1QKJ

T4 Phage B-Glucosyltransferase, Substrate Binding and Proposed Catalytic Mechanism


Experimental Data Snapshot

  • Method: X-RAY DIFFRACTION
  • Resolution: 2.30 Å
  • R-Value Free: 0.290 
  • R-Value Work: 0.190 
  • R-Value Observed: 0.190 

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Literature

T4 Phage Beta-Glucosyltransferase: Substrate Binding and Proposed Catalytic Mechanism

Morera, S.Imberty, A.Aschke-Sonnenborn, U.Ruger, W.Freemont, P.S.

(1999) J Mol Biol 292: 717-730

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1006/jmbi.1999.3094
  • Primary Citation of Related Structures:  
    1C3J, 1QKJ

  • PubMed Abstract: 

    beta-Glucosyltransferase (BGT) is a DNA-modifying enzyme encoded by bacteriophage T4 which catalyses the transfer of glucose (Glc) from uridine diphosphoglucose (UDP-Glc) to 5-hydroxymethylcytosine (5-HMC) in double-stranded DNA. The glucosylation of T4 phage DNA is part of a phage DNA protection system aimed at host nucleases. We previously reported the first three-dimensional structure of BGT determined from crystals grown in ammonium sulphate containing UDP-Glc. In this previous structure, we did not observe electron density for the Glc moiety of UDP-Glc nor for two large surface loop regions (residues 68-76 and 109-122). Here we report two further BGT co-crystal structures, in the presence of UDP product (form I) and donor substrate UDP-Glc (form II), respectively. Form I crystals are grown in ammonium sulphate and the structure has been determined to 1.88 A resolution (R -factor 19.1 %). Form II crystals are grown in polyethyleneglycol 4000 and the structure has been solved to 2.3 A resolution (R -factor 19.8 %). The form I structure is isomorphous to our previous BGT UDP-Glc structure. The form II structure, however, has allowed us to model the two missing surface loop regions and thus provides the first complete structural description of BGT. In this low-salt crystal form, we see no electron density for the Glc moiety from UDP-Glc similar to previous observations. Biochemical data however, shows that BGT can cleave UDP-Glc in the absence of DNA acceptor, which probably accounts for the absence of Glc in our UDP-Glc substrate structures. The complete BGT structure now provides a basis for detailed modelling of a BGT HMC-DNA ternary complex. By using the structural similarity between the catalytic core of glycogen phosphorylase (GP) and BGT, we have modelled the position of the Glc moiety in UDP-Glc. From these two models, we propose a catalytic mechanism for BGT and identify residues involved in both DNA binding and in stabilizing a "flipped-out" 5-HMC nucleotide.


  • Organizational Affiliation

    Molecular Structure and Function Laboratory, Imperial Cancer Research Fund, 44 Lincoln's Inn Field, London, WC2A 3PX, UK.


Macromolecules
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Entity ID: 1
MoleculeChains Sequence LengthOrganismDetailsImage
BETA-GLUCOSYLTRANSFERASE351Tequatrovirus T4Mutation(s): 0 
EC: 2.4.1.27
UniProt
Find proteins for P04547 (Enterobacteria phage T4)
Explore P04547 
Go to UniProtKB:  P04547
Entity Groups  
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UniProt GroupP04547
Sequence Annotations
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  • Reference Sequence
Small Molecules
Ligands 1 Unique
IDChains Name / Formula / InChI Key2D Diagram3D Interactions
UDP
Query on UDP

Download Ideal Coordinates CCD File 
B [auth A]URIDINE-5'-DIPHOSPHATE
C9 H14 N2 O12 P2
XCCTYIAWTASOJW-XVFCMESISA-N
Experimental Data & Validation

Experimental Data

  • Method: X-RAY DIFFRACTION
  • Resolution: 2.30 Å
  • R-Value Free: 0.290 
  • R-Value Work: 0.190 
  • R-Value Observed: 0.190 
  • Space Group: P 21 21 21
Unit Cell:
Length ( Å )Angle ( ˚ )
a = 69.46α = 90
b = 102.47β = 90
c = 59.42γ = 90
Software Package:
Software NamePurpose
X-PLORrefinement
X-PLORphasing

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Entry History 

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Revision History  (Full details and data files)

  • Version 1.0: 1999-07-28
    Type: Initial release
  • Version 1.1: 2011-05-08
    Changes: Version format compliance
  • Version 1.2: 2011-07-13
    Changes: Version format compliance
  • Version 1.3: 2018-06-13
    Changes: Data collection, Database references, Structure summary
  • Version 1.4: 2023-12-13
    Changes: Data collection, Database references, Derived calculations, Other, Refinement description