Structural highlights
Evolutionary Conservation Check, as determined by ConSurfDB. You may read the explanation of the method and the full data available from ConSurf. Publication Abstract from PubMedThe structure of the NAD-dependent oxidoreductase UDP-galactose-4'-epimerase from Trypanosoma brucei in complex with cofactor and the substrate analogue UDP-4-deoxy-4-fluoro-alpha-D-galactose has been determined using diffraction data to 2.7 A resolution. Despite the high level of sequence and structure conservation between the trypanosomatid enzyme and those from humans, yeast and bacteria, the binding of the 4-fluoro-alpha-D-galactose moiety is distinct from previously reported structures. Of particular note is the observation that when bound to the T. brucei enzyme, the galactose moiety of this fluoro-derivative is rotated approximately 180 degrees with respect to the orientation of the hexose component of UDP-glucose when in complex with the human enzyme. The architecture of the catalytic centre is designed to effectively bind different orientations of the hexose, a finding that is consistent with a mechanism that requires the sugar to maintain a degree of flexibility within the active site. Trypanosoma brucei UDP-galactose-4'-epimerase in ternary complex with NAD+ and the substrate analogue UDP-4-deoxy-4-fluoro-alpha-D-galactose.,Alphey MS, Burton A, Urbaniak MD, Boons GJ, Ferguson MA, Hunter WN Acta Crystallogr Sect F Struct Biol Cryst Commun. 2006 Sep 1;62(Pt, 9):829-34. Epub 2006 Aug 11. PMID:16946458[1] From MEDLINE®/PubMed®, a database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine. See AlsoReferences
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