Essential catalytic role of Glu134 in endo-β-1,3-1,4-d-glucan 4-glucanohydrolase from B. licheniformis as determined by site-directed mutagenesis

A. Planas*, M. Juncosa, J. Lloberas, E. Querol

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Site-directed mutagenesis experiments designed to identify the active site of Bacillus licheniformis endo-β-1,3-1,4-d-glucan 4-glucanohydrolase (β-glucanase) have been performed. Putative catalytic residues were chosen on the basis of sequence similarity analysis to viral and eukaryotic lysozymes. Four mutant enzymes were expressed and purified from recombinan: E. coli and their kinetics analysed with barley β-glucan. Replacement of Glu134 by Gin produced a mutant (E134Q) that retains less than 0.3% of the wild-type activity. The other mutants, D133N, E160Q and D179N, are active but show different kinetic parameters relative to wild-type indicative of their participation in substrate binding and transition-state complex stabilization. Glu134 is essential for activity; it is comprised in a region of high sequence similarity to the active site of T4 lysozyme and matches the position of the general acid catalyst. These results strongly support a lysozyme-like mechanism for this family of Bacillus β-glucan hydrolases with Glu134 being the essential acid catalyst.

Idioma originalAnglès
Pàgines (de-a)141-145
Nombre de pàgines5
RevistaFEBS Letters
Volum308
Número2
DOIs
Estat de la publicacióPublicada - 17 d’ag. 1992

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