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The cell wall imparts structural strength and shape to bacteria. It is made up of polymeric glycan chains with peptide branches that are cross-linked to form the cell wall. The cross-linking reaction, catalyzed by transpeptidases, is the last step in cell wall biosynthesis. These enzymes are members of the family of penicillin-binding proteins, the targets of beta-lactam antibiotics. We report herein the structure of a penicillin-binding protein complexed with a cephalosporin designed to probe the mechanism of the cross-linking reaction catalyzed by transpeptidases. The 1.2-A resolution x-ray structure of this cephalosporin bound to the active site of the bifunctional serine type D-alanyl-D-alanine carboxypeptidase/transpeptidase (EC ) from Streptomyces sp. strain R61 reveals how the two peptide strands from the polymeric substrates are sequestered in the active site of a transpeptidase. The structure of this complex provides a snapshot of the enzyme and the bound cell wall components poised for the final and critical cross-linking step of cell wall biosynthesis.

1HVB is a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Single_protein Single protein] structure of sequence from [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Streptomyces_sp. Streptomyces sp.] with <scene name='pdbligand=CEH:'>CEH</scene> as [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ligand ligand]. Active as [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serine-type_D-Ala-D-Ala_carboxypeptidase Serine-type D-Ala-D-Ala carboxypeptidase], with EC number [http://www.brenda-enzymes.info/php/result_flat.php4?ecno=3.4.16.4 3.4.16.4] Full crystallographic information is available from [http://oca.weizmann.ac.il/oca-bin/ocashort?id=1HVB OCA].  

[[Category: Kelly, J A.]]

[[Category: McDonough, M A.]]

[[Category: Silvaggi, N R.]]

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