7rcz

Crystal structure of C. difficile SpoVD in complex with ampicillin

spinqualitylabelsall models 7rcz, resolution 2.20Å Show:Asymmetric Unit Biological Assembly Drag the structure with the mouse to rotate   Export Animated Image   Print3D Structural highlights 7rcz is a 2 chain structure with sequence from Clostridioides difficile R20291. Full crystallographic information is available from OCA. For a guided tour on the structure components use FirstGlance. Method: X-ray diffraction, Resolution 2.2Å Ligands: EPE, PEG, POL, SO4, ZN, ZZ7 Resources: FirstGlance, OCA, PDBe, RCSB, PDBsum, ProSAT Function Q182Z0_CLOD6 Publication Abstract from PubMed Treatment with beta-lactam antibiotics, particularly cephalosporins, is a major risk factor for Clostridioides difficile infection. These broad-spectrum antibiotics irreversibly inhibit penicillin-binding proteins (PBPs), which are serine-based enzymes that assemble the bacterial cell wall. However, C. difficile has four different PBPs (PBP1-3 and SpoVD) with various roles in growth and spore formation, and their specific links to beta-lactam resistance in this pathogen are underexplored. Here, we show that PBP2 (known to be essential for vegetative growth) is the primary bactericidal target for beta-lactams in C. difficile. PBP2 is insensitive to cephalosporin inhibition, and this appears to be the main basis for cephalosporin resistance in this organism. We determine crystal structures of C. difficile PBP2, alone and in complex with beta-lactams, revealing unique features including ligand-induced conformational changes and an active site Zn(2+)-binding motif that influences beta-lactam binding and protein stability. The Zn(2+)-binding motif is also present in C. difficile PBP3 and SpoVD (which are known to be essential for sporulation), as well as in other bacterial taxa including species living in extreme environments and the human gut. We speculate that this thiol-containing motif and its cognate Zn(2+) might function as a redox sensor to regulate cell wall synthesis for survival in adverse or anaerobic environments. A unique class of Zn(2+)-binding serine-based PBPs underlies cephalosporin resistance and sporogenesis in Clostridioides difficile.,Sacco MD, Wang S, Adapa SR, Zhang X, Lewandowski EM, Gongora MV, Keramisanou D, Atlas ZD, Townsend JA, Gatdula JR, Morgan RT, Hammond LR, Marty MT, Wang J, Eswara PJ, Gelis I, Jiang RHY, Sun X, Chen Y Nat Commun. 2022 Jul 28;13(1):4370. doi: 10.1038/s41467-022-32086-6. PMID:35902581 From MEDLINE®/PubMed®, a database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine.

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