Structure of an endoglucanase from termite, Nasutitermes takasagoensis

Acta Crystallographica. Section D, Biological Crystallography
Shahram KhademiEdgar F Meyer

Abstract

Contrary to conventional wisdom, it has been shown recently that termites do not necessarily depend on symbiotic bacteria to process cellulose. They secrete their own cellulases, mainly endo-beta-1,4-glucanase and beta-1,4-glucosidase. Here, the first structure of an endogenous endoglucanase from the higher termite Nasutitermes takasagoensis (NtEgl) is reported at 1.40 A resolution. NtEgl has the general folding of an (alpha/alpha)(6) barrel, which is a common folding pattern for glycosyl hydrolase family 9. Three-dimensional structural analysis shows that the conserved Glu412 is the catalytic acid/base residue and the conserved Asp54 or Asp57 is the base. The enzyme has a Ca(2+)-binding site near its substrate-binding cleft. Comparison between the structure of the Ca(2+)-free enzyme produced by reducing the pH of the soaked crystal from 5.6 (the pH of optimum enzyme activity) to 2.5 with that of the Ca(2+)-bound enzyme did not show significant differences in the locations of the C(alpha) atoms. The main differences are in the conformation of the residue side chains ligating the Ca(2+) ion. The overall structure of NtEgl at pH 6.5 is similar to that at pH 5.6. The major change observed was in the conformation of the side chain ...Continue Reading

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