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SUBMITTER: Andreotti G
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4263888 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Andreotti Giuseppina G Cabeza de Vaca Israel I Poziello Angelita A Monti Maria Chiara MC Guallar Victor V Cubellis Maria Vittoria MV
The Journal of biological chemistry 20141016 50
The most common glycosylation disorder is caused by mutations in the gene encoding phosphomannomutase2, producing a disease still without a cure. Phosphomannomutase2, a homodimer in which each chain is composed of two domains, requires a bisphosphate sugar (either mannose or glucose) as activator, opening a possible drug design path for therapeutic purposes. The crystal structure of human phosphomannomutase2, however, lacks bound substrate and a key active site loop. To speed up drug discovery, ...[more]