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  • Geeganage, S.; Frey, P.A.
    Transient kinetics of formation and reaction of the uridylyl-enzyme form of galactose-1-P uridylyltransferase and its Q168R-variant: insight into the molecular basis of galactosemia (1998), Biochemistry, 37, 14500-14507.
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Cloned(Commentary)

Cloned (Comment) Organism
overexpression of mutants Q168N and Q168R in strain Bl21(DE3) Escherichia coli

Protein Variants

Protein Variants Comment Organism
Q168N site-directed mutagenesis, 50fold reduced activity compared to wild-type, 40fold decreased kcat Escherichia coli
Q168R site-directed mutagenesis, 270000fold reduced activity compared to wild-type, i.e. nearly no remaining activity, mutant active sites can be uridylated by 65%, with very slow deuridylylation, compared to 100% for the wild-type, reduced metal content Escherichia coli

KM Value [mM]

KM Value [mM] KM Value Maximum [mM] Substrate Comment Organism Structure
additional information
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additional information kinetics Escherichia coli
additional information
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additional information kinetics at 4°C, wild-type and mutants Escherichia coli
additional information
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additional information wild-type and mutants in the 2-step reaction Escherichia coli

Metals/Ions

Metals/Ions Comment Organism Structure
Fe2+ required Escherichia coli
Fe2+ contains 0.67 mol per mol of wild-type enzyme subunit, 0.44 mol per mol of mutant Q168R subunit Escherichia coli
Zn2+ required Escherichia coli
Zn2+ 1.2 mol tightly bound per mol of subunit Escherichia coli
Zn2+ 0.91 mol per mol of mutant Q168R subunit Escherichia coli

Natural Substrates/ Products (Substrates)

Natural Substrates Organism Comment (Nat. Sub.) Natural Products Comment (Nat. Pro.) Rev. Reac.
UDP-glucose + alpha-D-galactose 1-phosphate Escherichia coli involved in conversion of galactose into alpha-D-glucose 1-phosphate, Leloir pathway alpha-D-glucose 1-phosphate + UDP-galactose
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r

Organism

Organism UniProt Comment Textmining
Escherichia coli
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Purification (Commentary)

Purification (Comment) Organism
recombinant from overexpressing strain BL21(DE3) Escherichia coli
recombinant wild-type and mutants Q168R and Q168N Escherichia coli

Reaction

Reaction Comment Organism Reaction ID
UDP-alpha-D-glucose + alpha-D-galactose 1-phosphate = alpha-D-glucose 1-phosphate + UDP-alpha-D-galactose Gln168 engages hydrogen bonding with the phosphoryl oxygen of the UMP moiety in the covalently formed reaction intermediate UMP-enzyme, UMP is bound to His166 Escherichia coli

Specific Activity [micromol/min/mg]

Specific Activity Minimum [µmol/min/mg] Specific Activity Maximum [µmol/min/mg] Comment Organism
0.00066
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purified recombinant mutant Q168R Escherichia coli
3.4
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purified recombinant mutant Q168N Escherichia coli
180
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purified recombinant wild-type enzyme Escherichia coli

Substrates and Products (Substrate)

Substrates Comment Substrates Organism Products Comment (Products) Rev. Reac.
UDP-glucose + alpha-D-galactose 1-phosphate formation of a covalent uridylyl-enzyme intermediate, i.e. UMP-enzyme Escherichia coli alpha-D-glucose 1-phosphate + UDP-galactose
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r
UDP-glucose + alpha-D-galactose 1-phosphate involved in conversion of galactose into alpha-D-glucose 1-phosphate, Leloir pathway Escherichia coli alpha-D-glucose 1-phosphate + UDP-galactose
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r

Temperature Optimum [°C]

Temperature Optimum [°C] Temperature Optimum Maximum [°C] Comment Organism
27
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assay at Escherichia coli

Turnover Number [1/s]

Turnover Number Minimum [1/s] Turnover Number Maximum [1/s] Substrate Comment Organism Structure
additional information
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additional information
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Escherichia coli
281
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alpha-D-galactose 1-phosphate recombinant wild-type, pH 8.5, 4°C Escherichia coli
780
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alpha-D-galactose 1-phosphate recombinant wild-type, forward reaction, pH 8.5, 27°C Escherichia coli

pH Optimum

pH Optimum Minimum pH Optimum Maximum Comment Organism
8.5
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assay at Escherichia coli