1. Structural insight into the carboxylesterase BioH from Klebsiella pneumoniae.
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Wang, Lulu, Chen, Yuanyuan, Shang, Fei, Liu, Wei, Lan, Jing, Gao, Peng, Ha, Nam-Chul, Nam, Ki Hyun, Dong, Yuesheng, Quan, Chunshan, and Xu, Yongbin
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GEL permeation chromatography , *KLEBSIELLA pneumoniae , *X-ray crystallography , *CRYSTAL structure , *BIOTIN - Abstract
The BioH carboxylesterase which is a typical α/β-hydrolase enzyme involved in biotin synthetic pathway in most bacteria. BioH acts as a gatekeeper and blocks the further elongation of its substrate. In the pathogen Klebsiella pneumoniae , BioH plays a critical role in the biosynthesis of biotin. To better understand the molecular function of BioH, we determined the crystal structure of BioH from K. pneumoniae at 2.26 Å resolution using X-ray crystallography. The structure of KpBioH consists of an α-β-α sandwich domain and a cap domain. B-factor analysis revealed that the α-β-α sandwich domain is a rigid structure, while the loops in the cap domain shows the structural flexibility. The active site of KpBioH contains the catalytic triad (Ser82-Asp207-His235) on the interface of the α-β-α sandwich domain, which is surrounded by the cap domain. Size exclusion chromatography shows that KpBioH prefers the monomeric state in solution, whereas two-fold symmetric dimeric formation of KpBioH was observed in the asymmetric unit, the conserved Cys31-based disulfide bonds can maintain the irreversible dimeric formation of KpBioH. Our study provides important structural insight for understanding the molecular mechanisms of KpBioH and its homologous proteins. • Crystal structure of K. pneumoniae BioH consists of an α-β-αsandwish domain and acapsubdomain. • The active site of KpBioH contains the catalytic triad (Ser82-Asp207-His235). • The Arg138, Arg142, Arg155, and Arg159 of KpBioH may play an important role in the binding of the substrates like ACP. • The Cys31-based disulfide bonds can maintain the irreversible dimeric formation of KpBioH. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2019
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