Nature Communications (Mar 2023)

Structure and dynamics of the Arabidopsis O-fucosyltransferase SPINDLY

  • Shivesh Kumar,
  • Yan Wang,
  • Ye Zhou,
  • Lucas Dillard,
  • Fay-Wei Li,
  • Carly A. Sciandra,
  • Ning Sui,
  • Rodolfo Zentella,
  • Emily Zahn,
  • Jeffrey Shabanowitz,
  • Donald F. Hunt,
  • Mario J. Borgnia,
  • Alberto Bartesaghi,
  • Tai-ping Sun,
  • Pei Zhou

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-37279-1
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 14, no. 1
pp. 1 – 12

Abstract

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Kumar and colleagues report cryo-EM structures of Arabidopsis O-fucosyltransferase SPINDLY in its apo and GDP-fucose bound states, revealing distinct active-site features enabling GDP-fucose recognition and surprisingly dynamic conformations that regulate its enzymatic activity.