The mechanism and the site of substrate (i.e., aglycone)
recognition and specificity were investigated in maize β-glucosidase
(Glu1) by x-ray crystallography by using crystals of a catalytically
inactive mutant (Glu1E191D) in complex with the natural substrate
2-
O
-β-
d
-glucopyranosyl-4-hydroxy-7-methoxy-1,4-benzoxazin-3-one
(DIMBOAGlc), the free aglycone DIMBOA, and competitive inhibitor
para
-hydroxy-
S
-mandelonitrile
β-glucoside (dhurrin). The structures of these complexes and of the
free enzyme were solved at 2.1-, 2.1-, 2.0-, and 2.2-Å resolution,
respectively. The structural data from the complexes allowed us to
visualize an intact substrate, free aglycone, or a competitive
inhibitor in the slot-like active site of a β-glucosidase. These data
show that the aglycone moiety of the substrate is sandwiched between
W378 on one side and F198, F205, and F466 on the other. Thus, specific
conformations of these four hydrophobic amino acids and the shape of
the aglycone-binding site they form determine aglycone recognition and
substrate specificity in Glu1. In addition to these four residues, A467
interacts with the 7-methoxy group of DIMBOA. All residues but W378 are
variable among β-glucosidases that differ in substrate specificity,
supporting the conclusion that these sites are the basis of aglycone
recognition and binding (i.e., substrate specificity) in
β-glucosidases. The data also provide a plausible explanation for the
competitive binding of dhurrin to maize β-glucosidases with high
affinity without being hydrolyzed.
通过X射线晶体学,使用玉米β-葡萄糖苷酶(Glu1)的催化失活突变体(Glu1E191D)晶体,在天然底物2-O-β-D-葡萄糖吡喃基-4-羟基-7-甲氧基-1,4-苯并噁唑-3-酮(DIMBOAGlc)、游离的底物DIMBOA和竞争性抑制剂对羟基-S-甘氨酸苯丙氰酸酯(dhurrin)的复合物中,研究了底物(即去糖苷基)识别和特异性的机制和位点。这些复合物和游离酶的结构分别在2.1、2.1、2.0和2.2 Å分辨率下解决。从这些复合物的结构数据中,我们可以在β-葡萄糖苷酶的槽状活性位点中可视化完整的底物、游离的去糖苷基或竞争性抑制剂。这些数据表明,底物的去糖苷基部分被夹在一侧的W378和另一侧的F198、F205和F466之间。因此,这四个疏水氨基酸的特定构象和它们形成的去糖苷基结合位点的形状决定了Glu1中去糖苷基识别和底物特异性。除了这四个氨基酸外,A467还与DIMBOA的7-甲氧基团相互作用。除了W378外,所有氨基酸都是β-葡萄糖苷酶中可变的,这些酶在底物特异性上有所不同,支持这些位点是β-葡萄糖苷酶中去糖苷基识别和结合(即底物特异性)的基础的结论。这些数据还提供了一个合理的解释,为什么dhurrin可以与玉米β-葡萄糖苷酶具有高亲和力而不被水解。