title: Changing the substrate specificity of a chitooligosaccharide oxidase from Fusarium graminearum by model-inspired site-directed mutagenesis.
abstract: Chitooligosaccharide oxidase (ChitO) catalyzes the oxidation of C1 hydroxyl moieties on chitooligosaccharides and in this way displays a different substrate preference as compared to other known oligosaccharide oxidases. ChitO was identified in the genome of Fusarium graminearum and a structural model revealed that one active site residue (Q268) was likely to be involved in the recognition of the N-acetyl moiety on the chitooligosaccharide substrates. The substrate specificity of wild type ChitO and the Q268R mutant were examined and confirmed that Q268 is indeed involved in N-acetyl recognition.
authors: Laboratory of Biochemistry, Groningen Biomolecular Sciences and Biotechnology Institute, University of Groningen, Nijenborgh 4, 9747 AG Groningen, The Netherlands.
authors: Dominic P H M
authors: DP
authors: Heuts
authors: Dick B
authors: DB
authors: Janssen
authors: Marco W
authors: MW
authors: Fraaije
mesh_terms: D000117:Acetylglucosamine / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism; D000429:Alcohol Oxidoreductases / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001665:Binding Sites; D005656:Fungal Proteins / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D005670:Fusarium / Q000201:enzymology*; D007700:Kinetics; D008958:Models, Molecular; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D016297:Mutagenesis, Site-Directed; D009844:Oligosaccharides / Q000378:metabolism*; D016415:Sequence Alignment; D013379:Substrate Specificity
chemical_list: D005656:Fungal Proteins; D009844:Oligosaccharides; D000429:Alcohol Oxidoreductases; D000117:Acetylglucosamine