Function
dTDP-glucose 4,6-dehydratase (RmlB) catalyzes the reversible conversion of dTDP-glucose to dTDP-4-dehydro-6-deoxy-D-glucose.
RmlB is the second of four enzymes involved in the dTDP-L-rhamnose pathway[1]. RmlB is involved in the pathway LSP O-antigen biosynthesis which is part of the bacterial outer membrane biogenesis[2].
Structural highlights
The RmlB structure is divided into 2 domains. The N-terminal NAD-binding domain which contains the Rossmann fold and the C-terminal sugar nucleotide binding domain[3].
- ↑ Allard ST, Giraud MF, Whitfield C, Messner P, Naismith JH. The purification, crystallization and structural elucidation of dTDP-D-glucose 4,6-dehydratase (RmlB), the second enzyme of the dTDP-L-rhamnose synthesis pathway from Salmonella enterica serovar typhimurium. Acta Crystallogr D Biol Crystallogr. 2000 Feb;56(Pt 2):222-5. PMID:10666612
- ↑ Wang Q, Ding P, Perepelov AV, Xu Y, Wang Y, Knirel YA, Wang L, Feng L. Characterization of the dTDP-D-fucofuranose biosynthetic pathway in Escherichia coli O52. Mol Microbiol. 2008 Dec;70(6):1358-67. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2008.06449.x., Epub 2008 Oct 30. PMID:19019146 doi:https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2958.2008.06449.x
- ↑ Allard ST, Beis K, Giraud MF, Hegeman AD, Gross JW, Wilmouth RC, Whitfield C, Graninger M, Messner P, Allen AG, Maskell DJ, Naismith JH. Toward a structural understanding of the dehydratase mechanism. Structure. 2002 Jan;10(1):81-92. PMID:11796113