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CURRENT OPINION IN CHEMICAL BIOLOGY
卷 74, 期 -, 页码 -出版社
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2023.102282
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Glycosidases; Carbohydrates; Sugar conformations; Molecular dynamics; Quantum mechanics; molecular mechanics; Metadynamics; Density Functional Theory
The enzymatic breakdown of carbohydrates is important for biological events and sustainable production of bioproducts and biofuels. Designing efficient inhibitors for glycosidases and engineering carbohydrate-active enzymes is crucial. Computer simulations have provided insights into the atomic details of carbohydrate conformations and catalytic reactions. This review focuses on how the active-site topology and mode of cleavage affect the catalytic mechanisms of glycosidases.
The enzymatic breakdown of carbohydrates plays a critical role in several biological events and enables the development of sustainable processes to obtain bioproducts and biofuels. In this scenario, the design of efficient inhibitors for glycosidases that can act as drug targets and the engineering of carbohydrate-active enzymes with tailored catalytic properties is of remarkable importance. To guide rational approaches, it is necessary to elucidate enzyme molecular mechanisms, in particular understanding how the microenvironment modulates the conformational space explored by the substrate. Computer simulations, especially those based on ab initio methods, have provided a suitable atomic description of carbohydrate con -for mations and catalytic reactions in several glycosidase fam-ilies. In this review, we will focus on how the active-site topology (pocket or cleft) and mode of cleavage (endo or exo) can affect the catalytic mechanisms adopted by glycosidases, in particular the substrate conformations along the reaction coordinate.
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