2HHC

Crystal structure of fucosyltransferase NodZ from Bradyrhizobium

Summary for 2HHC

• Entry DOI: 10.2210/pdb2hhc/pdb
• Descriptor: Nodulation fucosyltransferase NodZ, PHOSPHATE ION, 2-AMINO-2-HYDROXYMETHYL-PROPANE-1,3-DIOL, ... (4 entities in total)
• Functional Keywords: glycosyltransferase, fucosyltransferase, nodz, nodulation, transferase
• Biological source: Bradyrhizobium sp.
• Total number of polymer chains: 1
• Total formula weight: 38236.04

Authors

Brzezinski, K.,Stepkowski, T.,Panjikar, S.,Bujacz, G.,Jaskolski, M. (deposition date: 2006-06-28, release date: 2007-07-17, Last modification date: 2024-03-13)

Primary citation

Brzezinski, K.,Stepkowski, T.,Panjikar, S.,Bujacz, G.,Jaskolski, M.
High-resolution structure of NodZ fucosyltransferase involved in the biosynthesis of the nodulation factor.
Acta Biochim.Pol., 54:537-549, 2007

PubMed Abstract: The fucosyltransferase NodZ is involved in the biosynthesis of the nodulation factor in nitrogen-fixing symbiotic bacteria. It catalyzes alpha1,6 transfer of l-fucose from GDP-fucose to the reducing residue of the synthesized Nod oligosaccharide. We present the structure of the NodZ protein from Bradyrhizobium expressed in Escherichia coli and crystallized in the presence of phosphate ions in two crystal forms. The enzyme is arranged into two domains of nearly equal size. Although NodZ falls in one broad class (GT-B) with other two-domain glycosyltransferases, the topology of its domains deviates from the canonical Rossmann fold, with particularly high distortions in the N-terminal domain. Mutational data combined with structural and sequence alignments indicate residues of potential importance in GDP-fucose binding or in the catalytic mechanism. They are all clustered in three conserved sequence motifs located in the C-terminal domain.

PubMed: 17762900

Experimental method

X-RAY DIFFRACTION (1.54 Å)