Visualizing the Reaction Coordinate of an O-Glcnac Hydrolase
He, Y., Macauley, M.S., Stubbs, K.A., Vocadlo, D.J., Davies, G.J.(2010) J Am Chem Soc 132: 1807
- PubMed: 20067256 
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1021/ja9086769
- Primary Citation of Related Structures:  
2WZH, 2WZI, 2X0H - PubMed Abstract: 
N-Acetylglucosamine beta-O-linked to serine and threonine residues of nucleocytoplasmic proteins (O-GlcNAc) has been linked to neurodegeneration, cellular stress response, and transcriptional regulation. Removal of O-GlcNAc is catalyzed by O-GlcNAcase (OGA) using a substrate-assisted catalytic mechanism. Here we define the reaction coordinate using chemical approaches and directly observe both a Michaelis complex and the oxazoline intermediate.
Organizational Affiliation: 
York Structural Biology laboratory, Department of Chemistry, The University of York, YO10 5YW, UK.