(KDO)2-lipid IVA (2-8) 3-deoxy-D-manno-octulosonic acid transferase
(KDO)2-lipid IVA (2-8) 3-deoxy-D-manno-octulosonic acid transferase (EC 2.4.99.14, KDO transferase, waaA (gene), kdtA (gene), 3-deoxy-D-manno-oct-2-ulosonic acid transferase, 3-deoxy-manno-octulosonic acid transferase) is an enzyme with systematic name CMP-3-deoxy-D-manno-oct-2-ulosonate:(KDO)2-lipid IVA 3-deoxy-D-manno-oct-2-ulosonate transferase ((2->8) glycosidic bond-forming).[1][2][3] This enzyme catalyses the following chemical reaction
- alpha-Kdo-(2->4)-alpha-Kdo-(2->6)-lipid IVA + CMP-alpha-Kdo
alpha-Kdo-(2->8)-alpha-Kdo-(2->4)-alpha-Kdo-(2->6)-lipid IVA + CMP
The enzymes from Chlamydia transfer three or more 3-deoxy-D-manno-oct-2-ulosonate residues and generate genus-specific epitopes.
References
- ↑ Lobau, S., Mamat, U., Brabetz, W. and Brade, H. (1995). "Molecular cloning, sequence analysis, and functional characterization of the lipopolysaccharide biosynthetic gene kdtA encoding 3-deoxy-α-D-manno-octulosonic acid transferase of Chlamydia pneumoniae strain TW-183". Mol. Microbiol. 18 (3): 391–399. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2958.1995.mmi_18030391.x. PMID 8748024.
- ↑ Mamat, U., Baumann, M., Schmidt, G. and Brade, H. (1993). "The genus-specific lipopolysaccharide epitope of Chlamydia is assembled in C. psittaci and C. trachomatis by glycosyltransferases of low homology". Mol. Microbiol. 10 (5): 935–941. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2958.1993.tb00965.x. PMID 7523826.
- ↑ Belunis, C.J., Mdluli, K.E., Raetz, C.R. and Nano, F.E. (1992). "A novel 3-deoxy-D-manno-octulosonic acid transferase from Chlamydia trachomatis required for expression of the genus-specific epitope". J. Biol. Chem. 267 (26): 18702–18707. PMID 1382060.
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