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| タイトル | Insights into substrate binding and utilization by hyaluronan synthase. |
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| ジャーナル・号・ページ | bioRxiv, Year 2025 |
| 掲載日 | 2025年10月18日 |
著者 | Zachery Stephens / Julia Karasinska / Jochen Zimmer / ![]() |
| PubMed 要旨 | Hyaluronan (HA) is an essential polysaccharide of the vertebrate extracellular matrix. It serves as an adhesive, lubricant, signaling molecule, and spatial filler without which embryogenesis would ...Hyaluronan (HA) is an essential polysaccharide of the vertebrate extracellular matrix. It serves as an adhesive, lubricant, signaling molecule, and spatial filler without which embryogenesis would not complete. HA is synthesized by a membrane-integrated glycosyltransferase (HAS) that polymerizes UDP-activated N-acetylglucosamine and glucuronic acid (GlcA) in an alternating fashion. The nascent HA chain is secreted across the plasma membrane during this process. How HAS couples these tasks remains poorly understood. Here, we employ a combination of structural biology, biochemistry and glycobiology to delineate how HAS recognizes and utilizes UDP-GlcA. Using single-particle cryo-EM, we reveal a two-step process by which HAS binds its substrate UDP-GlcA. Prior to proper insertion into the catalytic pocket, the substrate is bound in a proofreading pose that may increase substrate selectivity. This state is accompanied by conformational changes of active site residues surrounding the UDP-binding pocket and involves a pair of basic residues that sense the substrate's carboxyl group. Further, we establish that HAS is unable to catalyze UDP-GlcA turnover in the absence of an acceptor sugar, emphasizing the role of a priming GlcNAc in glycosyl transfer. Lastly, cryo-EM snapshots of a dodecylmaltoside molecule trapped in the active site provide novel insights into substrate promiscuity. Here, our studies demonstrate that HAS catalyzes semi-selective GlcA-transfer to non-canonical β-linked acceptors. |
リンク | bioRxiv / PubMed:41280022 / PubMed Central |
| 手法 | EM (単粒子) |
| 解像度 | 2.8 - 3.3 Å |
| 構造データ | EMDB-73321, PDB-9yq2: EMDB-73323, PDB-9yq4: EMDB-73324, PDB-9yq5: |
| 化合物 | ![]() ChemComp-Y01: ![]() ChemComp-MN: ![]() ChemComp-LMT: ![]() ChemComp-UGA: |
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キーワード | TRANSFERASE/IMMUNE SYSTEM / Membrane protein / glycosyltransferase / detergent / TRANSFERASE-IMMUNE SYSTEM complex / Hyaluronan Synthase / Substrate |
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