title: The crystal structure of the core domain of a cellulose induced protein (Cip1) from Hypocrea jecorina, at 1.5 Å resolution.
abstract: In an effort to characterise the whole transcriptome of the fungus Hypocrea jecorina, cDNA clones of this fungus were identified that encode for previously unknown proteins that are likely to function in biomass degradation. One of these newly identified proteins, found to be co-regulated with the major H. jecorina cellulases, is a protein that was denoted Cellulose induced protein 1 (Cip1). This protein consists of a glycoside hydrolase family 1 carbohydrate binding module connected via a linker region to a domain with yet unknown function. After cloning and expression of Cip1 in H. jecorina, the protein was purified and biochemically characterised with the aim of determining a potential enzymatic activity for the novel protein. No hydrolytic activity against any of the tested plant cell wall components was found. The proteolytic core domain of Cip1 was then crystallised, and the three-dimensional structure of this was determined to 1.5 Å resolution utilising sulphur single-wavelength anomalous dispersion phasing (sulphor-SAD). A calcium ion binding site was identified in a sequence conserved region of Cip1 and is also seen in other proteins with the same general fold as Cip1, such as many carbohydrate binding modules. The presence of this ion was found to have a structural role. The Cip1 structure was analysed and a structural homology search was performed to identify structurally related proteins. The two published structures with highest overall structural similarity to Cip1 found were two poly-lyases: CsGL, a glucuronan lyase from H. jecorina and vAL-1, an alginate lyase from the Chlorella virus. This indicates that Cip1 may be a lyase. However, initial trials did not detect significant lyase activity for Cip1. Cip1 is the first structure to be solved of the 23 currently known Cip1 sequential homologs (with a sequence identity cut-off of 25%), including both bacterial and fungal members.
authors.affiliation: Department of Molecular Biology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Uppsala, Sweden.
authors.forename: Frida
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Jacobson
authors.forename: Saeid
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Karkehabadi
authors.forename: Henrik
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Hansson
authors.forename: Frits
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Goedegebuur
authors.forename: Louise
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Wallace
authors.forename: Colin
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Mitchinson
authors.forename: Kathleen
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Piens
authors.forename: Ingeborg
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Stals
authors.forename: Mats
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sandgren
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D002118:Calcium / Q000737:chemistry; D020134:Catalytic Domain; D056831:Coordination Complexes / Q000737:chemistry; D018360:Crystallography, X-Ray; D019855:Ethylene Glycol; D005656:Fungal Proteins / Q000737:chemistry*; D035901:Hypocrea / Q000201:enzymology*; D008190:Lyases / Q000737:chemistry*; D008958:Models, Molecular; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D017433:Protein Structure, Secondary; D058767:Protein Unfolding
chemical_list: D056831:Coordination Complexes; D005656:Fungal Proteins; D008190:Lyases; D019855:Ethylene Glycol; D002118:Calcium
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