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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
51
pubmed:dateCreated
1998-1-22
pubmed:databankReference
pubmed:abstractText
Cellulases are the glycoside hydrolases responsible for the enzymatic breakdown of the structural plant polymer cellulose. Together with xylanases they counteract the lmitless accumulation of plant biomass in nature and are of considerable fundamental and biotechnological interest. Endoglucanase CelB from Streptomyces lividans performs hydrolysis of the beta-1,4-glycosidic bonds of cellulose, with net retention of anomeric configuration. The enzyme is a member of glycoside hydrolase family 12 [Henrissat, B., and Bairoch, A. (1996) Biochem. J. 316, 695-696], which had previously eluded detailed structural analysis. A truncated, but cataytically competent form of CelB, locking the flexible linker region and cellulose-binding domain, has been constructed and overexpressed in a S. lividans expression system. The three-dimensional X-ray structure of the resulting catalytic domain, CelB2, has been solved by conventional multiple isomorphous replacement methods and refined to an R factor of 0.187 at 1.75 A resolution. The overall fold of the enzyme shows a remarkable similarity to that of family 11 xylanases, as previously predicted by hydrophobic clustering analysis [Törrönen, A., Kubicek, C.P., and Henrissat, B. (1993) FEBS Lett. 321, 135-139]. The 23 kDa protein presents a jelly-roll topology, built up mainly by antiparallel beta-sheets arranged in a sandwich-like manner. A deep substrate-binding cleft runs across the surface, as has been observed in other endoglucanase structures, and is potentially able to accommodate up to five binding subsites. The likely catalytic nucleophile and Brønsted acid/base, residues Glu 120 and Glue 203, respectively, have their carboxylate groups separated by a distance of approximately 7.0 A and are located approximately 15 A from one end of the cleft, implying a -3 to +2 active site.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Dec
pubmed:issn
0006-2960
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
23
pubmed:volume
36
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
16032-9
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:9440876-Binding Sites, pubmed-meshheading:9440876-Catalysis, pubmed-meshheading:9440876-Cellulase, pubmed-meshheading:9440876-Cloning, Molecular, pubmed-meshheading:9440876-Crystallization, pubmed-meshheading:9440876-Crystallography, X-Ray, pubmed-meshheading:9440876-DNA Primers, pubmed-meshheading:9440876-Gene Expression, pubmed-meshheading:9440876-Models, Molecular, pubmed-meshheading:9440876-Molecular Sequence Data, pubmed-meshheading:9440876-Protein Conformation, pubmed-meshheading:9440876-Protein Structure, Secondary, pubmed-meshheading:9440876-Protein Structure, Tertiary, pubmed-meshheading:9440876-Sequence Deletion, pubmed-meshheading:9440876-Streptomyces, pubmed-meshheading:9440876-Substrate Specificity, pubmed-meshheading:9440876-Xylan Endo-1,3-beta-Xylosidase, pubmed-meshheading:9440876-Xylosidases
pubmed:year
1997
pubmed:articleTitle
The Streptomyces lividans family 12 endoglucanase: construction of the catalytic cre, expression, and X-ray structure at 1.75 A resolution.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Chemistry, University of York, Heslington, York YO1 5DD, England, UK.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't