The production and utilization of GDP-glucose in the biosynthesis of trehalose 6-phosphate by Streptomyces venezuelae

Asencion Diez, Matias D., Miah, Farzana, Stevenson, Clare E. M., Lawson, David M., Iglesias, Alberto A. and Bornemann, Stephen (2017) The production and utilization of GDP-glucose in the biosynthesis of trehalose 6-phosphate by Streptomyces venezuelae. Journal of Biological Chemistry, 292 (3). pp. 945-954. ISSN 0021-9258

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Abstract

Trehalose-6-phosphate synthase OtsA from streptomycetes is unusual in that it uses GDP-glucose as the donor substrate rather than the more commonly used UDP-glucose. We now confirm that OtsA from Streptomyces venezuelae has such a preference for GDP-glucose and can utilize ADP-glucose to some extent too. A crystal structure of the enzyme shows that it shares twin Rossmann-like domains with the UDP-glucose-specific OtsA from Escherichia coli. However, it is structurally more similar to Streptomyces hygroscopicus VldE, a GDP-valienol-dependent pseudoglycosyltransferase enzyme. Comparison of the donor binding sites reveals that the amino acids associated with the binding of diphosphoribose are almost all identical in these three enzymes. By contrast, the amino acids associated with binding guanine in VldE (Asn, Thr, and Val) are similar in S. venezuelae OtsA (Asp, Ser, and Phe, respectively) but not conserved in E. coli OtsA (His, Leu, and Asp, respectively), providing a rationale for the purine base specificity of S. venezuelae OtsA. To establish which donor is used in vivo, we generated an otsA null mutant in S. venezuelae. The mutant had a cell density-dependent growth phenotype and accumulated galactose 1-phosphate, glucose 1-phosphate, and GDP-glucose when grown on galactose. To determine how the GDP-glucose is generated, we characterized three candidate GDP-glucose pyrophosphorylases. SVEN_3027 is a UDP-glucose pyrophosphorylase, SVEN_ 3972 is an unusual ITP-mannose pyrophosphorylase, and SVEN_2781 is a pyrophosphorylase that is capable of generating GDP-glucose as well as GDP-mannose. We have therefore established how S. venezuelae can make and utilize GDP-glucose in the biosynthesis of trehalose 6-phosphate.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	mycobacterium-tuberculosis,enzymatic-synthesis,coelicolor a3(2),alpha-glucan,macromolecular crystallography,mannose pyrophosphorylase,carbohydrate-metabolism,structure validation,diphosphate-glucose,molecular-graphics,sdg 3 - good health and well-being ,/dk/atira/pure/sustainabledevelopmentgoals/good_health_and_well_being
Depositing User:	LivePure Connector
Date Deposited:	30 Oct 2020 01:05
Last Modified:	22 Oct 2022 07:22
URI:	https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/77476
DOI:	10.1074/jbc.M116.758664

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