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Crystal structure of YfeU protein from Haemophilus influenzae: a predicted etherase involved in peptidoglycan recycling.

ABSTRACT: The crystal structure of the H. influenzae YfeU protein, was determined at 1.90 A resolution using multi-wavelength anomalous diffraction. YfeU belongs to a very large conserved family of proteins found mainly in bacteria but also in archaea and eukaryota. The protein is a homolog of eukaryotic glucokinase regulator and is predicted to be a sugar phosphate isomerase or aminotransferase. Here we describe the structure of YfeU and discuss the possible function as an etherase possibly involved in peptidoglycan recycling.

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PROVIDER: S-EPMC2771635 | biostudies-literature | 2009 Apr

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Crystal structure of YfeU protein from Haemophilus influenzae: a predicted etherase involved in peptidoglycan recycling.

Kim Y Y Quartey P P Ng R R Zarembinski T I TI Joachimiak A A

Journal of structural and functional genomics 20090221 2

The crystal structure of the H. influenzae YfeU protein, was determined at 1.90 A resolution using multi-wavelength anomalous diffraction. YfeU belongs to a very large conserved family of proteins found mainly in bacteria but also in archaea and eukaryota. The protein is a homolog of eukaryotic glucokinase regulator and is predicted to be a sugar phosphate isomerase or aminotransferase. Here we describe the structure of YfeU and discuss the possible function as an etherase possibly involved in p ...[more]

PMID: 19234762

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