I04-Macromolecular Crystallography
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Federico
Sabbadin
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Saioa
Urresti
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Bernard
Henrissat
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Anna O.
Avrova
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Lydia R. J.
Welsh
,
Peter J.
Lindley
,
Michael
Csukai
,
Julie N.
Squires
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Paul H.
Walton
,
Gideon J.
Davies
,
Neil C.
Bruce
,
Stephen C.
Whisson
,
Simon J.
Mcqueen-Mason
Diamond Proposal Number(s):
[9948]
Abstract: The oomycete Phytophthora infestans is a damaging crop pathogen and a model organism to study plant-pathogen interactions. We report the discovery of a family of copper-dependent lytic polysaccharide monooxygenases (LPMOs) in plant pathogenic oomycetes and its role in plant infection by P. infestans. We show that LPMO-encoding genes are up-regulated early during infection and that the secreted enzymes oxidatively cleave the backbone of pectin, a charged polysaccharide in the plant cell wall. The crystal structure of the most abundant of these LPMOs sheds light on its ability to recognize and degrade pectin, and silencing the encoding gene in P. infestans inhibits infection of potato, indicating a role in host penetration. The identification of LPMOs as virulence factors in pathogenic oomycetes opens up opportunities in crop protection and food security.
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Aug 2021
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I04-Macromolecular Crystallography
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Hermen S.
Overkleeft
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Sybrin
Schröder
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Wendy
Offen
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Alexandra
Males
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Yi
Jin
,
Casper
De Boer
,
Jacopo
Enotarpi
,
Gijs
Van Der Marel
,
Bogdan
Florea
,
Jeroen
Codée
,
Gideon
Davies
Diamond Proposal Number(s):
[13587, 18598]
Abstract: There is a vast genomic resource for enzymes active on carbohydrates. Lagging far behind, however, are functional chemical tools for the rapid characterization of carbohydrate‐active enzymes. Activity‐based probes (ABPs) offer one chemical solution to these issues with ABPs based upon cyclophellitol epoxide and aziridine covalent and irreversible inhibitors representing a potent and widespread approach. Such inhibitors for enzymes active on polysaccharides are potentially limited by the requirement for several glycosidic bonds, themselves substrates for the enzyme targets. Here we show that non‐hydrolysable trisaccharide can be synthesized and applied even to enzymes with challenging subsite requirements. We find that incorporation of carbasugar moieties, which we accomplished by cuprate‐assisted regioselective trans‐diaxial epoxide opening of carba‐mannal we synthesised for this purpose, yields inactivators that act as powerful activity‐based inhibitors for a‐1,6 endo‐mannanases. 3‐D structures at 1.35 – 1.47 Å resolutions confirm the design rationale and binding to the enzymatic nucleophile. Carbasugar oligosaccharide cyclophellitols offer a powerful new approach for the design of robust endoglycosidase inhibitors, while the synthesis procedures presented here should allow adaptation towards activity‐based endoglycosidase probes as well as configurational isosteres targeting other endoglycosidase families.
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Apr 2021
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I04-1-Macromolecular Crystallography (fixed wavelength)
I24-Microfocus Macromolecular Crystallography
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Olga V.
Moroz
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Elena
Blagova
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Edward
Taylor
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Johan
Turkenburg
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Lars K.
Skov
,
Garry P.
Gippert
,
Kirk M.
Schnorr
,
Li
Ming
,
Liu
Ye
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Mikkel
Klausen
,
Marianne T.
Cohn
,
Esben G. W.
Schmidt
,
Søren
Nymand-Grarup
,
Gideon J.
Davies
,
Keith S.
Wilson
Diamond Proposal Number(s):
[13587, 7864]
Open Access
Abstract: Muramidases/lysozymes hydrolyse the peptidoglycan component of the bacterial cell wall. They are found in many of the glycoside hydrolase (GH) families. Family GH25 contains muramidases/lysozymes, known as CH type lysozymes, as they were initially discovered in the Chalaropsis species of fungus. The characterized enzymes from GH25 exhibit both β-1,4-N-acetyl- and β-1,4-N,6-O-diacetylmuramidase activities, cleaving the β-1,4-glycosidic bond between N-acetylmuramic acid (NAM) and N-acetylglucosamine (NAG) moieties in the carbohydrate backbone of bacterial peptidoglycan. Here, a set of fungal GH25 muramidases were identified from a sequence search, cloned and expressed and screened for their ability to digest bacterial peptidoglycan, to be used in a commercial application in chicken feed. The screen identified the enzyme from Acremonium alcalophilum JCM 736 as a suitable candidate for this purpose and its relevant biochemical and biophysical and properties are described. We report the crystal structure of the A. alcalophilum enzyme at atomic, 0.78 Å resolution, together with that of its homologue from Trichobolus zukalii at 1.4 Å, and compare these with the structures of homologues. GH25 enzymes offer a new solution in animal feed applications such as for processing bacterial debris in the animal gut.
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Mar 2021
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I03-Macromolecular Crystallography
I04-1-Macromolecular Crystallography (fixed wavelength)
I04-Macromolecular Crystallography
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Mahima
Sharma
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Palika
Abayakoon
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Ruwan
Epa
,
Yi
Jin
,
James P.
Lingford
,
Tomohiro
Shimada
,
Masahiro
Nakano
,
Janice W.-Y.
Mui
,
Akira
Ishihama
,
Ethan D.
Goddard-Borger
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Gideon J.
Davies
,
Spencer J.
Williams
Diamond Proposal Number(s):
[13587, 18598, 24948]
Open Access
Abstract: The sulfosugar sulfoquinovose (SQ) is produced by essentially all photosynthetic organisms on Earth and is metabolized by bacteria through the process of sulfoglycolysis. The sulfoglycolytic Embden–Meyerhof–Parnas pathway metabolizes SQ to produce dihydroxyacetone phosphate and sulfolactaldehyde and is analogous to the classical Embden–Meyerhof–Parnas glycolysis pathway for the metabolism of glucose-6-phosphate, though the former only provides one C3 fragment to central metabolism, with excretion of the other C3 fragment as dihydroxypropanesulfonate. Here, we report a comprehensive structural and biochemical analysis of the three core steps of sulfoglycolysis catalyzed by SQ isomerase, sulfofructose (SF) kinase, and sulfofructose-1-phosphate (SFP) aldolase. Our data show that despite the superficial similarity of this pathway to glycolysis, the sulfoglycolytic enzymes are specific for SQ metabolites and are not catalytically active on related metabolites from glycolytic pathways. This observation is rationalized by three-dimensional structures of each enzyme, which reveal the presence of conserved sulfonate binding pockets. We show that SQ isomerase acts preferentially on the β-anomer of SQ and reversibly produces both SF and sulforhamnose (SR), a previously unknown sugar that acts as a derepressor for the transcriptional repressor CsqR that regulates SQ-utilization. We also demonstrate that SF kinase is a key regulatory enzyme for the pathway that experiences complex modulation by the metabolites SQ, SLA, AMP, ADP, ATP, F6P, FBP, PEP, DHAP, and citrate, and we show that SFP aldolase reversibly synthesizes SFP. This body of work provides fresh insights into the mechanism, specificity, and regulation of sulfoglycolysis and has important implications for understanding how this biochemistry interfaces with central metabolism in prokaryotes to process this major repository of biogeochemical sulfur.
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Feb 2021
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I03-Macromolecular Crystallography
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Nicholas G. S.
Mcgregor
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Joan
Coines
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Valentina
Borlandelli
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Satoko
Amaki
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Marta
Artola
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Alba
Nin‐hill
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Daniël
Linzel
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Chihaya
Yamada
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Takatoshi
Arakawa
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Akihiro
Ishiwata
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Yukishige
Ito
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Gijsbert A.
Marel
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Jeroen D. C.
Codée
,
Shinya
Fushinobu
,
Herman S.
Overkleeft
,
Carme
Rovira
,
Gideon J.
Davies
Diamond Proposal Number(s):
[18598]
Abstract: The recent discovery of zinc‐dependent retaining glycoside hydrolases (GHs), with active sites built around a Zn(Cys)3(Glu) coordination complex, has presented unresolved mechanistic questions. In particular, the proposed mechanism, depending on a Zn‐coordinated cysteine nucleophile and passing through a thioglycosyl enzyme intermediate, remains controversial. This is primarily due to the expected stability of the intermediate C−S bond. To facilitate the study of this atypical mechanism, we report the synthesis of a cyclophellitol‐derived β‐l‐arabinofuranosidase inhibitor, hypothesised to react with the catalytic nucleophile to form a non‐hydrolysable adduct analogous to the mechanistic covalent intermediate. This β‐l‐arabinofuranosidase inhibitor reacts exclusively with the proposed cysteine thiol catalytic nucleophiles of representatives of GH families 127 and 146. X‐ray crystal structures determined for the resulting adducts enable MD and QM/MM simulations, which provide insight into the mechanism of thioglycosyl enzyme intermediate breakdown. Leveraging the unique chemistry of cyclophellitol derivatives, the structures and simulations presented here support the assignment of a zinc‐coordinated cysteine as the catalytic nucleophile and illuminate the finely tuned energetics of this remarkable metalloenzyme clan.
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Feb 2021
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I03-Macromolecular Crystallography
I04-Macromolecular Crystallography
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Yurong
Chen
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Zachary
Armstrong
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Marta
Artola
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Bogdan I.
Florea
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Chi-Lin
Kuo
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Casper
De Boer
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Mikkel S.
Rasmussen
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Maher
Abou Hachem
,
Gijsbert A.
Van Der Marel
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Jeroen D. C.
Codée
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Johannes M. F. G.
Aerts
,
Gideon J.
Davies
,
Herman S.
Overkleeft
Diamond Proposal Number(s):
[18598]
Abstract: Amylases are key enzymes in the processing of starch in many kingdoms of life. They are important catalysts in industrial biotechnology where they are applied in, among others, food processing and the production of detergents. In man amylases are the first enzymes in the digestion of starch to glucose and arguably also the preferred target in therapeutic strategies aimed at the treatment of type 2 diabetes patients through down-tuning glucose assimilation. Efficient and sensitive assays that report selectively on retaining amylase activities irrespective of the nature and complexity of the biomaterial studied are of great value both in finding new and effective human amylase inhibitors and in the discovery of new microbial amylases with potentially advantageous features for biotechnological application. Activity-based protein profiling (ABPP) of retaining glycosidases is inherently suited for the development of such an assay format. We here report on the design and synthesis of 1,6-epi-cyclophellitol-based pseudodisaccharides equipped with a suite of reporter entities and their use in ABPP of retaining amylases from human saliva, murine tissue as well as secretomes from fungi grown on starch. The activity and efficiency of the inhibitors and probes are substantiated by extensive biochemical analysis, and the selectivity for amylases over related retaining endoglycosidases is validated by structural studies.
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Jan 2021
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I03-Macromolecular Crystallography
I04-Macromolecular Crystallography
I24-Microfocus Macromolecular Crystallography
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Lukasz F.
Sobala
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Pearl Z.
Fernandes
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Zalihe
Hakki
,
Andrew J.
Thompson
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Jonathon D.
Howe
,
Michelle
Hill
,
Nicole
Zitzmann
,
Scott
Davies
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Zania
Stamataki
,
Terry D.
Butters
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Dominic S.
Alonzi
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Spencer J.
Williams
,
Gideon
Davies
Diamond Proposal Number(s):
[1221, 12587, 18598]
Open Access
Abstract: Mammalian protein N-linked glycosylation is critical for glycoprotein folding, quality control, trafficking, recognition, and function. N-linked glycans are synthesized from Glc3Man9GlcNAc2 precursors that are trimmed and modified in the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) and Golgi apparatus by glycoside hydrolases and glycosyltransferases. Endo-α-1,2-mannosidase (MANEA) is the sole endo-acting glycoside hydrolase involved in N-glycan trimming and is located within the Golgi, where it allows ER-escaped glycoproteins to bypass the classical N-glycosylation trimming pathway involving ER glucosidases I and II. There is considerable interest in the use of small molecules that disrupt N-linked glycosylation as therapeutic agents for diseases such as cancer and viral infection. Here we report the structure of the catalytic domain of human MANEA and complexes with substrate-derived inhibitors, which provide insight into dynamic loop movements that occur on substrate binding. We reveal structural features of the human enzyme that explain its substrate preference and the mechanistic basis for catalysis. These structures have inspired the development of new inhibitors that disrupt host protein N-glycan processing of viral glycans and reduce the infectivity of bovine viral diarrhea and dengue viruses in cellular models. These results may contribute to efforts aimed at developing broad-spectrum antiviral agents and help provide a more in-depth understanding of the biology of mammalian glycosylation.
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Nov 2020
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I03-Macromolecular Crystallography
I04-1-Macromolecular Crystallography (fixed wavelength)
I04-Macromolecular Crystallography
I23-Long wavelength MX
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Diamond Proposal Number(s):
[18598]
Open Access
Abstract: α-L-Arabinofuranosidases from glycoside hydrolase family 51 use a stereochemically retaining hydrolytic mechanism to liberate nonreducing terminal α-L-arabinofuranose residues from plant polysaccharides such as arabinoxylan and arabinan. To date, more than ten fungal GH51 α-L-arabinofuranosidases have been functionally characterized, yet no structure of a fungal GH51 enzyme has been solved. In contrast, seven bacterial GH51 enzyme structures, with low sequence similarity to the fungal GH51 enzymes, have been determined. Here, the crystallization and structural characterization of MgGH51, an industrially relevant GH51 α-L-arabinofuranosidase cloned from Meripilus giganteus, are reported. Three crystal forms were grown in different crystallization conditions. The unliganded structure was solved using sulfur SAD data collected from a single crystal using the I23 in vacuo diffraction beamline at Diamond Light Source. Crystal soaks with arabinose, 1,4-dideoxy-1,4-imino-L-arabinitol and two cyclophellitol-derived arabinose mimics reveal a conserved catalytic site and conformational itinerary between fungal and bacterial GH51 α-L-arabinofuranosidases.
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Nov 2020
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I04-Macromolecular Crystallography
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Diamond Proposal Number(s):
[18598]
Abstract: A synthetic heparan sulfate disaccharide has been assessed as a fluorogenic heparanase substrate, enabling enzyme turnover and inhibition kinetics measurements despite slow turnover. Crystal structures with human heparanase also provide the first ever observation of a substrate in an activated 1S3 conformation, highlighting previously unknown interactions involved in enzymatic processing. Our data provide insights into the heparanase catalytic mechanism, and will inform the design of improved heparanase substrates and inhibitors.
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Oct 2020
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I02-Macromolecular Crystallography
I04-Macromolecular Crystallography
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Patrick
Weber
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Martin
Thonhofer
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Summer
Averill
,
Gideon J.
Davies
,
Andres Gonzalez
Santana
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Philipp
Müller
,
Seyed A.
Nasseri
,
Wendy A.
Offen
,
Bettina M.
Pabst
,
Eduard
Paschke
,
Michael
Schalli
,
Ana
Torvisco
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Marion
Tschernutter
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Christina
Tysoe
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Werner
Windischhofer
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Stephen G.
Withers
,
Andreas
Wolfsgruber
,
Tanja M.
Wrodnigg
,
Arnold E.
Stütz
Open Access
Abstract: Glycosidase inhibitors have shown great potential as pharmacological chaperones for lysosomal storage diseases. In light of this, a series of new cyclopentanoid β-galactosidase inhibitors were prepared and their inhibitory and pharmacological chaperoning activities determined and compared with those of lipophilic analogs of the potent β-d-galactosidase inhibitor 4-epi-isofagomine. Structure-activity relationships were investigated by X-ray crystallography as well as by alterations in the cyclopentane moiety such as deoxygenation and replacement by fluorine of a “strategic” hydroxyl group. New compounds have revealed highly promising activities with a range of β-galactosidase-compromised human cell lines and may serve as leads towards new pharmacological chaperones for GM1-gangliosidosis and Morquio B disease.
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Sep 2020
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