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Kohlmeier MG, Bailey-Elkin BA, Mark BL, Oresnik IJ. Characterization of the sorbitol dehydrogenase SmoS from Sinorhizobium meliloti 1021. ACTA CRYSTALLOGRAPHICA SECTION D-STRUCTURAL BIOLOGY 2021; 77:380-390. [PMID: 33645541 DOI: 10.1107/s2059798321001017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/23/2020] [Accepted: 01/28/2021] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
Abstract
Sinorhizobium meliloti 1021 is a Gram-negative alphaproteobacterium with a robust capacity for carbohydrate metabolism. The enzymes that facilitate these reactions assist in the survival of the bacterium across a range of environmental niches, and they may also be suitable for use in industrial processes. SmoS is a dehydrogenase that catalyzes the oxidation of the commonly occurring sugar alcohols sorbitol and galactitol to fructose and tagatose, respectively, using NAD+ as a cofactor. The main objective of this study was to evaluate SmoS using biochemical techniques. The nucleotide sequence was codon-optimized for heterologous expression in Escherichia coli BL21 (DE3) Gold cells and the protein was subsequently overexpressed and purified. Size-exclusion chromatography and X-ray diffraction experiments suggest that SmoS is a tetramer. SmoS was crystallized, and crystals obtained in the absence of substrate diffracted to 2.1 Å resolution and those of a complex with sorbitol diffracted to 2.0 Å resolution. SmoS was characterized kinetically and shown to have a preference for sorbitol despite having a higher affinity for galactitol. Computational ligand-docking experiments suggest that tagatose binds the protein in a more energetically favourable complex than fructose, which is retained in the active site over a longer time frame following oxidation and reduces the rate of the reaction. These results supplement the inventory of biomolecules with potential for industrial applications and enhance the understanding of metabolism in the model organism S. meliloti.
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Affiliation(s)
- MacLean G Kohlmeier
- Department of Microbiology, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
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- Department of Microbiology, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
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- Department of Microbiology, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
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- Department of Microbiology, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
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Kryshtafovych A, Albrecht R, Baslé A, Bule P, Caputo AT, Carvalho AL, Chao KL, Diskin R, Fidelis K, Fontes CMGA, Fredslund F, Gilbert HJ, Goulding CW, Hartmann MD, Hayes CS, Herzberg O, Hill JC, Joachimiak A, Kohring GW, Koning RI, Lo Leggio L, Mangiagalli M, Michalska K, Moult J, Najmudin S, Nardini M, Nardone V, Ndeh D, Nguyen TH, Pintacuda G, Postel S, van Raaij MJ, Roversi P, Shimon A, Singh AK, Sundberg EJ, Tars K, Zitzmann N, Schwede T. Target highlights from the first post-PSI CASP experiment (CASP12, May-August 2016). Proteins 2018; 86 Suppl 1:27-50. [PMID: 28960539 PMCID: PMC5820184 DOI: 10.1002/prot.25392] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/06/2017] [Revised: 09/19/2017] [Accepted: 09/25/2017] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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The functional and biological significance of the selected CASP12 targets are described by the authors of the structures. The crystallographers discuss the most interesting structural features of the target proteins and assess whether these features were correctly reproduced in the predictions submitted to the CASP12 experiment.
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- Andriy Kryshtafovych
- Genome Center, University of California, Davis, 451 Health Sciences Drive, Davis, California, 95616
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- Department of Protein Evolution, Max Planck Institute for Developmental Biology, Tübingen, 72076, Germany
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- Institute for Cell and Molecular Biosciences, University of Newcastle, Newcastle upon Tyne NE2 4HH, United Kingdom
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- CIISA - Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária, Universidade de Lisboa, Avenida da Universidade Técnica, 1300-477, Portugal, Lisboa
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- Oxford Glycobiology Institute, Department of Biochemistry, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3QU, England, United Kingdom
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- UCIBIO, REQUIMTE, Departamento de Química, Faculdade de Cien⁁cias e Tecnologia, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Caparica, 2829-516, Portugal
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- Institute for Bioscience and Biotechnology Research, University of Maryland, Rockville, Maryland, 20850
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- Department of Structural Biology, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel
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- Genome Center, University of California, Davis, 451 Health Sciences Drive, Davis, California, 95616
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- CIISA - Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária, Universidade de Lisboa, Avenida da Universidade Técnica, 1300-477, Portugal, Lisboa
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Copenhagen, Universitetsparken 5, 2100 Copenhagen Ø, Denmark
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- Institute for Cell and Molecular Biosciences, University of Newcastle, Newcastle upon Tyne NE2 4HH, United Kingdom
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry/Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of California Irvine, Irvine, California, 92697
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- Department of Protein Evolution, Max Planck Institute for Developmental Biology, Tübingen, 72076, Germany
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- Department of Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology/Biomolecular Science and Engineering Program, University of California, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, California, 93106
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- Institute for Bioscience and Biotechnology Research, University of Maryland, Rockville, Maryland, 20850
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, 20742
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- Oxford Glycobiology Institute, Department of Biochemistry, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3QU, England, United Kingdom
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- Argonne National Laboratory, Midwest Center for Structural Genomics/Structural Biology Center, Biosciences Division, Argonne, Illinois, 60439
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, 60637
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- Microbiology, Saarland University, Campus Building A1.5, Saarbrücken, Saarland, D-66123, Germany
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- Netherlands Centre for Electron Nanoscopy, Institute of Biology Leiden, Leiden University, 2333, CC Leiden, The Netherlands
- Department of Molecular Cell Biology, Leiden University Medical Center, 2300 RC, Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Copenhagen, Universitetsparken 5, 2100 Copenhagen Ø, Denmark
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- Department of Biotechnology and Biosciences, University of Milano-Bicocca, Milano, 20126, Italy
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- Argonne National Laboratory, Midwest Center for Structural Genomics/Structural Biology Center, Biosciences Division, Argonne, Illinois, 60439
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- Department of Cell Biology and Molecular genetics, University of Maryland, 9600 Gudelsky Drive, Institute for Bioscience and Biotechnology Research, Rockville, Maryland, 20850
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- CIISA - Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária, Universidade de Lisboa, Avenida da Universidade Técnica, 1300-477, Portugal, Lisboa
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- Department of Biosciences, University of Milano, Milano, 20133, Italy
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- Department of Biosciences, University of Milano, Milano, 20133, Italy
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- Institute for Cell and Molecular Biosciences, University of Newcastle, Newcastle upon Tyne NE2 4HH, United Kingdom
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- Department of Macromolecular Structures, Centro Nacional de Biotecnologia (CSIC), calle Darwin 3, Madrid, 28049, Spain
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- Université de Lyon, Centre de RMN à Très Hauts Champs, Institut des Sciences Analytiques (UMR 5280 - CNRS, ENS Lyon, UCB Lyon 1), Villeurbanne, 69100, France
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- University of Maryland School of Medicine, Institute of Human Virology, Baltimore, Maryland, 21201
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- Department of Macromolecular Structures, Centro Nacional de Biotecnologia (CSIC), calle Darwin 3, Madrid, 28049, Spain
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- Oxford Glycobiology Institute, Department of Biochemistry, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3QU, England, United Kingdom
- Leicester Institute of Structural and Chemical Biology, Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of Leicester, Henry Wellcome Building, University Road, Leicester, LE1 7RN, UK
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- Department of Structural Biology, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel
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- School of Biosciences, University of Kent, Canterbury, Kent, CT2 7NJ, United Kingdom
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- Department of Medicine and Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Institute of Human Virology, Baltimore, Maryland, 21201
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- Latvian Biomedical Research and Study Center, Rātsupītes 1, Riga, LV1067, Latvia
- Faculty of Biology, Department of Molecular Biology, University of Latvia, Jelgavas 1, Riga, LV-1004, Latvia
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- Oxford Glycobiology Institute, Department of Biochemistry, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3QU, England, United Kingdom
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- Biozentrum/SIB Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics, Klingelbergstrasse 50, Basel, 4056, Switzerland
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Fredslund F, Otten H, Gemperlein S, Poulsen JCN, Carius Y, Kohring GW, Lo Leggio L. Structural characterization of the thermostable Bradyrhizobium japonicumD-sorbitol dehydrogenase. Acta Crystallogr F Struct Biol Commun 2016; 72:846-852. [PMID: 27827356 PMCID: PMC5101586 DOI: 10.1107/s2053230x16016927] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/03/2016] [Accepted: 10/21/2016] [Indexed: 03/27/2024] Open
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Bradyrhizobium japonicum sorbitol dehydrogenase is NADH-dependent and is active at elevated temperatures. The best substrate is D-glucitol (a synonym for D-sorbitol), although L-glucitol is also accepted, giving it particular potential in industrial applications. Crystallization led to a hexagonal crystal form, with crystals diffracting to 2.9 Å resolution. In attempts to phase the data, a molecular-replacement solution based upon PDB entry 4nbu (33% identical in sequence to the target) was found. The solution contained one molecule in the asymmetric unit, but a tetramer similar to that found in other short-chain dehydrogenases, including the search model, could be reconstructed by applying crystallographic symmetry operations. The active site contains electron density consistent with D-glucitol and phosphate, but there was not clear evidence for the binding of NADH. In a search for the features that determine the thermostability of the enzyme, the Tm for the orthologue from Rhodobacter sphaeroides, for which the structure was already known, was also determined, and this enzyme proved to be considerably less thermostable. A continuous β-sheet is formed between two monomers in the tetramer of the B. japonicum enzyme, a feature not generally shared by short-chain dehydrogenases, and which may contribute to thermostability, as may an increased Pro/Gly ratio.
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- Folmer Fredslund
- Department of Chemistry, University of Copenhagen, Universitetsparken 5, DK-2100 Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Copenhagen, Universitetsparken 5, DK-2100 Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Microbiology, Saarland University, Campus Building A1.5, Saarbrücken, D-66123 Saarland, Germany
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Copenhagen, Universitetsparken 5, DK-2100 Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Department of Structural Biology, ZHMB, Saarland University, Building 60, D-66421 Homburg, Germany
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- Microbiology, Saarland University, Campus Building A1.5, Saarbrücken, D-66123 Saarland, Germany
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Copenhagen, Universitetsparken 5, DK-2100 Copenhagen, Denmark
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Liu Z, Yoshihara A, Jenkinson SF, Wormald MR, Estévez RJ, Fleet GWJ, Izumori K. Triacetonide of Glucoheptonic Acid in the Scalable Syntheses of d-Gulose, 6-Deoxy-d-gulose, l-Glucose, 6-Deoxy-l-glucose, and Related Sugars. Org Lett 2016; 18:4112-5. [PMID: 27487167 DOI: 10.1021/acs.orglett.6b02041] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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Ease of separation of petrol-soluble acetonides derived from the triacetonide of methyl glucoheptonate allows scalable syntheses of rare sugars containing the l-gluco or d-gulo structural motif with any oxidation level at the C6 or C1 position of the hexose, usually without chromatography: meso-d-glycero-d-guloheptitol available in two steps is an ideal entry point for the study of the biotechnological production of heptoses.
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- Zilei Liu
- Chemistry Research Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, University of Oxford , Oxford OX1 3TA, U.K.,Oxford Glycobiology Institute, Department of Biochemistry, University of Oxford , Oxford OX1 3QU, U.K
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- International Institute of Rare Sugar Research and Education, Kagawa University , Miki, Kagawa 761-0795, Japan
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- Chemistry Research Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, University of Oxford , Oxford OX1 3TA, U.K
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- Oxford Glycobiology Institute, Department of Biochemistry, University of Oxford , Oxford OX1 3QU, U.K
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- Departamento de Química Orgánica and Centro Singular de Investigación en Química Biolóxica e Materiais Moleculares, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela , 15782 Santiago de Compostela, Spain
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- Chemistry Research Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, University of Oxford , Oxford OX1 3TA, U.K
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- International Institute of Rare Sugar Research and Education, Kagawa University , Miki, Kagawa 761-0795, Japan
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