Wu Huijun, Qiao Shuai, Li Defeng, Guo Lu, Zhu Meijun, Ma Luyan Z
State Key Laboratory of Microbial Resources, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, People's Republic of China.
Molecular Machines and Signaling, Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry, Am Klopferspitz 18, D-82152 Martinsried, Germany.
Acta Crystallogr F Struct Biol Commun. 2019 Jul 1;75(Pt 7):501-506. doi: 10.1107/S2053230X19008100. Epub 2019 Jun 28.
Biofilms are microbial communities that are embedded in the extracellular matrix. The exopolysaccharide (EPS) is a key component of the biofilm matrix that maintains the structure of the biofilm and protects the bacteria from antimicrobials. Microbial glycoside hydrolases have been exploited to disrupt biofilms by breaking down EPSs. PssZ has recently been identified as a glycoside hydrolase that can disperse aggregates of Listeria monocytogenes. In this study, the crystal structure of PssZ has been determined at 1.6 Å resolution. PssZ belongs to glycoside hydrolase family 8 and adopts a classical (α/α)-barrel fold. This architecture forms a deep groove which may serve as the substrate-binding pocket. The conserved catalytic residues (Glu72, Trp110, Asn119, Phe167, Tyr183 and Asp232) are localized at the centre of the groove. This crystal structure will help to improve the understanding of the hydrolytic mechanism of PssZ and its application as a biofilm disrupter.
生物膜是嵌入细胞外基质中的微生物群落。胞外多糖(EPS)是生物膜基质的关键成分,它维持生物膜的结构并保护细菌免受抗菌剂的影响。微生物糖苷水解酶已被用于通过分解EPS来破坏生物膜。PssZ最近被鉴定为一种糖苷水解酶,它可以分散单核细胞增生李斯特菌的聚集体。在本研究中,已确定PssZ的晶体结构分辨率为1.6 Å。PssZ属于糖苷水解酶家族8,采用经典的(α/α)-桶状折叠。这种结构形成了一个深沟,可能作为底物结合口袋。保守的催化残基(Glu72、Trp110、Asn119、Phe167、Tyr183和Asp232)位于沟的中心。这种晶体结构将有助于增进对PssZ水解机制及其作为生物膜破坏剂应用的理解。