Carbohydrate Binding Module Family 20

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• Author: ^^^Marie Sofie Møller^^^
• Responsible Curators: ^^^Birte Svensson^^^ and ^^^Stephan Janecek^^^

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CAZy DB link

https://www.cazy.org/CBM20.html

Structural Features

• Fold: Beta sandwich.
• Type:
• Features of ligand binding: At least one but more typically two binding sites have been found in modules having the CBM20 complexed with bound carbohydrate. Such complexes have been studied for modules originating from several amylolytic enzymes, e.g. GH13_2 CGTase from Bacillus circulans [1], GH14 β-amylase from Bacillus cereus [2] and GH15 glucoamylase from Aspergillus niger [3], as well as the human glucan phosphatase laforin [4].

Functionalities

• Functional role of CBM:
• Most Common Associated Modules: The enzymes, of which the CBM20 module constitutes a domain, have predominantly specificities from the ɑ-amylase family GH13 or enzymes from families GH70 and GH77, but can also belong to families GH14 β-amylases and GH15 glucoamylases [5]. Among other CAZy GH families, the CBM20 is found associated with enzymes from other CAZy families GH57, GH119 and the auxiliary activities family AA13. Furthermore, CBM20 modules have been recognised in enzymes of which the catalytic domain is not classified in CAZy. Examples are phosphoglucan, water dikinase, glycerophosphodiester phosphodiesterase-5, laforin, and genethonin-1 [6]. The modules of family CBM20 have commonly been found in a single copy and usually appear without SBDs from other CBM families within the same protein, although co-occurence has been observed with CBM25, CBM34, and CBM48 [6].
• Novel Applications:

Family Firsts

First Identified

The first CBM20 was recognised in the early 1980s at the C-termini of glucoamylases from Aspergillus awamori [7] and Aspergillus niger [8, 9, 10].

First Structural Characterization

References

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