8c4d

N-acetylmuramoyl-L-alanine amidase from Enterococcus faecium prophage genome

spinqualitylabelsall models 8c4d, resolution 1.97Å Show:Asymmetric Unit Biological Assembly Drag the structure with the mouse to rotate   Export Animated Image   Print3D Structural highlights 8c4d is a 1 chain structure with sequence from Enterococcus faecium. Full crystallographic information is available from OCA. For a guided tour on the structure components use FirstGlance. Method: X-ray diffraction, Resolution 1.97Å Ligands: CL, FLC, NA, ZN Resources: FirstGlance, OCA, PDBe, RCSB, PDBsum, ProSAT Publication Abstract from PubMed Multidrug-resistant (MDR) bacteria have become a growing threat to public health. The gram-positive Enterococcus faecium is classified by WHO as a high-priority pathogen among the global priority list of antibiotic-resistant bacteria. Peptidoglycan-degrading enzymes (PDEs), also known as enzybiotics, are useful bactericidal agents in the fight against resistant bacteria. In this work, a genome-based screening approach of the genome of E. faecium allowed the identification of a putative PDE gene with predictive amidase activity (EfAmi1; EC 3.5.1.28) in a prophage-integrated sequence. EfAmi1 is composed by two domains: a N-terminal Zn(2+)-dependent N-acetylmuramoyl-L-alanine amidase-2 (NALAA-2) domain and a C-terminal domain with unknown structure and function. The full-length gene of EfAmi1 was cloned and expressed as a 6xHis-tagged protein in E. coli. EfAmi1 was produced as a soluble protein, purified, and its lytic and antimicrobial activities were investigated using turbidity reduction and Kirby-Bauer disk-diffusion assays against clinically isolated bacterial pathogens. The crystal structure of the N-terminal amidase-2 domain was determined using X-ray crystallography at 1.97 A resolution. It adopts a globular fold with several alpha-helices surrounding a central five-stranded beta-sheet. Sequence comparison revealed a cluster of conserved amino acids that defines a putative binding site for a buried zinc ion. The results of the present study suggest that EfAmi1 displays high lytic and antimicrobial activity and may represent a promising new antimicrobial in the post-antibiotic era. Structural and functional features of a broad-spectrum prophage-encoded enzybiotic from Enterococcus faecium.,Premetis GE, Stathi A, Papageorgiou AC, Labrou NE Sci Rep. 2023 May 8;13(1):7450. doi: 10.1038/s41598-023-34309-2. PMID:37156923 From MEDLINE®/PubMed®, a database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine.

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