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SUBMITTER: Moncrieffe MC
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3391682 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Moncrieffe Martin C MC Fernandez Maria-Jose MJ Spiteller Dieter D Matsumura Hiroyoshi H Gay Nicholas J NJ Luisi Ben F BF Leadlay Peter F PF
Journal of molecular biology 20111025 1
In the biosynthesis of the clinically important antibiotic erythromycin D, the glycosyltransferase (GT) EryCIII, in concert with its partner EryCII, attaches a nucleotide-activated sugar to the macrolide scaffold with high specificity. To understand the role of EryCII, we have determined the crystal structure of the EryCIII·EryCII complex at 3.1 Å resolution. The structure reveals a heterotetramer with a distinctive, elongated quaternary organization. The EryCIII subunits form an extensive self- ...[more]