Abstract:
:The lipooligosaccharide (LOS) of Moraxella catarrhalis is unusual in that it lacks heptose. The sugar linking oligosaccharide to Lipid A is a trisubstituted glucose. A single enzyme, Lgt3, is suggested to trisubstitute this core sugar. The lgt3 gene encodes two distinct domains with high similarity to glucosyltransferases of the GT-A superfamily, thus encoding a bidomain, multifunctional glucosyltransferase. To characterise Lgt3, the gene was amplified from M. catarrhalis, expressed in Escherichia coli, and purified. Analysis of its glycosyltransferase catalytic activity ascertained the pH and temperature optima for Lgt3. The donor specificity and acceptor specificity were examined. This study confirms that Lgt3 is a glucosyltransferase which catalyses addition of glucose to its cognate receptor, a terminal glucose presented as the core region of LOS.
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Biochem Biophys Res Communjournal_title
Biochemical and biophysical research communicationsauthors
Faglin I,Tiralongo J,Wilson JC,Collins PM,Peak IRdoi
10.1016/j.bbrc.2010.02.028subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2010-03-19 00:00:00pages
609-13issue
4eissn
0006-291Xissn
1090-2104pii
S0006-291X(10)00239-1journal_volume
393pub_type
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