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==N-Acetylmannosamine-6-phosphate 2-epimerase E180A from Staphylococcus aureus (strain MRSA USA300)==
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== Structural highlights ==
<table><tr><td colspan='2'>[[7mfn]] is a 2 chain structure with sequence from [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Staphylococcus_aureus Staphylococcus aureus]. Full crystallographic information is available from [http://oca.weizmann.ac.il/oca-bin/ocashort?id=7MFN OCA]. For a <b>guided tour on the structure components</b> use [https://proteopedia.org/fgij/fg.htm?mol=7MFN 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]] 1.55&#8491;</td></tr>
<tr id='ligand'><td class="sblockLbl"><b>[[Ligand|Ligands:]]</b></td><td class="sblockDat" id="ligandDat"><scene name='pdbligand=CIT:CITRIC+ACID'>CIT</scene>, <scene name='pdbligand=CL:CHLORIDE+ION'>CL</scene>, <scene name='pdbligand=EDO:1,2-ETHANEDIOL'>EDO</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=7mfn FirstGlance], [http://oca.weizmann.ac.il/oca-bin/ocaids?id=7mfn OCA], [https://pdbe.org/7mfn PDBe], [https://www.rcsb.org/pdb/explore.do?structureId=7mfn RCSB], [https://www.ebi.ac.uk/pdbsum/7mfn PDBsum], [https://prosat.h-its.org/prosat/prosatexe?pdbcode=7mfn ProSAT]</span></td></tr>
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== Function ==
[https://www.uniprot.org/uniprot/X5EM89_STAAU X5EM89_STAAU] Converts N-acetylmannosamine-6-phosphate (ManNAc-6-P) to N-acetylglucosamine-6-phosphate (GlcNAc-6-P).[ARBA:ARBA00002147][HAMAP-Rule:MF_01235]
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== Publication Abstract from PubMed ==
There are five known general catalytic mechanisms used by enzymes to catalyze carbohydrate epimerization. The amino sugar epimerase N-acetylmannosamine-6-phosphate 2-epimerase (NanE) has been proposed to use a deprotonation-reprotonation mechanism, with an essential catalytic lysine required for both steps. However, the structural determinants of this mechanism are not clearly established. We characterized NanE from Staphylococcus aureus using a new coupled assay to monitor NanE catalysis in real time and found that it has kinetic constants comparable with other species. The crystal structure of NanE from Staphylococcus aureus, which comprises a triosephosphate isomerase barrel fold with an unusual dimeric architecture, was solved with both natural and modified substrates. Using these substrate-bound structures, we identified the following active-site residues lining the cleft at the C-terminal end of the beta-strands: Gln11, Arg40, Lys63, Asp124, Glu180, and Arg208, which were individually substituted and assessed in relation to the mechanism. From this, we re-evaluated the central role of Glu180 in this mechanism alongside the catalytic lysine. We observed that the substrate is bound in a conformation that ideally positions the C5 hydroxyl group to be activated by Glu180 and donate a proton to the C2 carbon. Taken together, we propose that NanE uses a novel substrate-assisted proton displacement mechanism to invert the C2 stereocenter of N-acetylmannosamine-6-phosphate. Our data and mechanistic interpretation may be useful in the development of inhibitors of this enzyme or in enzyme engineering to produce biocatalysts capable of changing the stereochemistry of molecules that are not amenable to synthetic methods.

N-acetylmannosamine-6-phosphate 2-epimerase uses a novel substrate-assisted mechanism to catalyze amino sugar epimerization.,Currie MJ, Manjunath L, Horne CR, Rendle PM, Subramanian R, Friemann R, Fairbanks AJ, Muscroft-Taylor AC, North RA, Dobson RCJ J Biol Chem. 2021 Oct;297(4):101113. doi: 10.1016/j.jbc.2021.101113. Epub 2021, Aug 24. PMID:34437902<ref>PMID:34437902</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: Staphylococcus aureus]]
[[Category: Currie MJ]]
[[Category: Dobson RCJ]]