Claeyssens M, Henrissat B. Specificity mapping of cellulolytic enzymes: classification into families of structurally related proteins confirmed by biochemical analysis.
Protein Sci 1992;
1:1293-7. [PMID:
1303748 PMCID:
PMC2142096 DOI:
10.1002/pro.5560011008]
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Abstract
The specificities of 15 cellulolytic enzymes have been examined using chromophoric glycosides derived from D-glucose, cellobiose, higher cellooligosaccharides, lactose, D-xylose, and beta-(1,4)-xylobiose. Coinciding with a classification based on hydrophobic cluster analysis of amino acid sequences, six families each showing a characteristic specificity pattern were observed. Furthermore, in these cases where the anomeric forms of reaction products were determined, results seem to indicate conservation of intrinsic reaction mechanism (single or double displacement) within each family. On the other hand, the low molecular weight substrates do not discriminate exo- from endocellulases. This functional differentiation is speculated to originate from the presence, in exoenzymes, of a tunnel-shaped active site formed by extra loops in their structure.
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