Changes in active-site geometry on X-ray photoreduction of a lytic polysaccharide monooxygenase active-site copper and saccharide binding
- University of Copenhagen (Denmark)
- European Synchrotron Radiation Facility (ESRF), Grenoble (France)
- University of Copenhagen, Frederiksberg (Denmark)
- Technical University of Denmark, Lyngby (Denmark)
- 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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