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==The crystal structure of pesticin-T4 lysozyme hybrid stabilized by engineered disulfide bonds==
<StructureSection load='4epi' size='340' side='right'caption='[[4epi]], [[Resolution|resolution]] 1.74&Aring;' scene=''>
== Structural highlights ==
<table><tr><td colspan='2'>[[4epi]] is a 1 chain structure with sequence from [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Escherichia_virus_T4 Escherichia virus T4] and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yersinia_pestis Yersinia pestis]. Full crystallographic information is available from [http://oca.weizmann.ac.il/oca-bin/ocashort?id=4EPI OCA]. For a <b>guided tour on the structure components</b> use [https://proteopedia.org/fgij/fg.htm?mol=4EPI FirstGlance]. <br>
</td></tr><tr id='method'><td class="sblockLbl"><b>[[Empirical_models|Method:]]</b></td><td class="sblockDat" id="methodDat">X-ray diffraction, [[Resolution|Resolution]] 1.74&#8491;</td></tr>
<tr id='ligand'><td class="sblockLbl"><b>[[Ligand|Ligands:]]</b></td><td class="sblockDat" id="ligandDat"><scene name='pdbligand=NA:SODIUM+ION'>NA</scene>, <scene name='pdbligand=SO4:SULFATE+ION'>SO4</scene></td></tr>
<tr id='resources'><td class="sblockLbl"><b>Resources:</b></td><td class="sblockDat"><span class='plainlinks'>[https://proteopedia.org/fgij/fg.htm?mol=4epi FirstGlance], [http://oca.weizmann.ac.il/oca-bin/ocaids?id=4epi OCA], [https://pdbe.org/4epi PDBe], [https://www.rcsb.org/pdb/explore.do?structureId=4epi RCSB], [https://www.ebi.ac.uk/pdbsum/4epi PDBsum], [https://prosat.h-its.org/prosat/prosatexe?pdbcode=4epi ProSAT]</span></td></tr>
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== Function ==
[https://www.uniprot.org/uniprot/ENLYS_BPT4 ENLYS_BPT4] Endolysin with lysozyme activity that degrades host peptidoglycans and participates with the holin and spanin proteins in the sequential events which lead to the programmed host cell lysis releasing the mature viral particles. Once the holin has permeabilized the host cell membrane, the endolysin can reach the periplasm and break down the peptidoglycan layer.<ref>PMID:22389108</ref> [https://www.uniprot.org/uniprot/Q57159_YERPE Q57159_YERPE] 
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== Publication Abstract from PubMed ==
Bacterial pathogens are becoming increasingly resistant to antibiotics. As an alternative therapeutic strategy, phage therapy reagents containing purified viral lysins have been developed against Gram-positive organisms but not against Gram-negative organisms due to the inability of these types of drugs to cross the bacterial outer membrane. We solved the crystal structures of a Yersinia pestis outer membrane transporter called FyuA and a bacterial toxin called pesticin that targets this transporter. FyuA is a beta-barrel membrane protein belonging to the family of TonB dependent transporters, whereas pesticin is a soluble protein with two domains, one that binds to FyuA and another that is structurally similar to phage T4 lysozyme. The structure of pesticin allowed us to design a phage therapy reagent comprised of the FyuA binding domain of pesticin fused to the N-terminus of T4 lysozyme. This hybrid toxin kills specific Yersinia and pathogenic E. coli strains and, importantly, can evade the pesticin immunity protein (Pim) giving it a distinct advantage over pesticin. Furthermore, because FyuA is required for virulence and is more common in pathogenic bacteria, the hybrid toxin also has the advantage of targeting primarily disease-causing bacteria rather than indiscriminately eliminating natural gut flora.

Structural engineering of a phage lysin that targets Gram-negative pathogens.,Lukacik P, Barnard TJ, Keller PW, Chaturvedi KS, Seddiki N, Fairman JW, Noinaj N, Kirby TL, Henderson JP, Steven AC, Hinnebusch BJ, Buchanan SK Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2012 Jun 7. PMID:22679291<ref>PMID:22679291</ref>

From MEDLINE&reg;/PubMed&reg;, a database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine.<br>
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==See Also==
*[[Lysozyme 3D structures|Lysozyme 3D structures]]
== References ==
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[[Category: Escherichia virus T4]]
[[Category: Large Structures]]
[[Category: Yersinia pestis]]
[[Category: Barnard T]]
[[Category: Buchanan SK]]
[[Category: Fairman JW]]
[[Category: Lukacik P]]
[[Category: Noinaj N]]
[[Category: Seddiki N]]