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==Crystal Structure of UDP-Glucose 4-Epimerase (TM0509) from Hyperthermophilic Eubacterium Thermotoga maritima==
<StructureSection load='4zrm' size='340' side='right'caption='[[4zrm]], [[Resolution|resolution]] 1.90&Aring;' scene=''>
== Structural highlights ==
<table><tr><td colspan='2'>[[4zrm]] is a 2 chain structure with sequence from [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thermotoga_maritima_MSB8 Thermotoga maritima MSB8]. Full crystallographic information is available from [http://oca.weizmann.ac.il/oca-bin/ocashort?id=4ZRM OCA]. For a <b>guided tour on the structure components</b> use [https://proteopedia.org/fgij/fg.htm?mol=4ZRM 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='ligand'><td class="sblockLbl"><b>[[Ligand|Ligands:]]</b></td><td class="sblockDat" id="ligandDat"><scene name='pdbligand=GOL:GLYCEROL'>GOL</scene>, <scene name='pdbligand=NAD:NICOTINAMIDE-ADENINE-DINUCLEOTIDE'>NAD</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=4zrm FirstGlance], [http://oca.weizmann.ac.il/oca-bin/ocaids?id=4zrm OCA], [https://pdbe.org/4zrm PDBe], [https://www.rcsb.org/pdb/explore.do?structureId=4zrm RCSB], [https://www.ebi.ac.uk/pdbsum/4zrm PDBsum], [https://prosat.h-its.org/prosat/prosatexe?pdbcode=4zrm ProSAT]</span></td></tr>
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== Function ==
[https://www.uniprot.org/uniprot/Q9WYX9_THEMA Q9WYX9_THEMA] 
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== Publication Abstract from PubMed ==
UDP-galactose 4-epimerase (GalE) catalyzes the interconversion of UDP-glucose (UDP-Glc) and UDP-galactose (UDP-Gal), which is a pivotal step in the Leloir pathway for d-galactose metabolism. Although GalE is widely distributed in prokaryotes and eukaryotes, little information is available regarding hyperthermophilic GalE. We overexpressed the TM0509 gene, encoding a putative GalE from Thermotoga maritima (TMGalE), in Escherichia coli and characterized the encoded protein. To further investigate the molecular basis of this enzyme's catalytic function, we determined the crystal structures of TMGalE and TMGalE bound to UDP-Glc at resolutions of 1.9 A and 2.0 A, respectively. The enzyme was determined to be a homodimer with a molecular mass of 70 kDa. The enzyme could reversibly catalyze the epimerization of UDP-GalNAc/UDP-GlcNAc as well as UDP-Gal/UDP-Glc at elevated temperatures, with an apparent optimal temperature and pH of 80 degrees C and 7.0, respectively. Our data showed that TM0509 is a UDP-galactosugar 4-epimerase involved in d-galactose metabolism; consequently, this study provides the first detailed characterization of a hyperthermophilic GalE. Moreover, the promiscuous substrate specificity of TMGalE, which is more similar to human GalE than E. coli GalE, supports the notion that TMGalE might exhibit the earliest form of sugar-epimerizing enzymes in the evolution of galactose metabolism.

The structural basis of substrate promiscuity in UDP-hexose 4-epimerase from the hyperthermophilic Eubacterium Thermotoga maritima.,Shin SM, Choi JM, di Luccio E, Lee YJ, Lee SJ, Lee SJ, Lee SH, Lee DW Arch Biochem Biophys. 2015 Sep 3;585:39-51. doi: 10.1016/j.abb.2015.08.025. PMID:26344854<ref>PMID:26344854</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: Thermotoga maritima MSB8]]
[[Category: Choi JM]]
[[Category: Lee DW]]
[[Category: Lee SH]]