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SUBMITTER: Lazarus MB
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3508357 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Lazarus Michael B MB Jiang Jiaoyang J Gloster Tracey M TM Zandberg Wesley F WF Whitworth Garrett E GE Vocadlo David J DJ Walker Suzanne S
Nature chemical biology 20121028 12
Visualization of the reaction coordinate undertaken by glycosyltransferases has remained elusive but is critical for understanding this important class of enzyme. Using substrates and substrate mimics, we describe structural snapshots of all species along the kinetic pathway for human O-linked β-N-acetylglucosamine transferase (O-GlcNAc transferase), an intracellular enzyme that catalyzes installation of a dynamic post-translational modification. The structures reveal key features of the mechani ...[more]