Neutron and Atomic Resolution X-ray Structures of a Lytic Polysaccharide Monooxygenase Reveal Copper-Mediated Dioxygen Binding and Evidence for N-Terminal Deprotonation

John Paul Bacik, Sophanit Mekasha, Zarah Forsberg, Andrey Y. Kovalevsky, Gustav Vaaje-Kolstad, Vincent G.H. Eijsink, Jay C. Nix, Leighton Coates, Matthew J. Cuneo, Clifford J. Unkefer, Julian C.H. Chen

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Abstract

A 1.1 Å resolution, room-temperature X-ray structure and a 2.1 Å resolution neutron structure of a chitin-degrading lytic polysaccharide monooxygenase domain from the bacterium Jonesia denitrificans (JdLPMO10A) show a putative dioxygen species equatorially bound to the active site copper. Both structures show an elongated density for the dioxygen, most consistent with a Cu(II)-bound peroxide. The coordination environment is consistent with Cu(II). In the neutron and X-ray structures, difference maps reveal the N-terminal amino group, involved in copper coordination, is present as a mixed ND2 and ND-, suggesting a role for the copper ion in shifting the pKa of the amino terminus.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)2529-2532
Number of pages4
JournalBiochemistry
Volume56
Issue number20
DOIs
StatePublished - May 23 2017

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