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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
6
pubmed:dateCreated
1999-8-19
pubmed:abstractText
The three-dimensional structure of a complex between the pectate lyase C (PelC) R218K mutant and a plant cell wall fragment has been determined by x-ray diffraction techniques to a resolution of 2.2 A and refined to a crystallographic R factor of 18.6%. The oligosaccharide substrate, alpha-D-GalpA-([1-->4]-alpha-D-GalpA)3-(1-->4)-D-GalpA , is composed of five galacturonopyranose units (D-GalpA) linked by alpha-(1-->4) glycosidic bonds. PelC is secreted by the plant pathogen Erwinia chrysanthemi and degrades the pectate component of plant cell walls in soft rot diseases. The substrate has been trapped in crystals by using the inactive R218K mutant. Four of the five saccharide units of the substrate are well ordered and represent an atomic view of the pectate component in plant cell walls. The conformation of the pectate fragment is a mix of 21 and 31 right-handed helices. The substrate binds in a cleft, interacting primarily with positively charged groups: either lysine or arginine amino acids on PelC or the four Ca2+ ions found in the complex. The observed protein-oligosaccharide interactions provide a functional explanation for many of the invariant and conserved amino acids in the pectate lyase family of proteins. Because the R218K PelC-galacturonopentaose complex represents an intermediate in the reaction pathway, the structure also reveals important details regarding the enzymatic mechanism. Notably, the results suggest that an arginine, which is invariant in the pectate lyase superfamily, is the amino acid that initiates proton abstraction during the beta elimination cleavage of polygalacturonic acid.
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pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jun
pubmed:issn
1040-4651
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
11
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1081-92
pubmed:dateRevised
2010-9-13
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:10368179-Amino Acid Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:10368179-Amino Acid Substitution, pubmed-meshheading:10368179-Binding Sites, pubmed-meshheading:10368179-Calcium, pubmed-meshheading:10368179-Carbohydrate Conformation, pubmed-meshheading:10368179-Carbohydrate Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:10368179-Cell Wall, pubmed-meshheading:10368179-Conserved Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:10368179-Crystallography, X-Ray, pubmed-meshheading:10368179-Fourier Analysis, pubmed-meshheading:10368179-Isoenzymes, pubmed-meshheading:10368179-Models, Molecular, pubmed-meshheading:10368179-Molecular Sequence Data, pubmed-meshheading:10368179-Molecular Structure, pubmed-meshheading:10368179-Mutagenesis, Site-Directed, pubmed-meshheading:10368179-Oligosaccharides, pubmed-meshheading:10368179-Pectobacterium chrysanthemi, pubmed-meshheading:10368179-Plants, pubmed-meshheading:10368179-Polysaccharide-Lyases, pubmed-meshheading:10368179-Protein Structure, Secondary, pubmed-meshheading:10368179-Spectrometry, Mass, Fast Atom Bombardment, pubmed-meshheading:10368179-Substrate Specificity
pubmed:year
1999
pubmed:articleTitle
Structure of a plant cell wall fragment complexed to pectate lyase C.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Physiology and Biophysics, 346-D Med Sci I, University of California, Irvine, California 92697-4560, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't