Structure of an O-GlcNAc transferase homolog provides insight into intracellular glycosylation (original) (raw)

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_N_-Acetylglucosamine (_O_-GlcNAc) modification of proteins provides a mechanism for the control of diverse cellular processes through a dynamic interplay with phosphorylation. UDP-GlcNAc:polypeptidyl transferase (OGT) catalyzes _O_-GlcNAc addition. The structure of an intact OGT homolog and kinetic analysis of human OGT variants reveal a contiguous superhelical groove that directs substrates to the active site.

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This work was funded by the UK Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council and the the Canadian Institutes of Health Research. G.J.D. is a Royal Society/Wolfson research Merit Award recipient. D.J.V. is a Canada Research Chair in chemical glycobiology and a fellow of the Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research (MSFHR). M.S.M. is a scholar of the MSFHR.

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  1. Department of Chemistry, Structural Biology Laboratory, The University of York, Heslington, YO10 5YW, York, UK
    Carlos Martinez-Fleites, Yuan He & Gideon J Davies
  2. Department of Chemistry, Simon Fraser University, 8888 University Drive, Burnaby, V5A 1S6, British Columbia, Canada
    Matthew S Macauley, David L Shen & David J Vocadlo

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Rotating view of the XcOGT (cyan)/Human TPR domain (gold) model with an importin-derived peptide in yellow and UDP in red. (AVI 8436 kb)

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Martinez-Fleites, C., Macauley, M., He, Y. et al. Structure of an _O_-GlcNAc transferase homolog provides insight into intracellular glycosylation.Nat Struct Mol Biol 15, 764–765 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1038/nsmb.1443

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