A CBM20 low-affinity starch-binding domain from glucan, water dikinase

Camilla Christiansen, Maher Abou Hachem, Mikkel Andreas Glaring, Anders Viksø-Nielsen, Bent Walther Sigurskjold, Birte Svensson, Per Gunnar Andreas Blennow

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Abstract

The family 20 carbohydrate-binding module (CBM20) of the Arabidopsis starch phosphorylator glucan, water dikinase 3 (GWD3) was heterologously produced and its properties were compared to the CBM20 from a fungal glucoamylase (GA). The GWD3 CBM20 has 50-fold lower affinity for cyclodextrins than that from GA. Homology modelling identified possible structural elements responsible for this weak binding of the intracellular CBM20. Differential binding of fluorescein-labelled GWD3 and GA modules to starch granules in vitro was demonstrated by confocal laser scanning microscopy and yellow fluorescent protein-tagged GWD3 CBM20 expressed in tobacco confirmed binding to starch granules in planta.
Original languageEnglish
JournalFEBS Letters
Volume583
Issue number7
Pages (from-to)1159-1163
Number of pages5
ISSN0014-5793
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2009

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