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  • Larkin, A.; Imperiali, B.
    Biosynthesis of UDP-GlcNAc(3NAc)A by WbpB, WbpE, and WbpD: enzymes in the Wbp pathway responsible for O-antigen assembly in Pseudomonas aeruginosa PAO1 (2009), Biochemistry, 48, 5446-5455.
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Cloned(Commentary)

Cloned (Comment) Organism
gene wpbE, overexpression of N-terminally T7- and C-terminally His6-tagged WpbE in Escherichia coli strain BL21-CodonPlus(DE3)RIL Pseudomonas aeruginosa

Natural Substrates/ Products (Substrates)

Natural Substrates Organism Comment (Nat. Sub.) Natural Products Comment (Nat. Pro.) Rev. Reac.
UDP-2-acetamido-3-amino-2,3-dideoxy-alpha-D-glucuronate + 2-oxoglutarate Pseudomonas aeruginosa
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UDP-2-acetamido-2-deoxy-alpha-D-ribo-hex-3-uluronate + L-glutamate
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Organism

Organism UniProt Comment Textmining
Pseudomonas aeruginosa
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gene wbpE
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Purification (Commentary)

Purification (Comment) Organism
recombinant His-tagged WpbE from Escherichia coli strain BL21-CodonPlus(DE3)RIL by nickel affinity chromatography Pseudomonas aeruginosa

Substrates and Products (Substrate)

Substrates Comment Substrates Organism Products Comment (Products) Rev. Reac.
additional information WbpB and WbpE are a dehydrogenase/aminotransferase pair that converts UDP-N-acetyl-D-glucosaminuronate, UDP-GlcNAcA, to UDP-2-acetamido-3-amino-2,3-dideoxy-D-glucuronate, UDP-GlcNAc(3NH2)A, in a coupled reaction via a unique NAD+ recycling pathway, large-scale coupled reaction WpbB/WpbE, overview. WbpA, WbpB, WbpE, WbpD and WbpI can be combined in vitro to generate UDP-ManNAc(3NAc)A in a single reaction vessel. Addition of 0.2 mM NAD+, for WbpB, and 0.1 mM pyridoxal 5'-phosphate, for WbpE, to the reaction mixture aids in achieving complete turnover of substrate, which implies that the heterologously expressed proteins are not saturated with cofactor due to the limiting intracellular levels of both NAD+ and pyridoxal 5'-phosphate in Escherichia coli. WbpB/WbpE substrate specificity, overview Pseudomonas aeruginosa ?
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UDP-2-acetamido-3-amino-2,3-dideoxy-alpha-D-glucuronate + 2-oxoglutarate
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Pseudomonas aeruginosa UDP-2-acetamido-2-deoxy-alpha-D-ribo-hex-3-uluronate + L-glutamate
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Synonyms

Synonyms Comment Organism
aminotransferase WbpE
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Pseudomonas aeruginosa
WbpE
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Pseudomonas aeruginosa

Temperature Optimum [°C]

Temperature Optimum [°C] Temperature Optimum Maximum [°C] Comment Organism
30
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assay at Pseudomonas aeruginosa

pH Optimum

pH Optimum Minimum pH Optimum Maximum Comment Organism
7 8 assay at Pseudomonas aeruginosa

Cofactor

Cofactor Comment Organism Structure
pyridoxal 5'-phosphate
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Pseudomonas aeruginosa

General Information

General Information Comment Organism
metabolism the biosynthetic pathway begins with WbpA, catalyzing the C6-oxidation of UDP-GlcNAc to give the corresponding UDP-N-acetyl-D-glucosaminuronic acid. The C3-dehydrogenase WbpB, aminotransferase WbpE, and acetyltransferase WbpD sequentially convert UDP-GlcNAcA into UDP-2,3-diacetamido-2,3-dideoxy-D-glucuronic acid. Finally, the C2-epimerase WbpI modifies UDP-GlcNAc(3NAc)A to give the final UDP-ManNAc(3NAc)A Pseudomonas aeruginosa