1mfv
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Probing the role of a mobile loop in human slaivary amylase: Structural studies on the loop-deleted enzyme
OverviewOverview
Mammalian amylases harbor a flexible, glycine-rich loop 304GHGAGGA(310), which becomes ordered upon oligosaccharide binding and moves in toward the, substrate. In order to probe the role of this loop in catalysis, a, deletion mutant lacking residues 306-310 (Delta306) was generated. Kinetic, studies showed that Delta306 exhibited: (1) a reduction (>200-fold) in the, specific activity using starch as a substrate; (2) a reduction in k(cat), for maltopentaose and maltoheptaose as substrates; and (3) a twofold, increase in K(m) (maltopentaose as substrate) compared to the wild-type, (rHSAmy). More cleavage sites were observed for the mutant than for, rHSAmy, suggesting that the mutant exhibits additional productive binding, modes. Further insight into its role is obtained from the crystal, structures of the two enzymes soaked with acarbose, a transition-state, analog. Both enzymes modify acarbose upon binding through hydrolysis, condensation or transglycosylation reactions. Electron density, corresponding to six and seven fully occupied subsites in the active site, of rHSAmy and Delta306, respectively, were observed. Comparison of the, crystal structures showed that: (1) the hydrophobic cover provided by the, mobile loop for the subsites at the reducing end of the rHSAmy complex is, notably absent in the mutant; (2) minimal changes in the protein-ligand, interactions around subsites S1 and S1', where the cleavage would occur;, (3) a well-positioned water molecule in the mutant provides a hydrogen, bond interaction similar to that provided by the His305 in rHSAmy complex;, (4) the active site-bound oligosaccharides exhibit minimal conformational, differences between the two enzymes. Collectively, while the kinetic data, suggest that the mobile loop may be involved in assisting the catalysis, during the transition state, crystallographic data suggest that the loop, may play a role in the release of the product(s) from the active site.
About this StructureAbout this Structure
1MFV is a Single protein structure of sequence from Homo sapiens with , and as ligands. Active as Alpha-amylase, with EC number 3.2.1.1 Full crystallographic information is available from OCA.
ReferenceReference
Probing the role of a mobile loop in substrate binding and enzyme activity of human salivary amylase., Ramasubbu N, Ragunath C, Mishra PJ, J Mol Biol. 2003 Jan 31;325(5):1061-76. PMID:12527308
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