@article {4667,
	title = {Sugar ring distortion in the glycosyl-enzyme intermediate of a family G/11 xylanase},
	journal = {Biochemistry},
	volume = {38},
	number = {17},
	year = {1999},
	note = {ISI Document Delivery No.: 193YMTimes Cited: 122Cited Reference Count: 50},
	month = {Apr},
	pages = {5346-5354},
	type = {Article},
	abstract = {The 1.8 Angstrom resolution structure of the glycosyl-enzyme intermediate formed on the retaining beta-1,4-xylanase from Bacillus circulans has been determined using X-ray crystallographic techniques. The 2-fluoro-xylose residue bound in the -1 subsite adopts a B-2,B-5 (boat) conformation, allowing atoms C5, O5, C1, and C2 of the sugar to achieve coplanarity as required at the oxocarbenium ion-like transition states of the double-displacement catalytic mechanism. Comparison of this structure to that of a mutant of this same enzyme noncovalently complexed with xylotetraose [Wakarchuk et al. (1994) Protein Sci. 3, 467-475] reveals a number of differences beyond the distortion of the sugar moiety. Most notably, a bifurcated hydrogen bond interaction is formed in the glycosyl-enzyme intermediate involving H-eta of Tyr69, the endocyclic oxygen (O5) of the xylose residue in the -1 subsite, and O-epsilon 2 of the catalytic nucleophile, Glu78. To gain additional understanding of the role of Tyr69 at the active site of this enzyme, we also determined the 1.5 Angstrom resolution structure of the catalytically inactive Tyr69Phe mutant. Interestingly, no significant structural perturbation due to the loss of the phenolic group is observed. These results suggest that the interactions involving the phenolic group of Tyr69, O5 of the proximal saccharide, and Glu78 O-epsilon 2 important for the catalytic mechanism of this enzyme, and it is proposed that, through charge redistribution, these interactions serve to stabilize the oxocarbenium-like ion of the transition state. Studies of the covalent glycosyl-enzyme intermediate of this xylanase also provide insight into specificity, as contacts with C5 of the xylose moiety exclude sugars with hydroxymethyl substituents, and the mechanism of catalysis, including aspects of stereoelectronic theory as applied to glycoside hydrolysis.},
	keywords = {ACTIVE-SITE RESIDUES, BACILLUS-CIRCULANS XYLANASE, beta-glucosidase, CELLULOMONAS-FIMI, glycosidase, IDENTIFICATION, LEAVING GROUP, MECHANISM, REACTION COORDINATE, TRICHODERMA-REESEI},
	isbn = {0006-2960},
	url = {<Go to ISI>://000080165400009},
	author = {Sidhu, G. and Withers, S. G. and Nguyen, N. T. and McIntosh, L. P. and Ziser, L. and Brayer, G. D.}
}
@article {3762,
	title = {The pK(a) of the general acid/base carboxyl group of a glycosidase cycles during catalysis: A C-13-NMR study of Bacillus circuluns xylanase},
	journal = {Biochemistry},
	volume = {35},
	number = {31},
	year = {1996},
	note = {ISI Document Delivery No.: VB211Times Cited: 149Cited Reference Count: 43},
	month = {Aug},
	pages = {9958-9966},
	type = {Article},
	abstract = {The 20 kDa xylanase from Bacillus circulans carries out hydrolysis of xylan via a two-step mechanism involving a covalent glycosyl-enzyme intermediate. In this double-displacement reaction, Glu78 functions as a nucleophile to form the intermediate, while Glu172 acts as a general acid catalyst during glycosylation, protonating the departing aglycone, and then as a general base during deglycosylation, deprotonating the attacking water, The dual role of Glu172 places specific demands upon its ionization states and hence pK(a) values. C-13-NMR titrations of xylanase, labeled with [delta-C-13]glutamic acid, have revealed pK(a) values of 4.6 and 6.7 for Glu78 and Glu172, respectively. These agree well with the apparent pK(a) values obtained from a study of the pH dependence of k(cat)/K-m and demonstrate that, at the enzyme{\textquoteright}s pH optimum of 5.7, the nucleophile Glu78 is deprotonated and the general acid Glu172 initially protonated. Remarkably, the pK(a) for Glu172 drops to 4.2 in a trapped covalent glycosyl-enzyme intermediate, formed by reaction with 2{\textquoteright},4{\textquoteright}-dinitrophenyl 2-deoxy-2-fluoro-beta-xylobioside [Miao et al. (1994) Biochemistry 33, 7027-7032], A similar pK(a) is measured for Glu172 when a glutamine is present at position 78. This large decrease in pK(a) of similar to 2.5 units is consistent with the role of Glu172 as a general base catalyst in the deglycosylation step and appears to be a consequence of both reduced electrostatic repulsion due to neutralization of Glu78 and a conformational change in the protein. Such {\textquoteright}{\textquoteright}pK(a) cycling{\textquoteright}{\textquoteright} during catalysis is likely to be a common phenomenon in glycosidases.},
	keywords = {ACTIVE-SITE RESIDUES, AMINO-ACIDS, beta-glucosidase, ELECTROSTATIC INTERACTIONS, ESCHERICHIA-COLI, IDENTIFICATION, LYSOZYME, MECHANISMS, NUCLEAR-MAGNETIC-RESONANCE, PROTEINS},
	isbn = {0006-2960},
	url = {<Go to ISI>://A1996VB21100003},
	author = {McIntosh, L. P. and Hand, G. and Johnson, P. E. and Joshi, M. D. and Korner, M. and Plesniak, L. A. and Ziser, L. and Wakarchuk, W. W. and Withers, S. G.}
}
