Biology:Rhizobium leguminosarum exopolysaccharide glucosyl ketal-pyruvate-transferase

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Rhizobium leguminosarum exopolysaccharide glucosyl ketal-pyruvate-transferase
Identifiers
EC number2.5.1.98
Databases
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Rhizobium leguminosarum exopolysaccharide glucosyl ketal-pyruvate-transferase (EC 2.5.1.98, PssM) is an enzyme with systematic name phosphoenolpyruvate:(D-GlcA-beta-(1->4)-2-O-Ac-D-GlcA-beta-(1->4)-D-Glc-beta-(1->4)-(3-O-CH3-CH2CH(OH)C(O)-D-Gal-beta-(1->4)-D-Glc-beta-(1->4)-D-Glc-beta-(1->4)-D-Glc-beta-(1->6))-2(or3)-O-Ac-D-Glc-alpha-(1->6))n 4,6-O-(1-carboxyethan-1,1-diyl)transferase .[1] This enzyme catalyses the following chemical reaction

phosphoenolpyruvate + [D-GlcA-beta-(1->4)-2-O-Ac-D-GlcA-beta-(1->4)-D-Glc-beta-(1->4)-[3-O-CH3-CH2CH(OH)C(O)-D-Gal-beta-(1->4)-D-Glc-beta-(1->4)-D-Glc-beta-(1->4)-D-Glc-beta-(1->6)]-2(or3)-O-Ac-D-Glc-alpha-(1->6)]n [math]\displaystyle{ \rightleftharpoons }[/math] [D-GlcA-beta-(1->4)-2-O-Ac-D-GlcA-beta-(1->4)-D-Glc-beta-(1->4)-[3-O-CH3-CH2CH(OH)C(O)-D-Gal-beta-(1->3)-4,6-CH3(COO-)C-D-Glc-beta-(1->4)-D-Glc-beta-(1->4)-D-Glc-beta-(1->6)]-2(or3)-O-Ac-D-Glc-alpha-(1->6)]n + phosphate

The enzyme is responsible for pyruvylation of subterminal glucose in the acidic octasaccharide repeating unit of the exopolysaccharide of Rhizobium leguminosarum.

References

  1. "Mutation in the pssM gene encoding ketal pyruvate transferase leads to disruption of Rhizobium leguminosarum bv. viciae-Pisum sativum symbiosis". Journal of Applied Microbiology 109 (2): 731–42. August 2010. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2672.2010.04702.x. PMID 20233262. 

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