4a52

NMR structure of the imipenem-acylated L,D-transpeptidase from Bacillus subtilis

spinqualitylabelsall models 4a52 Show:Asymmetric Unit Biological Assembly Drag the structure with the mouse to rotate   Export Animated Image   Print3D Structural highlights 4a52 is a 1 chain structure with sequence from Bacillus subtilis subsp. subtilis str. 168. Full experimental information is available from OCA. For a guided tour on the structure components use FirstGlance. Method: Solution NMR, 20 models Ligands: IM2 Resources: FirstGlance, OCA, PDBe, RCSB, PDBsum, ProSAT Function YKUD_BACSU Probable enzyme that may play an important role in cell wall biology. Publication Abstract from PubMed beta-lactams inhibit peptidoglycan polymerization by acting as suicide substrates of essential d,d-transpeptidases. Bypass of these enzymes by unrelated l,d-transpeptidases results in beta-lactam resistance, although carbapenems remain unexpectedly active. To gain insight into carbapenem specificity of l,d-transpeptidases (Ldts), we solved the nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) structures of apo and imipenem-acylated Bacillus subtilis Ldt and show that the cysteine nucleophile is present as a neutral imidazole-sulfhydryl pair in the substrate-free enzyme. NMR relaxation dispersion does not reveal any preexisting conformational exchange in the apoenzyme, and change in flexibility is not observed upon noncovalent binding of beta-lactams (K(D) > 37.5 mM). In contrast, covalent modification of active cysteine by both carbapenems and 2-nitro-5-thiobenzoate induces backbone flexibility that does not result from disruption of the imidazole-sulfhydryl proton interaction or steric hindrance. The chemical step of the reaction determines enzyme specificity since no differences in drug affinity were observed. Dynamics Induced by beta-Lactam Antibiotics in the Active Site of Bacillus subtilisl,d-Transpeptidase.,Lecoq L, Bougault C, Hugonnet JE, Veckerle C, Pessey O, Arthur M, Simorre JP Structure. 2012 May 9;20(5):850-61. PMID:22579252 From MEDLINE®/PubMed®, a database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine.

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