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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
5
pubmed:dateCreated
2006-5-23
pubmed:abstractText
Four xylanases belonging to glycoside hydrolase family 10-Thermotoga maritima XylB (TM), Clostridium stercorarium XynB (CS), Bacillus halodurans XynA (BH), and Cellulomonas fimi Cex (CF)-were converted to glycosynthases by substituting the nucleophilic glutamic acid residues with glycine, alanine, and serine. The glycine mutants exhibited the highest levels of glycosynthase activity with all four enzymes. All the glycine mutants formed polymeric beta-1,4-linked xylopyranose as a precipitate during reaction with alpha-xylobiosyl fluoride. Two glycine mutants (TM and CF) recognized X(2) as an effective acceptor molecule to prohibit the formation of the polymer, while the other two (CS and BH) did not. The difference in acceptor specificity is considered to reflect the difference in substrate affinity at their +2 subsites. The results agreed with the structural predictions of the subsite, where TM and CF exhibit high affinity at subsite 2, suggesting that the glycosynthase technique is useful for investigating the affinity of +subsites.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
May
pubmed:issn
0916-8451
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
70
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1210-7
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2006
pubmed:articleTitle
Characterization of glycosynthase mutants derived from glycoside hydrolase family 10 xylanases.
pubmed:affiliation
Enzyme Laboratory, National Food Research Institute, Ibaraki, Japan.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't