Unliganded and substrate bound structures of the cellooligosaccharide active lytic polysaccharide monooxygenase LsAA9A at low pH

Kristian Erik Høpfner Frandsen, Jens-Christian Navarro Poulsen, Tobias Tandrup, Leila Lo Leggio*

*Corresponding author for this work
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Abstract

Lytic polysaccharide monooxygenases (LPMOs) have been found to be key components in microbial (bacterial and fungal) degradation of biomass. They are copper metalloenzymes that degrade polysaccharides oxidatively and act in synergy with glycoside hydrolases. Recently crystallographic studies carried out at pH 5.5 of the LPMO from Lentinus similis belonging to the fungal LPMO family AA9 have provided the first atomic resolution view of substrate-LPMO interactions. The LsAA9A structure presented here determined at pH 3.5 shows significant disorder of the active site in the absence of substrate ligand. Furthermore some differences are also observed in regards to substrate (cellohexaose) binding, although the major interaction with the N-terminal histidine remains unchanged.

Original languageEnglish
JournalCarbohydrate Research
Volume448
Pages (from-to)187-190
Number of pages4
ISSN0008-6215
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2017

Keywords

  • Cellohexaose interactions
  • Lytic polysaccharide monooxygenases
  • PH-dependent disorder

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