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ArticleActa crystallographica. Section D, Biological crystallography2012

Inhibition of D-xylose isomerase by polyols: atomic details by joint X-ray/neutron crystallography.

Andrey Kovalevsky, B Leif Hanson, Sax A Mason, V Trevor Forsyth, Zoe Fisher, Marat Mustyakimov, Matthew P Blakeley, David A Keen, Paul Langan

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Article in Acta crystallographica. Section D, Biological crystallography, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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5 citing papers in PubMed, 20 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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9 authors at 5 institutions in 3 countries.

Andrey KovalevskyBioscience Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM 87545, USA. ayk@lanl.gov
B Leif Hanson
Sax A Mason
V Trevor Forsyth
Zoe Fisher
Marat Mustyakimov
Matthew P Blakeley
David A Keen
Paul Langan
Institut Laue-Langevin · FRLos Alamos National Laboratory · USOak Ridge National Laboratory · USRutherford Appleton Laboratory · GBUniversity of Toledo · US

Funding

Computational Tools for Neutron Protein CrystallographyR01GM071939 · NIGMS · UT-BATTELLE, LLC-OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LAB · PI COATES, LEIGHTON · 2004 to 2019
$4.3M
NIGMS NIH HHS 1R01GM071939-01NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM071939
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

D-Xylose isomerase (XI) converts the aldo-sugars xylose and glucose to their keto analogs xylulose and fructose, but is strongly inhibited by the polyols xylitol and sorbitol, especially at acidic pH. In order to understand the atomic details of polyol binding to the XI active site, a 2.0 Å resolution room-temperature joint X-ray/neutron structure of XI in complex with Ni(2+) cofactors and sorbitol inhibitor at pH 5.9 and a room-temperature X-ray structure of XI containing Mg(2+) ions and xylitol at the physiological pH of 7.7 were obtained. The protonation of oxygen O5 of the inhibitor, which was found to be deprotonated and negatively charged in previous structures of XI complexed with linear glucose and xylulose, was directly observed. The Ni(2+) ions occupying the catalytic metal site (M2) were found at two locations, while Mg(2+) in M2 is very mobile and has a high B factor. Under acidic conditions sorbitol gains a water-mediated interaction that connects its O1 hydroxyl to Asp257. This contact is not found in structures at basic pH. The new interaction that is formed may improve the binding of the inhibitor, providing an explanation for the increased affinity of the polyols for XI at low pH.

Indexed as

Protein Interaction Domains and MotifsAldose-Ketose IsomerasesCrystallography, X-RayEnzyme InhibitorsModels, MolecularNeutron DiffractionPolymersStreptococcusAldose-Ketose IsomerasesEnzyme InhibitorsPolymerspolyolxylose isomerase

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PMID22948921
PMCPMC3489103
OpenAlexW2040392064

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