7bvb | pdb_00007bvb

Crystal structure of UDP-N-acetylmuramic Acid L-alanine ligase (MurC) from Mycobacterium bovis in complex with UDP-N-acetylglucosamine

spinqualitylabelsall models 7bvb, resolution 3.19Å Show:Asymmetric Unit Biological Assembly Drag the structure with the mouse to rotate   Export Animated Image   Print3D Structural highlights 7bvb is a 2 chain structure with sequence from Mycobacterium tuberculosis variant bovis AF2122/97. Full crystallographic information is available from OCA. For a guided tour on the structure components use FirstGlance. Method: X-ray diffraction, Resolution 3.191Å Ligands: UD1, ZN Resources: FirstGlance, OCA, PDBe, RCSB, PDBsum, ProSAT Function MURC_MYCBO Cell wall formation. Publication Abstract from PubMed Peptidoglycan comprises repeating units of N-acetylmuramic acid, N-acetylglucosamine and short cross-linking peptides. After the conversion of UDP-N-acetylglucosamine (UNAG) to UDP-N-acetylmuramic acid (UNAM) by the MurA and MurB enzymes, an amino acid is added to UNAM by UDP-N-acetylmuramic acid L-alanine ligase (MurC). As peptidoglycan is an essential component of the bacterial cell wall, the enzymes involved in its biosynthesis represent promising targets for the development of novel antibacterial drugs. Here, the crystal structure of Mycobacterium bovis MurC (MbMurC) is reported, which exhibits a three-domain architecture for the binding of UNAM, ATP and an amino acid as substrates, with a nickel ion at the domain interface. The ATP-binding loop adopts a conformation that is not seen in other MurCs. In the UNAG-bound structure of MbMurC, the substrate mimic interacts with the UDP-binding domain of MbMurC, which does not invoke rearrangement of the three domains. Interestingly, the glycine-rich loop of the UDP-binding domain of MbMurC interacts through hydrogen bonds with the glucose moiety of the ligand, but not with the pyrophosphate moiety. These findings suggest that UNAG analogs might serve as potential candidates for neutralizing the catalytic activity of bacterial MurC. Crystal structures of UDP-N-acetylmuramic acid L-alanine ligase (MurC) from Mycobacterium bovis with and without UDP-N-acetylglucosamine.,Seo PW, Park SY, Hofmann A, Kim JS Acta Crystallogr D Struct Biol. 2021 May 1;77(Pt 5):618-627. doi:, 10.1107/S2059798321002199. Epub 2021 Apr 14. PMID:33950018 From MEDLINE®/PubMed®, a database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine. See Also Enoylpyruvate transferase 3D structures Mur ligase

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