Structural elements to convert Escherichia coli alpha-xylosidase (YicI) into alpha-glucosidase.
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Okuyama M, Kaneko A, Mori H, Chiba S, Kimura A
Structural elements to convert Escherichia coli alpha-xylosidase (YicI) into alpha-glucosidase.
FEBS Lett. 2006 May 15;580(11):2707-11. Epub 2006 Apr 19.
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Escherichia coli YicI, a member of glycoside hydrolase family (GH) 31, is an alpha-xylosidase, although its amino-acid sequence displays approximately 30% identity with alpha-glucosidases. By comparing the amino-acid sequence of GH 31 enzymes and through structural comparison of the (beta/alpha)(8) barrels of GH 27 and GH 31 enzymes, the amino acids Phe277, Cys307, Phe308, Trp345, Lys414, and beta-->alpha loop 1 of (beta/alpha)(8) barrel of YicI have been identified as elements that might be important for YicI substrate specificity. In attempt to convert YicI into an alpha-glucosidase these elements have been targeted by site-directed mutagenesis. Two mutated YicI, short loop1-enzyme and C307I/F308D, showed higher alpha-glucosidase activity than wild-type YicI. C307I/F308D, which lost alpha-xylosidase activity, was converted into alpha-glucosidase.