Chemical rescue of alpha3-galactosyltransferase. Implications in the mechanism of retaining glycosyltransferases.
The mechanism of retaining glycosyltransferases is still poorly understood and the subject of current debate. Both double displacement and front side single displacement (SNi) mechanisms have been proposed. A "chemical rescue methodology" is here applied to a retaining alpha3-galactosyltransferase. Azide as exogenous nucleophile rescues the activity of the inactive E317A mutant to give beta-d-galactosylazide. This result fits best with a double displacement mechanism in which Glu317 is the enzyme nucleophile involved in the formation of a glycosyl-enzyme intermediate.
Monegal
Ana
A
Laboratory of Biochemistry, Institut Químic de Sarrià, Universitat Ramon Llull, Barcelona, Spain.
Planas
Antoni
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D016695:Glycosyltransferases / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D007700:Kinetics; D015394:Molecular Structure; D009154:Mutation / Q000235:genetics
D016695:Glycosyltransferases