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- * Glycosyl hydrolases family 1 signatures *
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- It has been shown [1 to 4] that the following glycosyl hydrolases can be, on
- the basis of sequence similarities, classified into a single family:
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- - Beta-glucosidases (EC 3.2.1.21) from various bacteria such as Agrobacterium
- strain ATCC 21400, Bacillus polymyxa, and Caldocellum saccharolyticum.
- - Two plants (clover) beta-glucosidases (EC 3.2.1.21).
- - Two different beta-galactosidases (EC 3.2.1.23) from the archaebacteria
- Sulfolobus solfataricus (genes bgaS and lacS).
- - 6-phospho-beta-galactosidases (EC 3.2.1.85) from various bacteria such as
- Lactobacillus casei, Lactococcus lactis, and Staphylococcus aureus.
- - 6-phospho-beta-glucosidases (EC 3.2.1.86) from Escherichia coli (genes bglB
- and ascB) and from Erwinia chrysanthemi (gene arbB).
- - Plants myrosinases (EC 3.2.3.1) (sinigrinase) (thioglucosidase).
- - Mammalian lactase-phlorizin hydrolase (LPH) (EC 3.2.1.108 / EC 3.2.1.62).
- LPH, an integral membrane glycoprotein, is the enzyme that splits lactose
- in the small intestine. LPH is a large protein of about 1900 residues which
- contains four tandem repeats of a domain of about 450 residues which is
- evolutionary related to the above glycosyl hydrolases.
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- One of the conserved regions in these enzymes is centered on a conserved
- glutamic acid residue which has been shown [5], in the beta-glucosidase from
- Agrobacterium, to be directly involved in glycosidic bond cleavage by acting
- as a nucleophile. We have used this region as a signature pattern. As a second
- signature pattern we selected a conserved region, found in the N-terminal
- extremity of these enzymes, this region also contains a glutamic acid residue.
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- -Consensus pattern: [LIVMFSTC]-[LIVFYS]-[LIV]-[LIVMST]-E-N-G-[LIVMFAR]-[CSAGN]
- [E is the active site residue]
- -Sequences known to belong to this class detected by the pattern: ALL.
- -Other sequence(s) detected in SWISS-PROT: 3.
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- -Note: this pattern will pick up the last two domains of LPH; the first two
- domains, which are removed from the LPH precursor by proteolytic processing,
- have lost the active site glutamate and may therefore be inactive [4].
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- -Consensus pattern: F-x-[FYWM]-[GSTA]-x-[GSTA]-x-[GSTA](2)-[FYN]-[NQ]-x-E-x-
- [GSTA]
- -Sequences known to belong to this class detected by the pattern: ALL.
- -Other sequence(s) detected in SWISS-PROT: NONE.
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- -Note: this pattern will pick up the last three domains of LPH.
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- -Expert(s) to contact by email: Henrissat B.
- bernie@cermav.grenet.fr
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- -Last update: December 1992 / Patterns and text revised.
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- [ 1] Henrissat B.
- Biochem. J. 280:309-316(1991).
- [ 2] Henrissat B.
- Protein Seq. Data Anal. 4:61-62(1991).
- [ 3] Gonzalez-Candelas L., Ramon D., Polaina J.
- Gene 95:31-38(1990).
- [ 4] El Hassouni M., Henrissat B., Chippaux M., Barras F.
- J. Bacteriol. 174:765-777(1992).
- [ 5] Withers S.G., Warren R.A.J., Street I.P., Rupitz K., Kempton J.B.,
- Aebersold R.
- J. Am. Chem. Soc. 112:5887-5889(1990).
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