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BIOCHEMISTRY
卷 52, 期 32, 页码 5463-5471出版社
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/bi400836g
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- Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) [43998, 89708]
- University of Toronto
- Ontario Graduate Scholarship program
- CIHR
A polymer of partially de-N-acetylated beta-1,6-linked N-acetylglucosamine (dPNAG), also known as the polysaccharide intercellular adhesin (PIA), is an important component of many bacterial biofilm matrices. In Staphyloccocus epidermidis, the poly-N-acetylglucosamine polymer is partially de-N-acetylated by the extracellular protein IcaB. To understand the mechanism of action of IcaB, the enzyme was overexpressed and purified. IcaB demonstrates metal-dependent de-N-acetylase activity on beta-1,6-linked N-acetylglucosamine oligomers with a broad preference for divalent metals. Steady-state kinetic analysis reveals the low catalytic efficiency (pentasaccharide k(cat)/K-M 0.03 M-1 s(-1)) of the enzyme toward the oligomeric substrates. While IcaB displays similar rates of de-N-acetylation with tri- through hexasaccharide PNAG oligomers, position specific de-N-acetylation was only observed with penta- and hexasaccharides. The enzyme preferentially de-N-acetylates the second residue from the reducing terminus in the pentasaccharide and second and third residues from the reducing terminus in the hexasaccharide. The data described here represent an important step toward a detailed understanding of dPNAG biosynthesis in S. epidermidis, an important nosocomial pathogen, as well as in other Gram-positive bacteria. The low catalytic activity of IcaB is consistent with reports of other enzymes which act on biofilm-related polysaccharides, and this emerging trend may indicate a common feature among this group of polysaccharide processing enzymes.
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