3zfz

Crystal structure of ceftaroline acyl-PBP2a from MRSA with non- covalently bound ceftaroline and muramic acid at allosteric site obtained by soaking

spinqualitylabelsall models 3zfz, resolution 2.25Å Show:Asymmetric Unit Biological Assembly Drag the structure with the mouse to rotate   Export Animated Image   Print3D Structural highlights 3zfz is a 2 chain structure with sequence from Staam. Full crystallographic information is available from OCA. For a guided tour on the structure components use FirstGlance. Ligands: 1W8, AI8, CD, CL, MUR Related: 3zg0, 3zg5 Activity: Serine-type D-Ala-D-Ala carboxypeptidase, with EC number 3.4.16.4 Resources: FirstGlance, OCA, PDBe, RCSB, PDBsum, ProSAT Publication Abstract from PubMed The expression of penicillin binding protein 2a (PBP2a) is the basis for the broad clinical resistance to the beta-lactam antibiotics by methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA). The high-molecular mass penicillin binding proteins of bacteria catalyze in separate domains the transglycosylase and transpeptidase activities required for the biosynthesis of the peptidoglycan polymer that comprises the bacterial cell wall. In bacteria susceptible to beta-lactam antibiotics, the transpeptidase activity of their penicillin binding proteins (PBPs) is lost as a result of irreversible acylation of an active site serine by the beta-lactam antibiotics. In contrast, the PBP2a of MRSA is resistant to beta-lactam acylation and successfully catalyzes the DD-transpeptidation reaction necessary to complete the cell wall. The inability to contain MRSA infection with beta-lactam antibiotics is a continuing public health concern. We report herein the identification of an allosteric binding domain-a remarkable 60 A distant from the DD-transpeptidase active site-discovered by crystallographic analysis of a soluble construct of PBP2a. When this allosteric site is occupied, a multiresidue conformational change culminates in the opening of the active site to permit substrate entry. This same crystallographic analysis also reveals the identity of three allosteric ligands: muramic acid (a saccharide component of the peptidoglycan), the cell wall peptidoglycan, and ceftaroline, a recently approved anti-MRSA beta-lactam antibiotic. The ability of an anti-MRSA beta-lactam antibiotic to stimulate allosteric opening of the active site, thus predisposing PBP2a to inactivation by a second beta-lactam molecule, opens an unprecedented realm for beta-lactam antibiotic structure-based design. How allosteric control of Staphylococcus aureus penicillin binding protein 2a enables methicillin resistance and physiological function.,Otero LH, Rojas-Altuve A, Llarrull LI, Carrasco-Lopez C, Kumarasiri M, Lastochkin E, Fishovitz J, Dawley M, Hesek D, Lee M, Johnson JW, Fisher JF, Chang M, Mobashery S, Hermoso JA Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2013 Oct 1. PMID:24085846 From MEDLINE®/PubMed®, a database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine. See Also Penicillin-binding protein 3D structures

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