The active site of yeast endo-polygalacturonase contains seven subsites |
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Authors: | John H. McClendon |
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Affiliation: | School of Life Sciences, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NB 68588, U.S.A. |
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Abstract: | The rate of hydrolysis of oligomers by the endopolygalacturonase of yeast is in the order: heptamer > hexamer > pentamer > tetramer. This suggests that the active site accommodates at least 7 units. Since the heptamer disappears concurrently with the bulk of larger oligomers, the maximum number of units appears to be 7. The release of labelled (unsaturated, or 3H labelled and reduced) end units from larger substrate is interpreted to indicate that the enzyme interacts with 3 saccharide units toward the reducing end from the bond to be broken, and with 4 units toward the non-reducing end. The relative affinities for the enzyme of saccharide units in various positions are unequal, as indicated by the very low relative rate of monomer production from the hydrolysis of hexamer and pentamer, and the apparently unequal probability of two other modes of hexamer hydrolysis [(tetramer + dimer) = 2.5 (trimer + trimer)]. |
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Keywords: | fungi galacturonan polygalacturonase size of active site. |
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