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| Author(s): |
Amanda Abdalla Valerio
Total Authors: 1
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| Document type: | Doctoral Thesis |
| Press: | Campinas, SP. |
| Institution: | Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP). Instituto de Biologia |
| Defense date: | 2007-07-25 |
| Examining board members: |
João Alexandre Ribeiro Gonçalves Barbosa;
Celso Eduardo Benedetti;
Jörg Kobarg;
Richard Charles Garratt;
Sonia Maria de Freitas
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| Advisor: | João Alexandre Ribeiro Gonçalves Barbosa |
| Abstract | |
Glycoside hydrolases (EC 3.2.1.-) are enzymes that hydrolyze glycoside bonds. In this work we studied functional and structural features of two glycoside hydrolases: the cellulase XF0810 of Xylella fastidiosa and the digestive lysozyme 1 of Musca domestica (MdL1). The cellulase XF0810 is annotated in the genome of X. fastidiosa as member of family 5 of glycoside hydrolases (EC 3.2.1.4). After the amplification, cloning, expression and purification of XF0810; we continued with the experiments of analytical gel filtration, circular dichroism, DLS, enzymatic assay and crystallization of this protein. A homology model was built which showed that XF0810 did not belong to family 5 because four of seven conserved residues that characterize the family were substituted, including the two catalytic residues of glutamate that are essential for the retention hydrolysis mechanism. This was further confirmed by the absence of activity in the assays (exocellulase with PNPc) performed with the purified protein. The MdL1 belongs to the family 22 of glycoside hydrolases (EC 3.2.1.17) and was crystallized with the ligand N-acetilchitotetraose for X-ray diffraction. The resolution of the structure (2H5Z in PDB) was accomplished by molecular replacement with the native structure as the searching model. The comparative analysis of MdL1 with other lysozymes of four different classes of animals showed a high similarity and few differences appeared only in the loops¿ regions. These differences were used to explain the special characteristics of the lysozyme with a digestive function. The loop in the region defined by residues 98-100 presents one deletion in the MdL1, becoming less exposed to the solvent, this might justify the proteolysis resistance. The residue Gln100 participates directly in an interaction with the ligand. The residues Thr107 and Asn46 are pointed out as responsible for a reduction in the pKa of the carboxyl groups of catalytic residues Glu32 e Asp50, respectively. The reduction in pKa explains the more acidic pH optimum that characterizes the digestive lysozymes (AU) | |