1wcg

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'''APHID MYROSINASE'''
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===APHID MYROSINASE===
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==Overview==
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The aphid Brevicoryne brassicae is a specialist feeding on Brassicaceae plants. The insect has an intricate defence system involving a beta-D-thioglucosidase (myrosinase) that hydrolyses glucosinolates sequestered from the host plant into volatile isothiocyanates. These isothiocyanates act synergistically with the pheromone E-beta-farnesene to form an alarm system when the aphid is predated. In order to investigate the enzymatic characteristics of the aphid myrosinase and its three-dimensional structure, milligram amounts of pure recombinant aphid myrosinase were obtained from Echerichia coli. The recombinant enzyme had similar physiochemical properties to the native enzyme. The global structure is very similar to Sinapis alba myrosinase and plant beta-O-glucosidases. Aphid myrosinase has two catalytic glutamic acid residues positioned as in plant beta-O-glucosidases, and it is not obvious why this unusual enzyme hydrolyses glucosinolates, the common substrates of plant myrosinases which are normally not hydrolyzed by plant beta-O-glucosidases. The only residue specific for aphid myrosinase in proximity of the glycosidic linkage is Tyr180 which may have a catalytic role. The aglycon binding site differs strongly from plant myrosinase, whereas due to the presence of Trp424 in the glucose binding site, this part of the active site is more similar to plant beta-O-glucosidases, as plant myrosinases carry a phenylalanine residue at this position.
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==About this Structure==
==About this Structure==
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[[Category: Myrosinase]]
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[[Category: Thioglucosidase]]
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Template:STRUCTURE 1wcg

APHID MYROSINASE

Template:ABSTRACT PUBMED 16291087

About this Structure

1WCG is a Single protein structure of sequence from Brevicoryne brassicae. Full crystallographic information is available from OCA.

Reference

Crystal structure at 1.1 Angstroms resolution of an insect myrosinase from Brevicoryne brassicae shows its close relationship to beta-glucosidases., Husebye H, Arzt S, Burmeister WP, Hartel FV, Brandt A, Rossiter JT, Bones AM, Insect Biochem Mol Biol. 2005 Dec;35(12):1311-20. Epub 2005 Aug 18. PMID:16291087

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