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ArticleThe Journal of biological chemistry2012

Functional association of catalytic and ancillary modules dictates enzymatic activity in glycoside hydrolase family 43 β-xylosidase.

Sarah Moraïs, Orly Salama-Alber, Yoav Barak, Yitzhak Hadar, David B Wilson, Raphael Lamed, Yuval Shoham, Edward A Bayer

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Article in The Journal of biological chemistry, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 15 papers.

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8 authors at 5 institutions in 2 countries.

Sarah MoraïsDepartment of Biological Chemistry, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot 76100, Israel.
Orly Salama-Alber
Yoav Barak
Yitzhak Hadar
David B Wilson
Raphael Lamed
Yuval Shoham
Edward A Bayer
Weizmann Institute of Science · ILHebrew University of Jerusalem · ILCornell University · USTechnion – Israel Institute of Technology · ILTel Aviv University · IL

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

β-Xylosidases are hemicellulases that hydrolyze short xylo-oligosaccharides into xylose units, thus complementing endoxylanase degradation of the hemicellulose component of lignocellulosic substrates. Here, we describe the cloning, characterization, and kinetic analysis of a glycoside hydrolase family 43 β-xylosidase (Xyl43A) from the aerobic cellulolytic bacterium, Thermobifida fusca. Temperature and pH optima of 55-60 °C and 5.5-6, respectively, were determined. The apparent K(m) value was 0.55 mM, using p-nitrophenyl xylopyranoside as substrate, and the catalytic constant (k(cat)) was 6.72 s(-1). T. fusca Xyl43A contains a catalytic module at the N terminus and an ancillary module (termed herein as Module-A) of undefined function at the C terminus. We expressed the two recombinant modules independently in Escherichia coli and examined their remaining catalytic activity and binding properties. The separation of the two Xyl43A modules caused the complete loss of enzymatic activity, whereas potent binding to xylan was fully maintained in the catalytic module and partially in the ancillary Module-A. Nondenaturing gel electrophoresis revealed a specific noncovalent coupling of the two modules, thereby restoring enzymatic activity to 66.7% (relative to the wild-type enzyme). Module-A contributes a phenylalanine residue that functions as an essential part of the active site, and the two juxtaposed modules function as a single functional entity.

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ActinomycetalesBacterial ProteinsCatalytic DomainEnzyme StabilityKineticsModels, MolecularMolecular Sequence DataSubstrate SpecificityXylosidasesBacterial Proteinsexo-1,4-beta-D-xylosidaseXylosidases

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PMID22270362
PMCPMC3308730
OpenAlexW2064726055

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