Download MendeleyThe X-Ray Crystal Structure of the Trichoderma Reesei Family 12 Endoglucanase 3, Cel12A, at 1.9 A Resolution
Sandgren, M., Shaw, A., Ropp, T.H., Wu, S., Bott, R., Cameron, A.D., Stahlberg, J., Mitchinson, C., Jones, T.A.(2001) J Mol Biol 308: 295
- PubMed: 11327768
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1006/jmbi.2001.4583
- Primary Citation of Related Structures:
1H8V - PubMed Abstract:
We present the three-dimensional structure of Trichoderma reesei endoglucanase 3 (Cel12A), a small, 218 amino acid residue (24.5 kDa), neutral pI, glycoside hydrolase family 12 cellulase that lacks a cellulose-binding module. The structure has been determined using X-ray crystallography and refined to 1.9 A resolution. The asymmetric unit consists of six non-crystallographic symmetry-related molecules that were exploited to improve initial multiple isomorphous replacement phasing, and subsequent structure refinement. The enzyme contains one disulfide bridge and is glycosylated at Asp164 by a single N-acetyl glucosamine residue. The protein has the expected fold for a glycoside hydrolase clan-C family 12 enzyme. It contains two beta-sheets, of six and nine strands, packed on top of one another, and one alpha-helix. The concave surface of the nine-stranded beta-sheet forms a large substrate-binding groove in which the active-site residues are located. In the active site, we find a carboxylic acid trio, similar to that of glycoside hydrolase families 7 and 16. The strictly conserved Asp99 hydrogen bonds to the nucleophile, the invariant Glu116. The binding crevice is lined with both aromatic and polar amino acid side-chains which may play a role in substrate binding. The structure of the fungal family 12 enzyme presented here allows a complete structural characterization of the glycoside hydrolase-C clan.
Organizational Affiliation:
Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, Uppsala University, Sweden.
