Polysaccharide Lyase Family 7

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Polysaccharide Lyase Family PL7
3D Structure	β jelly roll
Mechanism	β-elimination
Active site residues	known
CAZy DB link
https://www.cazy.org/PL7.html

Substrate specificities

The polysaccharide lyase family 7 (PL7) contains 5 subfamilies [1]. All characterized PL7 enzymes were alginate lyases specific for the anionic, gel forming polysaccharide alginate which is from brown seaweed such as kelps or from certain types of bacteria. Alginate consists of beta-D-mannuronate and alpha-L-guluronate, which occur in homogenous or heterogenous blocks. Hence, PL7 can be mannuronate, guluronate or mixed link lyases. PL7 enzymes are often found in marine bacteria such as the seaweed associated Flavobacterium Zobellia galactanivorans [2] or in coastal, planktonic gammaproteobacteria such as Vibrio spp. PL7 alginate lyases also occur in terrestrial bacteria.

poly-(MG)-lyase / MG-specific alginate lyase (EC 4.2.2.-)

β-D-mannuronate lyase / M-specific alginate lyase (EC 4.2.2.3)

α-L-guluronate lyase / G-specific alginate lyase (EC 4.2.2.11)

endo-β-1,4-glucuronan lyase (EC 4.2.2.14)

Mechanism and catalytic residues

β-elimination

endo-activity

exo activity [2] Arg, Gln, His, Tyr form active site (Yamasaki et al, 2004, pmid=16081095

Three-dimensional structures

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Figure 2. 3D Structure of endo- and exo-active PL7s (A,C) AlyA1 and (B, D) AlyA5 from Zobellia galaactinovorans DsijT.

β-jelly roll fold [3] only 9 PL7s structure from 8 bacterial strains so far (CAZY, August 2019) endo vs. exo [2]

Evolution of Aly PULs

[4]

Family Firsts

First catalytic endo-activity

First catalytic exo-activity

AlyA5 from Zobellia galactanivorans DsijT [2]

First 3-D apo-structure

PDB:1UA1 from Corynebacterium sp.

First 3-D holo-structure

[3]

References

1. Lombard V, Bernard T, Rancurel C, Brumer H, Coutinho PM, and Henrissat B. A hierarchical classification of polysaccharide lyases for glycogenomics. Biochem J. 2010 Dec 15;432(3):437-44. DOI:10.1042/BJ20101185 |
2. Thomas F, Lundqvist LC, Jam M, Jeudy A, Barbeyron T, Sandström C, Michel G, and Czjzek M. Comparative characterization of two marine alginate lyases from Zobellia galactanivorans reveals distinct modes of action and exquisite adaptation to their natural substrate. J Biol Chem. 2013 Aug 9;288(32):23021-37. DOI:10.1074/jbc.M113.467217 |
3. Ochiai A, Yamasaki M, Mikami B, Hashimoto W, and Murata K. Crystal structure of exotype alginate lyase Atu3025 from Agrobacterium tumefaciens. J Biol Chem. 2010 Aug 6;285(32):24519-28. DOI:10.1074/jbc.M110.125450 |
4. Yamasaki M, Moriwaki S, Miyake O, Hashimoto W, Murata K, and Mikami B. Structure and function of a hypothetical Pseudomonas aeruginosa protein PA1167 classified into family PL-7: a novel alginate lyase with a beta-sandwich fold. J Biol Chem. 2004 Jul 23;279(30):31863-72. DOI:10.1074/jbc.M402466200 |