Glycoside Hydrolase Family 45

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• Author: ^^^Gideon Davies^^^
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Glycoside Hydrolase Family GH45
Clan	none
Mechanism	inverting
Active site residues	known (but see discussion)
CAZy DB link
http://www.cazy.org/fam/GH45.html

Substrate specificities

Endoglucanases (EC 3.2.1.4). Mainly the hydrolysis of soluble beta 1,4 glucans.

Kinetics and Mechanism

The enzymes act with inversion of anomeric configuration to generate the alpha-D glucoside as product. Based upon the structure of the Humicola insolens endoglucanase V (now known as Cel45)[1][2] it was concluded that Asp121 acted as the catalytic acid (implied by its hydrogen bonding to the glycosidic oxygen) and that the most likely catalytic base would be Asp10, appropriately positioned "below" the sugar plane. As with many inverting enzymes the base assignment is less secure than that of the acid.

Catalytic Residues

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Three-dimensional structures

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Family Firsts

First sterochemistry determination

Cite some reference here, with a short (1-2 senetence) explanation [3].

First catalytic nucleophile identification

Cite some reference here, with a short (1-2 senetence) explanation [4].

First general acid/base residue identification

Cite some reference here, with a short (1-2 senetence) explanation [5].

First 3-D structure

The Humicola insolens EGV (now Cel45) by the Davies group [1].

References

1. Davies GJ, Dodson GG, Hubbard RE, Tolley SP, Dauter Z, Wilson KS, Hjort C, Mikkelsen JM, Rasmussen G, and Schülein M. (1993). Structure and function of endoglucanase V. Nature. 1993;365(6444):362-4. DOI:10.1038/365362a0 |
2. Davies GJ, Tolley SP, Henrissat B, Hjort C, and Schülein M. (1995). Structures of oligosaccharide-bound forms of the endoglucanase V from Humicola insolens at 1.9 A resolution. Biochemistry. 1995;34(49):16210-20. DOI:10.1021/bi00049a037 |

4. Sinnott, M.L. (1990) Catalytic mechanisms of enzymic glycosyl transfer. Chem. Rev. 90, 1171-1202. DOI: 10.1021/cr00105a006

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