Application | Comment | Organism |
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drug development | NagA is a potential antitubercular drug target because it represents the key enzymatic step in the generation of essential amino-sugar precursors required for Mtb cell wall biosynthesis and also influences recycling of cell wall peptidoglycan fragments | Mycolicibacterium smegmatis |
drug development | NagA is a potential antitubercular drug target because it represents the key enzymatic step in the generation of essential amino-sugar precursors required for Mtb cell wall biosynthesis and also influences recycling of cell wall peptidoglycan fragments | Mycobacterium marinum |
Cloned (Comment) | Organism |
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recombinant expression of N-terminally His6-tagged wild-type and mutant enzymes in Escherichia coli, coexpression with the Mtb GroES chaperone or pYUB1062 | Mycobacterium marinum |
recombinant expression of N-terminally His6-tagged wild-type and mutant enzymes in Escherichia coli, coexpression with the Mtb GroES chaperone or pYUB1062, or overexpression in Mycobacterium smegmatis | Mycolicibacterium smegmatis |
Crystallization (Comment) | Organism |
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purified recombinant His6-tagged enzyme MSNagA in both ligand-free form and in complex with the N-acetyl-D-glucosamine-6-phosphate substrate, X-ray diffraction structure determination and analysis at 2.6 and 2.0 A resolutions, respectively, molecular replacement | Mycolicibacterium smegmatis |
Protein Variants | Comment | Organism |
---|---|---|
D267A | site-directed mutagenesis, inactive mutant | Mycolicibacterium smegmatis |
D272A | site-directed mutagenesis, inactive mutant | Mycobacterium marinum |
E127A | site-directed mutagenesis, inactive mutant | Mycobacterium marinum |
H139A | site-directed mutagenesis, inactive mutant | Mycobacterium marinum |
H249A | site-directed mutagenesis, inactive mutant | Mycobacterium marinum |
additional information | construction of mutant enzymes mutated to either a QXN motif to replicate the single metal-binding motif found in both the Escherichia coli and Vibrio cholerae NagA enzymes, or to AXA, resulting in highly reduced activity for the QXN mutant and complete loss of activity for the AXA mutant | Mycobacterium marinum |
R225A | site-directed mutagenesis, inactive mutant | Mycobacterium marinum |
Inhibitors | Comment | Organism | Structure |
---|---|---|---|
1,10-phenanthroline | results in unfolding and loss of catalytic activity at 10 mM | Mycolicibacterium smegmatis | |
EDTA | results in unfolding and loss of catalytic activity at 10 mM | Mycolicibacterium smegmatis | |
additional information | after treatment with 10 mM 1,10-phenanthroline or 10 mM EDTA, resulting in unfolding and loss of catalytic activity, the activity cannot be restored by addition of ZnCl2 to the metal-free enzyme, indicating that the metal ions are tightly coordinated in the active site and have an essential structural role in mycobacterial NagA enzymes | Mycolicibacterium smegmatis |
KM Value [mM] | KM Value Maximum [mM] | Substrate | Comment | Organism | Structure |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
additional information | - |
additional information | Michaelis-Menten kinetics | Mycolicibacterium smegmatis | |
additional information | - |
additional information | Michaelis-Menten kinetics | Mycobacterium marinum | |
3 | - |
N-acetyl-D-glucosamine-6-phosphate | pH 7.0, 37°C, recombinant His6-tagged enzyme | Mycobacterium marinum | |
3.2 | - |
N-acetyl-D-glucosamine-6-phosphate | pH 7.0, 37°C, recombinant His6-tagged wild-type enzyme expressed from Mycobacterium smegmatis | Mycolicibacterium smegmatis | |
5.2 | - |
N-acetyl-D-glucosamine-6-phosphate | pH 7.0, 37°C, recombinant wild-type His6-tagged enzyme expressed from Escherichia coli | Mycolicibacterium smegmatis | |
19.1 | - |
N-acetyl-D-mannosamine-6-phosphate | pH 7.0, 37°C, recombinant His6-tagged wild-type enzyme expressed from Mycobacterium smegmatis | Mycolicibacterium smegmatis | |
19.3 | - |
N-acetyl-D-mannosamine-6-phosphate | pH 7.0, 37°C, recombinant His6-tagged enzyme | Mycobacterium marinum | |
20.9 | - |
N-acetyl-D-glucosamine-6-sulfate | pH 7.0, 37°C, recombinant His6-tagged enzyme | Mycobacterium marinum | |
21.4 | - |
N-acetyl-D-glucosamine-6-sulfate | pH 7.0, 37°C, recombinant His6-tagged wild-type enzyme expressed from Mycobacterium smegmatis | Mycolicibacterium smegmatis | |
118.5 | - |
N-acetyl-D-galactosamine-6-phosphate | pH 7.0, 37°C, recombinant His6-tagged wild-type enzyme expressed from Mycobacterium smegmatis | Mycolicibacterium smegmatis | |
145.4 | - |
N-acetyl-D-galactosamine-6-phosphate | pH 7.0, 37°C, recombinant His6-tagged enzyme | Mycobacterium marinum |
Metals/Ions | Comment | Organism | Structure |
---|---|---|---|
1,10-phenanthroline | results in unfolding and loss of catalytic activity at 10 mM | Mycobacterium marinum | |
EDTA | results in unfolding and loss of catalytic activity at 10 mM | Mycobacterium marinum | |
Fe2+ | the protein contains predominantly more zinc in a 12:1 zinc:iron ratio | Mycolicibacterium smegmatis | |
additional information | after treatment with 10 mM 1,10-phenanthroline or 10 mM EDTA, resulting in unfolding and loss of catalytic activity, the activity cannot be restored by addition of ZnCl2 to the metal-free enzyme, indicating that the metal ions are tightly coordinated in the active site and have an essential structural role in mycobacterial NagA enzymes | Mycobacterium marinum | |
additional information | structure of the metal-binding site in MSNagA, overview | Mycolicibacterium smegmatis | |
Zn2+ | the protein contains predominantly more zinc in a 12:1 zinc:iron ratio | Mycolicibacterium smegmatis |
Natural Substrates | Organism | Comment (Nat. Sub.) | Natural Products | Comment (Nat. Pro.) | Rev. | Reac. |
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N-acetyl-D-glucosamine-6-phosphate + H2O | Mycolicibacterium smegmatis | - |
D-glucosamine 6-phosphate + acetate | - |
? | |
N-acetyl-D-glucosamine-6-phosphate + H2O | Mycobacterium marinum | - |
D-glucosamine 6-phosphate + acetate | - |
? |
Organism | UniProt | Comment | Textmining |
---|---|---|---|
Mycobacterium marinum | A0A3E2N0G4 | - |
- |
Mycolicibacterium smegmatis | A0A8B4QF55 | - |
- |
Purification (Comment) | Organism |
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recombinant His6-tagged wild-type and mutant enzymes from Escherichia coli by cobalt affinity and anion exchange chromatography, followed by gel filtration | Mycolicibacterium smegmatis |
recombinant His6-tagged wild-type and mutant enzymes from Escherichia coli by cobalt affinity and anion exchange chromatography, followed by gel filtration | Mycobacterium marinum |
Substrates | Comment Substrates | Organism | Products | Comment (Products) | Rev. | Reac. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
additional information | no catalytic activity toward GlcNAc, GlcNGc6P, and MurNAc6P | Mycobacterium marinum | ? | - |
? | |
additional information | no catalytic activity toward N-acetyl-D-glucosamine | Mycolicibacterium smegmatis | ? | - |
? | |
N-acetyl-D-galactosamine-6-phosphate + H2O | very low activity | Mycobacterium marinum | D-galactosamine 6-phosphate + acetate | - |
? | |
N-acetyl-D-galactosamine-6-phosphate + H2O | low activity | Mycolicibacterium smegmatis | D-galactosamine 6-phosphate + acetate | - |
? | |
N-acetyl-D-glucosamine-6-phosphate + H2O | - |
Mycolicibacterium smegmatis | D-glucosamine 6-phosphate + acetate | - |
? | |
N-acetyl-D-glucosamine-6-phosphate + H2O | - |
Mycobacterium marinum | D-glucosamine 6-phosphate + acetate | - |
? | |
N-acetyl-D-glucosamine-6-phosphate + H2O | preferred substrate | Mycobacterium marinum | D-glucosamine 6-phosphate + acetate | - |
? | |
N-acetyl-D-glucosamine-6-phosphate + H2O | preferred substrate, structure of the GlcNAc6P substrate-binding site in MSNagA, overview | Mycolicibacterium smegmatis | D-glucosamine 6-phosphate + acetate | - |
? | |
N-acetyl-D-glucosamine-6-sulfate + H2O | - |
Mycolicibacterium smegmatis | D-glucosamine 6-sulfate + acetate | - |
? | |
N-acetyl-D-glucosamine-6-sulfate + H2O | - |
Mycobacterium marinum | D-glucosamine 6-sulfate + acetate | - |
? | |
N-acetyl-D-glucosamine-6-sulfate + H2O | low activity | Mycobacterium marinum | D-glucosamine 6-sulfate + acetate | - |
? | |
N-acetyl-D-mannosamine-6-phosphate + H2O | low activity | Mycolicibacterium smegmatis | D-mannosamine 6-phosphate + acetate | - |
? | |
N-acetyl-D-mannosamine-6-phosphate + H2O | low activity | Mycobacterium marinum | D-mannosamine 6-phosphate + acetate | - |
? |
Subunits | Comment | Organism |
---|---|---|
More | enzyme structure comparisons, overview | Mycolicibacterium smegmatis |
Synonyms | Comment | Organism |
---|---|---|
MMNagA | - |
Mycobacterium marinum |
MSNagA | - |
Mycolicibacterium smegmatis |
Temperature Optimum [°C] | Temperature Optimum Maximum [°C] | Comment | Organism |
---|---|---|---|
37 | - |
assay at | Mycolicibacterium smegmatis |
37 | - |
assay at | Mycobacterium marinum |
Turnover Number Minimum [1/s] | Turnover Number Maximum [1/s] | Substrate | Comment | Organism | Structure |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
3 | 6 | N-acetyl-D-glucosamine-6-sulfate | pH 7.0, 37°C, recombinant His6-tagged enzyme | Mycobacterium marinum | |
5.4 | - |
N-acetyl-D-galactosamine-6-phosphate | pH 7.0, 37°C, recombinant His6-tagged enzyme | Mycobacterium marinum | |
18.2 | - |
N-acetyl-D-mannosamine-6-phosphate | pH 7.0, 37°C, recombinant His6-tagged enzyme | Mycobacterium marinum | |
20.7 | - |
N-acetyl-D-glucosamine-6-phosphate | pH 7.0, 37°C, recombinant His6-tagged wild-type enzyme expressed from Escherichia coli | Mycolicibacterium smegmatis | |
31.1 | - |
N-acetyl-D-galactosamine-6-phosphate | pH 7.0, 37°C, recombinant His6-tagged wild-type enzyme expressed from Mycobacterium smegmatis | Mycolicibacterium smegmatis | |
33.2 | - |
N-acetyl-D-glucosamine-6-sulfate | pH 7.0, 37°C, recombinant His6-tagged wild-type enzyme expressed from Mycobacterium smegmatis | Mycolicibacterium smegmatis | |
36.8 | - |
N-acetyl-D-glucosamine-6-phosphate | pH 7.0, 37°C, recombinant His6-tagged enzyme | Mycobacterium marinum | |
70.6 | - |
N-acetyl-D-mannosamine-6-phosphate | pH 7.0, 37°C, recombinant His6-tagged wild-type enzyme expressed from Mycobacterium smegmatis | Mycolicibacterium smegmatis | |
91.1 | - |
N-acetyl-D-glucosamine-6-phosphate | pH 7.0, 37°C, recombinant His6-tagged wild-type enzyme expressed from Mycobacterium smegmatis | Mycolicibacterium smegmatis |
pH Optimum Minimum | pH Optimum Maximum | Comment | Organism |
---|---|---|---|
7 | - |
assay at | Mycolicibacterium smegmatis |
7 | - |
assay at | Mycobacterium marinum |
pH Minimum | pH Maximum | Comment | Organism |
---|---|---|---|
additional information | - |
pH profile | Mycolicibacterium smegmatis |
additional information | - |
pH profile | Mycobacterium marinum |
General Information | Comment | Organism |
---|---|---|
metabolism | the enzyme NagA catalyzes a metabolic step that connects the glycolysis pathway with the peptidoglycan biosynthesis and the synthesis of cell wall macromolecules, overview | Mycolicibacterium smegmatis |
metabolism | the enzyme NagA catalyzes a metabolic step that connects the glycolysis pathway with the peptidoglycan biosynthesis and the synthesis of cell wall macromolecules, overview | Mycobacterium marinum |
additional information | the GlcNAc6P complex structure discloses the precise mode of GlcNAc6P binding and the structural framework of the active site, including two divalent metals located in the alpha/beta binuclear site. Enzyme structure comparisons, overview | Mycolicibacterium smegmatis |
kcat/KM Value [1/mMs-1] | kcat/KM Value Maximum [1/mMs-1] | Substrate | Comment | Organism | Structure |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
0.037 | - |
N-acetyl-D-galactosamine-6-phosphate | pH 7.0, 37°C, recombinant His6-tagged enzyme | Mycobacterium marinum | |
0.26 | - |
N-acetyl-D-galactosamine-6-phosphate | pH 7.0, 37°C, recombinant His6-tagged wild-type enzyme expressed from Mycobacterium smegmatis | Mycolicibacterium smegmatis | |
0.943 | - |
N-acetyl-D-mannosamine-6-phosphate | pH 7.0, 37°C, recombinant His6-tagged enzyme | Mycobacterium marinum | |
1.55 | - |
N-acetyl-D-glucosamine-6-sulfate | pH 7.0, 37°C, recombinant His6-tagged wild-type enzyme expressed from Mycobacterium smegmatis | Mycolicibacterium smegmatis | |
1.72 | - |
N-acetyl-D-glucosamine-6-sulfate | pH 7.0, 37°C, recombinant His6-tagged enzyme | Mycobacterium marinum | |
3.7 | - |
N-acetyl-D-mannosamine-6-phosphate | pH 7.0, 37°C, recombinant His6-tagged wild-type enzyme expressed from Mycobacterium smegmatis | Mycolicibacterium smegmatis | |
3.98 | - |
N-acetyl-D-glucosamine-6-phosphate | pH 7.0, 37°C, recombinant His6-tagged wild-type enzyme expressed from Escherichia coli | Mycolicibacterium smegmatis | |
12.27 | - |
N-acetyl-D-glucosamine-6-phosphate | pH 7.0, 37°C, recombinant His6-tagged enzyme | Mycobacterium marinum | |
28.47 | - |
N-acetyl-D-glucosamine-6-phosphate | pH 7.0, 37°C, recombinant His6-tagged wild-type enzyme expressed from Mycobacterium smegmatis | Mycolicibacterium smegmatis |