Cellobiohydrolase

Function

Cellobiohydrolase (CBH) is a cellulase which degrades cellulose by hydrolysing the 1,4-β-D-glycosidic bonds. CBH is an exocellulase which cleaves two to four units from the ends of cellulose. There are two types of CBH. CBHI cleaves progressively from the reducing end while CBHII cleaves progressively from the nonreducing end of cellulose.^[1]. The exo-acting CBH I is called Cel7A. The endo-acting CBH I is called Cel7B. Cellobiohydrolase Cel6A contains an active site within a tunnel which opens and closes in response to ligand binding^[2].

Structural highlights

The of CBH contains (Gln-Asp-Glu in 3cel, cyan) and is situated at the .^[3] Water molecules shown as red spheres.

3D structures of cellobiohydrolase

Cellobiohydrolase 3D structures

Glycosylated cellobiohydrolase I catalytic domain complex with cellobiose and Cd+2 ions (PDB code 3cel)

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ReferencesReferences

↑ Divne C, Stahlberg J, Teeri TT, Jones TA. High-resolution crystal structures reveal how a cellulose chain is bound in the 50 A long tunnel of cellobiohydrolase I from Trichoderma reesei. J Mol Biol. 1998 Jan 16;275(2):309-25. PMID:9466911 doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1006/jmbi.1997.1437
↑ Varrot A, Frandsen TP, von Ossowski I, Boyer V, Cottaz S, Driguez H, Schulein M, Davies GJ. Structural basis for ligand binding and processivity in cellobiohydrolase Cel6A from Humicola insolens. Structure. 2003 Jul;11(7):855-64. PMID:12842048
↑ Stahlberg J, Divne C, Koivula A, Piens K, Claeyssens M, Teeri TT, Jones TA. Activity studies and crystal structures of catalytically deficient mutants of cellobiohydrolase I from Trichoderma reesei. J Mol Biol. 1996 Nov 29;264(2):337-49. PMID:8951380 doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1006/jmbi.1996.0644

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[1] Divne C, Stahlberg J, Teeri TT, Jones TA. High-resolution crystal structures reveal how a cellulose chain is bound in the 50 A long tunnel of cellobiohydrolase I from Trichoderma reesei. J Mol Biol. 1998 Jan 16;275(2):309-25. PMID:9466911 doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1006/jmbi.1997.1437

[2] Varrot A, Frandsen TP, von Ossowski I, Boyer V, Cottaz S, Driguez H, Schulein M, Davies GJ. Structural basis for ligand binding and processivity in cellobiohydrolase Cel6A from Humicola insolens. Structure. 2003 Jul;11(7):855-64. PMID:12842048

[3] Stahlberg J, Divne C, Koivula A, Piens K, Claeyssens M, Teeri TT, Jones TA. Activity studies and crystal structures of catalytically deficient mutants of cellobiohydrolase I from Trichoderma reesei. J Mol Biol. 1996 Nov 29;264(2):337-49. PMID:8951380 doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1006/jmbi.1996.0644

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