5k2l

Crystal structure of LysM domain from Volvox carteri chitinase

spinqualitylabelsall models 5k2l, resolution 1.20Å Show:Asymmetric Unit Biological Assembly Drag the structure with the mouse to rotate   Export Animated Image   Print3D Structural highlights 5k2l is a 1 chain structure with sequence from Volvox carteri f. nagariensis. Full crystallographic information is available from OCA. For a guided tour on the structure components use FirstGlance. Ligands: EDO Gene: chi4, VOLCADRAFT_127242 (Volvox carteri f. nagariensis) Resources: FirstGlance, OCA, PDBe, RCSB, PDBsum, ProSAT Publication Abstract from PubMed KEY MESSAGE: The chitinase-mediated defense system in higher plants has been intensively studied from physiological and structural viewpoints. However, the defense system in the most primitive plant species, such as green algae, has not yet been elucidated in details. In this study, we solved the crystal structure of a family CBM-50 LysM module attached to the N-terminus of chitinase from Volvox carteri, and successfully analyzed its chitin-binding ability by NMR spectroscopy and isothermal titration calorimetry. Trp96 of the LysM module appeared to make a CH-pi stacking interaction with the reducing end sugar residue of the ligand. We believe the data included in this manuscript provide novel insights into the molecular basis of chitinase-mediated defense system in green algae. A chitinase from the multicellular green alga, Volvox carteri, contains two N-terminal lysin motifs (VcLysM1 and VcLysM2), that belong to the CBM-50 family, in addition to a catalytic domain. We produced a recombinant protein of VcLysM2 in order to examine its structure and function. The X-ray crystal structure of VcLysM2 was successfully solved at a resolution of 1.2 A, and revealed that the protein adopts the betaalphaalphabeta fold typical of members belonging to the CBM-50 family. NMR spectra of 13C- and 15N-labeled proteins were analyzed in order to completely assign the main chain resonances of the 1H,15N-HSQC spectrum in a sequential manner. NMR-based titration experiments of chitin oligosaccharides, (GlcNAc)n (n = 3-6), revealed the ligand-binding site of VcLysM2, in which the Trp96 side chain appeared to interact with the terminal GlcNAc residue of the ligand. We then mutated Trp96 to alanine (VcLysM2-W96A), and the mutant protein was characterized. Based on isothermal titration calorimetry, the affinity of (GlcNAc)6 toward VcLysM2 (-6.9 kcal/mol) was found to be markedly higher than that of (GlcNAc)3 (-4.1 kcal/mol), whereas the difference in affinities between (GlcNAc)6 and (GlcNAc)3 in VcLysM2-W96A (-5.1 and -4.0 kcal/mol, respectively) was only moderate. This suggests that the Trp96 side chain of VcLysM2 interacts with the sugar residue of (GlcNAc)6 not with (GlcNAc)3. VcLysM2 appears to preferentially bind (GlcNAc)n with longer chains and plays a major role in the degradation of the chitinous components of enzyme targets. Chitin oligosaccharide binding to the lysin motif of a novel type of chitinase from the multicellular green alga, Volvox carteri.,Kitaoku Y, Fukamizo T, Numata T, Ohnuma T Plant Mol Biol. 2017 Jan;93(1-2):97-108. doi: 10.1007/s11103-016-0549-5. Epub, 2016 Nov 2. PMID:27807643 From MEDLINE®/PubMed®, a database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine. See Also Chitinase 3D structures

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