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PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Volume 108, Issue 13, Pages 5237-5242Publisher
NATL ACAD SCIENCES
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1015006108
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- Fundacao para a Ciencia e a Tecnologia, Portugal [PTDC/BIA-PRO/69732/2006, PTDC/QUI-BIQ/100359/2008, SFRH/BD/38667/2007]
- U.K. Biological and Biotechnological Sciences Research Council
- US Department of Energy [00562492]
- Israel Science Foundation [966/09]
- Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia [PTDC/QUI-BIQ/100359/2008, PTDC/BIA-PRO/69732/2006, SFRH/BD/38667/2007] Funding Source: FCT
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Clostridium thermocellum is a well-characterized cellulose-degrading microorganism. The genome sequence of C. thermocellum encodes a number of proteins that contain type I dockerin domains, which implies that they are components of the cellulose-degrading apparatus, but display no significant sequence similarity to known plant cell wall-degrading enzymes. Here, we report the biochemical properties and crystal structure of one of these proteins, designated CtCel124. The protein was shown to be an endo-acting cellulase that displays a single displacement mechanism and acts in synergy with Cel48S, the major cellulosomal exo-cellulase. The crystal structure of CtCel124 in complex with two cellotriose molecules, determined to 1.5 angstrom, displays a superhelical fold in which a constellation of alpha-helices encircle a central helix that houses the catalytic apparatus. The catalytic acid, Glu96, is located at the C-terminus of the central helix, but there is no candidate catalytic base. The substrate-binding cleft can be divided into two discrete topographical domains in which the bound cellotriose molecules display twisted and linear conformations, respectively, suggesting that the enzyme may target the interface between crystalline and disordered regions of cellulose.
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