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==Roles of active site tryptophans in substrate binding and catalysis by ALPHA-1,3 GALACTOSYLTRANSFERASE==
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== Structural highlights ==
<table><tr><td colspan='2'>[[1vzx]] is a 2 chain structure with sequence from [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bos_taurus Bos taurus]. Full crystallographic information is available from [http://oca.weizmann.ac.il/oca-bin/ocashort?id=1VZX OCA]. For a <b>guided tour on the structure components</b> use [https://proteopedia.org/fgij/fg.htm?mol=1VZX FirstGlance]. <br>
</td></tr><tr id='method'><td class="sblockLbl"><b>[[Empirical_models|Method:]]</b></td><td class="sblockDat" id="methodDat">X-ray diffraction, [[Resolution|Resolution]] 1.97&#8491;</td></tr>
<tr id='ligand'><td class="sblockLbl"><b>[[Ligand|Ligands:]]</b></td><td class="sblockDat" id="ligandDat"><scene name='pdbligand=GAL:BETA-D-GALACTOSE'>GAL</scene>, <scene name='pdbligand=GOL:GLYCEROL'>GOL</scene>, <scene name='pdbligand=MN:MANGANESE+(II)+ION'>MN</scene>, <scene name='pdbligand=NAG:N-ACETYL-D-GLUCOSAMINE'>NAG</scene>, <scene name='pdbligand=UDP:URIDINE-5-DIPHOSPHATE'>UDP</scene></td></tr>
<tr id='resources'><td class="sblockLbl"><b>Resources:</b></td><td class="sblockDat"><span class='plainlinks'>[https://proteopedia.org/fgij/fg.htm?mol=1vzx FirstGlance], [http://oca.weizmann.ac.il/oca-bin/ocaids?id=1vzx OCA], [https://pdbe.org/1vzx PDBe], [https://www.rcsb.org/pdb/explore.do?structureId=1vzx RCSB], [https://www.ebi.ac.uk/pdbsum/1vzx PDBsum], [https://prosat.h-its.org/prosat/prosatexe?pdbcode=1vzx ProSAT]</span></td></tr>
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== Function ==
[https://www.uniprot.org/uniprot/GGTA1_BOVIN GGTA1_BOVIN] Transfer of galactose from UDP-galactose to an acceptor molecule (R).
== Evolutionary Conservation ==
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== Publication Abstract from PubMed ==
Aromatic amino acids are frequent components of the carbohydrate binding sites of lectins and enzymes. Previous structural studies have shown that in alpha-1,3 galactosyltransferase, the binding site for disaccharide acceptor substrates is encircled by four tryptophans, residues 249, 250, 314, and 356. To investigate their roles in enzyme specificity and catalysis, we expressed and characterized variants of the catalytic domain of alpha-1,3 galactosyltransferase with substitutions for each tryptophan. Substitution of glycine for tryptophan 249, whose indole ring interacts with the nonpolar B face of glucose or GlcNAc, greatly increases the K(m) for the acceptor substrate. In contrast, the substitution of tyrosine for tryptophan 314, which interacts with the beta-galactosyl moiety of the acceptor and UDP-galactose, decreases k(cat) for the galactosyltransferase reaction but does not affect the low UDP-galactose hydrolase activity. Thus, this highly conserved residue stabilizes the transition state for the galactose transfer to disaccharide but not to water. High-resolution crystallographic structures of the Trp(249)Gly mutant and the Trp(314)Tyr mutant indicate that the mutations do not affect the overall structure of the enzyme or its interactions with ligands. Substitutions for tryptophan 250 have only small effects on catalytic activity, but mutation of tryptophan 356 to threonine reduces catalytic activity for both transferase and hydrolase activities and reduces affinity for the acceptor substrate. This residue is adjacent to the flexible C-terminus that becomes ordered on binding UDP to assemble the acceptor binding site and influence catalysis. The results highlight the diverse roles of these tryptophans in enzyme action and the importance of k(cat) changes in modulating glycosyltransferase specificity.

Roles of active site tryptophans in substrate binding and catalysis by alpha-1,3 galactosyltransferase.,Zhang Y, Deshpande A, Xie Z, Natesh R, Acharya KR, Brew K Glycobiology. 2004 Dec;14(12):1295-302. Epub 2004 Jun 30. PMID:15229192<ref>PMID:15229192</ref>

From MEDLINE&reg;/PubMed&reg;, a database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine.<br>
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==See Also==
*[[Glycosyltransferase 3D structures|Glycosyltransferase 3D structures]]
== References ==
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[[Category: Bos taurus]]
[[Category: Large Structures]]
[[Category: Acharya KR]]
[[Category: Brew K]]
[[Category: Deshpande A]]
[[Category: Natesh R]]
[[Category: Xie Z]]
[[Category: Zhang Y]]