Structural and Mechanistic Basis of Bacterial Sugar Nucleotide-Modifying Enzymes

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• 作者：Robert A. Field and James H. Naismith
• 刊名：Biochemistry
• 出版年：2003
• 出版时间：July 1, 2003
• 年：2003
• 卷：42
• 期：25
• 页码：7637 - 7647
• 全文大小：180K
• 年卷期：v.42,no.25(July 1, 2003)
• ISSN：1520-4995

文摘

Recently, carbohydrates have come to the fore because of their central role in many biologicalprocesses. One area of current interest concerns the enzymatic modification of sugar nucleotides, in relationto both secondary metabolite glycosylation and the formation of complex cell surface-associated glycoconjugates. Bacteria, in particular, have proven to be a rich field in which to study these transformations,because they are often unique to specific classes of organisms. This has led to the realization that suchmicrobial biosynthetic pathways might be exploited in the generation of novel antibiotics, or indeed serveas targets for such compounds. This work illustrates the interplay between protein structure determination,chemistry, and molecular biology in providing insight into the mechanism of such biochemicaltransformations.