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Distantly related plant and nematode core ?1,3-fucosyltransferases display similar trends in structure-function relationships.

ABSTRACT: Here, we present a comparative structure-function study of a nematode and a plant core ?1,3-fucosyltransferase based on deletion and point mutations of the coding regions of Caenorhabditis elegans FUT-1 and Arabidopsis thaliana FucTA (FUT11). In particular, our results reveal a novel "first cluster motif" shared by both core and Lewis-type ?1,3-fucosyltransferases of the GT10 family. To evaluate the role of the conserved serine within this motif, this residue was replaced with alanine in FucTA (S218) and FUT-1 (S243). The S218A replacement completely abolished the enzyme activity of FucTA, while the S243A mutant of FUT-1 retained 20% of the "wild-type" activity. Based on the results of homology modeling of FucTA, other residues potentially involved in the donor substrate binding were examined, and mutations of N219 and R226 dramatically affected enzymatic activity. Finally, as both FucTA and FUT-1 were shown to be N-glycosylated, we examined the putative N-glycosylation sites. While alanine replacements at single potential N-glycosylation sites of FucTA resulted in a loss of up to 80% of the activity, a triple glycosylation site mutant still retained 5%, as compared to the control. In summary, our data indicate similar trends in structure-function relationships of distantly related enzymes which perform similar biochemical reactions and form the basis for future work aimed at understanding the structure of ?1,3-fucosyltransferases in general.

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PROVIDER: S-EPMC3272405 | biostudies-literature | 2011 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Distantly related plant and nematode core α1,3-fucosyltransferases display similar trends in structure-function relationships.

Both Peter P Sobczak Lukas L Breton Christelle C Hann Stephan S Nöbauer Katharina K Paschinger Katharina K Kozmon Stanislav S Mucha Ján J Wilson Iain B H IB

Glycobiology 20110421 11

Here, we present a comparative structure-function study of a nematode and a plant core α1,3-fucosyltransferase based on deletion and point mutations of the coding regions of Caenorhabditis elegans FUT-1 and Arabidopsis thaliana FucTA (FUT11). In particular, our results reveal a novel "first cluster motif" shared by both core and Lewis-type α1,3-fucosyltransferases of the GT10 family. To evaluate the role of the conserved serine within this motif, this residue was replaced with alanine in FucTA ( ...[more]

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Distantly related plant and nematode core ?1,3-fucosyltransferases display similar trends in structure-function relationships.

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