Biology:UDP-4-amino-4,6-dideoxy-N-acetyl-alpha-D-glucosamine N-acetyltransferase

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UDP-4-amino-4,6-dideoxy-N-acetyl-alpha-D-glucosamine N-acetyltransferase
Identifiers
EC number2.3.1.203
Databases
IntEnzIntEnz view
BRENDABRENDA entry
ExPASyNiceZyme view
KEGGKEGG entry
MetaCycmetabolic pathway
PRIAMprofile
PDB structuresRCSB PDB PDBe PDBsum

UDP-4-amino-4,6-dideoxy-N-acetyl-alpha-D-glucosamine N-acetyltransferase (EC 2.3.1.203, PGLD) is an enzyme with systematic name acetyl-CoA:UDP-4-amino-4,6-dideoxy-N-acetyl-alpha-D-glucosamine N-acetyltransferase.[1][2][3] This enzyme catalyses the following chemical reaction

acetyl-CoA + UDP-4-amino-4,6-dideoxy-N-acetyl-alpha-D-glucosamine [math]\displaystyle{ \rightleftharpoons }[/math] CoA + UDP-N,N'-diacetylbacillosamine

UDP-N,N'-diacetylbacillosamine is an intermediate in protein glycosylation pathways in several bacterial species.

References

  1. "In vitro biosynthesis of UDP-N,N'-diacetylbacillosamine by enzymes of the Campylobacter jejuni general protein glycosylation system". Biochemistry 45 (45): 13659–69. November 2006. doi:10.1021/bi061456h. PMID 17087520. 
  2. "Structure and active site residues of PglD, an N-acetyltransferase from the bacillosamine synthetic pathway required for N-glycan synthesis in Campylobacter jejuni". Biochemistry 47 (7): 1827–36. February 2008. doi:10.1021/bi702032r. PMID 18198901. 
  3. "Biochemical characterization of the O-linked glycosylation pathway in Neisseria gonorrhoeae responsible for biosynthesis of protein glycans containing N,N'-diacetylbacillosamine". Biochemistry 50 (22): 4936–48. June 2011. doi:10.1021/bi2003372. PMID 21542610. 

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