The accepted name varies according to the source of the enzyme and the nature of its synthetic product, e.g. starch synthase, bacterial glycogen synthase. Similar to EC 2.4.1.11 [glycogen(starch) synthase] but the preferred or mandatory nucleoside diphosphate sugar substrate is ADP-alpha-D-glucose. The entry covers starch and glycogen synthases utilizing ADP-alpha-D-glucose.
The accepted name varies according to the source of the enzyme and the nature of its synthetic product, e.g. starch synthase, bacterial glycogen synthase. Similar to EC 2.4.1.11 [glycogen(starch) synthase] but the preferred or mandatory nucleoside diphosphate sugar substrate is ADP-alpha-D-glucose. The entry covers starch and glycogen synthases utilizing ADP-alpha-D-glucose.
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CRYSTALLIZATION (Commentary)
ORGANISM
UNIPROT
LITERATURE
cocrystallization of the inactive glycogen synthase mutant E377A with substrate ADPGlc and cocrystallization of wild-type glycogen synthase with substrate ADPGlc and the glucan acceptor mimic 4-(2-hydroxyethyl)piperazine-1-(2-hydroxypropane)sulfonic acid, i.e. HEPPSO produces a closed form of glycogen synthase and suggests that domain-domain closure accompanies glycogen synthesis. Four bound oligosaccharides are observed, G6a in the interdomain cleft and G6b, G6c, and G6d on the N-terminal domain surface. Extending from the center of the enzyme to the interdomain cleft opening, G6a mostly interacts with the highly conserved N-terminal domain residues lining the cleft of glycogen synthase. The surface-bound oligosaccharides G6c and G6d have less interaction with enzyme and exhibit a more curled, helixlike structural arrangement
structure of the wild-type enzyme bound to ADP and glucose reveals a 15.2° overall domain-domain closure. The main chain carbonyl group of His-161, Arg-300, and Lys-305 are suggested to act as critical catalytic residues in the transglycosylation. Glu-377 is found on the-face of the glucose and plays an electrostatic role in the active site and as a glucose ring locator. In the mutant E377A-ADP-4-(2-hydroxyethyl)piperazine-1-(2-hydroxypropane)sulfonic acid complex the glucose moiety is either absent or disordered in the active site
exhibits comparable specific activity and apparent affinity for ADP-Glc to wild-type. Use as alternative in crystallization trials to avoid aggregation
crystallization data, in the mutant E377A-ADP-4-(2-hydroxyethyl)piperazine-1-(2-hydroxypropane)sulfonic acid complex the glucose moiety is either absent or disordered in the active site