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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
5
pubmed:dateCreated
2000-1-11
pubmed:databankReference
pubmed:abstractText
Glycosaminoglycans (GAGs) are a family of acidic heteropolysaccharides, including such molecules as chondroitin sulfate, dermatan sulfate, heparin and keratan sulfate. Cleavage of the O-glycosidic bond within GAGs can be accomplished by hydrolases as well as lyases, yielding disaccharide and oligosaccharide products. We have determined the crystal structure of chondroitinase B, a glycosaminoglycan lyase from Flavobacterium heparinum, as well as its complex with a dermatan sulfate disaccharide product, both at 1.7 A resolution. Chondroitinase B adopts the right-handed parallel beta-helix fold, found originally in pectate lyase and subsequently in several polysaccharide lyases and hydrolases. Sequence homology between chondroitinase B and a mannuronate lyase from Pseudomonas sp. suggests this protein also adopts the beta-helix fold. Binding of the disaccharide product occurs within a positively charged cleft formed by loops extending from the surface of the beta-helix. Amino acid residues responsible for recognition of the disaccharide, as well as potential catalytic residues, have been identified. Two arginine residues, Arg318 and Arg364, are found to interact with the sulfate group attached to O-4 of N-acetylgalactosamine. Cleavage of dermatan sulfate likely occurs at the reducing end of the disaccharide, with Glu333 possibly acting as the general base.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Dec
pubmed:issn
0022-2836
pubmed:author
pubmed:copyrightInfo
Copyright 1999 Academic Press.
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
17
pubmed:volume
294
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1257-69
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:10600383-Amino Acid Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:10600383-Arginine, pubmed-meshheading:10600383-Binding Sites, pubmed-meshheading:10600383-Catalysis, pubmed-meshheading:10600383-Chondroitinases and Chondroitin Lyases, pubmed-meshheading:10600383-Crystallization, pubmed-meshheading:10600383-Crystallography, X-Ray, pubmed-meshheading:10600383-Dermatan Sulfate, pubmed-meshheading:10600383-Disaccharides, pubmed-meshheading:10600383-Flavobacterium, pubmed-meshheading:10600383-Glycosylation, pubmed-meshheading:10600383-Models, Molecular, pubmed-meshheading:10600383-Molecular Sequence Data, pubmed-meshheading:10600383-Polysaccharide-Lyases, pubmed-meshheading:10600383-Protein Structure, Secondary, pubmed-meshheading:10600383-Sequence Alignment, pubmed-meshheading:10600383-Sequence Homology, Amino Acid, pubmed-meshheading:10600383-Structure-Activity Relationship
pubmed:year
1999
pubmed:articleTitle
Crystal structure of chondroitinase B from Flavobacterium heparinum and its complex with a disaccharide product at 1.7 A resolution.
pubmed:affiliation
Biotechnology Research Institute, 6100 Royalmount Ave., Montréal, Quebéc, H4P 2R2, Canada.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't