Publications

• Crystal structure at 1.8 A resolution of CDP-D-glucose 4,6-dehydratase from Yersinia pseudotuberculosis.

  Vogan E.M., Bellamacina C., He X., Liu H.W., Ringe D., Petsko G.A.

  CDP-D-glucose 4,6-dehydratase catalyzes the conversion of CDP-D-glucose to CDP-4-keto-6-deoxyglucose in an NAD(+)-dependent manner. The product of this conversion is a building block for a variety of primary antigenic determinants in bacteria, possibly implicated directly in reactive arthritis. He ... >> More

  CDP-D-glucose 4,6-dehydratase catalyzes the conversion of CDP-D-glucose to CDP-4-keto-6-deoxyglucose in an NAD(+)-dependent manner. The product of this conversion is a building block for a variety of primary antigenic determinants in bacteria, possibly implicated directly in reactive arthritis. Here, we describe the solution of the high-resolution crystal structure of CDP-D-glucose 4,6-dehydratase from Yersinia pseudotuberculosis in the resting state. This structure represents the first CDP nucleotide utilizing dehydratase of the short-chain dehydrogenase/reductase (SDR) family to be determined, as well as the first tetrameric structure of the subfamily of SDR enzymes in which NAD(+) undergoes a full reaction cycle. On the basis of a comparison of this structure with structures of homologous enzymes, a chemical mechanism is proposed in which Tyr157 acts as the catalytic base, initiating hydride transfer by abstraction of the proton from the sugar 4'-hydroxyl. Concomitant with the removal of the proton from the 4'-hydroxyl oxygen, the sugar 4'-hydride is transferred to the B face of the NAD(+) cofactor, forming the reduced cofactor and a CDP-4-keto-d-glucose intermediate. A conserved Lys161 most likely acts to position the NAD(+) cofactor so that hydride transfer is favorable and/or to reduce the pK(a) of Tyr157. Following substrate oxidation, we propose that Lys134, acting as a base, would abstract the 5'-hydrogen of CDP-4-keto-D-glucose, priming the intermediate for the spontaneous loss of water. Finally, the resulting Delta(5,6)-glucoseen intermediate would be reduced suprafacially by the cofactor, and reprotonation at C-5' is likely mediated by Lys134. << Less

  Biochemistry 43:3057-3067(2004) [PubMed] [EuropePMC]

• Structure of CDP-D-glucose 4,6-dehydratase from Salmonella typhi complexed with CDP-D-xylose.

  Koropatkin N.M., Holden H.M.

  Tyvelose is a unique 3,6-dideoxyhexose found in the O antigens of some pathogenic species of Yersinia and Salmonella. It is produced via a complex biochemical pathway that employs CDP-D-glucose as the starting ligand. CDP-D-glucose 4,6-dehydratase catalyzes the first irreversible step in the synth ... >> More

  Tyvelose is a unique 3,6-dideoxyhexose found in the O antigens of some pathogenic species of Yersinia and Salmonella. It is produced via a complex biochemical pathway that employs CDP-D-glucose as the starting ligand. CDP-D-glucose 4,6-dehydratase catalyzes the first irreversible step in the synthesis of this 3,6-dideoxysugar by converting CDP-D-glucose to CDP-4-keto-6-deoxyglucose via an NAD+ -dependent intramolecular oxidation-reduction reaction. Here, the cloning, protein purification and X-ray crystallographic analysis of CDP-D-glucose 4,6-dehydratase from Salmonella typhi complexed with the substrate analog CDP-D-xylose are described. Each subunit of the tetrameric enzyme folds into two domains. The N-terminal region contains a Rossmann fold and provides the platform for NAD(H) binding. The C-terminal motif is primarily composed of alpha-helices and houses the binding pocket for the CDP portion of the CDP-D-xylose ligand. The xylose moiety extends into the active-site cleft that is located between the two domains. Key residues involved in anchoring the sugar group to the protein include Ser134, Tyr159, Asn197 and Arg208. Strikingly, Ser134 O gamma and Tyr159 O eta sit within 2.9 A of the 4'-hydroxyl group of xylose. Additionally, the side chains of Asp135 and Lys136 are located at 3.5 and 3.2 A, respectively, from C-5 of xylose. In the structurally related dTDP-D-glucose 4,6-dehydratase, the Asp/Lys pair is replaced with an Asp/Glu couple. On the basis of this investigation, it can be speculated that Tyr159 serves as the catalytic base to abstract the 4'-hydroxyl proton from the sugar and that Asp135 and Lys136 play critical roles in the subsequent dehydration step that leads to the final product. << Less

  Acta Crystallogr D Biol Crystallogr 61:365-373(2005) [PubMed] [EuropePMC]