity.
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