3W7V

Crystal Structure of Axe2, an Acetylxylan Esterase from Geobacillus stearothermophilus


Experimental Data Snapshot

  • Method: X-RAY DIFFRACTION
  • Resolution: 1.85 Å
  • R-Value Free: 0.177 
  • R-Value Work: 0.141 
  • R-Value Observed: 0.143 

Starting Model: experimental
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Literature

A unique octameric structure of Axe2, an intracellular acetyl-xylooligosaccharide esterase from Geobacillus stearothermophilus.

Lansky, S.Alalouf, O.Solomon, H.V.Alhassid, A.Govada, L.Chayen, N.E.Belrhali, H.Shoham, Y.Shoham, G.

(2014) Acta Crystallogr D Biol Crystallogr 70: 261-278

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1107/S139900471302840X
  • Primary Citation of Related Structures:  
    3W7V, 4JHL, 4JKO

  • PubMed Abstract: 

    Geobacillus stearothermophilus T6 is a thermophilic, Gram-positive soil bacterium that possesses an extensive and highly regulated hemicellulolytic system, allowing the bacterium to efficiently degrade high-molecular-weight polysaccharides such as xylan, arabinan and galactan. As part of the xylan-degradation system, the bacterium uses a number of side-chain-cleaving enzymes, one of which is Axe2, a 219-amino-acid intracellular serine acetylxylan esterase that removes acetyl side groups from xylooligosaccharides. Bioinformatic analyses suggest that Axe2 belongs to the lipase GDSL family and represents a new family of carbohydrate esterases. In the current study, the detailed three-dimensional structure of Axe2 is reported, as determined by X-ray crystallography. The structure of the selenomethionine derivative Axe2-Se was initially determined by single-wavelength anomalous diffraction techniques at 1.70 Å resolution and was used for the structure determination of wild-type Axe2 (Axe2-WT) and the catalytic mutant Axe2-S15A at 1.85 and 1.90 Å resolution, respectively. These structures demonstrate that the three-dimensional structure of the Axe2 monomer generally corresponds to the SGNH hydrolase fold, consisting of five central parallel β-sheets flanked by two layers of helices (eight α-helices and five 310-helices). The catalytic triad residues, Ser15, His194 and Asp191, are lined up along a substrate channel situated on the concave surface of the monomer. Interestingly, the Axe2 monomers are assembled as a `doughnut-shaped' homo-octamer, presenting a unique quaternary structure built of two staggered tetrameric rings. The eight active sites are organized in four closely situated pairs, which face the relatively wide internal cavity. The biological relevance of this octameric structure is supported by independent results obtained from gel-filtration, TEM and SAXS experiments. These data and their comparison to the structural data of related hydrolases are used for a more general discussion focusing on the structure-function relationships of enzymes of this category.


  • Organizational Affiliation

    Institute of Chemistry and the Laboratory for Structural Chemistry and Biology, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, 91904 Jerusalem, Israel.


Macromolecules
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Entity ID: 1
MoleculeChains Sequence LengthOrganismDetailsImage
Acetyl xylan esterase
A, B
219Geobacillus stearothermophilusMutation(s): 0 
Gene Names: axe2
EC: 3.1.1.72
UniProt
Find proteins for Q09LX1 (Geobacillus stearothermophilus)
Explore Q09LX1 
Go to UniProtKB:  Q09LX1
Entity Groups  
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UniProt GroupQ09LX1
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Experimental Data & Validation

Experimental Data

  • Method: X-RAY DIFFRACTION
  • Resolution: 1.85 Å
  • R-Value Free: 0.177 
  • R-Value Work: 0.141 
  • R-Value Observed: 0.143 
  • Space Group: I 4 2 2
Unit Cell:
Length ( Å )Angle ( ˚ )
a = 109.832α = 90
b = 109.832β = 90
c = 213.308γ = 90
Software Package:
Software NamePurpose
DENZOdata reduction
SCALEPACKdata scaling
REFMACrefinement
PDB_EXTRACTdata extraction
HKL-2000data collection
HKL-2000data reduction
HKL-2000data scaling
REFMACphasing

Structure Validation

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Entry History 

Deposition Data

Revision History  (Full details and data files)

  • Version 1.0: 2014-02-12
    Type: Initial release
  • Version 1.1: 2017-11-22
    Changes: Refinement description
  • Version 1.2: 2020-01-01
    Changes: Database references
  • Version 1.3: 2023-11-08
    Changes: Data collection, Database references, Derived calculations, Refinement description