1. Exploring molecular determinants of polysaccharide lyase family 6–1 enzyme activity
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Sébastien Violot, Vinesh Jugnarain, Loic Carrique, William Helbert, Nushin Aghajari, Lionel Ballut, Xavier Robert, Aurélien Thureau, Frédéric Galisson, Léa Conchou, Microbiologie moléculaire et biochimie structurale / Molecular Microbiology and Structural Biochemistry (MMSB), Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1 (UCBL), Université de Lyon-Université de Lyon-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Centre de Recherches sur les Macromolécules Végétales (CERMAV), Institut de Chimie du CNRS (INC)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Grenoble Alpes (UGA), Institut de Chimie du CNRS (INC)-Université Grenoble Alpes (UGA)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Centre de Recherches sur les Macromolécules Végétales (CERMAV ), and Institut de Chimie du CNRS (INC)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Grenoble Alpes [2016-2019] (UGA [2016-2019])
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Models, Molecular ,CAZy ,Subfamily ,[SDV]Life Sciences [q-bio] ,010402 general chemistry ,Crystallography, X-Ray ,01 natural sciences ,Biochemistry ,Substrate Specificity ,protein-carbohydrates recognition ,03 medical and health sciences ,Carbohydrate Conformation ,Humans ,Amino Acid Sequence ,Binding site ,Mode of action ,030304 developmental biology ,Polysaccharide-Lyases ,chemistry.chemical_classification ,0303 health sciences ,biology ,[SDV.BBM.BS]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Biochemistry, Molecular Biology/Structural Biology [q-bio.BM] ,structure of alginate lyases ,Substrate (chemistry) ,Enzyme assay ,0104 chemical sciences ,Enzyme ,chemistry ,surface-binding site ,Docking (molecular) ,biology.protein - Abstract
The polysaccharide lyase family 6 (PL6) represents one of the 41 polysaccharide lyase families classified in the CAZy database with the vast majority of its members being alginate lyases grouped into three subfamilies, PL6_1–3. To decipher the mode of recognition and action of the enzymes belonging to subfamily PL6_1, we solved the crystal structures of Pedsa0632, Patl3640, Pedsa3628 and Pedsa3807, which all show different substrate specificities and mode of action (endo-/exolyase). Thorough exploration of the structures of Pedsa0632 and Patl3640 in complex with their substrates as well as docking experiments confirms that the conserved residues in subsites −1 to +3 of the catalytic site form a common platform that can accommodate various types of alginate in a very similar manner but with a series of original adaptations bringing them their specificities of action. From comparative studies with existing structures of PL6_1 alginate lyases, we observe that in the right-handed parallel β-helix fold shared by all these enzymes, the substrate-binding site harbors the same overall conserved structures and organization. Despite this apparent similarity, it appears that members of the PL6_1 subfamily specifically accommodate and catalyze the degradation of different alginates suggesting that this common platform is actually a highly adaptable and specific tool.
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- 2021