Thermodynamic Relationships with Processivity in Serratia marcescens Family 18 Chitinases

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• 作者：Anne Grethe Hamre ; Suvamay Jana ; Matilde Mengkrog Holen ; Geir Mathiesen ; Priit V盲ljam盲e ; Christina M. Payne ; Morten S酶rlie
• 刊名：Journal of Physical Chemistry B
• 出版年：2015
• 出版时间：July 30, 2015
• 年：2015
• 卷：119
• 期：30
• 页码：9601-9613
• 全文大小：612K
• ISSN：1520-5207

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The enzymatic degradation of recalcitrant polysaccharides is accomplished by synergistic enzyme cocktails of glycoside hydrolases (GHs) and accessory enzymes. Many GHs are processive which means that they remain attached to the substrate in between subsequent hydrolytic reactions. Chitinases are GHs that catalyze the hydrolysis of chitin (尾-1,4-linked N-acetylglucosamine). Previously, a relationship between active site topology and processivity has been suggested while recent computational efforts have suggested a link between the degree of processivity and ligand binding free energy. We have investigated these relationships by employing computational (molecular dynamics (MD)) and experimental (isothermal titration calorimetry (ITC)) approaches to gain insight into the thermodynamics of substrate binding to Serratia marcescens chitinases ChiA, ChiB, and ChiC. We show that increased processive ability indeed corresponds to more favorable binding free energy and that this likely is a general feature of GHs. Moreover, ligand binding in ChiB is entropically driven; in ChiC it is enthalpically driven, and the enthalpic and entropic contributions to ligand binding in ChiA are equal. Furthermore, water is shown to be especially important in ChiA-binding. This work provides new insight into oligosaccharide binding, getting us one step closer to understand how GHs efficiently degrade recalcitrant polysaccharides.