1BTC

THREE-DIMENSIONAL STRUCTURE OF SOYBEAN BETA-AMYLASE DETERMINED AT 3.0 ANGSTROMS RESOLUTION: PRELIMINARY CHAIN TRACING OF THE COMPLEX WITH ALPHA-CYCLODEXTRIN

Summary for 1BTC

• Entry DOI: 10.2210/pdb1btc/pdb
• Related PRD ID: PRD_900015
• Descriptor: BETA-AMYLASE, Cyclohexakis-(1-4)-(alpha-D-glucopyranose), SULFATE ION, ... (5 entities in total)
• Functional Keywords: hydrolase(o-glycosyl)
• Biological source: Glycine max (soybean)
• Total number of polymer chains: 1
• Total formula weight: 57096.42

Authors

Mikami, B.,Hehre, E.J.,Sato, M.,Katsube, Y.,Hirose, M.,Morita, Y.,Sacchettini, J.C. (deposition date: 1993-02-18, release date: 1993-10-31, Last modification date: 2020-07-29)

Primary citation

Mikami, B.,Hehre, E.J.,Sato, M.,Katsube, Y.,Hirose, M.,Morita, Y.,Sacchettini, J.C.
The 2.0-A resolution structure of soybean beta-amylase complexed with alpha-cyclodextrin.
Biochemistry, 32:6836-6845, 1993

PubMed Abstract: New crystallographic findings are presented which offer a deeper understanding of the structure and functioning of beta-amylase, the first known exo-type starch-hydrolyzing enzyme. A refined three-dimensional structure of soybean beta-amylase, complexed with the inhibitor alpha-cyclodextrin, has been determined at 2.0-A resolution with a conventional R-value of 17.5%. The model contains 491 amino acid residues, 319 water molecules, 1 sulfate ion, and 1 alpha-cyclodextrin molecule. The protein consists of a core with an (alpha/beta)8 supersecondary structure, plus a smaller globular region formed by long loops (L3, L4, and L5) extending from beta-strands beta 3, beta 4, and beta 5. Between the two regions is a cleft that opens into a pocket whose floor contains the postulated catalytic center near the carboxyl group of Glu 186. The annular alpha-cyclodextrin binds in (and partly projects from) the cleft with its glucosyl O-2/O-3 face abutting the (alpha/beta)8 side and with its alpha-D(1 --> 4) glucosidic linkage progression running clockwise as viewed from that side. The ligand does not bind deeply enough to interact with the carboxyl group of Glu 186. Rather, it occupies most of the cleft entrance, strongly suggesting that alpha-cyclodextrin inhibits catalysis by blocking substrate access to the more deeply located reaction center. Of the various alpha-cyclodextrin interactions with protein residues in loops L4, L5, L6, and L7, most notable is the shallow inclusion complex formed with Leu 383 (in L7, on the core side of the cleft) through contacts of its methyl groups with the C-3 atoms of four of the ligand's D-glucopyranosyl residues. All six residues of the bound alpha-cyclodextrin are of 4C1 conformation and are joined by alpha-1,4 linkages with similar torsional angles to form a nearly symmetrical torus as reported for crystalline inclusion complexes with alpha-cyclodextrin. We envision a significant role for the methyl groups of Leu 383 at the cleft entrance with respect to the productive binding of the outer chains of starch.

PubMed: 8334116

Experimental method

X-RAY DIFFRACTION (2 Å)