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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
1992-2-18
pubmed:abstractText
Green coffee bean alpha-galactosidase was found to catalyze the hydration of D-galactal and (Z)-3,7-anhydro-1,2-dideoxy-D-galacto-oct-2-enitol (D-galacto-octenitol), each a known substrate for beta-galactosidase. The hydration of D-galactal by the alpha-galactosidase in D2O yielded 2-deoxy-2(S)-D-[2-2H]galactose; the hydration of D-[2-2H]galacto-octenitol in H2O yielded 1,2-dideoxy-2(R)-D-[2-2H]galactooct-3-ulose. Thus, the enzyme protonated each substrate from beneath the plane of the ring, as assumed for alpha-D-galactosides. These results provide an unequivocal assignment of the orientation of an acidic catalytic group to the alpha-galactosidase reaction center. In addition, they reveal a pattern of glycal/exocyclic enitol/glycoside protonation by the enzyme that differs from the pattern reported for beta-galactosidase and from that reported for alpha-glucosidases. Further findings show that D-galacto-octenitol is hydrated by the coffee bean alpha-galactosidase to form the alpha-anomer of 1,2-dideoxy-D-galactooctulose and by Escherichia coli beta-galactosidase to form the beta-anomer. That each enzyme converts this enolic substrate to a product whose de novo anomeric configuration matches that formed from its D-galactosidic substrates provides new evidence for the role of protein structure in controlling the steric outcome of reactions catalyzed by these and other glycosylases. The findings are discussed in light of the concept that catalysis by glycosidases involves a "plastic" protonation phase and a "conserved" product configuration phase.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Feb
pubmed:issn
0003-9861
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
1
pubmed:volume
292
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
493-8
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1992
pubmed:articleTitle
Stereochemistry of D-galactal and D-galacto-octenitol hydration by coffee bean alpha-galactosidase: insight into catalytic functioning of the enzyme.
pubmed:affiliation
Chemisches Laboratorium, Universität Freiburg, Germany.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't