Department of Biochemistry, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 53706, USA.
Curr Opin Biotechnol. 2011 Dec;22(6):800-8. doi: 10.1016/j.copbio.2011.04.013. Epub 2011 May 16.
Glycosyltransferases (GTs) are ubiquitous in nature and are required for the transfer of sugars to a variety of important biomolecules. This essential enzyme family has been a focus of attention from both the perspective of a potential drug target and a catalyst for the development of vaccines, biopharmaceuticals and small molecule therapeutics. This review attempts to consolidate the emerging lessons from Leloir (nucleotide-dependent) GT structural biology studies and recent applications of these fundamentals toward rational engineering of glycosylation catalysts.
糖基转移酶(GTs)在自然界中普遍存在,是将糖转移到各种重要生物分子所必需的。这种重要的酶家族一直是潜在药物靶点和疫苗、生物制药和小分子治疗药物开发的催化剂的关注焦点。本文综述尝试整合 Leloir(核苷酸依赖)GT 结构生物学研究的新成果,以及这些基础研究在糖基化催化剂理性设计中的最新应用。