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Changes in active-site geometry on X-ray photoreduction of a lytic polysaccharide monooxygenase active-site copper and saccharide binding

Journal Article · · IUCrJ
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  1. University of Copenhagen (Denmark)
  2. European Synchrotron Radiation Facility (ESRF), Grenoble (France)
  3. University of Copenhagen, Frederiksberg (Denmark)
  4. Technical University of Denmark, Lyngby (Denmark)
  5. North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC (United States); Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
The recently discovered lytic polysaccharide monooxygenases (LPMOs) are Cu-containing enzymes capable of degrading polysaccharide substrates oxidatively. The generally accepted first step in the LPMO reaction is the reduction of the active-site metal ion from Cu2+ to Cu+. Here we have used a systematic diffraction data collection method to monitor structural changes in two AA9 LPMOs, one from Lentinus similis (LsAA9_A) and one from Thermoascus auranti­acus (TaAA9_A), as the active-site Cu is photoreduced in the X-ray beam. For LsAA9_A, the protein produced in two different recombinant systems was crystallized to probe the effect of post-translational modifications and different crystallization conditions on the active site and metal photoreduction. We can recommend that crystallographic studies of AA9 LPMOs wishing to address the Cu2+ form use a total X-ray dose below 3 × 104 Gy, while the Cu+ form can be attained using 1 × 106 Gy. In all cases, we observe the transition from a hexa­coordinated Cu site with two solvent-facing ligands to a T-shaped geometry with no exogenous ligands, and a clear increase of the θ2 parameter and a decrease of the θ3 parameter by averages of 9.2° and 8.4°, respectively, but also a slight increase in θT. Thus, the θ2 and θ3 parameters are helpful diagnostics for the oxidation state of the metal in a His-brace protein. On binding of cello-oligosaccharides to LsAA9_A, regardless of the production source, the θT parameter increases, making the Cu site less planar, while the active-site Tyr—Cu distance decreases reproducibly for the Cu2+ form. Thus, the θT increase found on copper reduction may bring LsAA9_A closer to an oligosaccharide-bound state and contribute to the observed higher affinity of reduced LsAA9_A for cellulosic substrates.
Research Organization:
Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
BioStruct-X; Danish Council for Independent Research; Danish Ministry of Higher Education and Science; Formas; Novo Nordisk Foundation HOPE project; Seventh Framework Programme; Swedish Governmental Agency for Innovation Systems; Swedish Research council; USDOE
Grant/Contract Number:
AC05-00OR22725
OSTI ID:
2471399
Journal Information:
IUCrJ, Journal Name: IUCrJ Journal Issue: 5 Vol. 9; ISSN 2052-2525
Publisher:
International Union of CrystallographyCopyright Statement
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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