title: Structural basis of hyaluronan degradation by Streptococcus pneumoniae hyaluronate lyase.
abstract: Streptococcus pneumoniae hyaluronate lyase (spnHL) is a pathogenic bacterial spreading factor and cleaves hyaluronan, an important constituent of the extra- cellular matrix of connective tissues, through an enzymatic beta-elimination process, different from the hyaluronan degradation by hydrolases in animals. The mechanism of hyaluronan binding and degradation was proposed based on the 1.56 A resolution crystal structure, substrate modeling and mutagenesis studies on spnHL. Five mutants, R243V, N349A, H399A, Y408F and N580G, were constructed and their activities confirmed our mechanism hypothesis. The important roles of Tyr408, Asn349 and His399 in enzyme catalysis were proposed, explained and confirmed by mutant studies. The remaining weak enzymatic activity of the H399A mutant, the role of the free carboxylate group on the glucuronate residue, the enzymatic behavior on chondroitin and chondroitin sulfate, and the small activity increase in the N580G mutant were explained based on this mechanism. A possible function of the C-terminal beta-sheet domain is to modulate enzyme activity through binding to calcium ions.
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology, 933 19th Street South, University of Alabama at Birmingham, AL 35294, USA.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: S J
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Kelly
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Lamani
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ferraroni
authors.forename: M J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Jedrzejas
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D019943:Amino Acid Substitution / Q000235:genetics; D001665:Binding Sites; D002384:Catalysis; D002807:Chondroitin / Q000378:metabolism; D002809:Chondroitin Sulfates / Q000378:metabolism; D018360:Crystallography, X-Ray; D006820:Hyaluronic Acid / Q000378:metabolism*; D008958:Models, Molecular; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D016297:Mutagenesis, Site-Directed / Q000235:genetics; D011133:Polysaccharide-Lyases / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism*; D017433:Protein Structure, Secondary; D017434:Protein Structure, Tertiary; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism; D016415:Sequence Alignment; D013296:Streptococcus pneumoniae / Q000201:enzymology*; D013329:Structure-Activity Relationship
chemical_list: D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D006820:Hyaluronic Acid; D002807:Chondroitin; D002809:Chondroitin Sulfates; D011133:Polysaccharide-Lyases; C100002:hyaluronate lyase