6TJJ

Structure of Cerezyme at pH 4.6

This is a non-PDB format compatible entry.

Summary for 6TJJ

• Entry DOI: 10.2210/pdb6tjj/pdb
• Descriptor: Glucosylceramidase, 2-acetamido-2-deoxy-beta-D-glucopyranose-(1-4)-2-acetamido-2-deoxy-beta-D-glucopyranose, SULFATE ION, ... (8 entities in total)
• Functional Keywords: beta-glucocerebrosidase, lysosomal glycoside hydrolase, gh30, hydrolase
• Biological source: Homo sapiens (Human)
• Total number of polymer chains: 2
• Total formula weight: 115307.48

Authors

Rowland, R.J.,Davies, G.J. (deposition date: 2019-11-26, release date: 2020-06-10, Last modification date: 2024-10-16)

Primary citation

Rowland, R.J.,Wu, L.,Liu, F.,Davies, G.J.
A baculoviral system for the production of human beta-glucocerebrosidase enables atomic resolution analysis.
Acta Crystallogr D Struct Biol, 76:565-580, 2020

PubMed Abstract: The lysosomal glycoside hydrolase β-glucocerebrosidase (GBA; sometimes called GBA1 or GC) catalyses the hydrolysis of glycosphingolipids. Inherited deficiencies in GBA cause the lysosomal storage disorder Gaucher disease (GD). Consequently, GBA is of considerable medical interest, with continuous advances in the development of inhibitors, chaperones and activity-based probes. The development of new GBA inhibitors requires a source of active protein; however, the majority of structural and mechanistic studies of GBA today rely on clinical enzyme-replacement therapy (ERT) formulations, which are incredibly costly and are often difficult to obtain in adequate supply. Here, the production of active crystallizable GBA in insect cells using a baculovirus expression system is reported, providing a nonclinical source of recombinant GBA with comparable activity and biophysical properties to ERT preparations. Furthermore, a novel crystal form of GBA is described which diffracts to give a 0.98 Å resolution unliganded structure. A structure in complex with the inactivator 2,4-dinitrophenyl-2-deoxy-2-fluoro-β-D-glucopyranoside was also obtained, demonstrating the ability of this GBA formulation to be used in ligand-binding studies. In light of its purity, stability and activity, the GBA production protocol described here should circumvent the need for ERT formulations for structural and biochemical studies and serve to support GD research.

PubMed: 32496218
DOI: 10.1107/S205979832000501X

Experimental method

X-RAY DIFFRACTION (1.59 Å)