X-ray structure of Neurospora crassa Polysaccharide Monooxygenase 9D (NcLPMO9D) at low pHX-ray structure of Neurospora crassa Polysaccharide Monooxygenase 9D (NcLPMO9D) at low pH

Structural highlights

7t5c is a 2 chain structure with sequence from Neurospora crassa. Full crystallographic information is available from OCA. For a guided tour on the structure components use FirstGlance.
Method:X-ray diffraction, Resolution 1.5Å
Ligands:, ,
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Function

LPMO_NEUCR Catalyzes the oxidative cleavage of glycosidic bonds in cellulosic substrates via a copper-dependent mechanism (PubMed:22004347, PubMed:22188218, PubMed:24350607, PubMed:31431506). In the presence of an exogenous reductant ascorbic acid, degrades phosphoric acid swollen cellulose (PASC) to cello-oligosaccharides and 4-ketoaldoses, the end products oxidized at the non-reducing end (PubMed:22004347, PubMed:22188218, PubMed:24350607). Somewhat active toward tamarind xyloglucan and konjac glucomannan, with improved activity with glucomannan in the presence of PASC (PubMed:31431506). H(2)O(2) is able to substitute for O(2) in reactions with PASC, xyloglucan and glucomannan (PubMed:31431506). Very weak activity on cellopentaose (PubMed:31431506). No activity with birchwood xylan or ivory nut mannan (PubMed:31431506). Disrupts plant cell wall polysaccharide substrates, such as recalcitrant crystalline cellulose (Probable).[1] [2] [3] [4]

Publication Abstract from PubMed

Metalloproteins perform a diverse array of redox-related reactions facilitated by the increased chemical functionality afforded by their metallocofactors. Lytic polysaccharide monooxygenases (LPMOs) are a class of copper-dependent enzymes that are responsible for the breakdown of recalcitrant polysaccharides via oxidative cleavage at the glycosidic bond. The activated copper-oxygen intermediates and their mechanism of formation remains to be established. Neutron protein crystallography which permits direct visualization of protonation states was used to investigate the initial steps of oxygen activation directly following active site copper reduction in Neurospora crassa LPMO9D. Herein, we cryo-trap an activated dioxygen intermediate in a mixture of superoxo and hydroperoxo states, and we identify the conserved second coordination shell residue His157 as the proton donor. Density functional theory calculations indicate that both superoxo and hydroperoxo active site states are stable. The hydroperoxo formed is potentially an early LPMO catalytic reaction intermediate or the first step in the mechanism of hydrogen peroxide formation in the absence of substrate. We observe that the N-terminal amino group of the copper coordinating His1 remains doubly protonated directly following molecular oxygen reduction by copper. Aided by molecular dynamics and mining minima free energy calculations we establish that the conserved second-shell His161 in MtPMO3* displays conformational flexibility in solution and that this flexibility is also observed, though to a lesser extent, in His157 of NcLPMO9D. The imidazolate form of His157 observed in our structure following oxygen intermediate protonation can be attributed to abolished His157 flexibility due steric hindrance in the crystal as well as the solvent-occluded active site environment due to crystal packing. A neutron crystal structure of NcLPMO9D at low pH further supports occlusion of the active site since His157 remains singly protonated even at acidic conditions.

Capture of activated dioxygen intermediates at the copper-active site of a lytic polysaccharide monooxygenase.,Schroder GC, O'Dell WB, Webb SP, Agarwal PK, Meilleur F Chem Sci. 2022 Nov 2;13(45):13303-13320. doi: 10.1039/d2sc05031e. eCollection , 2022 Nov 23. PMID:36507176[5]

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References

  1. Phillips CM, Beeson WT, Cate JH, Marletta MA. Cellobiose dehydrogenase and a copper-dependent polysaccharide monooxygenase potentiate cellulose degradation by Neurospora crassa. ACS Chem Biol. 2011 Dec 16;6(12):1399-406. PMID:22004347 doi:10.1021/cb200351y
  2. Beeson WT, Phillips CM, Cate JH, Marletta MA. Oxidative cleavage of cellulose by fungal copper-dependent polysaccharide monooxygenases. J Am Chem Soc. 2012 Jan 18;134(2):890-2. PMID:22188218 doi:10.1021/ja210657t
  3. Vu VV, Beeson WT, Phillips CM, Cate JH, Marletta MA. Determinants of regioselective hydroxylation in the fungal polysaccharide monooxygenases. J Am Chem Soc. 2014 Jan 15;136(2):562-5. PMID:24350607 doi:10.1021/ja409384b
  4. Petrovic DM, Varnai A, Dimarogona M, Mathiesen G, Sandgren M, Westereng B, Eijsink VGH. Comparison of three seemingly similar lytic polysaccharide monooxygenases from Neurospora crassa suggests different roles in plant biomass degradation. J Biol Chem. 2019 Oct 11;294(41):15068-15081. doi: 10.1074/jbc.RA119.008196. Epub, 2019 Aug 20. PMID:31431506 doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1074/jbc.RA119.008196
  5. Schroder GC, O'Dell WB, Webb SP, Agarwal PK, Meilleur F. Capture of activated dioxygen intermediates at the copper-active site of a lytic polysaccharide monooxygenase. Chem Sci. 2022 Nov 2;13(45):13303-13320. doi: 10.1039/d2sc05031e. eCollection , 2022 Nov 23. PMID:36507176 doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/d2sc05031e

7t5c, resolution 1.50Å

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