Issue 5, 2020

Mechanistic and structural studies into the biosynthesis of the bacterial sugar pseudaminic acid (Pse5Ac7Ac)

Abstract

The non-mammalian nonulosonic acid sugar pseudaminic acid (Pse) is present on the surface of a number of human pathogens including Campylobacter jejuni and Helicobacter pylori and other bacteria such as multidrug resistant Acinetobacter baumannii. It is likely important for evasion of the host immune sysyem, and also plays a role in bacterial motility through flagellin glycosylation. Herein we review the mechanistic and structural characterisation of the enzymes responsible for the biosynthesis of the Pse parent structure, Pse5Ac7Ac in bacteria.

Graphical abstract: Mechanistic and structural studies into the biosynthesis of the bacterial sugar pseudaminic acid (Pse5Ac7Ac)

Article information

Article type
Review Article
Submitted
11 Nov. 2019
Accepted
20 Dec. 2019
First published
23 Dec. 2019

Org. Biomol. Chem., 2020,18, 799-809

Mechanistic and structural studies into the biosynthesis of the bacterial sugar pseudaminic acid (Pse5Ac7Ac)

H. S. Chidwick and M. A. Fascione, Org. Biomol. Chem., 2020, 18, 799 DOI: 10.1039/C9OB02433F

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