Glycosyltransferase Family 38

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• Author: ^^^Warren Wakarchuk^^^
• Responsible Curator: ^^^Warren Wakarchuk^^^

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Glycosyltransferase Family GT38
Clan	GT-B
Mechanisn	inverting
Active site residues	known
CAZy DB link
https://www.cazy.org/GT38.html

Substrate specificities

Members of GT-38 are the bacterial polysialyltransferases (polySTs), which catalyze the addition of sialic acids from the activated sugar donor, CMP-sialic acid (CMP-Neu5Ac), to the nonreducing end of the growing polySia chain [1]. These enzymes build the polymer as a capsular polysaccharide on a specialized poly-β-KDO modified lyso-phosphatidyl glycerol anchor in the membrane of Gram negative bacteria Willis2013. . Bacterial polySia capsules exist in three different flavours: Escherichia coli K1, Neisseria meningitidis serotype B, Moraxella nonliquefaciens, and Mannheimia haemolytica A2 synthesize α-2,8-linked polySia whereas N. meningitidis serotype C produces a α-2,9-linked polymer and E. coli K92 produces polymers with alternating α-2,8 and α-2,9 linkages PMID: 10052589 PMID: 1898915 PMID: 64575. The molecular mimicry of these bacterial polySia capsules represents an elegant strategy to evade the host’s immune recognition since they are not considered as foreign. In addition, they confer a physical barrier protecting the pathogen from killing by the complement system PMID: 8884739.

Kinetics and Mechanism

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Catalytic Residues

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Three-dimensional structures

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Family Firsts

First stereochemistry determination

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First catalytic nucleophile identification

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First general acid/base residue identification

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First 3-D structure

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