Mechanistic differences among retaining disaccharide phosphorylases: insights from kinetic analysis of active site mutants of sucrose phosphorylase and α,α-trehalose phosphorylase

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• 作者：Christiane Goedl ; Alex ; ra Schwarz ; Mario Mueller ; Lothar Brecker ; Bernd Nidetzky
• 关键词：Glycoside hydrolase ; Glycosyltransferase ; Phosphorylase ; Retaining mechanism ; Covalent intermediate
• 刊名：Carbohydrate Research
• 出版年：2008
• 出版时间：11 August 2008
• 年：2008
• 卷：343
• 期：12
• 页码：2032-2040
• 全文大小：481 K

文摘

Sucrose phosphorylase utilizes a glycoside hydrolase-like double displacement mechanism to convert its disaccharide substrate and phosphate into -d-glucose 1-phosphate and fructose. Site-directed mutagenesis was employed to characterize the proposed roles of Asp¹⁹⁶ and Glu²³⁷ as catalytic nucleophile and acid–base, respectively, in the reaction of sucrose phosphorylase from Leuconostoc mesenteroides. The side chain of Asp²⁹⁵ is suggested to facilitate the catalytic steps of glucosylation and deglucosylation of Asp¹⁹⁶ through a strong hydrogen bond (23 kJ/mol) with the 2-hydroxyl of the glucosyl oxocarbenium ion-like species believed to be formed in the transition states flanking the β-glucosyl enzyme intermediate. An assortment of biochemical techniques used to examine the mechanism of -retaining glucosyl transfer by Schizophyllum commune ,-trehalose phosphorylase failed to provide evidence in support of a similar two-step catalytic reaction via a covalent intermediate. Mutagenesis studies suggested a putative active-site structure for this trehalose phosphorylase that is typical of retaining glycosyltransferases of fold family GT-B and markedly different from that of sucrose phosphorylase. While ambiguity remains regarding the chemical mechanism by which the trehalose phosphorylase functions, the two disaccharide phosphorylases have evolved strikingly different reaction coordinates to achieve catalytic efficiency and stereochemical control in their highly analogous substrate transformations.