4XPV

Neutron and X-ray structure analysis of xylanase: N44D at pH6


Experimental Data Snapshot

  • Method: X-RAY DIFFRACTION
  • Resolution: 1.70 Å
  • R-Value Free: 0.157 
  • R-Value Work: 0.133 

  • Method: NEUTRON DIFFRACTION
  • Resolution: 2.00 Å
  • R-Value Free: 0.304 
  • R-Value Work: 0.264 

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Literature

Direct determination of protonation states and visualization of hydrogen bonding in a glycoside hydrolase with neutron crystallography.

Wan, Q.Parks, J.M.Hanson, B.L.Fisher, S.Z.Ostermann, A.Schrader, T.E.Graham, D.E.Coates, L.Langan, P.Kovalevsky, A.

(2015) Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 112: 12384-12389

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1504986112
  • Primary Citation of Related Structures:  
    4S2D, 4S2F, 4S2G, 4S2H, 4XPV, 4XQ4, 4XQD, 4XQW

  • PubMed Abstract: 

    Glycoside hydrolase (GH) enzymes apply acid/base chemistry to catalyze the decomposition of complex carbohydrates. These ubiquitous enzymes accept protons from solvent and donate them to substrates at close to neutral pH by modulating the pKa values of key side chains during catalysis. However, it is not known how the catalytic acid residue acquires a proton and transfers it efficiently to the substrate. To better understand GH chemistry, we used macromolecular neutron crystallography to directly determine protonation and ionization states of the active site residues of a family 11 GH at multiple pD (pD=pH+0.4) values. The general acid glutamate (Glu) cycles between two conformations, upward and downward, but is protonated only in the downward orientation. We performed continuum electrostatics calculations to estimate the pKa values of the catalytic Glu residues in both the apo- and substrate-bound states of the enzyme. The calculated pKa of the Glu increases substantially when the side chain moves down. The energy barrier required to rotate the catalytic Glu residue back to the upward conformation, where it can protonate the glycosidic oxygen of the substrate, is 4.3 kcal/mol according to free energy simulations. These findings shed light on the initial stage of the glycoside hydrolysis reaction in which molecular motion enables the general acid catalyst to obtain a proton from the bulk solvent and deliver it to the glycosidic oxygen.


  • Organizational Affiliation

    Department of Physics, College of Science, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, People's Republic of China;


Macromolecules
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Entity ID: 1
MoleculeChains Sequence LengthOrganismDetailsImage
Endo-1,4-beta-xylanase 2189Trichoderma reeseiMutation(s): 1 
Gene Names: xyn2
EC: 3.2.1.8
UniProt
Find proteins for P36217 (Hypocrea jecorina (strain ATCC 56765 / BCRC 32924 / NRRL 11460 / Rut C-30))
Explore P36217 
Go to UniProtKB:  P36217
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UniProt GroupP36217
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Experimental Data & Validation

Experimental Data

  • Method: X-RAY DIFFRACTION
  • Resolution: 1.70 Å
  • R-Value Free: 0.157 
  • R-Value Work: 0.133 
  • Space Group: P 21 21 21
  • Method: NEUTRON DIFFRACTION
  • Resolution: 2.00 Å
  • R-Value Free: 0.304 
  • R-Value Work: 0.264 
  • Space Group: P 21 21 21
Unit Cell:
Length ( Å )Angle ( ˚ )
a = 49.194α = 90
b = 60.287β = 90
c = 70.52γ = 90
Software Package:
Software NamePurpose
SCALEPACKdata reduction
PHENIXrefinement
PDB_EXTRACTdata extraction
SCALEPACKdata scaling
PHASERphasing

Structure Validation

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Entry History & Funding Information

Deposition Data


Funding OrganizationLocationGrant Number
National Institutes of Health/National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIH/NIGMS)United StatesNIH-NIGMS
State Education MinistryChina2014 Scientific Research Foundation for the Returned Overseas Chinese Scholars

Revision History  (Full details and data files)

  • Version 1.0: 2015-09-30
    Type: Initial release
  • Version 1.1: 2015-10-07
    Changes: Database references
  • Version 1.2: 2015-10-14
    Changes: Database references
  • Version 1.3: 2015-10-21
    Changes: Database references
  • Version 1.4: 2016-07-20
    Changes: Data collection
  • Version 1.5: 2017-09-20
    Changes: Author supporting evidence, Derived calculations
  • Version 2.0: 2018-04-25
    Changes: Atomic model, Data collection, Derived calculations
  • Version 2.1: 2019-12-25
    Changes: Author supporting evidence
  • Version 2.2: 2023-09-27
    Changes: Data collection, Database references, Refinement description