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. 2018 Jun 20;28(8):624–636. doi: 10.1093/glycob/cwy051

Table VI.

Representative structures deposited in the Protein Data Bank of retaining and inverting GT-A fold GTs with salt bridge residues corresponding to GTA/GTB (family GT-6) residues Arg188, Asp211 and Asp302

Reaction stereochemistry Family Example enzyme Donor analog Acceptor analog PDB Arg188 equivalent Asp211 equivalent Asp302 equivalent
Retaining GT-8 α-1,4-galactosyltransferase, LgtCa UDP 2-deoxy-2-fluoro-galactose 4′deoxylactose 1GA8 Arg86 Asp103 Asp188
GT-15 α1,2-mannosyltransferase, Kre2p/Mnt1pb GDP O1-methyl-mannose 1S4P Arg245* Glu247 Asp361
GT-27 polypeptide GalNAc-transferase 2, GalNAc-T2c UDP-N-acetylgalactosamine EA2 peptide 4D0T Arg208 Asp224 Glu334
GT-55 mannosyl-3-phosphoglycerate synthased GDP-α-D-mannose - 2ZU8 Lys145 Asp168 Glu271
GT-64 α-1,4-N-acetylhexosaminyltransferase, EXTL2e UDP [glucuronic acid]β1–3[galactose]β1-O-naphthalenemethanol 1ON8 Arg135 Asp151 Asp245
GT-78 mannosylglycerate synthase, MGSf GDP Malonate ion 2Y4L Lys76 Asp100 Asp192
GT-81 glucosyl-3-phosphoglycerate synthaseg UDP 3-phosphoglyceric acid 4DEC Lys114 Asp134 Glu232
Inverting GT-2 Teichoic acid β-glycosyltransferaseh UDP-N-acetylgalactosamine - 5TZJ Arg75 Asp91 Glu177
GT-7 β1–4-galactosyltransferase-I, β4Gal-T1i UDP [N-acetylglucosamine] β1–6[galactose]β1-4[glucose] 4EEA Arg224 Asp248 Glu313
GT-13 O-linked mannose β1,2-N-acetylglucosaminyltransferase 1, POMGnT1j UDP O-mannosylated peptide 5GGI Tyr372 Glu393 Trp475
GT-43 Glucuronyltransferase, GlcAT-Pk UDP N-acetyllactosamine 1V84 Arg170 Asp195 Gln283

dKawamura et al. to be published.

*Unlike GTA/GTB Arg188 and the corresponding residues of the other GT-A fold GTs, Arg160 in this family 15 enzyme does not reside within an ordered alpha helix, though it appears to play the same or similar role in salt bridge formation.