TY - JOUR
T1 - The catalytic domains of Streptococcus mutans glucosyltransferases
T2 - a structural analysis
AU - Schormann, Norbert
AU - Patel, Manisha
AU - Thannickal, Luke
AU - Purushotham, Sangeetha
AU - Wu, Ren
AU - Mieher, Joshua L.
AU - Wu, Hui
AU - Deivanayagam, Champion
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2023/5/5
Y1 - 2023/5/5
N2 - Streptococcus mutans, found in the human oral cavity, is a significant contributor to the pathogenesis of dental caries. This bacterium expresses three genetically distinct types of glucosyltransferases named GtfB (GTF-I), GtfC (GTF-SI) and GtfD (GTF-S) that play critical roles in the development of dental plaque. The catalytic domains of GtfB, GtfC and GtfD contain conserved active-site residues for the overall enzymatic activity that relate to hydrolytic glycosidic cleavage of sucrose to glucose and fructose, release of fructose and generation of a glycosylenzyme intermediate in the reducing end. In a subsequent transglycosylation step, the glucosyl moiety is transferred to the nonreducing end of an acceptor to form a growing glucan polymer chain made up of glucose molecules. It has been proposed that both sucrose breakdown and glucan synthesis occur in the same active site of the catalytic domain, although the active site does not appear to be large enough to accommodate both functions. These three enzymes belong to glycoside hydrolase family 70 (GH70), which shows homology to glycoside hydrolase family 13 (GH13). GtfC synthesizes both soluble and insoluble glucans (-1,3 and -1,6 glycosidic linkages), while GtfB and GtfD synthesize only insoluble or soluble glucans, respectively. Here, crystal structures of the catalytic domains of GtfB and GtfD are reported. These structures are compared with previously determined structures of the catalytic domain of GtfC. With this work, apo structures and inhibitor-complex structures with acarbose are now available for the catalytic domains of GtfC and GtfB. The structure of GtfC with maltose allows further identification and comparison of active-site residues. A model of sucrose binding to GtfB is also included. The new structure of the catalytic domain of GtfD affords a structural comparison of the three S. mutans glycosyltransferases. Unfortunately, the catalytic domain of GtfD is not complete since crystallization resulted in the structure of a truncated protein lacking approximately 200 N-terminal residues of domain IV.
AB - Streptococcus mutans, found in the human oral cavity, is a significant contributor to the pathogenesis of dental caries. This bacterium expresses three genetically distinct types of glucosyltransferases named GtfB (GTF-I), GtfC (GTF-SI) and GtfD (GTF-S) that play critical roles in the development of dental plaque. The catalytic domains of GtfB, GtfC and GtfD contain conserved active-site residues for the overall enzymatic activity that relate to hydrolytic glycosidic cleavage of sucrose to glucose and fructose, release of fructose and generation of a glycosylenzyme intermediate in the reducing end. In a subsequent transglycosylation step, the glucosyl moiety is transferred to the nonreducing end of an acceptor to form a growing glucan polymer chain made up of glucose molecules. It has been proposed that both sucrose breakdown and glucan synthesis occur in the same active site of the catalytic domain, although the active site does not appear to be large enough to accommodate both functions. These three enzymes belong to glycoside hydrolase family 70 (GH70), which shows homology to glycoside hydrolase family 13 (GH13). GtfC synthesizes both soluble and insoluble glucans (-1,3 and -1,6 glycosidic linkages), while GtfB and GtfD synthesize only insoluble or soluble glucans, respectively. Here, crystal structures of the catalytic domains of GtfB and GtfD are reported. These structures are compared with previously determined structures of the catalytic domain of GtfC. With this work, apo structures and inhibitor-complex structures with acarbose are now available for the catalytic domains of GtfC and GtfB. The structure of GtfC with maltose allows further identification and comparison of active-site residues. A model of sucrose binding to GtfB is also included. The new structure of the catalytic domain of GtfD affords a structural comparison of the three S. mutans glycosyltransferases. Unfortunately, the catalytic domain of GtfD is not complete since crystallization resulted in the structure of a truncated protein lacking approximately 200 N-terminal residues of domain IV.
KW - GtfB
KW - GtfC
KW - GtfD
KW - Streptococcus mutans
KW - binding binding.
KW - catalytic domains
KW - dental plaque
KW - glucansucrases
KW - glycosyltransferases
KW - soluble and insoluble glucans
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U2 - 10.1107/S2053230X23003199
DO - 10.1107/S2053230X23003199
M3 - Article
C2 - 37158310
AN - SCOPUS:85158082759
SN - 1744-3091
VL - 79
SP - 119
EP - 127
JO - Acta Crystallographica Section F: Structural Biology and Crystallization Communications
JF - Acta Crystallographica Section F: Structural Biology and Crystallization Communications
IS - Pt 5
ER -