Download MendeleyStructural Features of a Bacteroidetes-Affiliated Cellulase Linked with a Polysaccharide Utilization Locus.
Naas, A.E., MacKenzie, A.K., Dalhus, B., Eijsink, V.G., Pope, P.B.(2015) Sci Rep 5: 11666-11666
- PubMed: 26133573
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/srep11666
- Primary Citation of Related Structures:
4YHE, 4YHG - PubMed Abstract:
Previous gene-centric analysis of a cow rumen metagenome revealed the first potentially cellulolytic polysaccharide utilization locus, of which the main catalytic enzyme (AC2aCel5A) was identified as a glycoside hydrolase (GH) family 5 endo-cellulase. Here we present the 1.8 Å three-dimensional structure of AC2aCel5A, and characterization of its enzymatic activities. The enzyme possesses the archetypical (β/α)8-barrel found throughout the GH5 family, and contains the two strictly conserved catalytic glutamates located at the C-terminal ends of β-strands 4 and 7. The enzyme is active on insoluble cellulose and acts exclusively on linear β-(1,4)-linked glucans. Co-crystallization of a catalytically inactive mutant with substrate yielded a 2.4 Å structure showing cellotriose bound in the -3 to -1 subsites. Additional electron density was observed between Trp178 and Trp254, two residues that form a hydrophobic "clamp", potentially interacting with sugars at the +1 and +2 subsites. The enzyme's active-site cleft was narrower compared to the closest structural relatives, which in contrast to AC2aCel5A, are also active on xylans, mannans and/or xyloglucans. Interestingly, the structure and function of this enzyme seem adapted to less-substituted substrates such as cellulose, presumably due to the insufficient space to accommodate the side-chains of branched glucans in the active-site cleft.
Organizational Affiliation:
Department of Chemistry, Biotechnology and Food Science, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Ås, 1432 NORWAY.
