Kinetic analysis using low-molecular mass xyloglucan oligosaccharides defines the catalytic mechanism of a Populus xyloglucan endotransglycosylase

• Plant XETs [XG (xyloglucan) endotransglycosylases] catalyse the transglycosylation front a XG donor to a XG or low-molecular-mass XG fragment Lis the acceptor, and are thought to be important enzymes in the formation and remodelling of the cellulose-XG three-dimensional network in the primary plant cell wall. Current methods to assay XET activity use the XG polysaccharide as the donor substrate, and present limitations for kinetic and mechanistic studies of XET action due to the polymeric and polydisperse nature of the substrate. A novel activity assay based oil HPCE (high performance capillary electrophoresis), in con, junction with a defined low-molecular-mass XGO {XG oligosaccharicle; (XXXGXXXG, where G = Glc beta 1,4- and X = [Xyl alpha 1,6]Glc beta 1,4-)l as the glycosyl donor and a heptasaccharide derivatized with ANTS [8-aminonaphthalene-1,3,6-trisulphonic acid; (XXXG-ANTS)] as the acceptor substrate was developed and validated. The recombinant enzyme PttXET16A from Popidus tremula x tremuloides (hybrid aspen) was characterized using file donor/acceptor pair indicated above, for which preparative scale syntheses have been optimized. The low-molecular-mass donor underwent a single transglycosylation reaction to the acceptor substrate under initial-rate conditions. with a pH optimum at 5.0 and maximal activity between 30 and 40 degrees C. Kinetic data are best explained by a ping-pong bi-bi mechanism With Substrate inhibition by both donor and acceptor. This is the first assay for XETs using a donor Substrate other than polymeric XG, enabling quantitative kinetic analysis of different XGO donors for specificity, and subsite mapping studies of XET enzymes.

Keyword

assay

capillary electrophoresis

ping-pong mechanism

xyloglucan endotransglycosylase (XET)

xyloglucan oligosaccharides (XGOs)

mutant endoglucanase lacking

glycosyl-enzyme intermediate

plant-cell walls

endo-transglycosylase

endoxyloglucan transferase

capillary-electrophoresis

structural-analysis

tropaeolum-majus

arabidopsis

substrate

Publication and Content Type

ref (subject category)

art (subject category)