4ZRM

Crystal Structure of UDP-Glucose 4-Epimerase (TM0509) from Hyperthermophilic Eubacterium Thermotoga maritima

Summary for 4ZRM

• Entry DOI: 10.2210/pdb4zrm/pdb
• Related: 4ZRN
• Descriptor: UDP-glucose 4-epimerase, NICOTINAMIDE-ADENINE-DINUCLEOTIDE, GLYCEROL, ... (4 entities in total)
• Functional Keywords: thermotoga maritima, hyperthermophiles, epimerization, isomerase
• Biological source: Thermotoga maritima (strain ATCC 43589 / MSB8 / DSM 3109 / JCM 10099)
• Total number of polymer chains: 2
• Total formula weight: 72055.32

Authors

Choi, J.M.,Lee, D.W.,Lee, S.H. (deposition date: 2015-05-12, release date: 2015-09-16, Last modification date: 2023-11-08)

Primary citation

Shin, S.M.,Choi, J.M.,di Luccio, E.,Lee, Y.J.,Lee, S.J.,Lee, S.J.,Lee, S.H.,Lee, D.W.
The structural basis of substrate promiscuity in UDP-hexose 4-epimerase from the hyperthermophilic Eubacterium Thermotoga maritima.
Arch.Biochem.Biophys., 585:39-51, 2015

PubMed Abstract: UDP-galactose 4-epimerase (GalE) catalyzes the interconversion of UDP-glucose (UDP-Glc) and UDP-galactose (UDP-Gal), which is a pivotal step in the Leloir pathway for d-galactose metabolism. Although GalE is widely distributed in prokaryotes and eukaryotes, little information is available regarding hyperthermophilic GalE. We overexpressed the TM0509 gene, encoding a putative GalE from Thermotoga maritima (TMGalE), in Escherichia coli and characterized the encoded protein. To further investigate the molecular basis of this enzyme's catalytic function, we determined the crystal structures of TMGalE and TMGalE bound to UDP-Glc at resolutions of 1.9 Å and 2.0 Å, respectively. The enzyme was determined to be a homodimer with a molecular mass of 70 kDa. The enzyme could reversibly catalyze the epimerization of UDP-GalNAc/UDP-GlcNAc as well as UDP-Gal/UDP-Glc at elevated temperatures, with an apparent optimal temperature and pH of 80 °C and 7.0, respectively. Our data showed that TM0509 is a UDP-galactosugar 4-epimerase involved in d-galactose metabolism; consequently, this study provides the first detailed characterization of a hyperthermophilic GalE. Moreover, the promiscuous substrate specificity of TMGalE, which is more similar to human GalE than E. coli GalE, supports the notion that TMGalE might exhibit the earliest form of sugar-epimerizing enzymes in the evolution of galactose metabolism.

PubMed: 26344854
DOI: 10.1016/j.abb.2015.08.025

Experimental method

X-RAY DIFFRACTION (1.9 Å)