title: Anomeric specificity of D-xylose isomerase.
abstract: Crystal structures of complexes of D-xylose isomerase with deoxysugars have been determined. Deoxynojirimycin is a structural analogue of alpha-pyranose and mimics the binding of these aldose substrates. The structure of this complex supports the hypothesis that an imidazole group catalyzes ring opening of the pyranose. The steric restrictions in the active site of the enzyme prevent a beta-pyranose from binding in the same way. For the reverse reaction with ketoses, the anomeric specificity is less certain. Dideoxyimino-D-glucitol is a structural analogue of the ketose alpha-D-furanose. The binding of the inhibitor dideoxyimino-D-glucitol to the crystals of the enzyme does not mimic the binding of the reactive alpha-D-fructofuranose. Superposition of the nonphysiological substrate alpha-D-fructofuranose onto the atomic positions of dideoxyimino-D-glucitol is not possible due to the steric restrictions of the active site. However, by utilizing the approximate 2-fold symmetry of the sugar, a stereochemically sensible model is produced which is consistent with other data. In addition to reaction with alpha-D-furanose, the enzyme probably reacts with open ring keto sugars which are present at significant concentrations. Other sugars which resemble furanoses either do not inhibit significantly or are not observed in the crystals bound in a single conformation.
authors.affiliation: Blackett Laboratory, Imperial College, London.
authors.forename: C A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Collyer
authors.forename: J D
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Goldberg
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Viehmann
authors.forename: D M
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Blow
authors.forename: N G
authors.initials: NG
authors.lastname: Ramsden
authors.forename: G W
authors.initials: GW
authors.lastname: Fleet
authors.forename: F J
authors.initials: FJ
authors.lastname: Montgomery
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Grice
mesh_terms: D019747:Aldose-Ketose Isomerases; D001173:Arthrobacter / Q000201:enzymology; D002238:Carbohydrate Epimerases / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism*; D050260:Carbohydrate Metabolism; D004583:Electrons; D006860:Hydrogen Bonding; D008670:Metals / Q000378:metabolism; D008958:Models, Molecular; D013237:Stereoisomerism; D013379:Substrate Specificity; D014961:X-Ray Diffraction
chemical_list: D008670:Metals; D002238:Carbohydrate Epimerases; D019747:Aldose-Ketose Isomerases; C023298:xylose isomerase