Structural insights into β-1,3-glucan cleavage by a glycoside hydrolase family.
NATURE CHEMICAL BIOLOGY(2020)
摘要
Comprehensive informatic, structural and biochemical characterization of the GH128 family defines subgroups of glycoside hydrolase enzymes with unique recognition and cleavage mechanisms for 1,3-beta-glucan polysaccharide substrates. The fundamental and assorted roles of beta-1,3-glucans in nature are underpinned on diverse chemistry and molecular structures, demanding sophisticated and intricate enzymatic systems for their processing. In this work, the selectivity and modes of action of a glycoside hydrolase family active on beta-1,3-glucans were systematically investigated combining sequence similarity network, phylogeny, X-ray crystallography, enzyme kinetics, mutagenesis and molecular dynamics. This family exhibits a minimalist and versatile (alpha/beta)-barrel scaffold, which can harbor distinguishing exo or endo modes of action, including an ancillary-binding site for the anchoring of triple-helical beta-1,3-glucans. The substrate binding occurs via a hydrophobic knuckle complementary to the canonical curved conformation of beta-1,3-glucans or through a substrate conformational change imposed by the active-site topology of some fungal enzymes. Together, these findings expand our understanding of the enzymatic arsenal of bacteria and fungi for the breakdown and modification of beta-1,3-glucans, which can be exploited for biotechnological applications.
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Carbohydrates,Glycobiology,X-ray crystallography,Chemistry/Food Science,general,Biochemical Engineering,Biochemistry,Cell Biology,Bioorganic Chemistry
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