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BIOCHEMISTRY
Volume 49, Issue 9, Pages 2042-2050Publisher
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/bi1000596
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- Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada [RGPIN3215]
- Ontario Graduate Scholarship
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Cellulase A (CenA) from Cellulomonas fimi Is an inverting glycoside hydrolase and it member of family 6 of the CAZy database classification system. We replaced Its putative catalytic base aspartyl residues, Aps392 and Asp216, With cysteinesulfinate using a combination of site-directed mutagenesis and chemical modification to investigate the applicability Of tills approach for the Modulation of enzymatic properties. The substituted cysteinyl residues were oxidized to cysteinesulfinic acid With hydrogen peroxide, and the resulting protein products were demonstrated to retain their native structure. Oxidation of the Asp392Cys mutant enzyme restored 52% of wild-type activity when assessed ill pH 7.5, whereas Asp216Cys CenA remained Inactive. This suggests that Asp216 is not the catalytic base and provides further Support for Asp392 performing this role. Similar substitution of the catalytic acid residue Asp252 or the catalytic nucleophile the retaining enzyme Cel5A from Thermobifida fusca failed to produce active enzymes. This Indicates it potential utility of tills approach for uniquely identifying catalytic base residues. The replacement of Asp392 With cysteinesulfinate induced an acidic shift in the pH profile of the enzyme Such that tills enzyme derivative was more active than wild-type CenA below pH 5.5. These data demonstrate the potential of combining site-directed mutagenesis with chemical modification as it viable approach for the modulation of cellulases, and potentially other glycoside hydrolases, at low pH,
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