APPLICATION OF NMR TO THE STUDY OF XYLOSE SYNTHASES

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University Of Georgia, Athens GA

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Abstract

This subproject is one of many research subprojects utilizing the resources provided by a Center grant funded by NIH/NCRR. The subproject and investigator (PI) may have received primary funding from another NIH source, and thus could be represented in other CRISP entries. The institution listed is for the Center, which is not necessarily the institution for the investigator. The enzymes involved in converting UDP-GlcA to other UDP-sugars are well described in eukaryotes, but less is known in prokaryotes. Here we identify and characterize a gene (RsU4kpxs) from Ralstonia solanacearum str. GMI1000, which encodes a dual-function enzyme, UDP-4-keto-pentose/UDP-xylose synthase (UXS). One activity is to decarboxylate UDP-glucuronic acid to UDP-[unreadable]-L-threo-pentopyranosyl-4"-ulose (UDP-4-keto-pentose) in the presence of NAD+. The second converts UDP-4-keto-pentose and NADH to UDP-xylose and NAD+, albeit at a lower rate. The identification of the R. solanacearum enzyme enables us to propose that the ancestral UXS (as well as UDP-apiose synthase or UAXS) diverged into two distinct enzymatic activities in early bacteria. This separation gave rise to the current Uxs in animal, fungus and plant as well as to the plant Uaxs homologs.

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