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==Solution structure of the chitin-binding domain of hyperthermophilic chitinase from pyrococcus furiosus==
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== Structural highlights ==
<table><tr><td colspan='2'>[[2czn]] is a 1 chain structure with sequence from [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atcc_43587 Atcc 43587]. Full experimental information is available from [http://oca.weizmann.ac.il/oca-bin/ocashort?id=2CZN OCA]. For a <b>guided tour on the structure components</b> use [http://oca.weizmann.ac.il/oca-docs/fgij/fg.htm?mol=2CZN FirstGlance]. <br>
</td></tr><tr id='activity'><td class="sblockLbl"><b>Activity:</b></td><td class="sblockDat"><span class='plainlinks'>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chitinase Chitinase], with EC number [http://www.brenda-enzymes.info/php/result_flat.php4?ecno=3.2.1.14 3.2.1.14] </span></td></tr>
<tr id='resources'><td class="sblockLbl"><b>Resources:</b></td><td class="sblockDat"><span class='plainlinks'>[http://oca.weizmann.ac.il/oca-docs/fgij/fg.htm?mol=2czn FirstGlance], [http://oca.weizmann.ac.il/oca-bin/ocaids?id=2czn OCA], [http://pdbe.org/2czn PDBe], [http://www.rcsb.org/pdb/explore.do?structureId=2czn RCSB], [http://www.ebi.ac.uk/pdbsum/2czn PDBsum], [http://prosat.h-its.org/prosat/prosatexe?pdbcode=2czn ProSAT]</span></td></tr>
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== Evolutionary Conservation ==
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== Publication Abstract from PubMed ==
A chitinase is a hyperthermophilic glycosidase that effectively hydrolyzes both alpha and beta crystalline chitins; that studied here was engineered from the genes PF1233 and PF1234 of Pyrococcus furiosus. This chitinase has unique structural features and contains two catalytic domains (AD1 and AD2) and two chitin-binding domains (ChBDs; ChBD1 and ChBD2). A partial enzyme carrying AD2 and ChBD2 also effectively hydrolyzes crystalline chitin. We determined the NMR and crystal structures of ChBD2, which significantly enhances the activity of the catalytic domain. There was no significant difference between the NMR and crystal structures. The overall structure of ChBD2, which consists of two four-stranded beta-sheets, was composed of a typical beta-sandwich architecture and was similar to that of other carbohydrate-binding module 2 family proteins, despite low sequence similarity. The chitin-binding surface identified by NMR was flat and contained a strip of three solvent-exposed Trp residues (Trp274, Trp308 and Trp326) flanked by acidic residues (Glu279 and Asp281). These acidic residues form a negatively charged patch and are a characteristic feature of ChBD2. Mutagenesis analysis indicated that hydrophobic interaction was dominant for the recognition of crystalline chitin and that the acidic residues were responsible for a higher substrate specificity of ChBD2 for chitin compared with that of cellulose. These results provide the first structure of a hyperthermostable ChBD and yield new insight into the mechanism of protein-carbohydrate recognition. This is important in the development of technology for the exploitation of biomass.

Tertiary structure and carbohydrate recognition by the chitin-binding domain of a hyperthermophilic chitinase from Pyrococcus furiosus.,Nakamura T, Mine S, Hagihara Y, Ishikawa K, Ikegami T, Uegaki K J Mol Biol. 2008 Sep 5;381(3):670-80. Epub 2008 Jun 10. PMID:18582475<ref>PMID:18582475</ref>

From MEDLINE&reg;/PubMed&reg;, a database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine.<br>
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==See Also==
*[[Chitinase|Chitinase]]
== References ==
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</StructureSection>
[[Category: Atcc 43587]]
[[Category: Chitinase]]
[[Category: Ataka, M]]
[[Category: Hagihara, Y]]
[[Category: Ikegami, T]]
[[Category: Inoue, T]]
[[Category: Ishikawa, K]]
[[Category: Matsumura, H]]
[[Category: Mine, S]]
[[Category: Nakamura, T]]
[[Category: Uegaki, T]]
[[Category: Chitin binding]]
[[Category: Hydrolase]]
[[Category: Pyrococcus furiosus]]