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Structure of a full-length bacterial polysaccharide co-polymerase
Stockholm University, Faculty of Science, Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics.ORCID iD: 0000-0002-2994-5839
Stockholm University, Faculty of Science, Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics.
Stockholm University, Faculty of Science, Department of Organic Chemistry.ORCID iD: 0000-0001-8303-4481
Stockholm University, Faculty of Science, Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics.ORCID iD: 0000-0001-5574-9383
Number of Authors: 42021 (English)In: Nature Communications, E-ISSN 2041-1723, Vol. 12, no 1, article id 369Article in journal (Refereed) Published
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Lipopolysaccharides are important components of the bacterial cell envelope that among other things act as a protective barrier against the environment and toxic molecules such as antibiotics. One of the most widely disseminated pathways of polysaccharide biosynthesis is the inner membrane bound Wzy-dependent pathway. Here we present the 3.0 Å structure of the co-polymerase component of this pathway, WzzB from E. coli solved by single-particle cryo-electron microscopy. The overall architecture is octameric and resembles a box jellyfish containing a large bell-shaped periplasmic domain with the 2-helix transmembrane domain from each protomer, positioned 32 Å apart, encircling a large empty transmembrane chamber. This structure also reveals the architecture of the transmembrane domain, including the location of key residues for the Wzz-family of proteins and the Wzy-dependent pathway present in many Gram-negative bacteria, explaining several of the previous biochemical and mutational studies and lays the foundation for future investigations.

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2021. Vol. 12, no 1, article id 369
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URN: urn:nbn:se:su:diva-191703DOI: 10.1038/s41467-020-20579-1ISI: 000610677200005PubMedID: 33446644OAI: oai:DiVA.org:su-191703DiVA, id: diva2:1541295
Available from: 2021-03-31 Created: 2021-03-31 Last updated: 2023-03-28Bibliographically approved

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