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    Crystal structure of SsfS6, the putative C-glycosyltransferase involved in SF2575 biosynthesis
    (Wiley, 2013) Wang, Fengbin; Zhou, Maoquan; Singh, Shanteri; Yennamalli, Ragothaman M.; Bingman, Craig A.; Thorson, Jon S.; Phillips, George N.Jr.
    The molecule known as SF2575 from Streptomyces sp. is a tetracycline polyketide natural product that displays antitumor activity against murine leukemia P388 in vivo. In the SF2575 biosynthetic pathway, SsfS6 has been implicated as the crucial C-glycosyltransferase (C-GT) that forms the CC glycosidic bond between the sugar and the SF2575 tetracycline-like scaffold. Here, we report the crystal structure of SsfS6 in the free form and in complex with TDP, both at 2.4 Å resolution. The structures reveal SsfS6 to adopt a GT-B fold wherein the TDP and docked putative aglycon are consistent with the overall C-glycosylation reaction. As one of only a few existing structures for C-glycosyltransferases, the structures described herein may serve as a guide to better understand and engineer C-glycosylation.