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ArticlePolymers2021

Computational Study on Temperature Driven Structure-Function Relationship of Polysaccharide Producing Bacterial Glycosyl Transferase Enzyme.

Patricio González-Faune, Ignacio Sánchez-Arévalo, Shrabana Sarkar, Krishnendu Majhi, Rajib Bandopadhyay, Gustavo Cabrera-Barjas, Aleydis Gómez, Aparna Banerjee

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Article in Polymers, 2021. 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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8 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Patricio González-FauneEscuela de Ingeniería en Biotecnología, Facultad de Ciencias Agrarias y Forestales, Universidad Católica del Maule, Talca 3466706, Chile.ORCID 0000-0002-7678-4409
Ignacio Sánchez-ArévaloEscuela de Ingeniería en Biotecnología, Facultad de Ciencias Agrarias y Forestales, Universidad Católica del Maule, Talca 3466706, Chile.
Shrabana SarkarUGC Center of Advanced Study, Department of Botany, The University of Burdwan, Bardhaman 713104, India.
Krishnendu MajhiUGC Center of Advanced Study, Department of Botany, The University of Burdwan, Bardhaman 713104, India.
Rajib BandopadhyayUGC Center of Advanced Study, Department of Botany, The University of Burdwan, Bardhaman 713104, India.ORCID 0000-0002-8318-5631
Gustavo Cabrera-BarjasUnidad de Desarrollo Tecnológico (UDT), Universidad de Concepción, Av. Cordillera 2634, Parque Industrial Coronel, Coronel 3349001, Chile.ORCID 0000-0002-1850-0244
Aleydis GómezCentro de Biotecnología de los Recursos Naturales (CENBio), Facultad de Ciencias Agrarias y Forestales, Universidad Católica del Maule, Talca 3466706, Chile.
Aparna BanerjeeCentro de Biotecnología de los Recursos Naturales (CENBio), Facultad de Ciencias Agrarias y Forestales, Universidad Católica del Maule, Talca 3466706, Chile.ORCID 0000-0002-5061-4903
Catholic University of the Maule · CLUniversity of Burdwan · INUniversity of Concepción · CL

Funding

Fondo Nacional de Desarrollo Científico y Tecnológico 11190325
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Glycosyltransferase (GTs) is a wide class of enzymes that transfer sugar moiety, playing a key role in the synthesis of bacterial exopolysaccharide (EPS) biopolymer. In recent years, increased demand for bacterial EPSs has been observed in pharmaceutical, food, and other industries. The application of the EPSs largely depends upon their thermal stability, as any industrial application is mainly reliant on slow thermal degradation. Keeping this in context, EPS producing GT enzymes from three different bacterial sources based on growth temperature (mesophile, thermophile, and hyperthermophile) are considered for in silico analysis of the structural-functional relationship. From the present study, it was observed that the structural integrity of GT increases significantly from mesophile to thermophile to hyperthermophile. In contrast, the structural plasticity runs in an opposite direction towards mesophile. This interesting temperature-dependent structural property has directed the GT-UDP-glucose interactions in a way that thermophile has finally demonstrated better binding affinity (-5.57 to -10.70) with an increased number of hydrogen bonds (355) and stabilizing amino acids (Phe, Ala, Glu, Tyr, and Ser). The results from this study may direct utilization of thermophile-origin GT as best for industrial-level bacterial polysaccharide production.

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bacterial polysaccharidesglycosyl transferasehyperthermophilesmesophilesstructure-function studythermophiles

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PMID34071348
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