Hydrolysis of β-d-mannosides
by β-mannosidases typically proceeds via a B
2,5 transition
state conformation for the pyranoside ring, while that of β-d-glucosides by β-glucosidases proceeds through a distinct 4
H
3 transition state conformation. However, rice
Os7BGlu26 β-glycosidase hydrolyzes 4-nitrophenyl β-d-glucoside and β-d-mannoside with similar efficiencies.
The origin of this dual substrate specificity was investigated by
kinetic, structural, and computational approaches. The glycosidase
inhibitors glucoimidazole and mannoimidazole inhibited Os7BGlu26 with K
i values of 2.7 nM and 10.4 μM, respectively.
In X-ray crystal structures of complexes with Os7BGlu26, glucoimidazole
bound to the active site in a 4
E conformation, while mannoimidazole
bound in a B
2,5 conformation, suggesting different transition
state conformations. Moreover, calculation of quantum mechanics/molecular
mechanics (QM/MM) free energy landscapes showed that 4-nitrophenyl
β-d-glucoside adopts a 1
S
3/4
E conformation in the Michaelis complex, while 4-nitrophenyl
β-d-mannoside adopts a 1
S
5/B
2,5 conformation. The QM/MM simulations of Os7BGlu26 catalysis
of hydrolysis also supported the itineraries of 1
S
3 → 4
E/4
H
3
⧧ → 4
C
1 for β-d-glucosides and 1
S
5 → B
2,5
⧧ → O
S
2 for β-d-mannosides, thereby revealing that a single glycoside hydrolase
can hydrolyze glycosides of different configurations via distinct
transition state pyranoside conformations.
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