Table 1 Analysis of UDP-Glucose and UDP-GlcNAc 4-epimerase activity of GalE alleles and their mutants.

From: Acquisition of the capsule locus by horizontal gene transfer in Neisseria meningitidis is often accompanied by the loss of UDP-GalNAc synthesis

Enzyme

Substrate

Equilibrium ratio UDP-Glc:UDP-Gal

Equilibrium ratio UDP-GlcNAc:UDP-GalNAc

Gonococcal GalE_17

UDP-Glucose

39:61

 

UDP-GlcNAc

32:68

GalE_17 (S299F)

UDP-Glucose

59:41

 

UDP-GlcNAc

99.2:0.8

Meningococcal GalE_2

UDP-Glucose

63:37

 

UDP-GlcNAc

99.5:0.5

GalE_2 (F300S)

UDP-Glucose

67:33

 

UDP-GlcNAc

73:27

GalE_236

UDP-Glucose

23:77

 

UDP-GlcNAc

25:75