TY - JOUR AU - Ohlin, Mats AU - von Schantz, Laura AU - Schrader, Tobias E. AU - Ostermann, Andreas AU - Logan, Derek T. AU - Fisher, S. Zoë TI - Crystallization, neutron data collection, initial structure refinement and analysis of a xyloglucan heptamer bound to an engineered carbohydrate-binding module from xylanase JO - Acta crystallographica / F VL - 71 IS - 8 SN - 2053-230X CY - Oxford [u.a.] PB - Blackwell M1 - FZJ-2015-06689 SP - 1072 - 1077 PY - 2015 AB - Carbohydrate-binding modules (CBMs) are discrete parts of carbohydrate-hydrolyzing enzymes that bind specific types of carbohydrates. Ultra high-resolution X-ray crystallographic studies of CBMs have helped to decipher the basis for specificity in carbohydrate-protein interactions. However, additional studies are needed to better understand which structural determinants confer which carbohydrate-binding properties. To address these issues, neutron crystallographic studies were initiated on one experimentally engineered CBM derived from a xylanase, X-2 L110F, a protein that is able to bind several different plant carbohydrates such as xylan, [beta]-glucan and xyloglucan. This protein evolved from a CBM present in xylanase Xyn10A of Rhodothermus marinus. The protein was complexed with a branched xyloglucan heptasaccharide. Large single crystals of hydrogenous protein (~1.6 mm3) were grown at room temperature and subjected to H/D exchange. Both neutron and X-ray diffraction data sets were collected to 1.6 Å resolution. Joint neutron and X-ray refinement using phenix.refine showed significant density for residues involved in carbohydrate binding and revealed the details of a hydrogen-bonded water network around the binding site. This is the first report of a neutron structure of a CBM and will add to the understanding of protein-carbohydrate binding interactions. LB - PUB:(DE-HGF)16 UR - <Go to ISI:>//WOS:000359352700026 C6 - pmid:26249702 DO - DOI:10.1107/S2053230X15011383 UR - https://juser.fz-juelich.de/record/276224 ER -