Evidence for synergy between family 2b carbohydrate binding modules in Cellulomonas fimi xylanase 11A

Biochemistry
David N BolamH J Gilbert

Abstract

Glycoside hydrolases often contain multiple copies of noncatalytic carbohydrate binding modules (CBMs) from the same or different families. Currently, the functional importance of this complex molecular architecture is unclear. To investigate the role of multiple CBMs in plant cell wall hydrolases, we have determined the polysaccharide binding properties of wild type and various derivatives of Cellulomonas fimi xylanase 11A (Cf Xyn11A). This protein, which binds to both cellulose and xylan, contains two family 2b CBMs that exhibit 70% sequence identity, one internal (CBM2b-1), which has previously been shown to bind specifically to xylan and the other at the C-terminus (CBM2b-2). Biochemical characterization of CBM2b-2 showed that the module bound to insoluble and soluble oat spelt xylan and xylohexaose with K(a) values of 5.6 x 10(4), 1.2 x 10(4), and 4.8 x 10(3) M(-1), respectively, but exhibited extremely weak affinity for cellohexaose (<10(2) M(-1)), and its interaction with insoluble cellulose was too weak to quantify. The CBM did not interact with soluble forms of other plant cell wall polysaccharides. The three-dimensional structure of CBM2b-2 was determined by NMR spectroscopy. The module has a twisted "beta-sandwich" a...Continue Reading

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