Crystal Structure of a family GT4 glycosyltransferase from Bacillus anthracis ORF BA1558.Crystal Structure of a family GT4 glycosyltransferase from Bacillus anthracis ORF BA1558.
Structural highlights
2jjm is a 12 chain structure with sequence from Bacillus anthracis str. Ames. Full crystallographic information is available from OCA. For a guided tour on the structure components use FirstGlance.
BSHA_BACAN Involved in bacillithiol (BSH) biosynthesis. Catalyzes the first step of the pathway, the formation of N-acetylglucosaminylmalate (GlcNAc-Mal) from UDP-N-acetylglucosamine (UDP-GlcNAc) and L-malate.[1]
Evolutionary Conservation
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↑Parsonage D, Newton GL, Holder RC, Wallace BD, Paige C, Hamilton CJ, Dos Santos PC, Redinbo MR, Reid SD, Claiborne A. Characterization of the N-acetyl-alpha-D-glucosaminyl l-malate synthase and deacetylase functions for bacillithiol biosynthesis in Bacillus anthracis . Biochemistry. 2010 Sep 28;49(38):8398-414. PMID:20799687 doi:10.1021/bi100698n