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I02-Macromolecular Crystallography I04-Macromolecular Crystallography	Understanding How Noncatalytic Carbohydrate Binding Modules Can Display Specificity for Xyloglucan Ana S. Luis , Immacolata Venditto , Max J. Temple , Artur Rogowski , Arnaud Basle , Jie Xue , J. Paul Knox , Jose A. M. Prates , Luis M. A. Ferreira , Carlos M. G. A. Fontes , Shabir Najmudin , Harry J. Gilbert Journal Of Biological Chemistry 288 (7), 4799 - 4809 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.M112.432781 PMID: 23229556 Diamond Proposal Number(s): [1221] Show Abstract ▼ Abstract: Plant biomass is central to the carbon cycle and to environmentally sustainable industries exemplified by the biofuel sector. Plant cell wall degrading enzymes generally contain noncatalytic carbohydrate binding modules (CBMs) that fulfil a targeting function, which enhances catalysis. CBMs that bind β-glucan chains often display broad specificity recognizing β1,4-glucans (cellulose), β1,3-β1,4-mixed linked glucans and xyloglucan, a β1,4-glucan decorated with β1,6-xylose residues, by targeting structures common to the three polysaccharides. Thus, CBMs that recognize xyloglucan target the β1,4-glucan backbone and only accommodate the xylose decorations. Here we show that two closely related CBMs, CBM65A and CBM65B, derived from EcCel5A, a Eubacterium cellulosolvens endoglucanase, bind to a range of β-glucans but, uniquely, display significant preference for xyloglucan. The structures of the two CBMs reveal a β-sandwich fold. The ligand binding site comprises the β-sheet that forms the concave surface of the proteins. Binding to the backbone chains of β-glucans is mediated primarily by five aromatic residues that also make hydrophobic interactions with the xylose side chains of xyloglucan, conferring the distinctive specificity of the CBMs for the decorated polysaccharide. Significantly, and in contrast to other CBMs that recognize β-glucans, CBM65A utilizes different polar residues to bind cellulose and mixed linked glucans. Thus, Gln106 is central to cellulose recognition, but is not required for binding to mixed linked glucans. This report reveals the mechanism by which β-glucan-specific CBMs can distinguish between linear and mixed linked glucans, and show how these CBMs can exploit an extensive hydrophobic platform to target the side chains of decorated β-glucans.	Feb 2013

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I02-Macromolecular Crystallography
I04-Macromolecular Crystallography

Understanding How Noncatalytic Carbohydrate Binding Modules Can Display Specificity for Xyloglucan