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- Name help_outline di-trans,octa-cis-undecaprenyl phosphate Identifier CHEBI:60392 Charge -2 Formula C55H89O4P InChIKeyhelp_outline UFPHFKCTOZIAFY-NTDVEAECSA-L SMILEShelp_outline CC(C)=CCC\C(C)=C\CC\C(C)=C\CC\C(C)=C/CC\C(C)=C/CC\C(C)=C/CC\C(C)=C/CC\C(C)=C/CC\C(C)=C/CC\C(C)=C/CC\C(C)=C/COP([O-])([O-])=O 2D coordinates Mol file for the small molecule Search links Involved in 15 reaction(s) Find molecules that contain or resemble this structure Find proteins in UniProtKB for this molecule
- Name help_outline UDP-N-acetyl-α-D-glucosamine Identifier CHEBI:57705 (Beilstein: 4286654) help_outline Charge -2 Formula C17H25N3O17P2 InChIKeyhelp_outline LFTYTUAZOPRMMI-CFRASDGPSA-L SMILEShelp_outline CC(=O)N[C@@H]1[C@@H](O)[C@H](O)[C@@H](CO)O[C@@H]1OP([O-])(=O)OP([O-])(=O)OC[C@H]1O[C@H]([C@H](O)[C@@H]1O)n1ccc(=O)[nH]c1=O 2D coordinates Mol file for the small molecule Search links Involved in 88 reaction(s) Find molecules that contain or resemble this structure Find proteins in UniProtKB for this molecule
- Name help_outline N-acetyl-α-D-glucosaminyl-di-trans,octa-cis-undecaprenyl diphosphate Identifier CHEBI:62959 Charge -2 Formula C63H103NO12P2 InChIKeyhelp_outline NEVJGTXBHJNFAZ-JXCMATCVSA-L SMILEShelp_outline CC(=O)N[C@@H]1[C@@H](O)[C@H](O)[C@@H](CO)O[C@@H]1OP([O-])(=O)OP([O-])(=O)OC\C=C(\C)CC\C=C(\C)CC\C=C(\C)CC\C=C(\C)CC\C=C(\C)CC\C=C(\C)CC\C=C(\C)CC\C=C(\C)CC\C=C(/C)CC\C=C(/C)CCC=C(C)C 2D coordinates Mol file for the small molecule Search links Involved in 11 reaction(s) Find molecules that contain or resemble this structure Find proteins in UniProtKB for this molecule
- Name help_outline UMP Identifier CHEBI:57865 (Beilstein: 3570858) help_outline Charge -2 Formula C9H11N2O9P InChIKeyhelp_outline DJJCXFVJDGTHFX-XVFCMESISA-L SMILEShelp_outline O[C@@H]1[C@@H](COP([O-])([O-])=O)O[C@H]([C@@H]1O)n1ccc(=O)[nH]c1=O 2D coordinates Mol file for the small molecule Search links Involved in 53 reaction(s) Find molecules that contain or resemble this structure Find proteins in UniProtKB for this molecule
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Publications
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Purification and characterization of the bacterial UDP-GlcNAc:undecaprenyl-phosphate GlcNAc-1-phosphate transferase WecA.
Al-Dabbagh B., Mengin-Lecreulx D., Bouhss A.
To date, the structural and functional characterization of proteins belonging to the polyprenyl-phosphate N-acetylhexosamine-1-phosphate transferase superfamily has been relentlessly held back by problems encountered with their overexpression and purification. In the present work and for the first ... >> More
To date, the structural and functional characterization of proteins belonging to the polyprenyl-phosphate N-acetylhexosamine-1-phosphate transferase superfamily has been relentlessly held back by problems encountered with their overexpression and purification. In the present work and for the first time, the integral membrane protein WecA that catalyzes the transfer of the GlcNAc-1-phosphate moiety from UDP-GlcNAc onto the carrier lipid undecaprenyl phosphate, yielding undecaprenyl-pyrophosphoryl-GlcNAc, the lipid intermediate involved in the synthesis of various bacterial cell envelope components, was overproduced and purified to near homogeneity in milligram quantities. An enzymatic assay was developed, and the kinetic parameters of WecA as well as the effects of pH, salts, cations, detergents, and temperature on the enzyme activity were determined. A minimal length of 35 carbons was required for the lipid substrate, and tunicamycin was shown to inhibit the enzyme at submicromolar concentrations. << Less
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Polyisoprenyl phosphate specificity of UDP-GlcNAc:undecaprenyl phosphate N-acetylglucosaminyl 1-P transferase from E.coli.
Rush J.S., Rick P.D., Waechter C.J.
N-Acetyl-D-glucosaminylpyrophosphorylundecaprenol (GlcNAc-P-P-Und), an intermediate in the biosynthesis of the enterobacterial common antigen in E.coli and some O-antigen chains in gram-negative bacteria, is formed by the transfer of GlcNAc 1-P from UDP-GlcNAc to Und-P, analogous to the reaction f ... >> More
N-Acetyl-D-glucosaminylpyrophosphorylundecaprenol (GlcNAc-P-P-Und), an intermediate in the biosynthesis of the enterobacterial common antigen in E.coli and some O-antigen chains in gram-negative bacteria, is formed by the transfer of GlcNAc 1-P from UDP-GlcNAc to Und-P, analogous to the reaction forming GlcNAc-P-P-dolichol (GlcNAc-P-P-Dol) in mammalian cells. Since the microsomal enzyme from animal cells exhibits a strong preference for Dol-P, which contains a saturated alpha-isoprene unit, the polyisoprenyl phosphate specificity of the homologous bacterial enzyme was characterized. The enzyme remained bound to the membrane fraction when spheroplasts, formed by lysozyme-EDTA treatment, were lysed in hypotonic buffer. GlcNAc-P-P-Und synthase (GPT) activity was elevated in a strain of E.coli bearing the rfe gene, which encodes GPT on a multicopy plasmid, and virtually absent from rfe null mutants. GPT actively utilized fully unsaturated polyprenyl phosphate (Poly-P) substrates with maximal activity seen with (C55) Und-P, but was unable to utilize (C55)Dol-P. This substrate specificity contrasts with the microsomal GPT from pig brain, which actively utilized (C55)Dol-P, but not Und-P, as substrate. GPT activity bound to particulate fractions from three strains of bacilli also exhibited a strict preference for fully unsaturated Poly-P substrates. Unexpectedly, E.coli GPT activity cofractionated with the cytosolic marker enzyme, beta-galactosidase, and not the membrane-bound enzyme, D-lactate dehydrogenase, in cells disrupted in a French pressure cell. The properties and polyisoprenyl phosphate specificity of the soluble form of GPT were identical to the activity associated with the membrane preparations obtained from spheroplasts. The evolutionary and functional significance of the use of polyisoprenyl glycosyl carrier lipids with saturated alpha-isoprene units in eukaryotes remains uncertain. << Less