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Dutta A, Kanaujia SP. The Structural Features of MlaD Illuminate its Unique Ligand-Transporting Mechanism and Ancestry. Protein J 2024; 43:298-315. [PMID: 38347327 DOI: 10.1007/s10930-023-10179-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 12/22/2023] [Indexed: 05/01/2024]
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The membrane-associated solute-binding protein (SBP) MlaD of the maintenance of lipid asymmetry (Mla) system has been reported to help the transport of phospholipids (PLs) between the outer and inner membranes of Gram-negative bacteria. Despite the availability of structural information, the molecular mechanism underlying the transport of PLs and the ancestry of the protein MlaD remain unclear. In this study, we report the crystal structures of the periplasmic region of MlaD from Escherichia coli (EcMlaD) at a resolution range of 2.3-3.2 Å. The EcMlaD protomer consists of two distinct regions, viz. N-terminal β-barrel fold consisting of seven strands (referred to as MlaD domain) and C-terminal α-helical domain (HD). The protein EcMlaD oligomerizes to give rise to a homo-hexameric ring with a central channel that is hydrophobic and continuous with a variable diameter. Interestingly, the structural analysis revealed that the HD, instead of the MlaD domain, plays a critical role in determining the oligomeric state of the protein. Based on the analysis of available structural information, we propose a working mechanism of PL transport, viz. "asymmetric protomer movement (APM)". Wherein half of the EcMlaD hexamer would rise in the periplasmic side along with an outward movement of pore loops, resulting in the change of the central channel geometry. Furthermore, this study highlights that, unlike typical SBPs, EcMlaD possesses a fold similar to EF/AMT-type beta(6)-barrel and a unique ancestry. Altogether, the findings firmly establish EcMlaD to be a non-canonical SBP with a unique ligand-transport mechanism.
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Affiliation(s)
- Angshu Dutta
- Department of Biosciences and Bioengineering, Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, Guwahati, Assam, 781039, India
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- Department of Biosciences and Bioengineering, Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, Guwahati, Assam, 781039, India.
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Ozeri E, Zehavi M, Ziv-Ukelson M. New algorithms for structure informed genome rearrangement. Algorithms Mol Biol 2023; 18:17. [PMID: 38037088 PMCID: PMC10691145 DOI: 10.1186/s13015-023-00239-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/30/2023] [Accepted: 08/17/2023] [Indexed: 12/02/2023] Open
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We define two new computational problems in the domain of perfect genome rearrangements, and propose three algorithms to solve them. The rearrangement scenarios modeled by the problems consider Reversal and Block Interchange operations, and a PQ-tree is utilized to guide the allowed operations and to compute their weights. In the first problem, [Formula: see text] ([Formula: see text]), we define the basic structure-informed rearrangement measure. Here, we assume that the gene order members of the gene cluster from which the PQ-tree is constructed are permutations. The PQ-tree representing the gene cluster is ordered such that the series of gene IDs spelled by its leaves is equivalent to that of the reference gene order. Then, a structure-informed genome rearrangement distance is computed between the ordered PQ-tree and the target gene order. The second problem, [Formula: see text] ([Formula: see text]), generalizes [Formula: see text], where the gene order members are not necessarily permutations and the structure informed rearrangement measure is extended to also consider up to [Formula: see text] and [Formula: see text] gene insertion and deletion operations, respectively, when modelling the PQ-tree informed divergence process from the reference gene order to the target gene order. The first algorithm solves [Formula: see text] in [Formula: see text] time and [Formula: see text] space, where [Formula: see text] is the maximum number of children of a node, n is the length of the string and the number of leaves in the tree, and [Formula: see text] and [Formula: see text] are the number of P-nodes and Q-nodes in the tree, respectively. If one of the penalties of [Formula: see text] is 0, then the algorithm runs in [Formula: see text] time and [Formula: see text] space. The second algorithm solves [Formula: see text] in [Formula: see text] time and [Formula: see text] space, where [Formula: see text] is the maximum number of children of a node, n is the length of the string, m is the number of leaves in the tree, [Formula: see text] and [Formula: see text] are the number of P-nodes and Q-nodes in the tree, respectively, and allowing up to [Formula: see text] deletions from the tree and up to [Formula: see text] deletions from the string. The third algorithm is intended to reduce the space complexity of the second algorithm. It solves a variant of the problem (where one of the penalties of [Formula: see text] is 0) in [Formula: see text] time and [Formula: see text] space. The algorithm is implemented as a software tool, denoted MEM-Rearrange, and applied to the comparative and evolutionary analysis of 59 chromosomal gene clusters extracted from a dataset of 1487 prokaryotic genomes.
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- Eden Ozeri
- Department of Computer Science, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Be'er Sheva, Israel.
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- Department of Computer Science, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Be'er Sheva, Israel
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- Department of Computer Science, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Be'er Sheva, Israel
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Dutta A, Prasad Kanaujia S. MlaC belongs to a unique class of non-canonical substrate-binding proteins and follows a novel phospholipid-binding mechanism. J Struct Biol 2022; 214:107896. [PMID: 36084896 DOI: 10.1016/j.jsb.2022.107896] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/27/2022] [Revised: 09/01/2022] [Accepted: 09/02/2022] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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The outer membrane (OM) of Gram-negative bacteria acts as a formidable barrier against a plethora of detrimental compounds owing to its asymmetric nature. This is because the OM possesses lipopolysaccharides (LPSs) in the outer leaflet and phospholipids (PLs) in the inner leaflet. The maintenance of lipid asymmetry (Mla) system is involved in preserving the distribution of PLs in OM. The periplasmic component of the system MlaC serves as the substrate-binding protein (SBP) that shuttles PLs between the inner and outer membranes. However, an in-depth report highlighting its mechanism of ligand binding is still lacking. This study reports the crystal structure of MlaC from Escherichia coli (EcMlaC) at a resolution of 2.5 Å in a quasi-open state, complexed with PL. The structural analysis reveals that EcMlaC and orthologs comprise two major domains, viz. nuclear transport factor 2-like (NTF2-like) and phospholipid-binding protein (PBP). Each domain can be further divided into two subdomains arranged in a discontinuous fashion. This study further reveals that EcMlaC is polyspecific in nature and follows a reverse mechanism of the opening of the substrate-binding site during the ligand binding. Furthermore, MlaC can bind two PLs by forming subsites in the binding pocket. These findings, altogether, have led to the proposition of the unique "segmented domain movement" mechanism of PL binding, not reported for any known SBP to date. Further, unlike typical SBPs, MlaC has originated from a cystatin-like fold. Overall, this study establishes MlaC to be a non-canonical SBP with a unique ligand-binding mechanism.
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- Angshu Dutta
- Department of Biosciences and Bioengineering, Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, Guwahati - 781039, Assam, India
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- Department of Biosciences and Bioengineering, Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, Guwahati - 781039, Assam, India.
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Leibiger B, Stapf M, Mazik M. Cycloalkyl Groups as Building Blocks of Artificial Carbohydrate Receptors: Studies with Macrocycles Bearing Flexible Side-Arms. Molecules 2022; 27:7630. [PMID: 36364458 PMCID: PMC9654292 DOI: 10.3390/molecules27217630] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/22/2022] [Revised: 10/26/2022] [Accepted: 10/28/2022] [Indexed: 09/29/2023] Open
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The cyclopentyl group was expected to act as a building block for artificial carbohydrate receptors and to participate in van der Waals contacts with the carbohydrate substrate in a similar way as observed for the pyrrolidine ring of proline in the crystal structures of protein-carbohydrate complexes. Systematic binding studies with a series of 1,3,5-trisubstituted 2,4,6-triethylbenzenes bearing various cycloalkyl groups as recognition units provided indications of the involvement of these groups in the complexation process and showed the influence of the ring size on the receptor efficiency. Representatives of compounds that exhibit a macrocyclic backbone and flexible side arms were now chosen as further model systems to investigate whether the previously observed effects represent a general trend. Binding studies with these macrocycles towards β-D-glucopyranoside, an all-equatorial substituted carbohydrate substrate, included 1H NMR spectroscopic titrations and microcalorimetric investigations. The performed studies confirmed the previously observed tendency and showed that the compound bearing cyclohexyl groups displays the best binding properties.
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- Institut für Organische Chemie, Technische Universität Bergakademie Freiberg, Leipziger Straße 29, 09596 Freiberg, Germany
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Amrhein F, Mazik M. Compounds Combining a Macrocyclic Building Block and Flexible Side‐Arms as Carbohydrate Receptors: Syntheses and Structure‐Binding Activity Relationship Studies. European J Org Chem 2021. [DOI: 10.1002/ejoc.202100758] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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- Felix Amrhein
- Institut für Organische Chemie Technische Universität Bergakademie Freiberg Leipziger Strasse 29 09599 Freiberg Germany
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- Institut für Organische Chemie Technische Universität Bergakademie Freiberg Leipziger Strasse 29 09599 Freiberg Germany
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Mandal SK, Kanaujia SP. Structural and thermodynamic insights into a novel Mg 2+-citrate-binding protein from the ABC transporter superfamily. Acta Crystallogr D Struct Biol 2021; 77:1516-1534. [PMID: 34866608 DOI: 10.1107/s2059798321010457] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/26/2021] [Accepted: 10/08/2021] [Indexed: 11/11/2022] Open
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More than one third of proteins require metal ions to accomplish their functions, making them obligatory for the growth and survival of microorganisms in varying environmental niches. In prokaryotes, besides their involvement in various cellular and physiological processes, metal ions stimulate the uptake of citrate molecules. Citrate is a source of carbon and energy and is reported to be transported by secondary transporters. In Gram-positive bacteria, citrate molecules are transported in complex with divalent metal ions, whereas in Gram-negative bacteria they are translocated by Na+/citrate symporters. In this study, the presence of a novel divalent-metal-ion-complexed citrate-uptake system that belongs to the primary active ABC transporter superfamily is reported. For uptake, the metal-ion-complexed citrate molecules are sequestered by substrate-binding proteins (SBPs) and transferred to transmembrane domains for their transport. This study reports crystal structures of an Mg2+-citrate-binding protein (MctA) from the Gram-negative thermophilic bacterium Thermus thermophilus HB8 in both apo and holo forms in the resolution range 1.63-2.50 Å. Despite binding various divalent metal ions, MctA possesses the coordination geometry to bind its physiological metal ion, Mg2+. The results also suggest an extended subclassification of cluster D SBPs, which are known to bind and transport divalent-metal-ion-complexed citrate molecules. Comparative assessment of the open and closed conformations of the wild-type and mutant MctA proteins suggests a gating mechanism of ligand entry following an `asymmetric domain movement' of the N-terminal domain for substrate binding.
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- Suraj Kumar Mandal
- Department of Biosciences and Bioengineering, Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, Guwahati 781 039, India
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- Department of Biosciences and Bioengineering, Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, Guwahati 781 039, India
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Chandravanshi M, Kant Tripathi S, Prasad Kanaujia S. An updated classification and mechanistic insights into ligand binding of the substrate-binding proteins. FEBS Lett 2021; 595:2395-2409. [PMID: 34379808 DOI: 10.1002/1873-3468.14174] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/31/2021] [Revised: 08/03/2021] [Accepted: 08/06/2021] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Substrate-binding proteins (SBPs) mediate ligand translocation and have been classified into seven clusters (A-G). Although the substrate specificities of these clusters are known to some extent, their ligand-binding mechanism(s) remain(s) incompletely understood. In this study, the list of SBPs belonging to different clusters was updated (764 SBPs) compared to the previously reported study (504 SBPs). Furthermore, a new cluster referred to as cluster H was identified. Results reveal that SBPs follow different ligand-binding mechanisms. Intriguingly, the majority of the SBPs follow the "one domain movement" rather than the well-known "Venus Fly-trap" mechanism. Moreover, SBPs of a few clusters display subdomain conformational movement rather than the complete movement of the N- and C-terminal domains.
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- Monika Chandravanshi
- Department of Biosciences and Bioengineering, Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, Guwahati - 781039, Assam, India
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- Department of Biosciences and Bioengineering, Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, Guwahati - 781039, Assam, India
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- Department of Biosciences and Bioengineering, Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, Guwahati - 781039, Assam, India
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van den Noort M, de Boer M, Poolman B. Stability of Ligand-induced Protein Conformation Influences Affinity in Maltose-binding Protein. J Mol Biol 2021; 433:167036. [PMID: 33957147 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2021.167036] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/08/2021] [Revised: 04/13/2021] [Accepted: 04/27/2021] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Our understanding of what determines ligand affinity of proteins is poor, even with high-resolution structures available. Both the non-covalent ligand-protein interactions and the relative free energies of available conformations contribute to the affinity of a protein for a ligand. Distant, non-binding site residues can influence the ligand affinity by altering the free energy difference between a ligand-free and ligand-bound conformation. Our hypothesis is that when different ligands induce distinct ligand-bound conformations, it should be possible to tweak their affinities by changing the free energies of the available conformations. We tested this idea for the maltose-binding protein (MBP) from Escherichia coli. We used single-molecule Förster resonance energy transfer (smFRET) to distinguish several unique ligand-bound conformations of MBP. We engineered mutations, distant from the binding site, to affect the stabilities of different ligand-bound conformations. We show that ligand affinity can indeed be altered in a conformation-dependent manner. Our studies provide a framework for the tuning of ligand affinity, apart from modifying binding site residues.
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- Marco van den Noort
- Department of Biochemistry, Groningen Biomolecular Science and Biotechnology Institute, University of Groningen, Nijenborgh 4, Groningen 9747 AG, the Netherlands
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- Department of Biochemistry, Groningen Biomolecular Science and Biotechnology Institute, University of Groningen, Nijenborgh 4, Groningen 9747 AG, the Netherlands
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- Department of Biochemistry, Groningen Biomolecular Science and Biotechnology Institute, University of Groningen, Nijenborgh 4, Groningen 9747 AG, the Netherlands.
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Chandravanshi M, Samanta R, Kanaujia SP. Structural and thermodynamic insights into the novel dinucleotide-binding protein of ABC transporter unveils its moonlighting function. FEBS J 2021; 288:4614-4636. [PMID: 33599038 DOI: 10.1111/febs.15774] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/20/2020] [Revised: 01/15/2021] [Accepted: 02/15/2021] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Substrate (or solute)-binding proteins (SBPs) selectively bind the target ligands and deliver them to the ATP-binding cassette (ABC) transport system for their translocation. Irrespective of the different types of ligands, SBPs are structurally conserved. A wealth of structural details of SBPs bound to different types of ligands and the physiological basis of their import are available; however, the uptake mechanism of nucleotides is still deficient. In this study, we elucidated the structural details of an SBP endogenously bound to a novel ligand, a derivative of uridylyl-3'-5'-phospho-guanosine (U3G); thus, we named it a U3G-binding protein (U3GBP). To the best of our knowledge, this is the first report of U3G (and a dinucleotide) binding to the SBP of ABC transport system, and thus, U3GBP is classified as a first member of subcluster D-I SBPs. Thermodynamic data also suggest that U3GBP can bind phospholipid precursor sn-glycerophosphocholine (GPC) at a site other than the active site. Moreover, a combination of mutagenic and structural information reveals that the protein U3GBP follows the well-known 'Venus Fly-trap' mechanism for dinucleotide binding. DATABASES: Structural data are available in RCSB Protein Data Bank under the accession number(s) 7C0F, 7C0K, 7C0L, 7C0O, 7C0R, 7C0S, 7C0T, 7C0U, 7C0V, 7C0W, 7C0X, 7C0Y, 7C0Z, 7C14, 7C15, 7C16, 7C19, and 7C1B.
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- Monika Chandravanshi
- Department of Biosciences and Bioengineering, Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, India
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- Department of Biosciences and Bioengineering, Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, India
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- Department of Biosciences and Bioengineering, Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, India
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Furze CM, Delso I, Casal E, Guy CS, Seddon C, Brown CM, Parker HL, Radhakrishnan A, Pacheco-Gomez R, Stansfeld PJ, Angulo J, Cameron AD, Fullam E. Structural basis of trehalose recognition by the mycobacterial LpqY-SugABC transporter. J Biol Chem 2021; 296:100307. [PMID: 33476646 PMCID: PMC7949145 DOI: 10.1016/j.jbc.2021.100307] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/20/2020] [Revised: 01/07/2021] [Accepted: 01/15/2021] [Indexed: 11/04/2022] Open
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The Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) LpqY-SugABC ATP-binding cassette transporter is a recycling system that imports trehalose released during remodeling of the Mtb cell-envelope. As this process is essential for the virulence of the Mtb pathogen, it may represent an important target for tuberculosis drug and diagnostic development, but the transporter specificity and molecular determinants of substrate recognition are unknown. To address this, we have determined the structural and biochemical basis of how mycobacteria transport trehalose using a combination of crystallography, saturation transfer difference NMR, molecular dynamics, site-directed mutagenesis, biochemical/biophysical assays, and the synthesis of trehalose analogs. This analysis pinpoints key residues of the LpqY substrate binding lipoprotein that dictate substrate-specific recognition and has revealed which disaccharide modifications are tolerated. These findings provide critical insights into how the essential Mtb LpqY-SugABC transporter reuses trehalose and modified analogs and specifies a framework that can be exploited for the design of new antitubercular agents and/or diagnostic tools.
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- Instituto de Síntesis Química y Catálisis Homogénea (ISQCH), Universidad de Zaragoza, CSIC, Zaragoza, Spain; School of Pharmacy, University of East Anglia, Norwich, Norfolk, UK
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- School of Pharmacy, University of East Anglia, Norwich, Norfolk, UK
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- School of Life Sciences, University of Warwick, Coventry, UK
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- School of Life Sciences, University of Warwick, Coventry, UK
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- School of Life Sciences, University of Warwick, Coventry, UK
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- School of Life Sciences, University of Warwick, Coventry, UK
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- School of Life Sciences, University of Warwick, Coventry, UK; Department of Chemistry, University of Warwick, Coventry, UK
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- School of Pharmacy, University of East Anglia, Norwich, Norfolk, UK; Departamento de Química Orgánica, Universidad de Sevilla, Sevilla, Spain; Instituto de Investigaciones Químicas (CSIC-US), Sevilla, Spain
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Köhler L, Hübler C, Seichter W, Mazik M. Binding modes of methyl α- d-glucopyranoside to an artificial receptor in crystalline complexes. RSC Adv 2021; 11:22221-22229. [PMID: 35480817 PMCID: PMC9034237 DOI: 10.1039/d1ra03390e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/30/2021] [Revised: 02/28/2022] [Accepted: 06/01/2021] [Indexed: 01/04/2023] Open
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Complexes formed between methyl α-d-glucopyranoside and an artificial receptor represent a valuable source of information about the basic molecular features of carbohydrate recognition.
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- Linda Köhler
- Institut für Organische Chemie, Technische Universität Bergakademie Freiberg, Leipziger Strasse 29, 09599 Freiberg, Germany
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- Institut für Organische Chemie, Technische Universität Bergakademie Freiberg, Leipziger Strasse 29, 09599 Freiberg, Germany
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- Institut für Organische Chemie, Technische Universität Bergakademie Freiberg, Leipziger Strasse 29, 09599 Freiberg, Germany
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- Institut für Organische Chemie, Technische Universität Bergakademie Freiberg, Leipziger Strasse 29, 09599 Freiberg, Germany
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Kohno M, Arakawa T, Sunagawa N, Mori T, Igarashi K, Nishimoto T, Fushinobu S. Molecular analysis of cyclic α-maltosyl-(1→6)-maltose binding protein in the bacterial metabolic pathway. PLoS One 2020; 15:e0241912. [PMID: 33211750 PMCID: PMC7676653 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0241912] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/29/2020] [Accepted: 10/22/2020] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Cyclic α-maltosyl-(1→6)-maltose (CMM) is a cyclic glucotetrasaccharide with alternating α-1,4 and α-1,6 linkages. Here, we report functional and structural analyses on CMM-binding protein (CMMBP), which is a substrate-binding protein (SBP) of an ABC importer system of the bacteria Arthrobacter globiformis. Isothermal titration calorimetry analysis revealed that CMMBP specifically bound to CMM with a Kd value of 9.6 nM. The crystal structure of CMMBP was determined at a resolution of 1.47 Å, and a panose molecule was bound in a cleft between two domains. To delineate its structural features, the crystal structure of CMMBP was compared with other SBPs specific for carbohydrates, such as cyclic α-nigerosyl-(1→6)-nigerose and cyclodextrins. These results indicate that A. globiformis has a unique metabolic pathway specialized for CMM.
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- Masaki Kohno
- Department of Biotechnology, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
- R&D Division, HAYASHIBARA CO., LTD., Okayama, Japan
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- Department of Biotechnology, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
- Collaborative Research Institute for Innovative Microbiology, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Biomaterial Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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- R&D Division, HAYASHIBARA CO., LTD., Okayama, Japan
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- Department of Biomaterial Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
- VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland Ltd., Espoo, Finland
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- Department of Biotechnology, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
- Collaborative Research Institute for Innovative Microbiology, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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