2jfz

From Proteopedia

Crystal structure of Helicobacter pylori glutamate racemase in complex with D-Glutamate and an inhibitor

PDB ID 2jfz

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Structural highlights

2jfz is a 2 chain structure with sequence from Helicobacter pylori. Full crystallographic information is available from OCA. For a guided tour on the structure components use FirstGlance.
Method:	X-ray diffraction, Resolution 1.86Å
Ligands:	,
Resources:	FirstGlance, OCA, PDBe, RCSB, PDBsum, ProSAT

Function

MURI_HELPJ Provides the (R)-glutamate required for cell wall biosynthesis (By similarity).

Evolutionary Conservation

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Publication Abstract from PubMed

Glutamate racemase is an enzyme essential to the bacterial cell wall biosynthesis pathway, and has therefore been considered as a target for antibacterial drug discovery. We characterized the glutamate racemases of several pathogenic bacteria using structural and biochemical approaches. Here we describe three distinct mechanisms of regulation for the family of glutamate racemases: allosteric activation by metabolic precursors, kinetic regulation through substrate inhibition, and D-glutamate recycling using a d-amino acid transaminase. In a search for selective inhibitors, we identified a series of uncompetitive inhibitors specifically targeting Helicobacter pylori glutamate racemase that bind to a cryptic allosteric site, and used these inhibitors to probe the mechanistic and dynamic features of the enzyme. These structural, kinetic and mutational studies provide insight into the physiological regulation of these essential enzymes and provide a basis for designing narrow-spectrum antimicrobial agents.

Exploitation of structural and regulatory diversity in glutamate racemases.,Lundqvist T, Fisher SL, Kern G, Folmer RH, Xue Y, Newton DT, Keating TA, Alm RA, de Jonge BL Nature. 2007 Jun 14;447(7146):817-22. PMID:17568739^[1]

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References

↑ Lundqvist T, Fisher SL, Kern G, Folmer RH, Xue Y, Newton DT, Keating TA, Alm RA, de Jonge BL. Exploitation of structural and regulatory diversity in glutamate racemases. Nature. 2007 Jun 14;447(7146):817-22. PMID:17568739 doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nature05689