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type Journal Article
authors Brown HA, Vinogradov E, Gilbert M, Holden HM
title The Mycobacterium tuberculosis Complex has a Pathway for the Biosynthesis of 4-Formamido-4,6-Dideoxy-D-Glucose
journal Protein Science
Activity 2.6.1.33
Family 2.6.1.33.b
sel selected
ui 29761597
year (2018)
volume 27
number 8
pages 1491-1497
 
keywords aminotransferase, dTDP-4-amino-4,6-dideoxy-D-glucose, Mycobacterium tuberculosis, pyridoxal 5'-phosphate, Rv3402c.
abstract Recent studies have demonstrated that the O-antigens of some pathogenic bacteria such as Brucella abortus, Francisella tularensis, and Campylobacter jejuni contain quite unusual N-formylated sugars (3-formamido-3,6-dideoxy-d- glucose or 4-formamido-4,6-dideoxy-d-glucose). Typically, four enzymes are required for the formation of such sugars: a thymidylyltransferase, a 4,6- dehydratase, a pyridoxal 5'-phosphate or PLP-dependent aminotransferase, and an N-formyltransferase. To date, there have been no published reports of N- formylated sugars associated with Mycobacterium tuberculosis. A recent investigation from our laboratories, however, has demonstrated that one gene product from M. tuberculosis, Rv3404c, functions as a sugar N- formyltransferase. Given that M. tuberculosis produces l-rhamnose, both a thymidylyltransferase (Rv0334) and a 4,6-dehydratase (Rv3464) required for its formation have been identified. Thus, there is one remaining enzyme needed for the production of an N-formylated sugar in M. tuberculosis, namely a PLP-dependent aminotransferase. Here we demonstrate that the M. tuberculosis rv3402c gene encodes such an enzyme. Our data prove that M. tuberculosis contains all of the enzymatic activities required for the formation of dTDP-4-formamido-4,6-dideoxy-d-glucose. Indeed, the rv3402c gene product likely contributes to virulence or persistence during infection, though its temporal expression and location remain to be determined.
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