4pi9 | pdb_00004pi9

Crystal structure of S. Aureus Autolysin E in complex with muropeptide NAM-L-ALA-D-iGLU

spinqualitylabelsall models 4pi9, resolution 1.48Å Show:Asymmetric Unit Biological Assembly Drag the structure with the mouse to rotate   Export Animated Image   Print3D Structural highlights 4pi9 is a 1 chain structure with sequence from Staam. Full crystallographic information is available from OCA. For a guided tour on the structure components use FirstGlance. Ligands: 3LT, CL, SO4 Gene: SAV2307 (STAAM) Resources: FirstGlance, OCA, PDBe, RCSB, PDBsum, ProSAT Publication Abstract from PubMed Peptidoglycan is a giant molecule that forms the cell wall that surrounds bacterial cells. It is composed of alternating N-acetylglucosamine (NAG) and N-acetylmuramic acid (NAM) residues connected by beta-(1,4)-glycosidic bonds and cross-linked with short polypeptide chains. Owing to the increasing antibiotic resistance against drugs targeting peptidoglycan synthesis, studies of enzymes involved in the degradation of peptidoglycan, such as N-acetylglucos-aminidases, may expose new, valuable drug targets. The scientific challenge addressed here is how lysozymes, muramidases which are likely to be the most studied enzymes ever, and bacterial N-acetylglucosaminidases discriminate between two glycosidic bonds that are different in sequence yet chemically equivalent in the same NAG-NAM polymers. In spite of more than fifty years of structural studies of lysozyme, it is still not known how the enzyme selects the bond to be cleaved. Using macromolecular crystallography, chemical synthesis and molecular modelling, this study explains how these two groups of enzymes based on an equivalent structural core exhibit a difference in selectivity. The crystal structures of Staphylococcus aureusN-acetylglucosaminidase autolysin E (AtlE) alone and in complex with fragments of peptidoglycan revealed that N-acetylglucosaminidases and muramidases approach the substrate at alternate glycosidic bond positions from opposite sides. The recognition pocket for NAM residues in the active site of N-acetylglucosaminidases may make them a suitable drug target. The mechanism behind the selection of two different cleavage sites in NAG-NAM polymers.,Mihelic M, Vlahovicek-Kahlina K, Renko M, Mesnage S, Dobersek A, Taler-Vercic A, Jakas A, Turk D IUCrJ. 2017 Feb 23;4(Pt 2):185-198. doi: 10.1107/S2052252517000367. eCollection, 2017 Mar 1. PMID:28250957 From MEDLINE®/PubMed®, a database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine.

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