4axv | pdb_00004axv

Biochemical and structural characterization of the MpaA amidase as part of a conserved scavenging pathway for peptidoglycan derived peptides in gamma-proteobacteria

spinqualitylabelsall models 4axv, resolution 2.17Å Show:Asymmetric Unit Biological Assembly Drag the structure with the mouse to rotate   Export Animated Image   Print3D Structural highlights 4axv is a 1 chain structure with sequence from Vibcb. Full crystallographic information is available from OCA. For a guided tour on the structure components use FirstGlance. Ligands: EDO, ZN NonStd Res: MSE Resources: FirstGlance, OCA, PDBe, RCSB, PDBsum, ProSAT Publication Abstract from PubMed The murein peptide amidase, MpaA, is a cytoplasmic enzyme that processes peptides derived from the turnover of murein. We have purified the enzyme from Escherichia coli and demonstrated that it efficiently hydrolyzes the gamma-D-glutamyl-diaminopimelic acid bond in the murein tripeptide (L-Ala-gamma-D-Glu-meso-Dap), with Km and kcat values of 0.41 +/- 0.05 mM and 38.3 +/- 10 s-1. However, it is unable to act on murein tetrapeptide (L-Ala-gamma-D-Glu-meso-Dap-D-Ala). E. coli MpaA is a homodimer containing one bound zinc ion per chain as judged by mass spectrometric analysis and size exclusion chromatography. To investigate the structure of MpaA we solved the crystal structure of the orthologous protein from Vibrio harveyi to 2.17 A. VhMpaA, which has identical enzymatic and biophysical properties to the E. coli enzyme, has high structural similarity to eukaryotic zinc carboxypeptidases. The structure confirms that MpaA is a dimeric zinc metalloprotein. Comparison of the structure of MpaA with those of other carboxypeptidases, reveals additional structure that partially occludes the substrate binding groove, perhaps explaining the narrower substrate specificity of the enzyme compared to other zinc carboxypeptidases. In gamma-proteobacteria mpaA is often located adjacent to mppA which encodes a periplasmic transporter protein previously shown to bind murein tripeptide. We demonstrate that MppA can also bind murein tetrapeptide with high affinity. The genetic coupling of these genes and their related biochemical functions suggest that MpaA amidase and MppA transporter form part of a catabolic pathway for utilization of murein derived peptides that operates in gamma-proteobacteria in addition to the established murein recycling pathways. MpaA is a murein-tripeptide-specific zinc carboxypeptidase that functions as part of a catabolic pathway for peptidoglycan derived peptides in gamma-proteobacteria.,Maqbool A, Herve M, Mengin-Lecreulx D, Wilkinson AJ, Thomas GH Biochem J. 2012 Sep 12. PMID:22970852 From MEDLINE®/PubMed®, a database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine.

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