(KDO)-lipid_IVA_3-deoxy-D-manno-octulosonic_acid_transferase

(KDO)-lipid IVA 3-deoxy-D-manno-octulosonic acid transferase

(KDO)-lipid IVA 3-deoxy-D-manno-octulosonic acid transferase

Class of enzymes

(KDO)-lipid IVA 3-deoxy-D-manno-octulosonic acid transferase (EC 2.4.99.13, KDO transferase, waaA (gene), kdtA (gene), Kdo transferase, 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)-lipid IVA 3-deoxy-D-manno-oct-2-ulosonate transferase.[1][2] This enzyme catalyses the following chemical reaction

alpha-Kdo-(2->6)-lipid IVA + CMP-alpha-Kdo alpha-Kdo-(2->4)-alpha-Kdo-(2->6)-lipid IVA + CMP
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The bifunctional enzyme from Escherichia coli transfers two 3-deoxy-D-manno-oct-2-ulosonate residues to lipid IVA.

See also

  • EC 2.4.99.12, lipid IVA 3-deoxy-D-manno-octulosonic acid transferase

References

  1. [1]
    Belunis CJ, Raetz CR (May 1992). "Biosynthesis of endotoxins. Purification and catalytic properties of 3-deoxy-D-manno-octulosonic acid transferase from Escherichia coli". The Journal of Biological Chemistry. 267 (14): 9988–97. PMID 1577828.
  2. [2]
    Löbau S, Mamat U, Brabetz W, Brade H (November 1995). "Molecular cloning, sequence analysis, and functional characterization of the lipopolysaccharide biosynthetic gene kdtA encoding 3-deoxy-alpha-D-manno-octulosonic acid transferase of Chlamydia pneumoniae strain TW-183". Molecular Microbiology. 18 (3): 391–9. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2958.1995.mmi_18030391.x. PMID 8748024.
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