C. elegans glucosamine-6-phosphate N-acetyltransferase (GNA1): coenzyme A adductC. elegans glucosamine-6-phosphate N-acetyltransferase (GNA1): coenzyme A adduct

Structural highlights

4ag7 is a 2 chain structure with sequence from Caeel. Full crystallographic information is available from OCA. For a guided tour on the structure components use FirstGlance.
Ligands:
Activity:Glucosamine-phosphate N-acetyltransferase, with EC number 2.3.1.4
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Publication Abstract from PubMed

Glucosamine-6-phosphate N-acetyltransferase 1 (GNA1) produces GlcNAc-6-phosphate from GlcN-6-phosphate and acetyl coenzyme A. Early mercury-labelling experiments implicated a conserved cysteine in the reaction mechanism, whereas recent structural data appear to support a mechanism in which this cysteine plays no role. Here, two crystal structures of Caenorhabditis elegans GNA1 are reported, revealing an unusual covalent complex between this cysteine and the coenzyme A product. Mass-spectrometric and reduction studies showed that this inactive covalent complex can be reactivated through reduction, yet mutagenesis of the cysteine supports a previously reported bi-bi mechanism. The data unify the apparently contradictory earlier reports on the role of a cysteine in the GNA1 active site.

Structural and biochemical characterization of a trapped coenzyme A adduct of Caenorhabditis elegans glucosamine-6-phosphate N-acetyltransferase 1.,Dorfmueller HC, Fang W, Rao FV, Blair DE, Attrill H, van Aalten DM Acta Crystallogr D Biol Crystallogr. 2012 Aug;68(Pt 8):1019-29. Epub 2012 Jul 17. PMID:22868768[1]

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References

  1. Dorfmueller HC, Fang W, Rao FV, Blair DE, Attrill H, van Aalten DM. Structural and biochemical characterization of a trapped coenzyme A adduct of Caenorhabditis elegans glucosamine-6-phosphate N-acetyltransferase 1. Acta Crystallogr D Biol Crystallogr. 2012 Aug;68(Pt 8):1019-29. Epub 2012 Jul 17. PMID:22868768 doi:10.1107/S0907444912019592

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