Glycoside Hydrolase Family 112

• Author: Motomitsu Kitaoka
• Responsible Curator: Shinya Fushinobu

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Glycoside Hydrolase Family 112
Clan	none
Mechanism	inverting
Active site residues	known
CAZy DB link
http://www.cazy.org/fam/GH112.html

Substrate specificities

This family contains beta-galactoside phosphorolyzing enzymes, β-1,3-D-galactosyl-D-hexososamine phosphorylase [1] and β-1,4-D-gaactosyl-L-rhamnose phosphorylase [2]. The former enzymes are subcategorized into galacto-N-biose phosphorylase, (GNBP) [3], lacto-N-biose I phosphorylase (LNBP) [4], and galacto-N-biose/lacto-N-biose I phosphorylase (GLNBP) [1,4,5] based on the substrate preference on galacto-N-biose (GNB, Gal-β1,3-GalNAc) and lacto-N-biose I (LNB, Gal-β1,3-GlcNAc) [4].

Kinetics and Mechanism

Phosphorolysis by GH112 enzymes proceeds with inversion of anomeric configuration, as first shown by Derensy-Dron et al. [1] on β1,3-D-galactosyl-D-hexososamine phosphorylase from Bifidobacterium bifidum, i.e. LNB + Pi <-> α-galactose 1-phosphate + GlcNAc. Considering the topology of the active site structure, the reaction mechanism for inverting phosphorylase is proposed to be similar to that for inverting GH. With the aid of general acid residue, the enzymatic phosphorolysis begins with direct nucleophilic attack by phosphate on the anomeric C-1 carbon, instead of the water molecule activated by a general base residue in inverting GH reaction.

Family Firsts

First sterochemistry determination

First catalytic nucleophile identification

First general acid/base residue identification

First 3-D structure

Cite some reference here, with a short explanation [1].

References

1. Hidaka M, Nishimoto M, Kitaoka M, Wakagi T, Shoun H, and Fushinobu S. (2009). The crystal structure of galacto-N-biose/lacto-N-biose I phosphorylase: a large deformation of a TIM barrel scaffold. J Biol Chem. 2009;284(11):7273-83. DOI:10.1074/jbc.M808525200 |