Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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8304331 | Biochimie | 2016 | 30 Pages |
Abstract
Here, we report a detailed catalytic study of the Bacillus subtilis MraY and Thermotoga maritima WecA transferases. Both forward and reverse exchange reactions required the presence of the second substrate, C55P and uridine monophosphate (UMP), respectively. Both enzymes did not display any pyrophosphatase activity on the nucleotide substrate. Moreover, we showed that the nucleotide substrate UDP-MurNAc-pentapeptide, as well as the nucleotide product UMP, can bind to MraY in the absence of lipid ligands. Therefore, our data are in favour of a single displacement mechanism. During this “one-step” mechanism, the oxyanion of the polyprenyl-phosphate attacks the β-phosphate of the nucleotide substrate, leading to the formation of lipid product and the liberation of UMP. The involvement of an invariant aspartyl residue in the deprotonation of the lipid substrate is discussed.
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Authors
Bayan Al-Dabbagh, Samir Olatunji, Muriel Crouvoisier, Meriem El Ghachi, Didier Blanot, Dominique Mengin-Lecreulx, Ahmed Bouhss,