View source for 2xzj


==THE ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS SIALIDASE IS A KDNASE: STRUCTURAL AND MECHANISTIC INSIGHTS==
<StructureSection load='2xzj' size='340' side='right'caption='[[2xzj]], [[Resolution|resolution]] 1.84&Aring;' scene=''>
== Structural highlights ==
<table><tr><td colspan='2'>[[2xzj]] is a 2 chain structure with sequence from [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aspergillus_fumigatus_Af293 Aspergillus fumigatus Af293]. Full crystallographic information is available from [http://oca.weizmann.ac.il/oca-bin/ocashort?id=2XZJ OCA]. For a <b>guided tour on the structure components</b> use [https://proteopedia.org/fgij/fg.htm?mol=2XZJ 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]] 1.84&#8491;</td></tr>
<tr id='ligand'><td class="sblockLbl"><b>[[Ligand|Ligands:]]</b></td><td class="sblockDat" id="ligandDat"><scene name='pdbligand=GOL:GLYCEROL'>GOL</scene>, <scene name='pdbligand=KFN:(4S,5R,6R)-4,5-DIHYDROXY-6-[(1R,2R)-1,2,3-TRIHYDROXYPROPYL]-5,6-DIHYDRO-4H-PYRAN-2-CARBOXYLIC+ACID'>KFN</scene>, <scene name='pdbligand=NA:SODIUM+ION'>NA</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=2xzj FirstGlance], [http://oca.weizmann.ac.il/oca-bin/ocaids?id=2xzj OCA], [https://pdbe.org/2xzj PDBe], [https://www.rcsb.org/pdb/explore.do?structureId=2xzj RCSB], [https://www.ebi.ac.uk/pdbsum/2xzj PDBsum], [https://prosat.h-its.org/prosat/prosatexe?pdbcode=2xzj ProSAT]</span></td></tr>
</table>
== Function ==
[https://www.uniprot.org/uniprot/SIA_ASPFU SIA_ASPFU] Sialidase is able to release sialic acid from a wide variety of natural substrates including bovine salivary mucin, colominic acid, bovine fetuin, a serum glycoprotein containing both alpha-2-6 and alpha-2-3-linkages in a ratio of about 3:2, and glycoproteins and glycolipids from thermally denatured human lung epithelial cells. Does not show any trans-sialidase activity since it is able to remove terminal sialic acid residues but is unable to catalyze their transfer to the acceptor substrate. 2-keto-3-deoxynononic acid (KDN) is the preferred substrate and A.fumigatus can utilize KDN as a sole carbon source.<ref>PMID:20652740</ref> 
<div style="background-color:#fffaf0;">
== Publication Abstract from PubMed ==
Aspergillus fumigatus is a filamentous fungus that can cause severe respiratory disease in immunocompromised individuals. A putative sialidase from A. fumigatus was recently cloned and shown to be relatively poor in cleaving N-acetylneuraminic acid (Neu5Ac) in comparison to bacterial sialidases. Here we present the first crystal structure of a fungal sialidase. When the apo structure was compared to bacterial sialidase structures, the active site of the Aspergillus enzyme suggested that Neu5Ac would be a poor substrate due to a smaller pocket that normally accommodates the acetamido group of Neu5Ac in sialidases. A sialic acid with a hydroxyl in place of an acetamido group is 2-keto-3-deoxynononic acid (KDN). We show that KDN is the preferred substrate for the A. fumigatus sialidase and that A. fumigatus can utilise KDN as a sole carbon source. A 1.4Angstrom resolution crystal structure of the enzyme in complex with KDN reveals KDN in the active site in a boat conformation, and nearby a second binding site occupied by KDN in a chair conformation, suggesting that polyKDN may be a natural substrate. The enzyme is not inhibited by the sialidase transition state analogue 2-deoxy-2,3-dehydro-N-acetylneuraminic acid (Neu5Ac2en) but is inhibited by the related KDN2en that we show bound to the enzyme in a 1.84Angstrom resolution crystal structure. Using a fluorinated KDN substrate, we present a 1.5Angstrom resolution structure of a covalently bound catalytic intermediate. The A. fumigatus sialidase is therefore a KDNase with a similar catalytic mechanism to Neu5Ac exosialidases, and this study represents the first structure of a KDNase.

The Aspergillus fumigatus sialidase is a KDNase: structural and mechanistic insights.,Telford JC, Yeung JH, Xu G, Kiefel MJ, Watts AG, Hader S, Chan J, Bennet AJ, Moore MM, Taylor GL J Biol Chem. 2011 Jan 19. PMID:21247893<ref>PMID:21247893</ref>

From MEDLINE&reg;/PubMed&reg;, a database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine.<br>
</div>
<div class="pdbe-citations 2xzj" style="background-color:#fffaf0;"></div>

==See Also==
*[[Neuraminidase 3D structures|Neuraminidase 3D structures]]
== References ==
<references/>
__TOC__
</StructureSection>
[[Category: Aspergillus fumigatus Af293]]
[[Category: Large Structures]]
[[Category: Bennet AJ]]
[[Category: Chan J]]
[[Category: Hader S]]
[[Category: Kiefel MJ]]
[[Category: Moore MM]]
[[Category: Taylor GL]]
[[Category: Telford JC]]
[[Category: Watts AG]]
[[Category: Yeung JHF]]