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Syn/anti lateral protonation

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Overview

This page will provide a table (and eventually a full lexicon article) on the spatial positioning of the catalytic general acid residue in the active sites of glycoside hydrolases. The table below updates those found in the seminal paper on this concept by Heightman and Vasella [1], and the more recent summary by Nerinckx et al. [2].

Table

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Family Clan Structure fold Anomeric specificity Mechanism Example PDB ID General acid syn/anti Nucleophile or General base Ligand Organism Enzyme Primary reference
GH1 A (β/α)8 beta retaining 4pbg Glu160 anti Glu375 product Lactococcus lactis 6-phospho-beta-galactosidase [3]
GH2 A (β/α)8 beta retaining 1jz0 Glu461 anti Glu537 2-F-galactosyl Escherechia coli beta-galactosidase [4]
GH3 none (β/α)8 beta retaining 1iew Glu491 anti Asp285 2-F-glucosyl Hordeum vulgare exo-1,3-1,4-glucanase [5]
GH5 A (β/α)8 beta retaining 1h2j Glu129 anti Glu228 2-F-glucosyl Bacillus agaradhaerans endo-1,4-glucanase [6]
GH6 none (β/α)8 beta inverting 1ocn Asp226 syn debated Glc-isofagomine Humicola insolens cellobiohydrolase [7]
GH7 B β-jelly roll beta retaining 1ovw Glu202 syn Glu197 thio-Glc5 Fusarium oxysporum endo-1,4-glucanase [8]
GH8 M (α/α)6 beta inverting 1kwf Glu95 anti Asp278 Michaelis Clostridium thermocellum endo-1,4-glucanase [9]
GH9 none (α/α)6 beta inverting 3tf4,4tf4 Glu424 syn Asp55,Asp58 product Thermomonospora fusca cellulase [10]
GH10 A (β/α)8 beta retaining 2xyl Glu127 anti Glu233 Xyl-2-F-xylosyl Cellulomonas fimi xylanase B (Cex) [11]
GH11 C β-jelly roll beta retaining 1bvv Glu172 syn Glu78 Xyl-2-F-xylosyl Bacillus circulans xylanase [12]
GH12 C β-jelly roll beta retaining 2nlr Glu203 syn Glu120 Glc2-2-F-glucosyl Streptomyces lividans endo-1,4-glucanase [13]
GH13 H (β/α)8 alpha retaining 1ckx Glu257 anti Asp229 Michaelis Bacillus circulans beta-cyclodextrin glucanotransferase [14]
GH14 none (β/α)8 alpha inverting 1b9z Glu172 syn Glu367 product Bacillus cereus beta-amylase [15]
GH15 L (α/α)6 alpha inverting 1gah Glu179 syn Glu400 acarbose Aspergillus awamori glucoamylase [16]
GH16 B β-jelly roll beta retaining 1urx Glu152 syn Glu147 product Zobellia galactanivorans beta-agarase A [17]

References

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  1. Heightman, T.D. and Vasella, A.T. (1999) Recent Insights into Inhibition, Structure, and Mechanism of Configuration-Retaining Glycosidases. Angewandte Chemie-International Edition 38(6), 750-770. Article online.

    [HeightmanVasella1999]
  2. Error fetching PMID 15642336: [Nerinckx2005]
  3. Error fetching PMID 9223646: [Wiesmann1997]
  4. Error fetching PMID 11732897: [Juers2001]
  5. Error fetching PMID 11709165: [Hrmova2001]
  6. Error fetching PMID 12595701: [Varrot_A2003]
  7. Error fetching PMID 12744312: [Varrot_B2003]
  8. Error fetching PMID 8952478: [Sulzenbacher1996]
  9. Error fetching PMID 11884144: [Guerin2002]
  10. Error fetching PMID 9537366: [Irwin1998]
  11. Error fetching PMID 9537990: [Notenboom1998]
  12. Error fetching PMID 10220321: [Sidhu1999]
  13. Error fetching PMID 10200171: [Sulzenbacher1999]
  14. Error fetching PMID 10331869: [Uitdehaag1999]
  15. Error fetching PMID 10353816: [Mikami1999]
  16. Error fetching PMID 8679589: [Aleshin1996]
  17. Error fetching PMID 15062085: [Allouch2004]

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