X-ray structures along the reaction pathway of cyclodextrin glycosyltransferase elucidate catalysis in the α-amylase family

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Cyclodextrin glycosyltransferase (CGTase) is an enzyme of the α-amylase family, which uses a double displacement mechanism to process α-linked glucose polymers. We have determined two X-ray structures of CGTase complexes, one with an intact substrate at 2.1 Å resolution, and the other with a covalently bound reaction intermediate at 1.8 Å resolution. These structures give evidence for substrate distortion and the covalent character of the intermediate and for the first time show, in atomic detail, how catalysis in the α-amylase family proceeds by the concerted action of all active site residues.

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