Biochemical identification of the catalytic residues of a glycoside hydrolase family 120 β-xylosidase, involved in xylooligosaccharide metabolisation by gut bacteria
                                
                                    
                                        作者:Davide A. Cecchini、Régis Fauré、Elisabeth Laville、Gabrielle Potocki-Veronese                                    
                                    
                                        DOI:10.1016/j.febslet.2015.08.012
                                    
                                    
                                        日期:2015.10.7
                                    
                                    The β‐xylosidase B fromBifidobacterium adolescentis ATCC15703 belongs to the newly characterized family 120 of glycoside hydrolases. In order to investigate its catalytic mechanism, an extensive kinetic study of the wild‐type enzyme and mutants targeting the three highly conserved residues Asp393, Glu416 and Glu364 was performed. NMR analysis of the xyloside hydrolysis products, the change of the reaction rate‐limiting step for the Glu416 mutants, the pH dependency of E416A activity and its chemical rescue allowed to demonstrate that this GH120 enzyme uses a retaining mechanism of glycoside hydrolysis, Glu416 playing the role of acid/base catalyst and Asp393 that of nucleophile.