Lipases (E.C. 3.1.1.3) are ubiquitous hydrolases for the carboxyl ester bond of water-insoluble substrates such as triacylglycerols and phospholipids. Candida antarctica Lipase B (CALB) acts in aqueous as well as in low-water media, thus being of considerable biochemical significance with high interest also for its industrial applications. The hydrolysis reaction follows a two-step mechanism, or ‘interfacial activation’, with adsorption of the enzyme to a heterogeneous interface and subsequent enhancement of the lipolytic activity. Once positioned within the catalytic triad, substrates are then hydrolysed, and products released. However, the intermediate steps of substrate transfer from the lipidic-aqueous phase to the enzyme surface and then down to the catalytic site are still unclear. By inhibiting CALB with ethyl phosphonate and incubating with glyceryl tributyrate (2,3-di(butanoyloxy)propyl butanoate), the crystal structure of the lipid-enzyme complex, at 1.55 Å resolution, shows the tributyrin in the limbus region of active site. The substrate is found above the catalytic Ser, with the glycerol backbone readily pre-aligned for further processing by key interactions via an extended water network with α-helix10 and α-helix5. The findings offer new elements to elucidate the mechanism of substrate recognition, transfer and catalysis of Candida antarctica Lipase B (CALB) and lipases in general.

Principles of lipid – enzyme interactions in the limbus region of the catalytic site of Candida antarctica Lipase B / Silvestrini, Lucia; Cianci, Michele. - In: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL MACROMOLECULES. - ISSN 0141-8130. - ELETTRONICO. - 158:(2020), pp. 358-363. [10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2020.04.061]

Principles of lipid – enzyme interactions in the limbus region of the catalytic site of Candida antarctica Lipase B

Lucia Silvestrini
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Michele Cianci
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2020-01-01

Abstract

Lipases (E.C. 3.1.1.3) are ubiquitous hydrolases for the carboxyl ester bond of water-insoluble substrates such as triacylglycerols and phospholipids. Candida antarctica Lipase B (CALB) acts in aqueous as well as in low-water media, thus being of considerable biochemical significance with high interest also for its industrial applications. The hydrolysis reaction follows a two-step mechanism, or ‘interfacial activation’, with adsorption of the enzyme to a heterogeneous interface and subsequent enhancement of the lipolytic activity. Once positioned within the catalytic triad, substrates are then hydrolysed, and products released. However, the intermediate steps of substrate transfer from the lipidic-aqueous phase to the enzyme surface and then down to the catalytic site are still unclear. By inhibiting CALB with ethyl phosphonate and incubating with glyceryl tributyrate (2,3-di(butanoyloxy)propyl butanoate), the crystal structure of the lipid-enzyme complex, at 1.55 Å resolution, shows the tributyrin in the limbus region of active site. The substrate is found above the catalytic Ser, with the glycerol backbone readily pre-aligned for further processing by key interactions via an extended water network with α-helix10 and α-helix5. The findings offer new elements to elucidate the mechanism of substrate recognition, transfer and catalysis of Candida antarctica Lipase B (CALB) and lipases in general.
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