Zayulina Kseniya S, Frolov Evgenii N, Stracke Christina, Klyukina Alexandra A, Khusnutdinova Anna N, Stogios Peter, Skarina Tatiana, Yakunin Alexander F, Golyshin Peter N, Siebers Bettina, Shugaeva Tatiana E, Kublanov Ilya V
Winogradsky Institute of Microbiology, Federal Research Center of Biotechnology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia.
Molecular Enzyme Technology and Biochemistry, Environmental Microbiology and Biotechnology (EMB), Centre for Water and Environmental Research (CWE), Faculty of Chemistry, University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany.
FEBS J. 2025 Jul;292(14):3771-3794. doi: 10.1111/febs.70095. Epub 2025 Apr 21.
Bacteria and fungi are well known for efficient degradation of plant polysaccharides thanks to various enzymes involved in plant cell wall decomposition. However, little is known about the role of archaea in this process or the repertoire and features of their polysaccharide-degrading enzymes. In our previous work, we discovered an archaeal multidomain glycosidase (MDG) composed of three catalytic domains (GH5 and two GH12) and two cellulose-binding modules (CBM2). The recombinant MDG and individual GH5 catalytic domain were active against cellulose and a number of other polysaccharides at a wide range of temperatures, with optimum temperatures (T) of 60 °C and 80 °C, respectively. The present study was focused on the characterization of two GH12 domains of the MDG. Purified recombinant TMDG_GH12-1 and TMDG_GH12-2 proteins were active as individual enzymes but exhibited distinct catalytic properties. Both enzymes were thermostable and active at extremely high temperatures: TMDG_GH12-1 was active at 40-130 °C (T 100 °C), and its half-life (t) at 100 °C was 42 h, which makes it one of the most thermostable glycosidases known so far, whereas TMDG_GH12-2 was active at 50-100 °C (T 90 °C) with t at 100 °C being 30 min. Phylogenetic and structural analysis of both TMDG_GH12 proteins together with molecular docking and site-directed mutagenesis suggested that the presence of two disulfide bridges and the W → Q mutation in the active site contribute to the exceptional thermostability of TMDG_GH12-1. Further structural and mutational studies of the TMDG_GH12-1 domain will help to gain a better understanding of the molecular mechanisms of its extraordinary thermostability and substrate specificity.
细菌和真菌因参与植物细胞壁分解的各种酶而在高效降解植物多糖方面广为人知。然而,关于古菌在此过程中的作用或其多糖降解酶的种类和特性却知之甚少。在我们之前的工作中,我们发现了一种古菌多结构域糖苷酶(MDG),它由三个催化结构域(GH5和两个GH12)和两个纤维素结合模块(CBM2)组成。重组MDG和单个GH5催化结构域在很宽的温度范围内对纤维素和许多其他多糖具有活性,最佳温度(T)分别为60°C和80°C。本研究聚焦于MDG的两个GH12结构域的特性。纯化的重组TMDG_GH12-1和TMDG_GH12-2蛋白作为单个酶具有活性,但表现出不同的催化特性。两种酶都具有热稳定性且在极高温度下具有活性:TMDG_GH12-1在40-130°C(T 100°C)具有活性,其在100°C的半衰期(t)为42小时,这使其成为迄今为止已知的最耐热的糖苷酶之一,而TMDG_GH12-2在50-100°C(T 90°C)具有活性,在100°C的t为30分钟。对两种TMDG_GH12蛋白进行系统发育和结构分析,并结合分子对接和定点诱变表明,两个二硫键的存在以及活性位点中的W→Q突变有助于TMDG_GH12-1具有非凡的热稳定性。对TMDG_GH12-1结构域进行进一步的结构和突变研究将有助于更好地理解其非凡热稳定性和底物特异性的分子机制。