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==Structural analysis of the C-terminal domain of murine CMP-Sialic acid Synthetase==
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== Structural highlights ==
<table><tr><td colspan='2'>[[3ewi]] is a 2 chain structure with sequence from [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mus_musculus Mus musculus]. Full crystallographic information is available from [http://oca.weizmann.ac.il/oca-bin/ocashort?id=3EWI OCA]. For a <b>guided tour on the structure components</b> use [https://proteopedia.org/fgij/fg.htm?mol=3EWI 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]] 1.9&#8491;</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=3ewi FirstGlance], [http://oca.weizmann.ac.il/oca-bin/ocaids?id=3ewi OCA], [https://pdbe.org/3ewi PDBe], [https://www.rcsb.org/pdb/explore.do?structureId=3ewi RCSB], [https://www.ebi.ac.uk/pdbsum/3ewi PDBsum], [https://prosat.h-its.org/prosat/prosatexe?pdbcode=3ewi ProSAT]</span></td></tr>
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== Function ==
[https://www.uniprot.org/uniprot/NEUA_MOUSE NEUA_MOUSE] Catalyzes the activation of N-acetylneuraminic acid (NeuNAc) to cytidine 5'-monophosphate N-acetylneuraminic acid (CMP-NeuNAc), a substrate required for the addition of sialic acid. Has some activity toward NeuNAc, N-glycolylneuraminic acid (Neu5Gc) or 2-keto-3-deoxy-D-glycero-D-galacto-nononic acid (KDN).<ref>PMID:9689047</ref> 
== Evolutionary Conservation ==
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== Publication Abstract from PubMed ==
The biosynthesis of sialic acid-containing glycoconjugates is crucial for the development of vertebrate life. Cytidine monophosphate-sialic acid synthetase (CSS) catalyzes the metabolic activation of sialic acids. In vertebrates, the enzyme is chimeric, with the N-terminal domain harboring the synthetase activity. The function of the highly conserved C-terminal domain (CSS-CT) is unknown. To shed light on its biological function, we solved the X-ray structure of murine CSS-CT to 1.9 A resolution. CSS-CT is a stable shamrock-like tetramer that superimposes well with phosphatases of the haloacid dehalogenase superfamily. However, a region found exclusively in vertebrate CSS-CT appears to block the active-site entrance. Accordingly, no phosphatase activity was observed in vitro, which points toward a nonenzymatic function of CSS-CT. A computational three-dimensional model of full-length CSS, in combination with in vitro oligomerization studies, provides evidence that CSS-CT serves as a platform for the quaternary organization governing the kinetic properties of the physiologically active enzyme as demonstrated in kinetic studies.

A C-terminal phosphatase module conserved in vertebrate CMP-sialic acid synthetases provides a tetramerization interface for the physiologically active enzyme.,Oschlies M, Dickmanns A, Haselhorst T, Schaper W, Stummeyer K, Tiralongo J, Weinhold B, Gerardy-Schahn R, von Itzstein M, Ficner R, Munster-Kuhnel AK J Mol Biol. 2009 Oct 16;393(1):83-97. Epub 2009 Aug 8. PMID:19666032<ref>PMID:19666032</ref>

From MEDLINE&reg;/PubMed&reg;, a database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine.<br>
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== References ==
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[[Category: Large Structures]]
[[Category: Mus musculus]]
[[Category: Dickmanns A]]
[[Category: Ficner R]]
[[Category: Gerardy-Schahn R]]
[[Category: Muenster-Kuehnel AK]]
[[Category: Oschlies M]]
[[Category: Stummeyer K]]