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- Title
Structural and biochemical characterization of the exopolysaccharide deacetylase Agd3 required for Aspergillus fumigatus biofilm formation.
- Authors
Bamford, Natalie C.; Le Mauff, François; Van Loon, Jaime C.; Ostapska, Hanna; Snarr, Brendan D.; Zhang, Yongzhen; Kitova, Elena N.; Klassen, John S.; Codée, Jeroen D. C.; Sheppard, Donald C.; Howell, P. Lynne
- Abstract
The exopolysaccharide galactosaminogalactan (GAG) is an important virulence factor of the fungal pathogen Aspergillus fumigatus. Deletion of a gene encoding a putative deacetylase, Agd3, leads to defects in GAG deacetylation, biofilm formation, and virulence. Here, we show that Agd3 deacetylates GAG in a metal-dependent manner, and is the founding member of carbohydrate esterase family CE18. The active site is formed by four catalytic motifs that are essential for activity. The structure of Agd3 includes an elongated substrate-binding cleft formed by a carbohydrate binding module (CBM) that is the founding member of CBM family 87. Agd3 homologues are encoded in previously unidentified putative bacterial exopolysaccharide biosynthetic operons and in other fungal genomes. The exopolysaccharide galactosaminogalactan (GAG) is an important virulence factor of the fungal pathogen Aspergillus fumigatus. Here, the authors study an A. fumigatus enzyme that deacetylates GAG in a metal-dependent manner and constitutes a founding member of a new carbohydrate esterase family.
- Subjects
MICROBIAL exopolysaccharides; ASPERGILLUS fumigatus; FUNGAL genomes; DELETION mutation; OPERONS; FUNGAL virulence; CARBOHYDRATES
- Publication
Nature Communications, 2020, Vol 11, Issue 1, p1
- ISSN
2041-1723
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1038/s41467-020-16144-5