title: Acceptor substrate discrimination in phosphatidyl-myo-inositol mannoside synthesis: structural and mutational analysis of mannosyltransferase Corynebacterium glutamicum PimB'.
abstract: Long term survival of the pathogen Mycobacterium tuberculosis in humans is linked to the immunomodulatory potential of its complex cell wall glycolipids, which include the phosphatidylinositol mannoside (PIM) series as well as the related lipomannan and lipoarabinomannan glycoconjugates. PIM biosynthesis is initiated by a set of cytosolic α-mannosyltransferases, catalyzing glycosyl transfer from the activated saccharide donor GDP-α-D-mannopyranose to the acceptor phosphatidyl-myo-inositol (PI) in an ordered and regio-specific fashion. Herein, we report the crystal structure of mannosyltransferase Corynebacterium glutamicum PimB' in complex with nucleotide to a resolution of 2.0 Å. PimB' attaches mannosyl selectively to the 6-OH of the inositol moiety of PI. Two crystal forms and GDP- versus GDP-α-d-mannopyranose-bound complexes reveal flexibility of the nucleotide conformation as well as of the structural framework of the active site. Structural comparison, docking of the saccharide acceptor, and site-directed mutagenesis pin regio-selectivity to a conserved Asp residue in the N-terminal domain that forces presentation of the correct inositol hydroxyl to the saccharide donor.
authors.affiliation: School of Biosciences, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham B15 2TT, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: Sarah M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Batt
authors.forename: Talat
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Jabeen
authors.forename: Arun K
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: Mishra
authors.forename: Natacha
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Veerapen
authors.forename: Karin
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Krumbach
authors.forename: Lothar
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Eggeling
authors.forename: Gurdyal S
authors.initials: GS
authors.lastname: Besra
authors.forename: Klaus
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Fütterer
mesh_terms: D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D001665:Binding Sites; D048230:Corynebacterium glutamicum / Q000737:chemistry / Q000201:enzymology* / Q000235:genetics; D018360:Crystallography, X-Ray; D008364:Mannosyltransferases / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D016297:Mutagenesis, Site-Directed; D009154:Mutation; D010716:Phosphatidylinositols / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D013379:Substrate Specificity
chemical_list: D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D010716:Phosphatidylinositols; C034154:phosphatidylinositol mannoside; D008364:Mannosyltransferases