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ArticleActa crystallographica. Section D, Structural biology2020

Structure of a GH51 α-L-arabinofuranosidase from Meripilus giganteus: conserved substrate recognition from bacteria to fungi.

Nicholas G S McGregor, Johan P Turkenburg, Kristian B R Mørkeberg Krogh, Jens Erik Nielsen, Marta Artola, Keith A Stubbs, Herman S Overkleeft, Gideon J Davies

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Article in Acta crystallographica. Section D, Structural biology, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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6 citing papers in PubMed, 14 citations in OpenAlex.

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8 authors at 4 institutions in 4 countries.

Nicholas G S McGregorYork Structural Biology Laboratory, University of York, Heslington, York YO10 5DD, United Kingdom.ORCID 0000-0003-1075-7368
Johan P TurkenburgYork Structural Biology Laboratory, University of York, Heslington, York YO10 5DD, United Kingdom.ORCID 0000-0001-6992-6838
Kristian B R Mørkeberg KroghProtein Biochemistry and Stability, Novozymes A/S, Krogshøjvej 36, 2880 Bagsvaerd, Denmark.
Jens Erik NielsenProtein Biochemistry and Stability, Novozymes A/S, Krogshøjvej 36, 2880 Bagsvaerd, Denmark.ORCID 0000-0002-2831-7718
Marta ArtolaLeiden Institute of Chemistry, Leiden University, Einsteinweg 55, 2300 RA Leiden, The Netherlands.ORCID 0000-0002-3051-3902
Keith A StubbsSchool of Molecular Sciences, The University of Western Australia, 35 Stirling Highway, Crawley, Western Australia 6009, Australia.ORCID 0000-0001-6899-402X
Herman S OverkleeftLeiden Institute of Chemistry, Leiden University, Einsteinweg 55, 2300 RA Leiden, The Netherlands.ORCID 0000-0001-6976-7005
Gideon J DaviesYork Structural Biology Laboratory, University of York, Heslington, York YO10 5DD, United Kingdom.ORCID 0000-0002-7343-776X
University of York · GBLeiden University · NLNovozymes (Denmark) · DKThe University of Western Australia · AU

Funding

Australian Research Council FT100100291Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council BB/R001162/1Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada Postdoctoral FellowshipNederlandse Organisatie voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek 2018-714.018.002Royal Society of Chemistry Ken Murray Professorship
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

α-L-Arabinofuranosidases from glycoside hydrolase family 51 use a stereochemically retaining hydrolytic mechanism to liberate nonreducing terminal α-L-arabinofuranose residues from plant polysaccharides such as arabinoxylan and arabinan. To date, more than ten fungal GH51 α-L-arabinofuranosidases have been functionally characterized, yet no structure of a fungal GH51 enzyme has been solved. In contrast, seven bacterial GH51 enzyme structures, with low sequence similarity to the fungal GH51 enzymes, have been determined. Here, the crystallization and structural characterization of MgGH51, an industrially relevant GH51 α-L-arabinofuranosidase cloned from Meripilus giganteus, are reported. Three crystal forms were grown in different crystallization conditions. The unliganded structure was solved using sulfur SAD data collected from a single crystal using the I23 in vacuo diffraction beamline at Diamond Light Source. Crystal soaks with arabinose, 1,4-dideoxy-1,4-imino-L-arabinitol and two cyclophellitol-derived arabinose mimics reveal a conserved catalytic site and conformational itinerary between fungal and bacterial GH51 α-L-arabinofuranosidases.

Indexed as

ArabinoseCatalytic DomainGlycoside HydrolasesImino FuranosesLigandsModels, MolecularPolyporalesProtein BindingSugar Alcohols1,4-dideoxy-1,4-iminoarabinitolalpha-N-arabinofuranosidaseArabinoseGlycoside HydrolasesImino FuranosesLigandsSugar Alcoholsarabinofuranosidasescyclophellitolglycoside hydrolasesiminosugarsulfur SAD

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PMID33135683
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