Enzymatic basis forn-glycan sialylation
Meng, Lu Forouhar, Farhad Thieker, David Gao, Zhongwei Ramiah, Annapoorani Moniz, Heather Xiang, Yong Seetharaman, Jayaraman Milaninia, Sahand Su, Min
Meng, Lu
Forouhar, Farhad
Thieker, David
Gao, Zhongwei
Ramiah, Annapoorani
Moniz, Heather
Xiang, Yong
Seetharaman, Jayaraman
Milaninia, Sahand
Su, Min
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2013-10-23
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carbohydrate biosynthesis, carbohydrate glycoprotein, enzyme structure, glycobiology, glycoprotein biosynthesis, molecular dynamics, amber, glycam, molecular-dynamics simulations, substrate-specificity, linked oligosaccharides, conformational-changes, campylobacter-jejuni, generalized born, binding, sialyltransferase, protein, glycosyltransferases
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Meng, Lu; Forouhar, Farhad; Thieker, David; Gao, Zhongwei; Ramiah, Annapoorani; Moniz, Heather; Xiang, Yong; Seetharaman, Jayaraman; Milaninia, Sahand; Su, Min; Bridger, Robert; Veillon, Lucas; Azadi, Parastoo; Kornhaber, Gregory; Wells, Lance; Montelione, Gaetano T. Woods, Robert J.; Tong, Liang; Moremen, Kelley W. (2013). Enzymatic basis forn-glycan sialylation. Journal of Biological Chemistry 288 (48), 34680-34698
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Background: Specificity and enzymology of glycan sialylation is poorly understood, despite its importance in biological recognition. Results: ST6GAL1 structure was determined, and substrate binding was modeled to probe active site specificity. Conclusion: The structure provides insights into the enzymatic basis of glycan sialylation. Significance: Knowledge of the enzyme structure can lead to broader understanding of enzymatic sialylation and selective inhibitor design. Glycan structures on glycoproteins and glycolipids play critical roles in biological recognition, targeting, and modulation of functions in animal systems. Many classes of glycan structures are capped with terminal sialic acid residues, which contribute to biological functions by either forming or masking glycan recognition sites on the cell surface or secreted glycoconjugates. Sialylated glycans are synthesized in mammals by a single conserved family of sialyltransferases that have diverse linkage and acceptor specificities. We examined the enzymatic basis for glycan sialylation in animal systems by determining the crystal structures of rat ST6GAL1, an enzyme that creates terminal 2,6-sialic acid linkages on complex-type N-glycans, at 2.4 resolution. Crystals were obtained from enzyme preparations generated in mammalian cells. The resulting structure revealed an overall protein fold broadly resembling the previously determined structure of pig ST3GAL1, including a CMP-sialic acid-binding site assembled from conserved sialylmotif sequence elements. Significant differences in structure and disulfide bonding patterns were found outside the sialylmotif sequences, including differences in residues predicted to interact with the glycan acceptor. Computational substrate docking and molecular dynamics simulations were performed to predict and evaluate the CMP-sialic acid donor and glycan acceptor interactions, and the results were compared with kinetic analysis of active site mutants. Comparisons of the structure with pig ST3GAL1 and a bacterial sialyltransferase revealed a similar positioning of donor, acceptor, and catalytic residues that provide a common structural framework for catalysis by the mammalian and bacterial sialyltransferases.
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American Society for Biochemistry & Molecular Biology (ASBMB)
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10.1074/jbc.m113.519041
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