Ten isoenzymes of xyloglucan endotransglycosylase from plant cell walls select and cleave the donor substrate stochastically

The Biochemical Journal
N M SteeleS C Fry

Abstract

To map the preferred cleavage sites of xyloglucan endotransglycosylases (XETs; EC 2.4.1.207) along the donor substrate chain, we incubated the enzymes with tamarind (Tamarindus indica) xyloglucan (donor substrate; approximately 205 kDa; 21 microM) plus the nonasaccharide [(3)H]XLLGol (Gal(2).Xyl(3).Glc(3). [(3)H]glucitol; acceptor substrate; 0.6 microM). After short incubation times, to minimize multiple cleavages, the size of the (3)H-labelled transglycosylation products (determined by gel-permeation chromatography) indicated the positions of the cleavage sites relative to the non-reducing terminus of the donor. There was very little difference between the size profiles of the products formed by any of ten XETs tested [one native XET purified from cauliflower (Brassica oleracea) florets, four native XET isoenzymes purified from etiolated mung-bean (Phaseolus aureus) shoots, native XETs purified from lentil (Lens culinaris) and nasturtium (Tropaeolum majus) seeds, and three insect-cell-produced thale-cress (Arabidopsis thaliana) XETs (EXGT, TCH4 and MERI-5)]. All such product profiles showed a good fit to a model in which the enzyme chooses its donor substrate independently of size and attacks it, once only, at a randomly selec...Continue Reading

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