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Structural and functional basis of difructose anhydride III hydrolase, which sequentially converts inulin using the same catalytic residue Shuhuai Yu, Hui Shen, Yuanyuan Cheng, Yingying Zhu, Xu Li, and Wanmeng Mu ACS Catal., Just Accepted Manuscript • DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.8b02424 • Publication Date (Web): 11 Oct 2018 Downloaded from http://pubs.acs.org on October 12, 2018

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Structural and Functional Basis of Difructose Anhydride III Hydrolase, Which Sequentially Converts Inulin Using the Same Catalytic Residue

Shuhuai Yu 1 , Hui Shen 2 , Yuanyuan Cheng 1 , Yingying Zhu 1 , Xu Li 2,* , Wanmeng Mu 1,3,*

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State Key Laboratory of Food Science and Technology, Jiangnan University,

1800 Lihu Avenue, Wuxi, Jiangsu 214122, China 2

Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at Microscale and School of

Life Sciences, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026, China 3

International Joint Laboratory on Food Safety, Jiangnan University, 1800 Lihu

Avenue, Wuxi, Jiangsu 214122, China

Shuhuai Yu and Hui Shen contributed equally to this work. *Correspondence and requests for materials should be addressed to X.L. ([email protected]) or to W.M. ([email protected]).

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Abstract

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Fructan inulin is composed of polymeric fructoses linked by O-glycosidic bonds,

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and a variety of enzymes are involved in its decomposition to provide energy

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for organisms. Specifically, inulin fructotransferase (IFTase) depolymerizes

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inulin to difructose anhydride III (DFA-III). DFA-III was reported to be further

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degraded by DFA-III hydrolyase (DFA-IIIase). This work reveals that the

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structure of DFA-IIIase is a trimer, with each monomer displaying a right-

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handed β-helix fold, which resembles IFTase except an extra lid covering the

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active center. With this lid, DFA-IIIase is capable of converting inulin to DFA-

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III (IFTase activity), in addition to hydrolyzing DFA-III using the same site

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and reaction conditions. This unusual and unexpected sequential catalysis is

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ascribed to the extremely conserved residues in the active center of IFTase and

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DAF-IIIase and the protonated states of the catalytic residue that are regulated

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by the opening and closure of the lid. This work paves the way for further

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investigation of the metabolism of inulin in nature and provides a example of

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sequential enzymatic catalysis.

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Keywords: difructose anhydride (DFA); difructose anhydride III (DFA-III);

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difructose anhydride hydrolase (DFAase); difructose anhydride III hydrolase

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(DFA-IIIase); inulin; inulin fructotransferase (IFTase); sequential conversion


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Introduction

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Fructan, storing energy for plants 1 or microorganisms 2 like starch, is composed

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of polymeric fructoses linked by O-glycosidic bonds. Some natural occurring

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fructan is terminated with a glucose, such as two important fructans inulin and

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levan 3 . To provide energy for organisms, the large molecular fructans need to

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be decomposed to the small-molecule sugars, a process that involves some

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degrading enzymes. Fructan-degrading enzymes can be divided into three types

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based on the catalytic reaction 4 . One type includes IFTase 5 and levan

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fructotransferase 6-7 , which specifically liberates the difructose units from one

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end of the molecular chain. These difructose units additionally form a new

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anhydride linkage. Thus, the final product is a kind of difructose anhydride

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(DFA). There are different types of DFA produced with fructans by specific

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enzymes 8 . For example, levan can be degraded to DFA-IV (β- D -fructofuranose-

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β- D -fructofuranose 2’,6:2,6’-dianhydride) by levan fructotransferase, while

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inulin can be degraded to DFA-I (α- D -fructofuranose-β- D -fructofuranose

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2’,1:2,1’-dianhydride)

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2’,1:2,3’-dianhydride) by the corresponding IFTase 9 . To gain energy from

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fructan for cell growth, DFAs are assimilated into cell and hydrolyzed by

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difructose anhydride hydrolase (DFAase) to inulobiose. To date, only four

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DFA-III

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DFA-III hydrolases (DFA-IIIases) have been reported 10-13 . Although the

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enzymatic mechanisms of degradation of the fructans inulin and levan into

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DFAs has been well investigated 5,

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inulobiose by DFAase is elusive. DFA-III has so many physiological functions

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that its products have been on the market since 2014. Inulin to DFA-III, DFA-

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III to inulobiose (Figure S1a), and inulobiose to fructose (by fructofuranosidase)

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compose just one of inulin’s metabolic pathways. However, there are no reports

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on physiological functions or even characteristics of inulobiose. We think that

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the limited production of inulobiose limits its exploitation because there are

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few reports on its synthesis.

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how DFAs are further degraded into

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In this work, we identified a DFA-IIIase from Arthrobacter chlorophenolicus

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A6 (termed as AcDFA-IIIase) and explored its catalytic mechanism by

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resolving its structure. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first atomic

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resolution structure of DFAase. Combination of the structural and functional

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analysis provides a mechanism that clarifies one metabolic pathway of fructan

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inulin in nature. In addition to the ability to hydrolyze DFA-III, AcDFA-IIIase

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demonstrates an unexpected IFTase activity with the same reaction condition.

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The mechanism of this unusual and interesting sequential catalysis was

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investigated, and this reaction mode provides a distinctive example of


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sequential catalysis in enzymology. Moreover, the work also paves the way for

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the investigation of the production, function, and application of inulobiose.

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Results

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Identification and characterization of AcDFA-IIIase. AcDFA-IIIase with

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445 residues from Arthrobacter chlorophenolicus A6 shows 80% sequence

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identity with reported DFA-IIIases and 35% - 50% identity with DFA III-

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forming IFTases (Figure S1b). The enzyme was well expressed and purified

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(Figure 1a). The molecular weight assayed by SDS-PAGE is approximately 47

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kD a, which is consistent with the LC-MASS experiment result (Figure S2).

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However, the native molecular mass of the enzyme assayed by gel filtration

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experiment is approximately 139 kD a (Figure 1f), which indicates that the

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enzyme is a kind of homotrimer in solution. The enzyme converts DFA-III to a

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product corresponding to inulobiose (Figure 1b). Subsequently,

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used to verify this as inulobiose. The NMR spectrum (Figure 1c) shows two

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peaks at the chemical shift of 98.12 and 101.58 ppm, which specifically

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correspond to those of anomeric carbon 2 (C-2) at the reducing end of 1-O-β-

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D -fructofuranosyl- D -fructopyranose

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fructofuranose, respectively. The chemical shift data are summarized in Table

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13 C-NMR

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S1, and they agree well with those of reported inulobiose. Therefore, the

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purified AcDFA-IIIase is a type of DFA-IIIase and two conformations

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(pyranose and furanose) of inulobiose are produced.

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AcDFA-IIIase was further characterized. Figure 1d and 1e show that the

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enzyme has high activity around the pH of 6.5 and temperature of 55 °C.

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Meanwhile, its activity rapidly decreases when the pH is more than 7.0 or when

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the temperature is higher than 60 °C. The kinetic parameters were measured at

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pH 6.5 and 55 °C, with its K m of 121.30 mM and k cat /K m of 4.61 s -1 mM -1 (Table

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Overall structure of AcDFA-IIIase. To explore the catalytic mechanism of AcDFA-

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IIIase, we solved its structure. The details of the data collection and refinement statistics

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are summarized in Table S2. There is only one molecule in one asymmetric unit in the

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structure, differing with the homotrimer in solution (Figure 1f). The AcDFA-IIIase

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structure, similar to the DFA-III-forming IFTase from Bacillus sp. snu-7 (BsIFTase)5,

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forms a right-handed parallel β-helix fold (Figure 2a), which is frequently found in

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enzymes associated with polysaccharides15-16. The Dali server was used to search for the

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structures that are similar to the AcDFA-IIIase. The result shows that the AcDFA-IIIase is

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homologous to the inulin fructotransferase from Bacillus sp. Snu-7 (PDB code 2INU) with

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a Dali Z-score of 58.2 and an root mean square deviation (RMSD) of 0.9 Å for 394 Cα

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atoms, the mannuronan C-5 epimerase from Azotobacter vinelandii (PDB code 2PYG)

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with a Dali Z-score of 33.8 and an RMSD of 2.1 Å for 318 Cα atoms, and the tailspike 6 ACS Paragon Plus Environment

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endorhamnosidase from Shigella phage Sf6 (PDB code 2VBK) with a Dali Z-score of 30.5

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and an RMSD of 2.5 Å for 328 Cα atoms. Specifically, there are 13 helical turns of a right-

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handed coil, and the structure has an overall trihedral shape with mainly β-strands forming

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the surface. AcDFA-IIIase shows homologous to pectate lyase (Pelc) with a Dali Z-score

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of 17.7 and an RMSD of 2.6 Å for 222 Cα atoms. Similar to the turns of PelC, each turn of

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AcDFA-IIIase consists of three β-strands joined by intervening loops apart from the N- and

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C-terminal turns17-18. The first, second and third β-strands of each turn are designated PB1,

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PB2 and PB3, respectively, with the following loops denominated T1, T2 and T3, just as

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the designation in PelC (Figure 2b). All of the β-strands of PB1 form a long parallel β-

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sheet, and the same structure is formed in PB2 and PB3. The β-strands of PB1 are almost

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parallel to the β-strands of PB2, and the β-strands of both PB1 and PB2 are approximately

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perpendicular to the β-strands of PB3. In the N-terminal turn, the PB1 β-strand of turn 1 is

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substituted by a long α-helix followed by a long loop, T1. In the two C-terminal turns, turn

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12 and 13, there are only two and one β-strands, respectively, which form two smaller turns

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(Figure 2a). The T2 loop of turn 2 and the T3 loops of turns 2, 3, 9, 10 and 11 protrude

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from the core parallel β-helix, forming a relatively irregular protrusion on one side of

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AcDFA-IIIase. The T3 loop of turn 11, which has an α-helix, is particularly long, extending

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almost half of the length of the structure. Similar to other β-helix proteins, the interior of

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AcDFA-IIIase is closely packed with hydrophobic side chains along the sheet19.

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Specifically, mainly Val, Leu, and Ile, located at the equivalent positions of each turn, are

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stacked between neighboring turns, with occasional Phe residues (Figure 2b and 2c). As

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shown in the structure-based sequence alignment for equivalent β-strands of each turn

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(Figure 2c), PB1 has two rows of hydrophobic stacks, and PB2 and PB3 each has one

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hydrophobic stack. Additionally, there are also polar stacks that consolidate the three-

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dimensional structure, the well-known Asp ladder20. One ladder, consisting of seven

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asparagine residues, is located at PB3 from turn 5 to 11, which is identical to that in 7 ACS Paragon Plus Environment

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BsIFTase. Another ladder, composed of five asparagine residues from turn 9 to 13, is

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between PB1 and PB2 (Figure 2d). Through a symmetry operation, the overall structure of

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AcDFA-IIIase is obtained (Figure 2e-2f), which presents a homotrimeric state and is

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similar to that of BsIFTase.

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Structure of AcDFA-IIIase in complex with DFA-III. As the crystal is grown

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at a pH of 4.5 and temperature of 14 °C, we obtained the complex structure with

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nondegraded DFA-III by soaking. As shown in Figure S3a, there are six

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molecules in one asymmetric unit. Three tightly interactive molecules form a

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regular triangle trimer (Figure 3a). The RMSD for the corresponding Cα atoms

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between the two trimers is 0.174 Å. Thus, we only discuss one trimer below. In

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one trimer, the RMSD of the corresponding Cα atoms between three monomers

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is approximately 0.14 Å, suggesting that the structures of the independent

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monomers are identical. Superimposition of unliganded and DFA-III complexed

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form of AcDFA-IIIase shows that the RMSD is 0.138 Å, and there are rather

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similar except some slight movements of the peripheric loops. The PB2 strands

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of one monomer and PB3 strands in the adjacent monomer are arranged in an

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antiparallel manner. The trimer buries 5622 Å 2 per monomer, which occupies

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almost 30% of the surface of one monomer, as calculated by the PDBe PISA 21 .

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There are abundant hydrogen bonds between the adjacent monomers, which are

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adjacent monomers can mainly be divided into two parts (Figure S3b). The first

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part is in the N-terminal region, where the long T2 loop of turn 2 is clamped by

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the T1 loops of turns 1 and 3 of the adjacent monomer, forming 10 pairs of

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hydrogen bonds. The second interaction is formed between the T1 loops and

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PB2 strands of turns 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 and 10 and the corresponding T2 loops and

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PB3 strands of the adjacent molecule and contains 11 pairs of hydrogen bonds.

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Substrate-binding pocket. Similar to BsIFTase, the substrate-binding pocket

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of AcDFA-IIIase is located in the crevice between two interacting monomers 5 .

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Structure superimposition of one monomer of each enzyme shows that the

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RMSD for 394 C α atoms is 0.9 Å with a Dali Z-score of 58.2 (Figure S4a).

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Therefore, there are three structurally identical and independent substrate

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binding

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unambiguously observed in the complex structure (Figure 3a and 3c). We named

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the fructosyl unit F2, whose anomeric center was linked to the C-3 of the other

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unit, which is named F1. They correspond to the F2 and F1 in BsIFTase 5 ,

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respectively. The pocket is made up of the T1 loop of turns 4-6 of one monomer

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and the PB3 strands and T3 loops of turns 5-7 of the adjacent monomer, forming

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the base of the pocket, and the T2 loop of turn 2 and T3 loop of turn 9 and 11,

pockets

present

in

one

trimer.

The


substrate

DFA-III

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forming the cap of the pocket (Figure 3d). Specifically, the pocket is lined by

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the hydrophilic residues Ser 84 , Tyr 163 , Glu 210 , Arg 258 , Glu 307 , and Gln 391 from

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one monomer and Asp 177 , Asp 199 , and Gln 222 from the adjacent monomer, as

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well as four hydrophobic residues, Phe 80 , Ile 85 , Phe 256, and Trp 309 . These

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hydrophobic residues form a hydrophobic interaction with the C atom of DFA-

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III, and the hydrophilic residues form hydrogen bonds with DFA-III directly or

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through water (Figure 3e). Mutation of these residues to Ala reduces their

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enzymatic activity. Particularly, mutations of residues Asp 177 , Asp 199 , Gln 222 ,

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Arg 258 , Glu 307 , and Gln 391 completely abolished the enzymatic activity (Table

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2).

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Notably, the carboxyl group of Glu 210 is within 2.7 Å of the O atom in the

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2,3’-glycosidic bond (Figure 3e). As shown in Table 2, the mutation of Glu 210

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to Ala abolishes the activity. To explore whether the effect of the E210A

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mutation comes from a loss of the binding ability to the substrate or the catalytic

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ability, an ITC experiment was completed. The E210A mutation has no effect

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on substrate binding with its K d of 50.5 ± 7.1 μM (Figure 3g). Thus, Glu 210

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should be a catalytic residue in the enzyme. Furthermore, the E210Q mutation

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also inactivates the enzyme and exhibits substrate binding ability with a K d of

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14.9 ± 1.3 μM (Table 2 and Figure 3g). Collectively, these data suggest that


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Glu 210 should act as the catalytic proton donor, as usually found in glycoside

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hydrolases 22-23 . Though residue Arg 134 was far from the substrate, the R134A

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mutation inactivates the enzyme (Table 2). Whereas Arg 134 , together with

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Asp 199 and Gln 391 , fixes a water molecule above the anomeric center of F2 with

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3.8 Å (Figure 3f), suggesting a possible role of this water in the hydrolysis

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reaction.

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Comparison of AcDFA-IIIase with BsIFTase. BsIFTase catalyzes the

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degradation of inulin into DFA-III, and its structure complexed with a β-2,1-

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linked difructosaccharide has been reported 5 . AcDFA-IIIase exhibits 50%

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sequence identity with BsIFTase (Figure S1) and high structure homology.

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However, in addition to some structural differences far from the substrate

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binding pocket, a notable long insertion sequence appears to be a lid (Figure

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S4a-S4c, Asp 378 - Asp 402 corresponding to the lid in Figure S1), covering the

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substrate binding pocket in AcDFA-IIIase. In BsIFTase, the substrate binding

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pocket without a lid is suitable for the long-chain substrate inulin. In contrast,

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DFA-III is small, and in order to capture the substrate, a closed binding pocket

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Comparison of the substrates in the two complex structures indicates that

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both the F1 fructosyl units are almost located at the same position, while the

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F2 units point in different directions. With no constraints, the F2 unit in

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BsIFTase points to the outside of the pocket, while the F2 unit in AcDFA-IIIase

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is confined and lies at the bottom of the pocket because of the lid (Figure S4d).

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The residues surrounding the binding pocket in the two structures are highly

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conserved. Structure-based alignment of the residues shows that the positions

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of the side chains are similar, except that Gln 256 in BsIFTase has an upward

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shift to avoid clashing with the F2 unit (Figure S4d). In BsIFTase, Asp 233 looks

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similar to a “lobster claw” to clamp the O-3 and O-4 hydroxyl groups of the F2

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unit by forming two hydrogen bonds 5 . However, in AcDFA-IIIase, due to the

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presence of the lid, the F2 unit of DFA-III is pushed downwards (especially by

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Gln 391 of the lid) from Asp 199 (corresponding to Asp 233 of BsIFTase) to Asp 177

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(corresponding to Asp 211 of BsIFTase). Consequently, Asp 177 becomes the

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“lobster claw” that binds and orients substrates to facilitate the catalysis of

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Glu 210 corresponding to Glu 244 in BsIFTase 5 . This binding ability is validated

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by the ITC experiment. As shown in Figure S4e, the binding ability is abolished

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when Asp 177 is mutated to Ala 177 (D177A), which results in enzymatic inactivity

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Two important residues of the lid. The Cys 387 and Gln 391 in the lid point their

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side chains toward the substrate (Figure 4a). The side chain of Gln 391 locks

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DFA-III in the pocket and pushes it into the proper position through a hydrogen

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bond between the N-ε of Gln 391 and DFA-III (Figure 3e and S4d), to which the

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catalytic residue Glu 210 can reach, which is demonstrated by the mutational

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analysis and the ITC experiment. As shown in Table 2 and Figure 4b, the Q391A

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mutant loses the catalytic and binding abilities for DFA-III. Specifically, the

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O-ε of Gln 391 participates in the fixation of an important water molecule,

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probably providing H + and OH ¯ for hydrolysis (Figure 3f), which contributes to

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the catalytic ability. The N-ε of Gln 391 forms a hydrogen bond with DFA-III

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(Figure 3e), which contributes to the binding ability.

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To explore the function of Cys 387 , the mutant C387A was investigated.

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Unexpectedly, C387A displayed a remarkable increase in catalytic activity

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(187.51%, Table 2). To gain insights into the mechanism by which the Cys 387

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to Ala 387 mutation increases the catalytic activity, we solved the crystal

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structure of C387A (AcDFA-IIIase C387A ) in the unliganded-form and complex-

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form with DFA-III. Superimposition of these structures with the native

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mutation has no influence on the overall structure (Figure 4c). Further

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investigation of the substrate binding pockets shows that the positions of the

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substrates and the positions of the residues encompassing the pocket between

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the AcDFA-IIIase and AcDFA-IIIase C387A complex structures are similar

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(Figure 4c). In addition, the distance between Cys 387 and DFA-III is 3.8 Å,

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indicating there is no interaction between them. Therefore, the C387A mutation

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does not affect the DFA-III binding and catalysis, which is confirmed by the

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ITC experiment of the C387A/E210A mutant with its K d of 50.1 ± 7.2 μM

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(Figure 4b), similar to that of E210A mutant (Figure 3g). However, the Gln 391

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and Ala 387 residues in one monomer of the AcDFA-IIIase C387A unligadned-form

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structure have notable movements (Figure 4c). Thus, the C387A mutation led

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to the movement of Gln 391 . Since the side chains of Gln 391 and Cys 387

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perpendicularly point toward the substrate, the volume of the pocket is affected

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by Gln 391 and Cys 387 dramatically. Given that the configuration of the

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difructosaccharide in BsIFTase is looser than DFA-III in AcDFA-IIIase (Figure

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S4d), the C387A mutant, having a larger pocket space, should be better suited

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to accommodate the product inulobiose, which has the same structure as

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difructosaccharide in BsIFTase, thereby facilitating product generation.

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Decomposition of inulin by AcDFA-IIIase. Previously, it was reported that

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DFA-IIIase from Arthrobacter sp. H65-7 has no activity towards inulin 24 . Other

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DFA-IIIases 10-11, 13 were not studied about their activity toward inulin. However,

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we found that AcDFA-IIIase was also able to decompose inulin in the same

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conditions as those used for hydrolyzing DFA-III. As shown in Figure 5, after

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incubating AcDFA-IIIase with 40 g L -1 inulin for 24 h, 54.17% of inulin (mass

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percentage) is reserved. Simultaneously, 36.8% of DFA-III and 9.03% of

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inulobiose are produced. Moreover, the production of DFA-III and inulobiose

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was increased with a decreased initial concentration of inulin (Figure 5b),

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which indicates that a high concentration of inulin has an inhibitory effect.

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To determine the catalytic mechanism of AcDFA-IIIase for inulin, the

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AcDFA-IIIase crystal was soaked with inulin-type saccharides that included

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inulin, GF 2 (1-kestose), GF 3 (nystose), and GF 4 (fructofuranosyl nystose).

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Finally, only diffraction data from AcDFA-IIIase with GF 2 were obtained

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(Table S2). As shown in Figure 6a, there are six molecules in one asymmetric

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unit. The RMSD for the corresponding Cα atom pairs between the two trimers

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is 0.297 Å. Moreover, the RMSD for the corresponding Cα atom pairs among

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the three subunits of one trimer is 0.146 - 0.154. Therefore, the overall structure

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two GF 2 molecules are captured in the active centers, but the electron density

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of the lid is missing. In contrast, there is one lid in the trimer unambiguously

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observed without a GF 2 molecule captured in the active center. Superimposing

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this structure on that of AcDFA-IIIase complexed with DFA-III, the RMSD of

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the corresponding Cα atoms is 0.423 Å, which indicates that the overall

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structures are the same. However, in terms of the active pocket, the glucosyl

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unit of GF 2 conflicts with the superimposed lid from AcDFA-IIIase complexed

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with DFA-III (Figure 6b and 6c, cyan), which probably disturbs the capture of

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the electron density of the lid. Furthermore, the structures of AcDFA-IIIase

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complexed with GF 2 and BsIFTase complexed with difructosaccharide were

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superimposed (Figure S5). In terms of the active center, the residues are the

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same. The F1 units of two substrates are well superimposed, whereas the

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orientation of the F2 units is slightly different. In BsIFTase, the Asp 233 forms

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bidentate hydrogen bonds with O-3 and O-4 of F2 (red dashed lines) to

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consolidate the substrate and mediate its orientation for the nucleophilic attack

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of Glu 244 , while this role is substituted by Arg 134 in AcDFA-IIIase

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(corresponding to Arg 174 in BsIFTase) (black dashed lines). However, all the

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other residues interacting with GF 2 in AcDFA-IIIase are the same with those

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residues interacting with difructosaccharide in BsIFTase. In fact, the mutants

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AcDFA-IIIase and BsIFTase should employ the same catalytic residue (Glu 244

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decomposing inulin and hydrolyzing DFA-III, the lid of AcDFA-IIIase probably

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plays a regulatory role. To investigate this regulatory function, we constructed

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a mutant of AcDFA-IIIase with the lid deleted (named as AcDFA-IIIase-lid¯,

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“¯” represents “deletion”). Surprisingly, the purified AcDFA-IIIase-lid¯

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(Figure 7a) loses the catalytic ability to DFA-III (Figure 7c), while retains the

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ability to decompose inulin (Figure 7b and Table S1). Different substrates, GF 2 ,

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GF 3 , and GF 4 , were also applied. The results showed that it could convert GF 3

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to DFA-III and sucrose, GF 4 to DFA-III and GF 2 , but cannot use GF 2 as a

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substrate (Figure 7d-7f). That is, AcDFA-IIIase-lid¯ can catalyze inulin-type

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saccharides with more than two fructosyl residues to different products,

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depending on the polymerization of saccharides, which is consistent with the

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previous report 25 . Therefore, AcDFA-IIIase completely turns into an IFTase

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(that is AcDFA-IIIase-lid¯) after removal of the lid.

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IIIase-lid¯ complexed with GF 2 , with GF 2 unambiguously observed (Figure 6d).

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When the monomers of this structure and AcDFA-IIIase are superimposed, the

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RMSD for the corresponding C α atoms is 0.105 Å, indicating that the deletion

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has no influence on the overall structure. Through a symmetry operation, the

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trimeric AcDFA-IIIase-lid¯ complexed with GF 2 structure was obtained. This

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trimeric structure is well superimposed on AcDFA-IIIase complexed with GF 2

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(Figure 6e). The conformations of the GF 2 molecules in the pockets of the two

324

complexes are highly similar, indicating that the lid in AcDFA-IIIase

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complexed with GF 2 is open. Furthermore, the mutation of Glu 210 to Ala 210 in

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AcDFA-IIIase-lid¯ led to the inactivity for inulin, which indicates Glu 210 is

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responsible for the IFTase activity of AcDFA-IIIase.

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Despite rigorous studies in recent years with enzymes degrading fructans to

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DFA 8 , the mechanism of further metabolism of DFA in organisms is elusive. In

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this work, we identified an enzyme, AcDFA-IIIase that hydrolyzes DFA-III,

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and described its crystal structure. To our knowledge, this is the first atomic-

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resolution structure of a DFA-hydrolase. The overall structural features of

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AcDFA-IIIase are essentially reminiscent of a parallel β-helix. It is composed


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of 13 helical turns of a right-handed coil, each of which usually contains three

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observed β strands 18-19 . Different from the general enzymes involved in fructan

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degradation and biosynthesis belonging to the GH32 26-27 and GH68 28-29 families,

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DFA-IIIase belongs to the GH91 family, along with the IFTase in the CAZy

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database 30 . Similar to BsIFTase, AcDFA-IIIase is a trimer with solid

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interactions between adjacent monomers, and the active site is located at the

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monomer-monomer interface. Despite the marked overall structural similarity

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with BsIFTase, AcDFA-IIIase exhibits novel features in terms of its lid. One

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important residue in the lid is Gln 391 , whose side chain points directly toward

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the substrate. It forms a hydrogen bond with the O atom of the β-2’,1-glycosidic

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bond of DFA-III and simultaneously participates in fixing a water molecule

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(Figure 3e and 3f). Together with the functional analysis indicating that the

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mutation of Gln 391 to Ala abolishes the binding and catalytic ability of AcDFA-

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IIIase, we consider that Gln 391 directly pushes down and orients the substrate

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in the correct configuration for catalysis. The lid is so critical that its deletion

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(AcDFA-IIIase-lid¯) abolishes AcDFA-IIIase’s hydrolytic activity and turns it

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into an IFTase.

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Hydrolysis of the glycosidic bond has two possible mechanisms based on the

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stereochemical configuration of the products, namely, the inversion or retention


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of the anomeric configuration 31 . For DFA-III, the F1 is the β-configuration,

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while the F2 is the α-configuration. In our complex structure, the bottom of the

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F2 fructosyl unit of DFA-III is rather hydrophobic, composed of Phe 80 , Phe 207,

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and Phe 256 (Figure 3e), where no water molecules exist. Furthermore, if the

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hydrolysis product of DFA-III adopts the retaining mechanism, the initially

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formed hydroxyl group will point at the hydrophobic core, which is not

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beneficial. On the other hand, there is a water molecule (above F2 of DFA-III)

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fixed by Arg 134 , Asp 199 and Gln 391 , with a distance of 3.8 Å from the anomeric

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carbon of F2 (Figure 3f). From a structural perspective, collectively, we

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propose that AcDFA-IIIase catalyzes the hydrolysis via an inverting mechanism

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(Figure 8a). Generally, Asp acts as a nucleophile or a general base, and Glu

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acts as a proton donor in the glycoside hydrolases 14 . In our structure, the

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carboxylate group of Glu 210 is within 2.7 Å of the O atom of the α-2,3’-

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glycosidic bond (Figure 3e). Together with the mutation of Glu 210 to Ala or Gln

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that inactivates the enzyme, we propose that Glu 210 acts as a proton donor to

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split the α-2,3’-glycosidic bond. This results in the generation of an O-3’

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hydroxyl group in the F1 unit and a 2-carbonium ion in the F2 unit. Because of

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the strong hydrophobicity of Phe 80 , Phe 207, and Phe 256 under F2, the hydroxyl

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groups with high polarity in F2 probably are inclined to move up. There is a

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a base to deprotonate the water molecule with the formation of a hydroxide ion

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that attacks the upward carbonium ion of F2 from the opposite side of the β-

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2’,1-glycosidic bond. This results in the formation of the hydroxyl group at the

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position of the anomeric carbon of F2 with a furan ring, which also inverts the

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anomeric conformation of F2 (Figure 8a). The mutation of Asp 199 to Ala and

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Asn leads to the inactivity of AcDFA-IIIase (Table 2), which indicates the

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important role of Asp 199 in deprotonating the water. Furthermore, the activity

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of the C387A mutant was substantially improved, which may be caused by the

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shorter side chain of Ala 387 (Figure 4c) creating more space for F2 to move up

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and the formation of the product. Moreover, it was reported that DFA-III can

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be hydrolyzed to inulobiose as 1-O-β- D -fructofuranosyl- D -fructofuranose by

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Arthrobacter ureafaciens 10 or as 1-O-β- D -fructofuranosyl- D -fructopyranose by

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Arthrobacter sp. H65-7 12 . Structural and functional analyses in this study

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demonstrate that the initial product of DFA-III is 1-O-β-D-fructofuranosyl-D-

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fructofuranose. In solution, fructose exists as an equilibrium mixture of 70%

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fructopyranose and 22% fructofuranose, as well as small amounts of three other

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forms, and they all contain both an α configuration and a β configuration 32 . As

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the anomeric center of F2 of the produced inulobiose is free, the initial product

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β-D-fructofuranosyl-D-fructopyranose until an equilibrium point is reached in

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solution, similar to what free fructose does.

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The structures of AcDFA-IIIase and BsIFTase are very similar except for the

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lid. As illustrated in Figure 8b, with the lid, AcDFA-IIIase has two functions,

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converting inulin to DFA-III and hydrolyzing DFA-III to inulobiose. That is,

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AcDFA-IIIase is capable of sequentially catalyzing inulin, which is a novel

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finding. As shown in Figure S1, the amino acid sequence identity between

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AcDFA-IIIase and DFA-IIIase from Arthrobacter sp. H65-7 (AsDFA-IIIase) is

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82% (72% for their corresponding lids). In theory, the two enzymes may have

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the similar capability of catalyzing inulin due to this high identity. However,

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AsDFA-IIIase shows inactivity for inulin 24 , which is probably ascribed to the

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detection methods or reaction conditions. For the decomposition of inulin to

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DFA-III, AcDFA-IIIase, AcDFA-IIIase-lid¯, and BsIFTase use the same

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catalytic residues and mechanism (Figure S4d, Figure 6d and 6e, and Figure S5).

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With this set of catalytic residues, the lid is closed when AcDFA-IIIase

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hydrolyzes DFA-III. However, the necessary protonic states of the catalytic

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residue Glu 210 for the decomposition of inulin and hydrolysis of DFA-III are

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different. The states are probably regulated by the opening and closing of the

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lid. That is, when the lid is opened substantially, Glu 210 in the general base state


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is used to decompose inulin, while after binding DFA-III, it is in the general

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acid state and can hydrolyze DFA-III. Therefore, the lid resembles a regulatory

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switch exerting its function by its opening and closure, which is similar to the

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mechanism of protein tyrosine phosphatase B (PtpB) 33 , whose lid serves the

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dual requirements of recognition of substrates and protection from oxidants

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through the switch’s on and off positions. Moreover, the lid pushes the F2 unit

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down into the proper position, which also contributes to the hydrolysis of DFA-

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III. These two regulatory roles, the changing protonic states of the catalytic

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residue and the push on the F2 unit are abolished when the lid is deleted, which

422

results in the complete transformation from AcDFA-IIIase to an IFTase.

423

Although AcDFA-IIIase sequentially catalyzes inulin, it has a low catalytic

424

efficiency. As shown in Table 1, the k cat /K m of AcDFA-IIIase for inulin is 1.2

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s -1 mM -1 . When the lid was removed (AcDFA-IIIase-lid¯ is an IFTase), k cat /K m

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increased substantially, to 373.1 s -1 mM -1 . This is probably caused by the steric

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hindrance of inulin’s long-chain with the lid, which decreases the affinity of

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AcDFA-IIIase to inulin (K m for AcDFA-IIIase-lid¯ is 1.62 mM, while 18.1 mM

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for AcDFA-IIIase). The hindrance is also shown by the structure of AcDFA-

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IIIase in complex with GF 2 (Figure 6a-6c), in which short-chain GF 2 has already

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perturbed the lid. On the other hand, a high concentration of inulin probably

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hydrolysis. Therefore, lids have more opportunities to close with decreasing

434

concentrations of inulin, which increases the production of DFA-III and

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inulobiose (Figure 5b).

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This work reveals that DFA-IIIase and IFTase have low sequence identity

437

but highly similar three-dimensional structures, except for the lid. With this lid,

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AcDFA-IIIase achieves sequential catalysis to inulin. Although many

439

bifunctional or multifunctional enzymes are capable of catalyzing two or more

440

reactions, they usually use different active centers or more than one catalytic

441

residue. For example, GDP-fucose synthetase 34 and GDP-mannose-3′,5′-

442

epimerase 35 adopt two sets of catalytic residues for oxidation, reduction, and

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epimerization at the same active site. Some kinases, such as histidine kinase 36

444

and isocitrate dehydrogenase kinase 37 , phosphorylate and dephosphorylate

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substrates at one active site using one catalytic residue. However, it is a type

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of reverse reaction. Although vitamin K epoxide reductase converts vitamin K

447

epoxide to vitamin K and vitamin K to vitamin KH 2 using the same active site

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and catalytic residues 38-39 , it is a type of repetitive reduction process. In

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comparison, the interesting aspect of sequential catalysis with AcDFA-IIIase is

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that it combines lytic reaction (IFTase activity) and hydrolytic reaction at the

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regulated by the lid. To the best of our knowledge, there is not another example

453

of this reaction mode that provides a similarly distinctive example of sequential

454

catalysis in enzymology. Since DFA-IIIase has IFTase function, why is IFTase

455

not substituted by DFA-IIIase in nature? As shown in Figure S1, compared with

456

DFA-IIIases, IFTases have an approximately 40~50 amino acid signal peptide.

457

Additionally, inulobiose was obtained by DFA-IIIase from Arthrobacter

458

ureafaciens ATCC21124 using only lysate and not the bacterium itself or the

459

culture broth. Therefore, IFTase and DFA-IIIase should be extracellular and

460

intracellular enzymes, respectively. IFTase is excreted extracellularly to lyse

461

large-molecule inulin, and the produced DFA-III is further hydrolyzed by

462

intracellular DFA-IIIase (Figure S6). Given the low catalytic efficiency of

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AcDFA-IIIase for inulin with the high efficiency of AcDFA-IIIase-lid¯ (Table

464

1), the cooperation of IFTase and DFA-IIIase might be a structural evolutionary

465

relationship that produces a highly efficient utilization of inulin in nature.

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Moreover, this work provides an example for the highly efficient production of

467

inulobiose using protein engineering. Previously, by site-directed mutagenesis

468

of the lid region, the substrate specificity, enantioselectivity, activation

469

mechanism, and stability of lipases have been significantly modified 40-42 . In

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this work, the mutation of Cys 387 to Ala 387 in the lid increased the AcDFA-IIIase

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exploration for the production of inulobiose with high efficiency. Additionally,

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the production of a highly efficient synthesis of inulobiose from inulin in one

474

step using DFA-IIIase, omitting IFTase, is a challenge. Altogether, this work

475

paves the way for further metabolic investigation of inulin in nature and of

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large-scale production, physiological function, and application of the potential

477

functional sugar inulobiose.

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Construction, expression, and purification of enzymes. The genome

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information of Arthrobacter chlorophenolicus A6 has been released in GenBank

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with an accession number of CP001341.1. A putative DFA-IIIase gene

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(GenBank ID: ACL40859.1, locus_tag: Achl_2895) is in this genome. The full-

484

length gene was commercially synthesized and ligated into the pET-22b (+)

485

vector. Based on this wild-type plasmid, mutants were constructed. All the

486

enzymes were fused with a C-terminal 6×His-tag for purification. Each plasmid

487

was transformed into E. coli BL21 (DE3). The recombinant E. coli strains were

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inoculated into 200 mL of Luria-Bertani medium consisting of 10 g of tryptone,

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5 g of yeast extract, 10 g of NaCl, and 1 L of distilled water. The cells were

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final concentration), for the expression of enzymes, was added to the culture,

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and the cells were cultivated for another 6 h at the same temperature. They were

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harvested by centrifugation (12,000×g, 20 min, 4 °C), and pellets were

494

suspended in lysis buffer (50 mM sodium phosphate, 500 mM NaCl, pH 6.5).

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After sonication (300 W; pulse on, 1 s; pulse off, 2 s; 18 min of total time) and

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centrifugation, the supernatant was collected and loaded into the Ni 2+ -affinity

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chromatography column pre-equilibrated with lysis buffer. The unbound

498

proteins were eluted with washing buffer (50 mM imidazole in lysis buffer),

499

while AcDFA-IIIase and its mutants were eluted with elution buffer (500 mM

500

imidazole in lysis buffer). The samples were subsequently purified with an ion-

501

exchange column (HiTrap Q Sepharose FF, GE Healthcare) and a size-exclusion

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column (Superdex 200 10/300 GL, GE Healthcare) according to their protocols.

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The obtained enzymes were dialyzed against buffer (50 mM sodium phosphate,

504

pH 6.5) at 4 °C overnight. The molecular weight and the purity of the enzymes

505

were determined by SDS-PAGE (stacking gel: 5%, separating gel: 12%). To

506

determine the native molecular mass of AcDFA-IIIase, gel filtration experiment

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was performed with a column TSK G2000SWxl (Tosoh Bioscience LLC, Tokyo,

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Japan). The mobile phase is 0.1 M phosphate buffer (pH 6.7) containing 0.05%

509

(W/V) NaN 3 and 0.1 M Na 2 SO 4 . UV was set at 280 nm on HPLC detection

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(66900 D a), β-amylase (200000 D a), alcohol dehydrogenase (150000 D a),

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albumin (66000 D a), and carbonic anhydrase (29000 D a).

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Identification of DFA-IIIase. The reaction solution (100 mL) contained 100 g

515

L -1 (W/V) of DFA-III, 100 nM purified AcDFA-IIIase, and 50 mM sodium

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phosphate buffer (pH 6.5). The solution was incubated at 55 °C for 2 h, and the

517

reaction was terminated by heating the solution at 100 °C for 10 min. Thereafter,

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the reaction solution was centrifuged (18,000×g, 4 °C, 20 min) and filtered

519

through a 0.22 μm filter membrane before loading onto a preparative column

520

(Carbomix H-NP5, 5 μm ， 10 mm id × 300 mm, Sepax, Newark, Delaware,

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USA). The column was operated according to manufacturer protocol. The

522

fraction corresponding to the inulobiose standard (made by our previous DFA-

523

IIIase 13 ) was collected, lyophilized, and analyzed by a

524

spectrometer (Varian, Palo Alto, CA, USA).

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system 300

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Activity Assay. The reaction solution (1 mL) contained 10 g L -1 of substrate

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DFA-III, 100 nM enzyme, and 50 mM sodium phosphate buffer (pH 6.5). After

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incubation at 55 °C for 10 min, the solution was heated at 100 °C for 10 min to

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filtration using a 0.22 μm filter, the filtrate was analyzed by the Sugar-Pak I

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column (Waters, MA, USA) with an Agilent 1200 HPLC system (Agilent

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Technologies, CA, USA) and a refractive index detector. The standard marker

533

of inulobiose was synthesized by our previously obtained DFA-IIIase 13 . The

534

amount of AcDFA-IIIase or its mutant that produces 1 μmol inulobiose per

535

minute at pH 6.5 and 55 °C was defined as one unit of activity.

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Biochemical properties assay. To determine the effect of pH on enzyme

538

activity, three 50 mM buffer systems were used, including sodium citrate buffer

539

(pH 5.0 – 6.5), sodium phosphate buffer (pH 6.5 – 7.0), and Tris-HCl buffer

540

(pH 7.0 - 8.0). To determine the effect of temperature on activity, different

541

temperatures from 30 to 80 °C were used. Other conditions were the same as

542

those in the Activity assay section.

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To determine whether AcDFA-IIIase has the ability to decompose inulin,

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100 nM enzyme was incubated with 40 g L -1 inulin in 50 mM sodium phosphate

545

buffer (pH 6.5) (total volume is 1 mL). After incubation at 55 °C for 12 or 24

546

h, the solution was heated at 100 °C for 10 min to terminate reaction. The

547

samples were analyzed by the Sugar-Pak I column (Waters, MA, USA) with an


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Agilent 1200 HPLC system (Agilent technologies, CA, USA) and a refractive

549

index detector.

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Crystallization, data collection, and structure determination. The crystals

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described in this paper were grown using the hanging-drop vapor diffusion

553

method at 287 K and grew to maximum size in approximately 1 day when mixed

554

in a 1:1 ratio with a solution containing 0.1 M sodium malonate (pH 4.2) and

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10% PEG 3350. For data collection, crystals were transferred to cryoprotectant

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solution consisting of the reservoir solution supplemented with 25% (v/v)

557

glycerol and then flash-cooled in liquid nitrogen. Datasets for crystals of

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unliganded-form DFA-IIIase and its complex with substrate were collected at

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100 K in-house, while the other crystals were collected at 100 K on the BL17U

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synchrotron radiation beamline at Shanghai Synchrotron Radiation Facility

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(SSRF). The datasets were processed and scaled with HKL-2000 43 and with

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programs from the CCP4 package 44 . The structure of unliganded-form DFA-

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IIIase was determined by molecular replacement using MOLREP 45 from the

564

CCP4 suite 44 . The structure of IFTase from Bacillus sp. Snu-7 (PDB entry:

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2INU 5 ) was used as the search model. The initial model from MOLREP 45 was

566

refined to the full resolution range using REFMAC5 46 and manual rebuilding in


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Coot 47 . The final model was evaluated with MolProbility 47 and PROCHECK 48 .

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The other structures were determined in the same way, with the structure of

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unliganded-form DFA-IIIase as the search model. The crystallographic

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parameters are listed in Table S2. All of the figures showing structures were

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Isothermal titration calorimetry. The ITC binding studies were performed

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cell and 0.3 ml of 0.02 mM DFA-IIIase and the mutants in the sample cell,

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respectively. All proteins were maintained in a buffer consisting of 25 mM Tris-

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lid¯, a reaction solution consisting of 50 mM sodium phosphate buffer (pH 6.5),

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and 1-kestose (GF 2 ), respectively; 5ZKY and 5ZL4 correspond to the

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Multiple sequence alignment; LC-MASS spectrum; the structure of DFA-III

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Competing interests: The authors declare no competing interests.

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conception, design, and data analysis. S.Y., H.S., and Y.C. performed

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Acknowledgments

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This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China

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Project (No. U1732114), the Postgraduate Research & Practice Innovation

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Program of Jiangsu Province (No. KYLX16_0823), the national first-class

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Figure 1. The identification and characterization of AcDFA-IIIase. (a) SDSPAGE of wild-type AcDFA-IIIase and its mutants. (b) HPLC profile of reaction mixture (AcDFA-IIIase converts DFA-III to inulobiose) after 24 h, which was detected by by Sugar-Pak I column (Waters, MA, USA). (c) 13 C-NMR spectrum of inulobiose in b. The specific peaks at 98.12 and 101.58 ppm can be used to distinguish the C-2 of reducing fructose in pyranose and furanose. The detailed values are summarized in Table S1. (d) The effect of pH on AcDFA-IIIase activity. (e) The effect of temperature on AcDFA-IIIase activity. (f) Determination of native molecular mass of AcDFA-IIIase using gel filtration. The protein marker contains thyroglobulin from porcine thyroid ligand (66900 39 ACS Paragon Plus Environment

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Figure 2. The crystal structure of unliganded-form AcDFA-IIIase monomer. (a) Side view of monomeric AcDFA-IIIase. PB1, PB2, and PB3 β-strands are colored green, blue, and red, respectively. From turn 1 to 13, they form PB1, PB2, and PB3 β-sheets, respectively. Two long loops form the active center, T3 from turn 11 and T2 from turn 2, and are labeled T3 and T2, respectively. The 41 ACS Paragon Plus Environment

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N- and C-termini are labeled. (b) The side chains of internal stacked hydrophobic residues are presented with sticks in a view from the C-terminus. (c) Structure-based sequence alignment for β-strands in PB1, PB2, and PB3 βsheets. Colors are identical to those in (b). The internal stacked hydrophobic residues in (b) are boxed. (d) Asparagine ladders with red dash circles are formed by stacked asparagine residues. One ladder consisting of 7 asparagine residues is located at PB3 β-strands from turn 5 to 11. Another one composed of five asparagine residues from turn 9 to 13 is between PB1 and PB2. (e) Top and bottom view of trimeric unliganded-form AcDFA-IIIase structure. (f) Electrostatic surface of the trimer in (e), which calculated by Pymol software.

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Figure 3. The structure of AcDFA-IIIase in complex with DFA-III. (a) AcDFA-IIIase is a homotrimer. Three DFA-III molecules presented with sticks (cyan) are located at the monomer-monomer interface. (b) The structural comparison of the trimeric unliganded-form (cyan) AcDFA-IIIase and DFA-III complexed form AcDFA-IIIase (pink). (c) The 2Fo-Fc electron density map contoured at 1.0 σ is overlaid on the model of DFA-III in the substrate binding pocket. The fructosyl units are labeled with F1 and F2 as those of difructosaccharide are labeled in BsIFTase 5 . The numbers 1 and 2 represent C-1 and C-2 atoms of F2, while primed numbers refer to the C-2 and C-3 atoms of F1. (d) DFA-III presented with sticks (cyan) in the active pocket is located at the monomer-monomer interface. (e) The interactions between DFA-III and residues of AcDFA-IIIase. The red dashed lines are hydrogen bonds. The carboxyl group of Glu 210 is within 2.7 Å of the O atom of the 2,3’-glycosidic bond. (f) A water molecule above F2 probably plays a critical role in the hydrolysis of DFA-III. (g) Isothermal titration calorimetric analysis of DFA-III into E210A and E210Q.

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Figure 4. The crystal structure of mutant C387A. (a) The molecular surface of the substrate-binding site is shown with DFA-III, Gln 391 , and Cys 387 represented by a stick model. The lid drawn with slight transparency is colored with light blue. (b) Isothermal titration calorimetric analysis of DFA-III into mutant Q391A and C387A/E210A. (c) Structural superimposition of AcDFAIIIase (unliganded-form is colored with blue, complex-form with DFA-III is colored with pink), AcDFA-IIIase C387A (unliganded-form is colored with green, complex-form with DFA-III was colored with cyan). The conformations and positions of substrate DFA-III are the same. The residues in active centers are well superimposed except Gln 391 in chain A of the unliganded-form of AcDFAIIIase C387A (in the red circles). The conformation of this Gln 391 is substantially changed, and the position of Ala 387 is changed.


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Figure 5. Decomposing inulin by AcDFA-IIIase. a. HPLC profiles of mixtures after AcDFA-IIIase catalyzes inulin. The residual inulin, produced DFA-III, produced inulobiose were labeled on the profile. At 12 h, there were no other sugars produced, while other sugars as by-products were produced at 24 h. b. AcDFA-IIIase catalyzes inulin with different concentrations of inulin with the same conditions in a. The mass percentages represent the mass ratios of residual inulin, produced DFA-III, and produced inulobiose, which are used to indicate how the concentrations of initial inulin influence the production of DFA-III and inulobiose. The calculation formula is, for example, the mass percentage of residual inulin = W inulin /(W inulin + W produced DFA-III + W produced inulobiose ). Here, W represents mass. We excluded other sugar of by-products in the formula because it is hard to qualify and quantify them due to the little amount. The experiments were performed with three replications.


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Figure 7. The identification and characterization of AcDFA-IIIase-lid¯. (a) SDS-PAGE of AcDFA-IIIase-lid¯. (b) HPLC profile of reaction mixture (AcDFA-IIIase-lid¯ with substrate inulin) after 24 h. The produced DFA-III was further identified by 13 C-NMR spectrum (the inset). The detailed values of chemical shifts of carbons are summarized in Table S1. (c) HPLC profile of reaction mixture (AcDFA-IIIase-lid¯ with DFA III) after 12 h, which was detected by Sugar-Pak I column (Waters, MA, USA). Nothing was produced. (d) - (f) HPLC profiles of reaction mixture (AcDFA-IIIase-lid¯ with GF 2 , GF 3 , and GF 4 , respectively) after 48 h. GF 2 , GF 3 , and GF 4 are 1-kestose, nystose, and fructofuranosyl nystose, respectively. They are used to identify the smallest substrate of AcDFA-IIIase-lid¯. The smallest substrate is defined as an inulin-type oligosaccharide substrate with the shortest chain length. The profiles of b, d – f were detected using Asahipak NH2P-5004E column (4.6 mm × 250 mm, shodex, Tokyo, Japan) referring to previous work 49 , while profile in c was with Sugar-Pak I column.

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Figure 8. Proposed catalytic and regulatory mechanism of AcDFA-IIIase. (a) Details of the mechanism are described in the text. The black dot labeled with W represents a water molecule. The primed residues (D199 and R134) are located at the adjacent subunit. (b) The reaction of AcDFA-IIIase with inulin and DFA-III. The lid is open when AcDFA-IIIase reacts with long-chain inulin, while it is closed when it reacts with short-chain DFA-III. The lid of AcDFAIIIase is colored red. The dashed line represents inulobiose and is produced by further hydrolyzing DFA-III using AcDFA-IIIase itself.

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Tables

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Table 1. The Kinetic Parameters. All of the reactions were at pH of 6.5 (sodium phosphate buffer) and 55 °C. 100

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nM AcDFA-IIIase and AcDFA-IIIase C387A were used to react with 2.0 ~ 50 mM DFA-III for 10 min while 24 h for 0.5

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~ 20 mM inulin. 100 nM AcDFA-IIIase-lid¯ was used to react with 0.5 ~ 20 mM inulin for 10 min. The experiments

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were perfomed with three replications. K m (mM)

k cat /K m (s -1 mM -1 )

121.30 ± 12.8

4.61 ± 0.16

AcDFA-IIIase C387A for DFA-III

98.06 ± 6.9

8.59 ± 0.42

AcDFA-IIIase for inulin

18.1 ± 0.9

1.2 ± 0.09

AcDFA-IIIase-lid¯ for inulin

1.62 ± 0.04

373.10 ± 19.57

Samples AcDFA-IIIase for DFA-III

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Table 2. The Activity of AcDFA-IIIase and Its Mutants. Samples

Specific activity (U mg -1 )

Relative activity (%)

AcDFA-IIIase

101.25 ± 6.04

100.00

C387A

187.51 ± 5.14

185.20

C387A/E210A

0.00

0.00

D177A

0.00

0.00

D177N

0.00

0.00

D199A

0.00

0.00

D199N

0.00

0.00

E210A

0.00

0.00

E210Q

0.00

0.00

E307A

0.00

0.00

F80A

8.71 ± 1.02

8.61

F207A

67.72 ± 2.45

67.72

F256A

17.87 ± 0.98

17.65

I85A

14.93 ± 1.66

14.75

Q222A

0.00

0.00

Q391A

0.00

0.00

R134A

0.00

0.00

R258A

0.00

0.00

S84A

10.45 ±1.01

10.32

W309F

5.17 ± 0.49

5.10

Y163A

8.19 ± 0.91

8.09

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