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From: Ligninolytic peroxidase genes in the oyster mushroom genome: heterologous expression, molecular structure, catalytic and stability properties, and lignin-degrading ability

Figure 5

Comparison of three regions in the VP1 (blue) and MnP4 (brown) crystal structures; and catalytic tryptophan environment in VP1 and homologous regions in MnP4 and MnP1. (A) Loop close to the distal calcium and its ligands including two water molecules (light spheres) and differences in the VP1/MnP4 D129 to A132/N134 to K137 region including MnP4 K137 interacting with the F62 side chain. (B) Two sequence stretches (V248 to P252 and P286 to H293 in VP1, and I254 to S259 and R292 to P298 in MnP4) at the back of the protein with indication of those residues differing in the two peroxidases (the heme cofactor, proximal Ca2+, spheres, and its ligands, and VP1 W164 are also visible). (C) Selected residues and solvent access surface in the VP1 and MnP4 heme access channel and surrounding area (differences in surface electronegativity below the channel entrance are indicated with circles). (D) Structure (bottom) and electrostatic surface (top) showing the catalytic tryptophan and surrounding residues of VP1 (including G260 and F197, among others) compared with the same region in MnP1 (including D261 and I198) and MnP4 (including R266 and F203) (the green circles represent the position of the conserved tryptophan in VP1 and MnP1, or the corresponding alanine in MnP4). From entries [PDB:4BM1] (MnP4) and [PDB:4BLK] (VP1), and MnP1 homology model based on [PDB:4BLK]. MnP, manganese peroxidase; PDB, Protein Data Bank; VP, versatile peroxidase.

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