Polysaccharide Lyase Family 17

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Polysaccharide Lyase Family 17
3D structure	(α/α)6 barrel + anti-parallel β-sheet
Mechanism	β-eliminationg
Charge neutralizer	Asparagine and histidine
Active site residues	known
CAZy DB link
https://www.cazy.org/PL17.html

Substrate specificities

PL17 currently contains 2 subfamilies [1] as well as several proteins currently not assigned to any subfamily. Subfamily 2 has been shown to be exolytic alginate lyases [2, 3, 4, 5] with activity for all tree block structures observed [6]. Alginate consisting of 1,4 linked β-D-mannuronic acid and α-L-guluronic acid arranged in poly-mannuronic acid blocks, poly-guluronic acid blocks or poly-mannuronic/guluronic acid blocks [7, 8]. Subfamily 1 has been found to be hyaluroran endo-lyases or poly-glucuronic acid lyases [6]. Hyaluronan consisting of N-acetyl-D-glucoamine and 1,4 linked D-glucoronic acid [9].

Kinetics and Mechanism

Figure 1. +1 subsite of the alginate lyase Alg17c

The β-elimination catalyzed by the PL17 enzymes results in the formation of a C4-C5 unsaturated sugar at the new non-reducing end. The first step is the neutralization of the acid group in the +1 subsite by the conserved histidine and asparagine. This lowers the pKa value of the C5-proton allowing for abstraction by the catalytic base (Figure 1). A catalytic acid then donates a proton to the glycosidic linkage resulting in the β-elimination [3].

Catalytic Residues

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Three-dimensional structures

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Family Firsts

First stereochemistry determination

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First catalytic nucleophile identification

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First general acid/base residue identification

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First 3-D structure

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References

2. Jagtap SS, Hehemann JH, Polz MF, Lee JK, and Zhao H. (2014). Comparative biochemical characterization of three exolytic oligoalginate lyases from Vibrio splendidus reveals complementary substrate scope, temperature, and pH adaptations. Appl Environ Microbiol. 2014;80(14):4207-14. DOI:10.1128/AEM.01285-14 |
3. Park D, Jagtap S, and Nair SK. (2014). Structure of a PL17 family alginate lyase demonstrates functional similarities among exotype depolymerases. J Biol Chem. 2014;289(12):8645-55. DOI:10.1074/jbc.M113.531111 |

4. Shin, J. W., Lee, O. K., Park, H. H., Kim, H. S., and Lee, E. Y. (2015) Molecular characterization of a novel oligoalginate lyase consisting of AlgL- and heparinase II/III-like domains from Stenotrophomonas maltophilia KJ-2 and its application to alginate saccharification. Korean J. Chem. Eng. 32, 917–924

5. Wang L, Li S, Yu W, and Gong Q. (2015). Cloning, overexpression and characterization of a new oligoalginate lyase from a marine bacterium, Shewanella sp. Biotechnol Lett. 2015;37(3):665-71. DOI:10.1007/s10529-014-1706-z |
6. Mathieu S, Touvrey-Loiodice M, Poulet L, Drouillard S, Vincentelli R, Henrissat B, Skjåk-Bræk G, and Helbert W. (2018). Ancient acquisition of "alginate utilization loci" by human gut microbiota. Sci Rep. 2018;8(1):8075. DOI:10.1038/s41598-018-26104-1 |

7. Haug, A., Larsen, B., and Smidsrod, O. (1967) Studies on sequence of uronic acid residues in alginic acid. Acta Chem. Scand. 21, 691–704

8. Haug, A., Larsen, B., and Smidsrod, O. (1966) A study of constitution of alginic acid by partial acid hydrolysis. Acta Chem. Scand. 20, 183–190

9. Meyer K, Hobby GL, Chaffee E, and Dawson MH. (1940). THE HYDROLYSIS OF HYALURONIC ACID BY BACTERIAL ENZYMES. J Exp Med. 1940;71(2):137-46. DOI:10.1084/jem.71.2.137 |