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Publication Abstract from PubMed

beta-Fructofuranosidases belonging to glycoside hydrolase family (GH) 32 are enzymes that hydrolyze sucrose. Some GH32 enzymes also catalyze transfructosylation to produce fructooligosaccharides. We found that Aspergillus kawachii IFO 4308 beta-fructofuranosidase (AkFFase) produces fructooligosaccharides, mainly 1-kestose, from sucrose. We determined the crystal structure of AkFFase. AkFFase is composed of an N-terminal small component, a beta-propeller catalytic domain, an alpha-helical linker, and a C-terminal beta-sandwich, similar to other GH32 enzymes. AkFFase forms a dimer, and the dimerization pattern is different from those of other oligomeric GH32 enzymes. The complex structure of AkFFase with fructose unexpectedly showed that fructose binds both subsites -1 and +1, despite the fact that the catalytic residues were not mutated. Fructose at subsite +1 interacts with Ile146 and Glu296 of AkFFase via direct hydrogen bonds.

Crystal structure of a beta-fructofuranosidase with high transfructosylation activity from Aspergillus kawachii.,Nagaya M, Kimura M, Gozu Y, Sato S, Hirano K, Tochio T, Nishikawa A, Tonozuka T Biosci Biotechnol Biochem. 2017 Jul 17:1-10. doi: 10.1080/09168451.2017.1353405. PMID:28715279^[1]

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