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==structural of Aspergillus fumigatus UDP-N-acetylglucosamine pyrophosphorylase==
<StructureSection load='4bma' size='340' side='right'caption='[[4bma]], [[Resolution|resolution]] 2.08&Aring;' scene=''>
== Structural highlights ==
<table><tr><td colspan='2'>[[4bma]] is a 2 chain structure with sequence from [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aspergillus_fumigatus Aspergillus fumigatus]. Full crystallographic information is available from [http://oca.weizmann.ac.il/oca-bin/ocashort?id=4BMA OCA]. For a <b>guided tour on the structure components</b> use [https://proteopedia.org/fgij/fg.htm?mol=4BMA 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]] 2.08&#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></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=4bma FirstGlance], [http://oca.weizmann.ac.il/oca-bin/ocaids?id=4bma OCA], [https://pdbe.org/4bma PDBe], [https://www.rcsb.org/pdb/explore.do?structureId=4bma RCSB], [https://www.ebi.ac.uk/pdbsum/4bma PDBsum], [https://prosat.h-its.org/prosat/prosatexe?pdbcode=4bma ProSAT]</span></td></tr>
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== Function ==
[https://www.uniprot.org/uniprot/Q4WAR0_ASPFU Q4WAR0_ASPFU] 
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== Publication Abstract from PubMed ==
The sugar nucleotide UDP-N-acetylglucosamine (UDP-GlcNAc) is an essential metabolite in both prokaryotes and eukaryotes. In fungi, it is the precursor for the synthesis of chitin, an essential component of the fungal cell wall. UDP-N-acetylglucosamine pyrophosphorylase (UAP) is the final enzyme in eukaryotic UDP-GlcNAc biosynthesis, converting UTP and N-acetylglucosamine-1-phosphate (GlcNAc-1P) to UDP-GlcNAc. As such, this enzyme may provide an attractive target against pathogenic fungi. Here, we demonstrate that the fungal pathogen Aspergillus fumigatus possesses an active UAP (AfUAP1) that shows selectivity for GlcNAc-1P as the phosphosugar substrate. A conditional mutant, constructed by replacing the native promoter of the A. fumigatus uap1 gene with the Aspergillus nidulans alcA promoter, revealed that uap1 is essential for cell survival and important for cell wall synthesis and morphogenesis. The crystal structure of AfUAP1 was determined and revealed exploitable differences in the active site compared to the human enzyme. Thus AfUAP1 could represent a novel antifungal target and this work will assist the future discovery of small molecule inhibitors against this enzyme.

Genetic and structural validation of Aspergillus fumigatus UDP-N-acetylglucosamine pyrophosphorylase as an antifungal target.,Fang W, Du T, Raimi OG, Hurtado-Guerrero R, Urbaniak MD, Ibrahim AF, Ferguson MA, Jin C, van Aalten DM Mol Microbiol. 2013 Jun 10. doi: 10.1111/mmi.12290. PMID:23750903<ref>PMID:23750903</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: Aspergillus fumigatus]]
[[Category: Large Structures]]
[[Category: Fang W]]
[[Category: HurtadoGuerrero R]]
[[Category: Raimi OG]]
[[Category: VanAalten DMF]]