期刊
INTERDISCIPLINARY SCIENCES-COMPUTATIONAL LIFE SCIENCES
卷 10, 期 1, 页码 157-168出版社
SPRINGER HEIDELBERG
DOI: 10.1007/s12539-016-0180-9
关键词
Cold-adapted exo-beta-1,3-glucanase; Homology modeling; Psychrophilic; Flexibility
资金
- Ministry of Science Technology and Innovation (MOSTI), Malaysia [10-05-16-MB002, 02-05-20-SF0007]
We report a detailed structural analysis of the psychrophilic exo-beta-1,3-glucanase (GaExg55) from Glaciozyma antarctica PI12. This study elucidates the structural basis of exo-1,3-beta-1,3-glucanase from this psychrophilic yeast. The structural prediction of GaExg55 remains a challenge because of its low sequence identity (37 %). A 3D model was constructed for GaExg55. Threading approach was employed to determine a suitable template and generate optimal target-template alignment for establishing the model using MODELLER9v15. The primary sequence analysis of GaExg55 with other mesophilic exo-1,3-beta-glucanases indicated that an increased flexibility conferred to the enzyme by a set of amino acids substitutions in the surface and loop regions of GaExg55, thereby facilitating its structure to cold adaptation. A comparison of GaExg55 with other mesophilic exo-beta-1,3-glucanases proposed that the catalytic activity and structural flexibility at cold environment were attained through a reduced amount of hydrogen bonds and salt bridges, as well as an increased exposure of the hydrophobic side chains to the solvent. A molecular dynamics simulation was also performed using GROMACS software to evaluate the stability of the GaExg55 structure at varying low temperatures. The simulation result confirmed the above findings for cold adaptation of the psychrophilic GaExg55. Furthermore, the structural analysis of GaExg55 with large catalytic cleft and wide active site pocket confirmed the high activity of GaExg55 to hydrolyze polysaccharide substrates.
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