9YFY

KrkA D193C Kdo adduct

9YFY の概要

• エントリーDOI: 10.2210/pdb9yfy/pdb
• 分子名称: KrKA, CYTIDINE-5'-MONOPHOSPHATE, 3-deoxy-alpha-D-manno-oct-2-ulopyranosonic acid, ... (6 entities in total)
• 機能のキーワード: glycosyltransferase, transferase
• 由来する生物種: Escherichia coli
• タンパク質・核酸の鎖数: 2
• 化学式量合計: 88479.44

構造登録者

Govind, M.,Kimber, M.S. (登録日: 2025-09-27, 公開日: 2026-01-28, 最終更新日: 2026-02-18)

主引用文献

Govind, M.,Allas, M.J.,Huang, B.S.,Lowary, T.L.,Kimber, M.S.
The retaining kdo transferase that synthesizes Escherichia coli K13 capsule is deeply divergent from structurally homologous enzymes.
J.Biol.Chem., 302:111162-111162, 2026

PubMed Abstract: 3-Deoxy-D-manno-octulosonic acid (Kdo) is an eight-carbon monosaccharide that, in Gram-negative bacteria, is an essential structural component of both lipopolysaccharide and the polymeric linker in Group 2 and 3 capsules. Kdo is also an important building block of the variable region of various capsular structures, but the responsible enzymes have, to date, not been investigated. Here, we structurally and functionally characterize the protein KrkA from E. coli capsular serotype K13, showing that it has both ribosyltransferase and Kdo-transferase activity, consistent with this protein being solely responsible for synthesizing the K13 (and the closely related K20 and K23) capsular polysaccharide repeat. We show that the N-terminal module of this protein is the Kdo-transferase. This module's x-ray structure (at 2.7 Å resolution) resembles that of two characterized Kdo-transferases: the GT99 module of WbbB, and the GT107 module of KpsC, despite sharing negligible sequence similarity. KrkA is therefore the founding member of a new GT family, GTXXX. KrkA is organized into a trimer, where a single residue contributes to a neighboring protomer's acceptor binding site. Using a D193C mutation, we determined the Kdo adduct and ternary complex structures at 2.0 and 2.2 Å resolution, respectively. These structures, along with site-directed mutagenesis, confirm the critical nature of the nucleophile Asp193 and the general base Glu102 (contributed by a secondary structure element distinct from that in GT99 and GT107), as well as important adduct and acceptor binding residues. E. coli isolates collectively encode four distinct clusters of related proteins, suggesting polyphyletic origins for this capsular serotype.

PubMed: 41539565
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbc.2026.111162

実験手法

X-RAY DIFFRACTION (2.03 Å)