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Hirvonen VA, Weizmann TM, Mulholland AJ, Spencer J, van der Kamp MW. Multiscale Simulations Identify Origins of Differential Carbapenem Hydrolysis by the OXA-48 β-Lactamase. ACS Catal 2022; 12:4534-4544. [PMID: 35571461 PMCID: PMC9097296 DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.1c05694] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/10/2021] [Revised: 03/22/2022] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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OXA-48 β-lactamases are frequently encountered in bacterial infections caused by carbapenem-resistant Gram-negative bacteria. Due to the importance of carbapenems in the treatment of healthcare-associated infections and the increasingly wide dissemination of OXA-48-like enzymes on plasmids, these β-lactamases are of high clinical significance. Notably, OXA-48 hydrolyzes imipenem more efficiently than other commonly used carbapenems, such as meropenem. Here, we use extensive multiscale simulations of imipenem and meropenem hydrolysis by OXA-48 to dissect the dynamics and to explore differences in the reactivity of the possible conformational substates of the respective acylenzymes. Quantum mechanics/molecular mechanics (QM/MM) simulations of the deacylation reaction for both substrates demonstrate that deacylation is favored when the 6α-hydroxyethyl group is able to hydrogen bond to the water molecule responsible for deacylation but disfavored by the increasing hydration of either oxygen of the carboxylated Lys73 general base. Differences in free energy barriers calculated from the QM/MM simulations correlate well with the experimentally observed differences in hydrolytic efficiency between meropenem and imipenem. We conclude that the impaired breakdown of meropenem, compared to imipenem, which arises from a subtle change in the hydrogen bonding pattern between the deacylating water molecule and the antibiotic, is most likely induced by the meropenem 1β-methyl group. In addition to increased insights into carbapenem breakdown by OXA β-lactamases, which may aid in future efforts to design antibiotics or inhibitors, our approach exemplifies the combined use of atomistic simulations in determining the possible different enzyme-substrate substates and their influence on enzyme reaction kinetics.
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- Viivi
H. A. Hirvonen
- School
of Biochemistry, University of Bristol, University Walk, Bristol BS8 1TD, U.K.
- Centre
for Computational Chemistry, School of Chemistry, University of Bristol, Cantock’s Close, Bristol BS8 1TS, U.K.
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- School
of Biochemistry, University of Bristol, University Walk, Bristol BS8 1TD, U.K.
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for Computational Chemistry, School of Chemistry, University of Bristol, Cantock’s Close, Bristol BS8 1TS, U.K.
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of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, University
of Bristol, University
Walk, Bristol BS8 1TD, U.K.
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- School
of Biochemistry, University of Bristol, University Walk, Bristol BS8 1TD, U.K.
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for Computational Chemistry, School of Chemistry, University of Bristol, Cantock’s Close, Bristol BS8 1TS, U.K.
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Pandey D, Singhal N, Kumar M. Investigating the OXA Variants of ESKAPE Pathogens. Antibiotics (Basel) 2021; 10:antibiotics10121539. [PMID: 34943751 PMCID: PMC8699015 DOI: 10.3390/antibiotics10121539] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/15/2021] [Revised: 10/20/2021] [Accepted: 10/21/2021] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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ESKAPE pathogens are the leading cause of nosocomial infections. The Global Priority List of WHO has categorized ESKAPE as priority 1 and 2 pathogens. Even though several mechanisms contribute to antimicrobial resistance, OXA β-lactamase has emerged as a new threat in combating nosocomial infections. In the present study we have investigated the presence of OXA and their variants, copy number, distribution on chromosomes/plasmids, subfamilies, phylogenetic relationships, amino acid identities and variabilities in ESKAPE pathogens. Our results revealed that a total of 929 OXA were present in 2258 completely assembled genomes, which could be further subdivided into 16 sub-families. Among all the ESKAPE pathogens, OXA were highly prevalent in A. baumannii, followed by P. aeruginosa and K. pneumoniae but completely absent in E. faecium and S. aureus while, only a few copies were found in Enterobacter spp. Most of the OXA variants belonged to the OXA-51-like subfamily (200 proteins), followed by OXA-50-like subfamily (189 proteins), OXA-23-like subfamily (156 proteins) and OXA-1-like subfamily (154 proteins). OXA-51-like, OXA-213-like, OXA-134-like, OXA-58-like, OXA-24-like and OXA-20-like subfamilies were present exclusively in A. baumannii. Phylogenetic tree of the subfamilies revealed that OXA-1-like and OXA-33-like, OXA-51-like and OXA-213-like and, OXA-5-like and OXA-10-like belonged to the same branches with amino acid identities as 100%, 97.10% and 80.90% respectively. This indicates that the members of these subfamily-pairs might have evolved from the same ancestor or have recently diverged. Thus, a judicious use of carbapenems is warranted to curtail the rise of new OXA enzymes and preserve them. This is the first detailed report about the OXA of ESKAPE pathogens.
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Fisher JF, Mobashery S. β-Lactams against the Fortress of the Gram-Positive Staphylococcus aureus Bacterium. Chem Rev 2021; 121:3412-3463. [PMID: 33373523 PMCID: PMC8653850 DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrev.0c01010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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The biological diversity of the unicellular bacteria-whether assessed by shape, food, metabolism, or ecological niche-surely rivals (if not exceeds) that of the multicellular eukaryotes. The relationship between bacteria whose ecological niche is the eukaryote, and the eukaryote, is often symbiosis or stasis. Some bacteria, however, seek advantage in this relationship. One of the most successful-to the disadvantage of the eukaryote-is the small (less than 1 μm diameter) and nearly spherical Staphylococcus aureus bacterium. For decades, successful clinical control of its infection has been accomplished using β-lactam antibiotics such as the penicillins and the cephalosporins. Over these same decades S. aureus has perfected resistance mechanisms against these antibiotics, which are then countered by new generations of β-lactam structure. This review addresses the current breadth of biochemical and microbiological efforts to preserve the future of the β-lactam antibiotics through a better understanding of how S. aureus protects the enzyme targets of the β-lactams, the penicillin-binding proteins. The penicillin-binding proteins are essential enzyme catalysts for the biosynthesis of the cell wall, and understanding how this cell wall is integrated into the protective cell envelope of the bacterium may identify new antibacterials and new adjuvants that preserve the efficacy of the β-lactams.
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- Jed F Fisher
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, McCourtney Hall, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame Indiana 46556, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, McCourtney Hall, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame Indiana 46556, United States
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Alexander JAN, Radaeva M, King DT, Chambers HF, Cherkasov A, Chatterjee SS, Strynadka NCJ. Structural analysis of avibactam-mediated activation of the bla and mec divergons in methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus. J Biol Chem 2020; 295:10870-10884. [PMID: 32518158 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.ra120.013029] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/14/2020] [Revised: 06/02/2020] [Indexed: 02/01/2023] Open
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Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infections cause significant mortality and morbidity globally. MRSA resistance to β-lactam antibiotics is mediated by two divergons that control levels of a β-lactamase, PC1, and a penicillin-binding protein poorly acylated by β-lactam antibiotics, PBP2a. Expression of genes encoding these proteins is controlled by two integral membrane proteins, BlaR1 and MecR1, which both have an extracellular β-lactam-binding sensor domain. Here, we solved the X-ray crystallographic structures of the BlaR1 and MecR1 sensor domains in complex with avibactam, a diazabicyclooctane β-lactamase inhibitor at 1.6-2.0 Å resolution. Additionally, we show that S. aureus SF8300, a clinically relevant strain from the USA300 clone of MRSA, responds to avibactam by up-regulating the expression of the blaZ and pbp2a antibiotic-resistance genes, encoding PC1 and PBP2a, respectively. The BlaR1-avibactam structure of the carbamoyl-enzyme intermediate revealed that avibactam is bound to the active-site serine in two orientations ∼180° to each other. Although a physiological role of the observed alternative pose remains to be validated, our structural results hint at the presence of a secondary sulfate-binding pocket that could be exploited in the design of future inhibitors of BlaR1/MecR1 sensor domains or the structurally similar class D β-lactamases. The MecR1-avibactam structure adopted a singular avibactam orientation similar to one of the two states observed in the BlaR1-avibactam structure. Given avibactam up-regulates expression of blaZ and pbp2a antibiotic resistance genes, we suggest further consideration and research is needed to explore what effects administering β-lactam-avibactam combinations have on treating MRSA infections.
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- J Andrew N Alexander
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology and Centre for Blood Research, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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- Vancouver Prostate Centre, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology and Centre for Blood Research, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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- Division of Infectious Disease, Dept. of Medicine, San Francisco General Hospital, San Francisco, California, USA
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- Vancouver Prostate Centre, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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- Department of Microbial Pathogenesis, School of Dentistry, University of Maryland and Institute of Marine and Environmental Technology, Baltimore, Maryland, USA ;
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology and Centre for Blood Research, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada ;
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Fisher JF, Mobashery S. Constructing and deconstructing the bacterial cell wall. Protein Sci 2020; 29:629-646. [PMID: 31747090 PMCID: PMC7021008 DOI: 10.1002/pro.3737] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/05/2019] [Revised: 09/17/2019] [Accepted: 09/18/2019] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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The history of modern medicine cannot be written apart from the history of the antibiotics. Antibiotics are cytotoxic secondary metabolites that are isolated from Nature. The antibacterial antibiotics disproportionately target bacterial protein structure that is distinct from eukaryotic protein structure, notably within the ribosome and within the pathways for bacterial cell-wall biosynthesis (for which there is not a eukaryotic counterpart). This review focuses on a pre-eminent class of antibiotics-the β-lactams, exemplified by the penicillins and cephalosporins-from the perspective of the evolving mechanisms for bacterial resistance. The mechanism of action of the β-lactams is bacterial cell-wall destruction. In the monoderm (single membrane, Gram-positive staining) pathogen Staphylococcus aureus the dominant resistance mechanism is expression of a β-lactam-unreactive transpeptidase enzyme that functions in cell-wall construction. In the diderm (dual membrane, Gram-negative staining) pathogen Pseudomonas aeruginosa a dominant resistance mechanism (among several) is expression of a hydrolytic enzyme that destroys the critical β-lactam ring of the antibiotic. The key sensing mechanism used by P. aeruginosa is monitoring the molecular difference between cell-wall construction and cell-wall deconstruction. In both bacteria, the resistance pathways are manifested only when the bacteria detect the presence of β-lactams. This review summarizes how the β-lactams are sensed and how the resistance mechanisms are manifested, with the expectation that preventing these processes will be critical to future chemotherapeutic control of multidrug resistant bacteria.
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- Jed F. Fisher
- Department of Chemistry and BiochemistryUniversity of Notre DameSouth BendIndiana
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- Department of Chemistry and BiochemistryUniversity of Notre DameSouth BendIndiana
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Mescola A, Dauvin M, Amoroso A, Duwez AS, Joris B. Single-molecule force spectroscopy to decipher the early signalling step in membrane-bound penicillin receptors embedded into a lipid bilayer. NANOSCALE 2019; 11:12275-12284. [PMID: 31211302 DOI: 10.1039/c9nr02466b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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Understanding the molecular mechanism by which the signal of the presence of an antibiotic is transduced from outside to inside the bacterial cell is of fundamental interest for the β-lactam antibiotic resistance problem, but remains difficult to accomplish. No approach has ever addressed entire penicillin receptors in a membrane environment. Here we describe a method to investigate the purified Bacillus licheniformis BlaR1 receptor -a membrane-bound penicillin receptor involved in β-lactam resistance- embedded into a lipid bilayer in absence or presence of penicillin. By selecting a mutated receptor blocked in its signal transduction pathway just after its activation by penicillin, we revealed the very first step of receptor signalling by unfolding the receptor from its C-terminal end by AFM-based single-molecule force spectroscopy. We showed that the presence of the antibiotic entails significant conformational changes within the receptor. Our approach opens an avenue to study signal-transduction pathways mediated by membrane-bound proteins in a membrane environment.
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- Andrea Mescola
- Molecular Systems, Department of Chemistry, University of Liège, 4000 Liège, Belgium.
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- Bacterial physiology and genetics - Centre d'Ingénierie des Protéines-Integrative Biological Sciences, Department of Life Sciences, University of Liège, 4000 Liège, Belgium
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- Bacterial physiology and genetics - Centre d'Ingénierie des Protéines-Integrative Biological Sciences, Department of Life Sciences, University of Liège, 4000 Liège, Belgium
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- Molecular Systems, Department of Chemistry, University of Liège, 4000 Liège, Belgium.
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- Bacterial physiology and genetics - Centre d'Ingénierie des Protéines-Integrative Biological Sciences, Department of Life Sciences, University of Liège, 4000 Liège, Belgium
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Frederick TE, Peng JW. A gratuitous β-Lactamase inducer uncovers hidden active site dynamics of the Staphylococcus aureus BlaR1 sensor domain. PLoS One 2018; 13:e0197241. [PMID: 29771929 PMCID: PMC5957439 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0197241] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/31/2017] [Accepted: 04/28/2018] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Increasing evidence shows that active sites of proteins have non-trivial conformational dynamics. These dynamics include active site residues sampling different local conformations that allow for multiple, and possibly novel, inhibitor binding poses. Yet, active site dynamics garner only marginal attention in most inhibitor design efforts and exert little influence on synthesis strategies. This is partly because synthesis requires a level of atomic structural detail that is frequently missing in current characterizations of conformational dynamics. In particular, while the identity of the mobile protein residues may be clear, the specific conformations they sample remain obscure. Here, we show how an appropriate choice of ligand can significantly sharpen our abilities to describe the interconverting binding poses (conformations) of protein active sites. Specifically, we show how 2-(2'-carboxyphenyl)-benzoyl-6-aminopenicillanic acid (CBAP) exposes otherwise hidden dynamics of a protein active site that binds β-lactam antibiotics. When CBAP acylates (binds) the active site serine of the β-lactam sensor domain of BlaR1 (BlaRS), it shifts the time scale of the active site dynamics to the slow exchange regime. Slow exchange enables direct characterization of inter-converting protein and bound ligand conformations using NMR methods. These methods include chemical shift analysis, 2-d exchange spectroscopy, off-resonance ROESY of the bound ligand, and reduced spectral density mapping. The active site architecture of BlaRS is shared by many β-lactamases of therapeutic interest, suggesting CBAP could expose functional motions in other β-lactam binding proteins. More broadly, CBAP highlights the utility of identifying chemical probes common to structurally homologous proteins to better expose functional motions of active sites.
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- Thomas E. Frederick
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN, United States of America
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN, United States of America
- Department of Physics, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN, United States of America
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Multiple substitutions lead to increased loop flexibility and expanded specificity in Acinetobacter baumannii carbapenemase OXA-239. Biochem J 2018; 475:273-288. [PMID: 29229762 DOI: 10.1042/bcj20170702] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/11/2017] [Revised: 12/07/2017] [Accepted: 12/11/2017] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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OXA-239 is a class D carbapenemase isolated from an Acinetobacter baumannii strain found in Mexico. This enzyme is a variant of OXA-23 with three amino acid substitutions in or near the active site. These substitutions cause OXA-239 to hydrolyze late-generation cephalosporins and the monobactam aztreonam with greater efficiency than OXA-23. OXA-239 activity against the carbapenems doripenem and imipenem is reduced ∼3-fold and 20-fold, respectively. Further analysis demonstrated that two of the substitutions (P225S and D222N) are largely responsible for the observed alteration of kinetic parameters, while the third (S109L) may serve to stabilize the protein. Structures of OXA-239 with cefotaxime, doripenem and imipenem bound as acyl-intermediates were determined. These structures reveal that OXA-239 has increased flexibility in a loop that contains P225S and D222N. When carbapenems are bound, the conformation of this loop is essentially identical with that observed previously for OXA-23, with a narrow active site that makes extensive contacts to the ligand. When cefotaxime is bound, the loop can adopt a different conformation that widens the active site to allow binding of that bulky drug. This alternate conformation is made possible by P225S and further stabilized by D222N. Taken together, these results suggest that the three substitutions were selected to expand the substrate specificity profile of OXA-23 to cephalosporins and monobactams. The loss of activity against imipenem, however, suggests that there may be limits to the plasticity of class D enzymes with regard to evolving active sites that can effectively bind multiple classes of β-lactam drugs.
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Prevalence of blaOXA-1 and blaDHA-1 AmpC β-Lactamase-Producing and Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus in Iran. ARCHIVES OF PEDIATRIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES 2016. [DOI: 10.5812/pedinfect.36778] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Meziane-Cherif D, Bonnet R, Haouz A, Courvalin P. Structural insights into the loss of penicillinase and the gain of ceftazidimase activities by OXA-145 β-lactamase in Pseudomonas aeruginosa. J Antimicrob Chemother 2015; 71:395-402. [PMID: 26568564 DOI: 10.1093/jac/dkv375] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/03/2015] [Accepted: 10/13/2015] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVES We previously described extended-spectrum oxacillinase OXA-145 from Pseudomonas aeruginosa, which differs from narrow-spectrum OXA-35 by loss of Leu-155. The deletion results in loss of benzylpenicillin hydrolysis and acquisition of activity against ceftazidime. We report the crystal structure of OXA-145 and provide the basis of its switch in substrate specificity. METHODS OXA-145 variants were generated by site-directed mutagenesis and purified to homogeneity. The crystal structure of OXA-145 was determined and molecular dynamics simulations were performed. Kinetic parameters were investigated in the absence and in the presence of sodium hydrogen carbonate (NaHCO3) for representative substrates. RESULTS The structure of OXA-145 was obtained at a resolution of 2.3 Å and its superposition with that of OXA-10 showed that Trp-154 was shifted by 1.8 Å away from the catalytic Lys-70, which was not N-carboxylated. Addition of NaHCO3 significantly increased the catalytic efficiency against penicillins, but not against ceftazidime. The active-site cavity of OXA-145 was larger than that of OXA-10, which may favour the accommodation of large molecules such as ceftazidime. Molecular dynamics simulations of OXA-145 in complex with ceftazidime revealed two highly coordinated water molecules on the α- or β-face of the acyl ester bond, between Ser-67 and ceftazidime, which could be involved in the catalytic process. CONCLUSIONS Deletion of Leu-155 resulted in inefficient positioning of Trp-154, leading to a non-carboxylated Lys-70 and thus to loss of hydrolysis of the penicillins. Ceftazidime hydrolysis could be attributed to enlargement of the active site and to a catalytic mechanism independent of the carboxylated Lys-70.
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- D Meziane-Cherif
- Institut Pasteur, Unité des Agents Antibactériens, 25 rue du Docteur Roux, 75724 Paris cedex 15, France
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- Laboratoire de bactériologie mycologie et parasitologie, Pôle de biologie médicale et d'anatomie pathologique, CHU de Clermont Ferrand - Hôpital Gabriel Montpied, 58 rue Montalembert, 63003 Clermont-Ferrand cedex 1, France
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- Institut Pasteur, Plateforme de cristallographie, CNRS-UMR3528, 25 rue du Docteur Roux, 75724 Paris cedex 15, France
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- Institut Pasteur, Unité des Agents Antibactériens, 25 rue du Docteur Roux, 75724 Paris cedex 15, France
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Mitchell JM, Clasman JR, June CM, Kaitany KCJ, LaFleur JR, Taracila MA, Klinger NV, Bonomo RA, Wymore T, Szarecka A, Powers RA, Leonard DA. Structural basis of activity against aztreonam and extended spectrum cephalosporins for two carbapenem-hydrolyzing class D β-lactamases from Acinetobacter baumannii. Biochemistry 2015; 54:1976-87. [PMID: 25710192 DOI: 10.1021/bi501547k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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The carbapenem-hydrolyzing class D β-lactamases OXA-23 and OXA-24/40 have emerged worldwide as causative agents for β-lactam antibiotic resistance in Acinetobacter species. Many variants of these enzymes have appeared clinically, including OXA-160 and OXA-225, which both contain a P → S substitution at homologous positions in the OXA-24/40 and OXA-23 backgrounds, respectively. We purified OXA-160 and OXA-225 and used steady-state kinetic analysis to compare the substrate profiles of these variants to their parental enzymes, OXA-24/40 and OXA-23. OXA-160 and OXA-225 possess greatly enhanced hydrolytic activities against aztreonam, ceftazidime, cefotaxime, and ceftriaxone when compared to OXA-24/40 and OXA-23. These enhanced activities are the result of much lower Km values, suggesting that the P → S substitution enhances the binding affinity of these drugs. We have determined the structures of the acylated forms of OXA-160 (with ceftazidime and aztreonam) and OXA-225 (ceftazidime). These structures show that the R1 oxyimino side-chain of these drugs occupies a space near the β5-β6 loop and the omega loop of the enzymes. The P → S substitution found in OXA-160 and OXA-225 results in a deviation of the β5-β6 loop, relieving the steric clash with the R1 side-chain carboxypropyl group of aztreonam and ceftazidime. These results reveal worrying trends in the enhancement of substrate spectrum of class D β-lactamases but may also provide a map for β-lactam improvement.
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- ∥Departments of Medicine, Pharmacology, Biochemistry, and Molecular Biology and Microbiology, Case Western Reserve University and Research Service, and Louis Stokes Cleveland Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Cleveland, Ohio 44106, United States
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- ∥Departments of Medicine, Pharmacology, Biochemistry, and Molecular Biology and Microbiology, Case Western Reserve University and Research Service, and Louis Stokes Cleveland Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Cleveland, Ohio 44106, United States
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- ⊥UT/ORNL Center for Molecular Biophysics, Biosciences Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, United States
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Staude MW, Frederick TE, Natarajan SV, Wilson BD, Tanner CE, Ruggiero ST, Mobashery S, Peng JW. Investigation of signal transduction routes within the sensor/transducer protein BlaR1 of Staphylococcus aureus. Biochemistry 2015; 54:1600-10. [PMID: 25658195 DOI: 10.1021/bi501463k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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The transmembrane antibiotic sensor/signal transducer protein BlaR1 is part of a cohort of proteins that confer β-lactam antibiotic resistance in methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) [Fisher, J. F., Meroueh, S. O., and Mobashery, S. (2005) Chem. Rev. 105, 395-424; Llarrull, L. I., Fisher, J. F., and Mobashery, S. (2009) Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. 53, 4051-4063; Llarrull, L. I., Toth, M., Champion, M. M., and Mobashery, S. (2011) J. Biol. Chem. 286, 38148-38158]. Specifically, BlaR1 regulates the inducible expression of β-lactamases that hydrolytically destroy β-lactam antibiotics. The resistance phenotype starts with β-lactam antibiotic acylation of the BlaR1 extracellular domain (BlaRS). The acylation activates the cytoplasmic protease domain through an obscure signal transduction mechanism. Here, we compare protein dynamics of apo versus antibiotic-acylated BlaRS using nuclear magnetic resonance. Our analyses reveal inter-residue interactions that relay acylation-induced perturbations within the antibiotic-binding site to the transmembrane helix regions near the membrane surface. These are the first insights into the process of signal transduction by BlaR1.
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- Michael W Staude
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Notre Dame , Notre Dame, Indiana 46556, United States
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Ngo TD, Ryu BH, Ju H, Jang EJ, Kim KK, Kim TD. Crystallographic analysis and biochemical applications of a novel penicillin-binding protein/β-lactamase homologue from a metagenomic library. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2014; 70:2455-66. [PMID: 25195758 DOI: 10.1107/s1399004714015272] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/26/2014] [Accepted: 06/29/2014] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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Interest in penicillin-binding proteins and β-lactamases (the PBP-βL family) is increasing owing to their biological and clinical significance. In this study, the crystal structure of Est-Y29, a metagenomic homologue of the PBP-βL family, was determined at 1.7 Å resolution. In addition, complex structures of Est-Y29 with 4-nitrophenyl phosphate (4NP) and with diethyl phosphonate (DEP) at 2.0 Å resolution were also elucidated. Structural analyses showed that Est-Y29 is composed of two domains: a β-lactamase fold and an insertion domain. A deep hydrophobic patch between these domains defines a wide active site, and a nucleophilic serine (Ser58) residue is located in a groove defined primarily by hydrophobic residues between the two domains. In addition, three hydrophobic motifs, which make up the substrate-binding site, allow this enzyme to hydrolyze a wide variety of hydrophobic compounds, including fish and olive oils. Furthermore, cross-linked Est-Y29 aggregates (CLEA-Est-Y29) significantly increase the stability of the enzyme as well as its potential for extensive reuse in various deactivating conditions. The structural features of Est-Y29, together with biochemical and biophysical studies, could provide a molecular basis for understanding the properties and regulatory mechanisms of the PBP-βL family and their potential for use in industrial biocatalysts.
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- Tri Duc Ngo
- Department of Molecular Cell Biology, Samsung Biomedical Research Institute, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Suwon 440-746, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Applied Chemistry and Biological Engineering, College of Engineering, Ajou University, Suwon 443-749, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Applied Chemistry and Biological Engineering, College of Engineering, Ajou University, Suwon 443-749, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Applied Chemistry and Biological Engineering, College of Engineering, Ajou University, Suwon 443-749, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Molecular Cell Biology, Samsung Biomedical Research Institute, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Suwon 440-746, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Applied Chemistry and Biological Engineering, College of Engineering, Ajou University, Suwon 443-749, Republic of Korea
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Che T, Bethel CR, Pusztai-Carey M, Bonomo RA, Carey PR. The different inhibition mechanisms of OXA-1 and OXA-24 β-lactamases are determined by the stability of active site carboxylated lysine. J Biol Chem 2014; 289:6152-64. [PMID: 24443569 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m113.533562] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/10/2023] Open
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The catalytic efficiency of class D β-lactamases depends critically on an unusual carboxylated lysine as the general base residue for both the acylation and deacylation steps of the enzyme. Microbiological and biochemical studies on the class D β-lactamases OXA-1 and OXA-24 showed that the two enzymes behave differently when reacting with two 6-methylidene penems (penem 1 and penem 3): the penems are good inhibitors of OXA-1 but act more like substrates for OXA-24. UV difference and Raman spectroscopy revealed that the respective reaction mechanisms are different. The penems form an unusual intermediate, a 1,4-thiazepine derivative in OXA-1, and undergo deacylation followed by the decarboxylation of Lys-70, rendering OXA-1 inactive. This inactivation could not be reversed by the addition of 100 mM NaHCO3. In OXA-24, under mild conditions (enzyme:inhibitor = 1:4), only hydrolyzed products were detected, and the enzyme remained active. However, under harsh conditions (enzyme:inhibitor = 1:2000), OXA-24 was inhibited via decarboxylation of Lys-84; however, the enzyme could be reactivated by the addition of 100 mM NaHCO3. We conclude that OXA-24 not only decarboxylates with difficulty but also recarboxylates with ease; in contrast, OXA-1 decarboxylates easily but recarboxylates with difficulty. Structural analysis of the active site indicates that a crystallographic water molecule may play an important role in carboxylation in OXA-24 (an analogous water molecule is not found in OXA-1), supporting the suggestion that a water molecule in the active site of OXA-24 can lower the energy barrier for carboxylation significantly.
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- Tao Che
- From the Departments of Biochemistry
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Structures of the class D Carbapenemases OXA-23 and OXA-146: mechanistic basis of activity against carbapenems, extended-spectrum cephalosporins, and aztreonam. Antimicrob Agents Chemother 2013; 57:4848-55. [PMID: 23877677 DOI: 10.1128/aac.00762-13] [Citation(s) in RCA: 65] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Class D β-lactamases that hydrolyze carbapenems such as imipenem and doripenem are a recognized danger to the efficacy of these "last-resort" β-lactam antibiotics. Like all known class D carbapenemases, OXA-23 cannot hydrolyze the expanded-spectrum cephalosporin ceftazidime. OXA-146 is an OXA-23 subfamily clinical variant that differs from the parent enzyme by a single alanine (A220) inserted in the loop connecting β-strands β5 and β6. We discovered that this insertion enables OXA-146 to bind and hydrolyze ceftazidime with an efficiency comparable to those of other extended-spectrum class D β-lactamases. OXA-146 also binds and hydrolyzes aztreonam, cefotaxime, ceftriaxone, and ampicillin with higher efficiency than OXA-23 and preserves activity against doripenem. In this study, we report the X-ray crystal structures of both the OXA-23 and OXA-146 enzymes at 1.6-Å and 1.2-Å resolution. A comparison of the two structures shows that the extra alanine moves a methionine (M221) out of its normal position, where it forms a bridge over the top of the active site. This single amino acid insertion also lengthens the β5-β6 loop, moving the entire backbone of this region further away from the active site. A model of ceftazidime bound in the active site reveals that these two structural alterations are both likely to relieve steric clashes between the bulky R1 side chain of ceftazidime and OXA-23. With activity against all four classes of β-lactam antibiotics, OXA-146 represents an alarming new threat to the treatment of infections caused by Acinetobacter spp.
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López-Pelegrín M, Cerdà-Costa N, Martínez-Jiménez F, Cintas-Pedrola A, Canals A, Peinado JR, Marti-Renom MA, López-Otín C, Arolas JL, Gomis-Rüth FX. A novel family of soluble minimal scaffolds provides structural insight into the catalytic domains of integral membrane metallopeptidases. J Biol Chem 2013; 288:21279-21294. [PMID: 23733187 PMCID: PMC3774397 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m113.476580] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/11/2013] [Revised: 05/13/2013] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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In the search for structural models of integral-membrane metallopeptidases (MPs), we discovered three related proteins from thermophilic prokaryotes, which we grouped into a novel family called "minigluzincins." We determined the crystal structures of the zymogens of two of these (Pyrococcus abyssi proabylysin and Methanocaldococcus jannaschii projannalysin), which are soluble and, with ∼100 residues, constitute the shortest structurally characterized MPs to date. Despite relevant sequence and structural similarity, the structures revealed two unique mechanisms of latency maintenance through the C-terminal segments previously unseen in MPs as follows: intramolecular, through an extended tail, in proabylysin, and crosswise intermolecular, through a helix swap, in projannalysin. In addition, structural and sequence comparisons revealed large similarity with MPs of the gluzincin tribe such as thermolysin, leukotriene A4 hydrolase relatives, and cowrins. Noteworthy, gluzincins mostly contain a glutamate as third characteristic zinc ligand, whereas minigluzincins have a histidine. Sequence and structural similarity further allowed us to ascertain that minigluzincins are very similar to the catalytic domains of integral membrane MPs of the MEROPS database families M48 and M56, such as FACE1, HtpX, Oma1, and BlaR1/MecR1, which are provided with trans-membrane helices flanking or inserted into a minigluzincin-like catalytic domain. In a time where structural biochemistry of integral-membrane proteins in general still faces formidable challenges, the minigluzincin soluble minimal scaffold may contribute to our understanding of the working mechanisms of these membrane MPs and to the design of novel inhibitors through structure-aided rational drug design approaches.
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- Mar López-Pelegrín
- From the Proteolysis Laboratory, Department of Structural Biology, Molecular Biology Institute of Barcelona, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, c/Baldiri Reixac, 15-21, 08028 Barcelona
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- From the Proteolysis Laboratory, Department of Structural Biology, Molecular Biology Institute of Barcelona, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, c/Baldiri Reixac, 15-21, 08028 Barcelona
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- the Genome Biology Group, Centre Nacional d'Anàlisi Genòmic, c/Baldiri Reixac, 4, 08028 Barcelona,; the Gene Regulation, Stem Cells and Cancer Program, Center for Genomic Regulation, c/Dr. Aiguader, 88, 08003 Barcelona
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- From the Proteolysis Laboratory, Department of Structural Biology, Molecular Biology Institute of Barcelona, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, c/Baldiri Reixac, 15-21, 08028 Barcelona
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- the Molecular Biology Institute of Barcelona, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas and Institute for Research in Biomedicine, c/Baldiri Reixac, 10-12, 08028 Barcelona, and
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- From the Proteolysis Laboratory, Department of Structural Biology, Molecular Biology Institute of Barcelona, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, c/Baldiri Reixac, 15-21, 08028 Barcelona
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- the Genome Biology Group, Centre Nacional d'Anàlisi Genòmic, c/Baldiri Reixac, 4, 08028 Barcelona,; the Gene Regulation, Stem Cells and Cancer Program, Center for Genomic Regulation, c/Dr. Aiguader, 88, 08003 Barcelona
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- the Departamento de Bioquímica y Biología Molecular and Instituto Universitario de Oncología, Universidad de Oviedo, 33006 Oviedo, Spain
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- From the Proteolysis Laboratory, Department of Structural Biology, Molecular Biology Institute of Barcelona, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, c/Baldiri Reixac, 15-21, 08028 Barcelona,.
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- From the Proteolysis Laboratory, Department of Structural Biology, Molecular Biology Institute of Barcelona, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, c/Baldiri Reixac, 15-21, 08028 Barcelona,.
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Arêde P, Botelho T, Guevara T, Usón I, Oliveira DC, Gomis-Rüth FX. Structure-function studies of the staphylococcal methicillin resistance antirepressor MecR2. J Biol Chem 2013; 288:21267-21278. [PMID: 23733184 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m112.448134] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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Methicillin resistance in Staphylococcus aureus is elicited by the MecI-MecR1-MecA axis encoded by the mec locus. Recently, MecR2 was also identified as a regulator of mec through binding of the methicillin repressor, MecI. Here we show that plasmid-encoded full-length MecR2 restores resistance in a sensitive S. aureus mecR2 deletion mutant of the resistant strain N315. The crystal structure of MecR2 reveals an N-terminal DNA-binding domain, an intermediate scaffold domain, and a C-terminal dimerization domain that contributes to oligomerization. The protein shows structural similarity to ROK (repressors, open reading frames, and kinases) family proteins, which bind DNA and/or sugar molecules. We found that functional cell-based assays of three point mutants affecting residues participating in sugar binding in ROK proteins had no effect on the resistance phenotype. By contrast, MecR2 bound short double-stranded DNA oligonucleotides nonspecifically, and a deletion mutant affecting the N-terminal DNA-binding domain showed a certain effect on activity, thus contributing to resistance less than the wild-type protein. Similarly, a deletion mutant, in which a flexible segment of intermediate scaffold domain had been replaced by four glycines, significantly reduced MecR2 function, thus indicating that this domain may likewise be required for activity. Taken together, these results provide the structural basis for the activity of a methicillin antirepressor, MecR2, which would sequester MecI away from its cognate promoter region and facilitate its degradation.
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- Pedro Arêde
- the Center for Microbiological Resources, Department of Life Sciences, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Quinta da Torre, P-2829-516 Caparica, Portugal, and
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- From the Proteolysis Lab, Department of Structural Biology, Molecular Biology Institute of Barcelona, CSIC, E-08028 Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
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- From the Proteolysis Lab, Department of Structural Biology, Molecular Biology Institute of Barcelona, CSIC, E-08028 Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
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- the Institució Catalana de Recerca i Estudis Avançats, Molecular Biology Institute of Barcelona, CSIC, Barcelona Science Park, E-08028 Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
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- the Center for Microbiological Resources, Department of Life Sciences, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Quinta da Torre, P-2829-516 Caparica, Portugal, and
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- From the Proteolysis Lab, Department of Structural Biology, Molecular Biology Institute of Barcelona, CSIC, E-08028 Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain,.
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Many Gram-negative and Gram-positive bacteria recycle a significant proportion of the peptidoglycan components of their cell walls during their growth and septation. In many--and quite possibly all--bacteria, the peptidoglycan fragments are recovered and recycled. Although cell-wall recycling is beneficial for the recovery of resources, it also serves as a mechanism to detect cell-wall-targeting antibiotics and to regulate resistance mechanisms. In several Gram-negative pathogens, anhydro-MurNAc-peptide cell-wall fragments regulate AmpC β-lactamase induction. In some Gram-positive organisms, short peptides derived from the cell wall regulate the induction of both β-lactamase and β-lactam-resistant penicillin-binding proteins. The involvement of peptidoglycan recycling with resistance regulation suggests that inhibitors of the enzymes involved in the recycling might synergize with cell-wall-targeted antibiotics. Indeed, such inhibitors improve the potency of β-lactams in vitro against inducible AmpC β-lactamase-producing bacteria. We describe the key steps of cell-wall remodeling and recycling, the regulation of resistance mechanisms by cell-wall recycling, and recent advances toward the discovery of cell-wall-recycling inhibitors.
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- Jarrod W Johnson
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana 46556, USA
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Che T, Bonomo RA, Shanmugam S, Bethel CR, Pusztai-Carey M, Buynak JD, Carey PR. Carboxylation and decarboxylation of active site Lys 84 controls the activity of OXA-24 β-lactamase of Acinetobacter baumannii: Raman crystallographic and solution evidence. J Am Chem Soc 2012; 134:11206-15. [PMID: 22702961 DOI: 10.1021/ja303168n] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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The class D β-lactamases are characterized by the presence of a carboxylated lysine in the active site that participates in catalysis. Found in Acinetobacter baumannii, OXA-24 is a class D carbapenem hydrolyzing enzyme that exhibits resistance to most available β-lactamase inhibitors. In this study, the reaction between a 6-alkylidiene penam sulfone inhibitor, SA-1-204, in single crystals of OXA-24 is followed by Raman microscopy. Details of its reaction with SA-1-204 provide insight into the enzyme's mode of action and help define the mechanism of inhibition. When the crystal is maintained in HEPES buffer, the reaction is fast, shorter than the time scale of the Raman experiment. However, when the crystal holding solution contains 28% PEG 2000, the reaction is slower and can be recorded by Raman microscopy in real time; the inhibitor's Raman bands quickly disappear, transient features are seen due to an early intermediate, and, at approximately 2-11 min, new bands appear that are assigned to the late intermediate species. At about 50 min, bands due to all intermediates are replaced by Raman signals of the unreacted inhibitor. The new population remains unchanged indicating (i) that the OXA-24 is no longer active and (ii) that the decarboxylation of Lys84 occurred during the first reaction cycle. Using absorbance spectroscopy, a one-cycle reaction could be carried out in aqueous solution producing inactive OXA-24 as assayed by the chromogenic substrate nitrocefin. However, activity could be restored by reacting aqueous OXA-24 with a large excess of NaHCO(3), which recarboxylates Lys84. In contrast, the addition of NaHCO(3) was not successful in reactivating OXA-24 in the crystalline state; this is ascribed to the inability to create a concentration of NaHCO(3) in large excess over the OXA-24 that is present in the crystal. The finding that inhibitor compounds can inactivate a class D enzyme by promoting decarboxylation of an active site lysine suggests a novel function that could be exploited in inhibitor design.
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- Tao Che
- Department of Biochemistry, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio 44106, USA
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Llarrull LI, Mobashery S. Dissection of events in the resistance to β-lactam antibiotics mediated by the protein BlaR1 from Staphylococcus aureus. Biochemistry 2012; 51:4642-9. [PMID: 22616850 DOI: 10.1021/bi300429p] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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A heterologous expression system was used to evaluate activation of BlaR1, a sensor/signal transducer protein of Staphylococcus aureus with a central role in resistance to β-lactam antibiotics. In the absence of other S. aureus proteins that might respond to antibiotics and participate in signal transduction events, we documented that BlaR1 fragmentation is autolytic, that it occurs in the absence of antibiotics, and that BlaR1 directly degrades BlaI, the gene repressor of the system. Furthermore, we disclosed that this proteolytic activity is metal ion-dependent and that it is not modulated directly by acylation of the sensor domain by β-lactam antibiotics.
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- Leticia I Llarrull
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN 46556, USA
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Berzigotti S, Benlafya K, Sépulchre J, Amoroso A, Joris B. Bacillus licheniformis BlaR1 L3 loop is a zinc metalloprotease activated by self-proteolysis. PLoS One 2012; 7:e36400. [PMID: 22623956 PMCID: PMC3356374 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0036400] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/23/2011] [Accepted: 04/04/2012] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
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In Bacillus licheniformis 749/I, BlaP β-lactamase is induced by the presence of a β-lactam antibiotic outside the cell. The first step in the induction mechanism is the detection of the antibiotic by the membrane-bound penicillin receptor BlaR1 that is composed of two functional domains: a carboxy-terminal domain exposed outside the cell, which acts as a penicillin sensor, and an amino-terminal domain anchored to the cytoplasmic membrane, which works as a transducer-transmitter. The acylation of BlaR1 sensor domain by the antibiotic generates an intramolecular signal that leads to the activation of the L3 cytoplasmic loop of the transmitter by a single-point cleavage. The exact mechanism of L3 activation and the nature of the secondary cytoplasmic signal launched by the activated transmitter remain unknown. However, these two events seem to be linked to the presence of a HEXXH zinc binding motif of neutral zinc metallopeptidases. By different experimental approaches, we demonstrated that the L3 loop binds zinc ion, belongs to Gluzincin metallopeptidase superfamily and is activated by self-proteolysis.
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- Stéphanie Berzigotti
- Centre for Protein Engineering, Department of Life Sciences, University of Liège, Liège, Belgium
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- Centre for Protein Engineering, Department of Life Sciences, University of Liège, Liège, Belgium
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- Centre for Protein Engineering, Department of Life Sciences, University of Liège, Liège, Belgium
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- Centre for Protein Engineering, Department of Life Sciences, University of Liège, Liège, Belgium
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- Centre for Protein Engineering, Department of Life Sciences, University of Liège, Liège, Belgium
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Buchman JS, Schneider KD, Lloyd AR, Pavlish SL, Leonard DA. Site-saturation mutagenesis of position V117 in OXA-1 β-lactamase: effect of side chain polarity on enzyme carboxylation and substrate turnover. Biochemistry 2012; 51:3143-50. [PMID: 22429123 DOI: 10.1021/bi201896k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Class D β-lactamases pose an emerging threat to the efficacy of β-lactam therapy for bacterial infections. Class D enzymes differ mechanistically from other β-lactamases by the presence of an active-site N-carboxylated lysine that serves as a general base to activate the serine nucleophile for attack. We have used site-saturation mutagenesis at position V117 in the class D β-lactamase OXA-1 to investigate how alterations in the environment around N-carboxylated K70 affect the ability of that modified residue to carry out its normal function. Minimum inhibitory concentration analysis of the 20 position 117 variants demonstrates a clear pattern of charge and polarity effects on the level of ampicillin resistance imparted on Escherichia coli (E. coli). Substitutions that introduce a negative charge (D, E) at position 117 reduce resistance to near background levels, while the positively charged K and R residues maintain the highest resistance levels of all mutants. Treatment of the acidic variants with the fluorescent penicillin BOCILLIN FL followed by SDS-PAGE shows that they are active for acylation by substrate but deacylation-deficient. We used a novel fluorescence anisotropy assay to show that the specific charge and hydrogen-bonding potential of the residue at position 117 affect CO(2) binding to K70, which in turn correlates to deacylation activity. These conclusions are discussed in light of the mechanisms proposed for both class D β-lactamases and BlaR β-lactam sensor proteins and suggest a reason for the preponderance of asparagine at the V117-homologous position in the sensors.
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- Jennifer S Buchman
- Department of Chemistry, Grand Valley State University, Allendale, Michigan 49401, USA
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Kumarasiri M, Llarrull LI, Borbulevych O, Fishovitz J, Lastochkin E, Baker BM, Mobashery S. An amino acid position at crossroads of evolution of protein function: antibiotic sensor domain of BlaR1 protein from Staphylococcus aureus versus clasS D β-lactamases. J Biol Chem 2012; 287:8232-41. [PMID: 22262858 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m111.333179] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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The integral membrane protein BlaR1 of Staphylococcus aureus senses the presence of β-lactam antibiotics in the milieu and transduces the information to its cytoplasmic side, where its activity unleashes the expression of a set of genes, including that for BlaR1 itself, which manifest the antibiotic-resistant phenotype. The x-ray structure of the sensor domain of this protein exhibits an uncanny similarity to those of the class D β-lactamases. The former is a membrane-bound receptor/sensor for the β-lactam antibiotics, devoid of catalytic competence for substrate turnover, whereas the latter are soluble periplasmic enzymes in gram-negative bacteria with avid ability for β-lactam turnover. The two are clearly related to each other from an evolutionary point of view. However, the high resolution x-ray structures for both by themselves do not reveal why one is a receptor and the other an enzyme. It is documented herein that a single amino acid change at position 439 of the BlaR1 protein is sufficient to endow the receptor/sensor protein with modest turnover ability for cephalosporins as substrates. The x-ray structure for this mutant protein and the dynamics simulations revealed how a hydrolytic water molecule may sequester itself in the antibiotic-binding site to enable hydrolysis of the acylated species. These studies document how the nature of the residue at position 439 is critical for the fate of the protein in imparting unique functions on the same molecular template, to result in one as a receptor and in another as a catalyst.
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- Malika Kumarasiri
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana 46556, USA
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Borbulevych O, Kumarasiri M, Wilson B, Llarrull LI, Lee M, Hesek D, Shi Q, Peng J, Baker BM, Mobashery S. Lysine Nzeta-decarboxylation switch and activation of the beta-lactam sensor domain of BlaR1 protein of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus. J Biol Chem 2011; 286:31466-72. [PMID: 21775440 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m111.252189] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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The integral membrane protein BlaR1 of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus senses the presence of β-lactam antibiotics in the milieu and transduces the information to the cytoplasm, where the biochemical events that unleash induction of antibiotic resistance mechanisms take place. We report herein by two-dimensional and three-dimensional NMR experiments of the sensor domain of BlaR1 in solution and by determination of an x-ray structure for the apo protein that Lys-392 of the antibiotic-binding site is posttranslationally modified by N(ζ)-carboxylation. Additional crystallographic and NMR data reveal that on acylation of Ser-389 by antibiotics, Lys-392 experiences N(ζ)-decarboxylation. This unique process, termed the lysine N(ζ)-decarboxylation switch, arrests the sensor domain in the activated ("on") state, necessary for signal transduction and all the subsequent biochemical processes. We present structural information on how this receptor activation process takes place, imparting longevity to the antibiotic-receptor complex that is needed for the induction of the antibiotic-resistant phenotype in methicillin-resistant S. aureus.
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- Oleg Borbulevych
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana 46556, USA
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Three factors that modulate the activity of class D β-lactamases and interfere with the post-translational carboxylation of Lys70. Biochem J 2011; 432:495-504. [PMID: 21108605 DOI: 10.1042/bj20101122] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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The activity of class D β-lactamases is dependent on Lys70 carboxylation in the active site. Structural, kinetic and affinity studies show that this post-translational modification can be affected by the presence of a poor substrate such as moxalactam but also by the V117T substitution. Val117 is a strictly conserved hydrophobic residue located in the active site. In addition, inhibition of class D β-lactamases by chloride ions is due to a competition between the side chain carboxylate of the modified Lys70 and chloride ions. Determination of the individual kinetic constants shows that the deacylation of the acyl-enzyme is the rate-limiting step for the wild-type OXA-10 β-lactamase.
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Llarrull LI, Prorok M, Mobashery S. Binding of the gene repressor BlaI to the bla operon in methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus. Biochemistry 2010; 49:7975-7. [PMID: 20722402 DOI: 10.1021/bi101177a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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The expression of the gene products in many methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) strains is regulated by the gene repressor BlaI. Here we show that BlaI is a mixture of monomer and dimer at in vivo concentrations, binds to the operator regions preferentially as a monomeric protein, and the measured dissociation constants and in vivo concentrations account for the basal level transcription of the resistance genes. These observations for the first time provide a quantitative picture of the processes that take place in the cytoplasm that lead to the induction of antibiotic resistance factors to counter the challenge by β-lactams.
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- Leticia I Llarrull
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana 46556, USA
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Bou G, Santillana E, Sheri A, Beceiro A, Sampson J, Kalp M, Bethel CR, Distler AM, Drawz SM, Pagadala SRR, van den Akker F, Bonomo RA, Romero A, Buynak JD. Design, synthesis, and crystal structures of 6-alkylidene-2'-substituted penicillanic acid sulfones as potent inhibitors of Acinetobacter baumannii OXA-24 carbapenemase. J Am Chem Soc 2010; 132:13320-31. [PMID: 20822105 PMCID: PMC3393087 DOI: 10.1021/ja104092z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/16/2023]
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Class D β-lactamases represent a growing and diverse class of penicillin-inactivating enzymes that are usually resistant to commercial β-lactamase inhibitors. As many such enzymes are found in multi-drug resistant (MDR) Acinetobacter baumannii and Pseudomonas aeruginosa, novel β-lactamase inhibitors are urgently needed. Five unique 6-alkylidene-2'-substituted penicillanic acid sulfones (1-5) were synthesized and tested against OXA-24, a clinically important β-lactamase that inactivates carbapenems and is found in A. baumannii. Based upon the roles Tyr112 and Met223 play in the OXA-24 β-lactamase, we also engineered two variants (Tyr112Ala and Tyr112Ala,Met223Ala) to test the hypothesis that the hydrophobic tunnel formed by these residues influences inhibitor recognition. IC(50) values against OXA-24 and two OXA-24 β-lactamase variants ranged from 10 ± 1 (4 vs WT) to 338 ± 20 nM (5 vs Tyr112Ala, Met223Ala). Compound 4 possessed the lowest K(i) (500 ± 80 nM vs WT), and 1 possessed the highest inactivation efficiency (k(inact)/K(i) = 0.21 ± 0.02 μM(-1) s(-1)). Electrospray ionization mass spectrometry revealed a single covalent adduct, suggesting the formation of an acyl-enzyme intermediate. X-ray structures of OXA-24 complexed to four inhibitors (2.0-2.6 Å) reveal the formation of stable bicyclic aromatic intermediates with their carbonyl oxygen in the oxyanion hole. These data provide the first structural evidence that 6-alkylidene-2'-substituted penicillin sulfones are effective mechanism-based inactivators of class D β-lactamases. Their unique chemistry makes them developmental candidates. Mechanisms for class D hydrolysis and inhibition are discussed, and a pathway for the evolution of the BlaR1 sensor of Staphylococcus aureus to the class D β-lactamases is proposed.
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- Departments of Biochemistry, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, OH
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- Departments of Biochemistry, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, OH
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- Department of Pharmacology, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine
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- Department of Pathology, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine
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- Departments of Biochemistry, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, OH
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- Louis Stokes Cleveland Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Cleveland, OH
- Department of Pharmacology, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine
- Department of Molecular Biology and Microbiology, Case Western Reserve University
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- Jed F Fisher
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, 423 Nieuwland Science Hall, Notre Dame, Indiana 46556-5670, USA
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Schneider KD, Karpen ME, Bonomo RA, Leonard DA, Powers RA. The 1.4 A crystal structure of the class D beta-lactamase OXA-1 complexed with doripenem. Biochemistry 2010; 48:11840-7. [PMID: 19919101 DOI: 10.1021/bi901690r] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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The clinical efficacy of carbapenem antibiotics depends on their resistance to the hydrolytic action of beta-lactamase enzymes. The structure of the class D beta-lactamase OXA-1 as an acyl complex with the carbapenem doripenem was determined to 1.4 A resolution. Unlike most class A and class C carbapenem complexes, the acyl carbonyl oxygen in the OXA-1-doripenem complex is bound in the oxyanion hole. Interestingly, no water molecules were observed in the vicinity of the acyl linkage, providing an explanation for why carbapenems inhibit OXA-1. The side chain amine of K70 remains fully carboxylated in the acyl structure, and the resulting carbamate group forms a hydrogen bond to the alcohol of the 6alpha-hydroxyethyl moiety of doripenem. The carboxylate attached to the beta-lactam ring of doripenem is stabilized by a salt bridge to K212 and a hydrogen bond with T213, in lieu of the interaction with an arginine side chain found in most other beta-lactamase-beta-lactam complexes (e.g., R244 in the class A member TEM-1). This novel set of interactions with the carboxylate results in a major shift of the carbapenem's pyrroline ring compared to the structure of the same ring in meropenem bound to OXA-13. Additionally, bond angles of the pyrroline ring suggest that after acylation, doripenem adopts the Delta(1) tautomer. These findings provide important insights into the role that carbapenems may have in the inactivation process of class D beta-lactamases.
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- Kyle D Schneider
- Department of Chemistry, Grand Valley State University, Allendale, Michigan 49401, USA
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Schneider KD, Bethel CR, Distler AM, Hujer AM, Bonomo RA, Leonard DA. Mutation of the active site carboxy-lysine (K70) of OXA-1 beta-lactamase results in a deacylation-deficient enzyme. Biochemistry 2009; 48:6136-45. [PMID: 19485421 DOI: 10.1021/bi900448u] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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Class D beta-lactamases hydrolyze beta-lactam antibiotics by using an active site serine nucleophile to form a covalent acyl-enzyme intermediate and subsequently employ water to deacylate the beta-lactam and release product. Class D beta-lactamases are carboxylated on the epsilon-amino group of an active site lysine, with the resulting carbamate functional group serving as a general base. We discovered that substitutions of the active site serine and lysine in OXA-1 beta-lactamase, a monomeric class D enzyme, significantly disrupt catalytic turnover. Substitution of glycine for the nucleophilic serine (S67G) results in an enzyme that can still bind substrate but is unable to form a covalent acyl-enzyme intermediate. Substitution of the carboxylated lysine (K70), on the other hand, results in enzyme that can be acylated by substrate but is impaired with respect to deacylation. We employed the fluorescent penicillin BOCILLIN FL to show that three different substitutions for K70 (alanine, aspartate, and glutamate) lead to the accumulation of significant acyl-enzyme intermediate. Interestingly, BOCILLIN FL deacylation rates (t(1/2)) vary depending on the identity of the substituting residue, from approximately 60 min for K70A to undetectable deacylation for K70D. Tryptophan fluorescence spectroscopy was used to confirm that these results are applicable to natural (i.e., nonfluorescent) substrates. Deacylation by K70A, but not K70D or K70E, can be partially restored by the addition of short-chain carboxylic acid mimetics of the lysine carbamate. In conclusion, we establish the functional role of the carboxylated lysine in OXA-1 and highlight its specific role in acylation and deacylation.
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- Kyle D Schneider
- Department of Chemistry, Grand Valley State University, Allendale, Michigan 49401, USA
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Staub I, Sieber SA. Beta-lactam probes as selective chemical-proteomic tools for the identification and functional characterization of resistance associated enzymes in MRSA. J Am Chem Soc 2009; 131:6271-6. [PMID: 19354235 DOI: 10.1021/ja901304n] [Citation(s) in RCA: 62] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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With the development of antibiotic resistant bacterial strains, infectious diseases have become again a life threatening problem. One of the reasons for this dilemma is the limited number and breadth of current therapeutic targets for which several resistance strategies have evolved over time. To identify resistance associated targets and to understand their function, activity, and regulation, we utilized a novel strategy based on small synthetic beta-lactam molecules that were applied in activity based protein profiling experiments (ABPP) to comparatively profile in situ enzyme activities in antibiotic sensitive and resistant S. aureus strains (MRSA). Several enzyme activities which are unique to the MRSA strain including known resistant associated targets, involved in cell wall biosynthesis and antibiotic sensing, could be identified. In addition, we also identified uncharacterized enzymes which turned out to be capable of hydrolyzing beta-lactam antibiotics. This technology could therefore represent a valuable tool to monitor the activity and function of other yet unexplored resistance associated enzymes in pathogenic bacteria and help to discover new drug targets for customized therapeutic interventions.
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- Isabell Staub
- Center for Integrated Protein Science Munich CIPSM, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Butenandtstr. 5-13, 81377 Munich, Germany
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The role of OXA-1 beta-lactamase Asp(66) in the stabilization of the active-site carbamate group and in substrate turnover. Biochem J 2008; 410:455-62. [PMID: 18031291 DOI: 10.1042/bj20070573] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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The OXA-1 beta-lactamase is one of the few class D enzymes that has an aspartate residue at position 66, a position that is proximal to the active-site residue Ser(67). In class A beta-lactamases, such as TEM-1 and SHV-1, residues adjacent to the active-site serine residue play a crucial role in inhibitor resistance and substrate selectivity. To probe the role of Asp(66) in substrate affinity and catalysis, we performed site-saturation mutagenesis at this position. Ampicillin MIC (minimum inhibitory concentration) values for the full set of Asp(66) mutants expressed in Escherichia coli DH10B ranged from < or =8 microg/ml for cysteine, proline and the basic amino acids to > or =256 microg/ml for asparagine, leucine and the wild-type aspartate. Replacement of aspartic acid by asparagine at position 66 also led to a moderate enhancement of extended-spectrum cephalosporin resistance. OXA-1 shares with other class D enzymes a carboxylated residue, Lys(70), that acts as a general base in the catalytic mechanism. The addition of 25 mM bicarbonate to Luria-Bertani-broth agar resulted in a > or =16-fold increase in MICs for most OXA-1 variants with amino acid replacements at position 66 when expressed in E. coli. Because Asp(66) forms hydrogen bonds with several other residues in the OXA-1 active site, we propose that this residue plays a role in stabilizing the CO2 bound to Lys(70) and thereby profoundly affects substrate turnover.
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Chu BCH, Peacock RS, Vogel HJ. Bioinformatic analysis of the TonB protein family. Biometals 2007; 20:467-83. [PMID: 17225063 DOI: 10.1007/s10534-006-9049-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/22/2006] [Accepted: 11/28/2006] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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TonB is a protein prevalent in a large number of Gram-negative bacteria that is believed to be responsible for the energy transduction component in the import of ferric iron complexes and vitamin B(12) across the outer membrane. We have analyzed all the TonB proteins that are currently contained in the Entrez database and have identified nine different clusters based on its conserved 90-residue C-terminal domain amino acid sequence. The vast majority of the proteins contained a single predicted cytoplasmic transmembrane domain; however, nine of the TonB proteins encompass a approximately 290 amino acid N-terminal extension homologous to the MecR1 protein, which is composed of three additional predicted transmembrane helices. The periplasmic linker region, which is located between the N-terminal domain and the C-terminal domain, is extremely variable both in length (22-283 amino acids) and in proline content, indicating that a Pro-rich domain is not a required feature for all TonB proteins. The secondary structure of the C-terminal domain is found to be well preserved across all families, with the most variable region being between the second alpha-helix and the third beta-strand of the antiparallel beta-sheet. The fourth beta-strand found in the solution structure of the Escherichia coli TonB C-terminal domain is not a well conserved feature in TonB proteins in most of the clusters. Interestingly, several of the TonB proteins contained two C-terminal domains in series. This analysis provides a framework for future structure-function studies of TonB, and it draws attention to the unusual features of several TonB proteins.
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- Byron C H Chu
- Structural Biology Research Group, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, T2N 1N4
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Marrero A, Mallorquí-Fernández G, Guevara T, García-Castellanos R, Gomis-Rüth FX. Unbound and acylated structures of the MecR1 extracellular antibiotic-sensor domain provide insights into the signal-transduction system that triggers methicillin resistance. J Mol Biol 2006; 361:506-21. [PMID: 16846613 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2006.06.046] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/30/2006] [Revised: 06/15/2006] [Accepted: 06/16/2006] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) strains are responsible for most hospital-onset bacterial infections. Lately, they have become a major threat to the community through infections of skin, soft tissue and respiratory tract, and subsequent septicaemia or septic shock. MRSA strains are resistant to most beta-lactam antibiotics (BLAs) as a result of the biosynthesis of a penicillin-binding protein with low affinity for BLAs, called PBP2a, PBP2' or MecA. This response is regulated by the chromosomal mec-divergon, which encodes a signal-transduction system including a transcriptional repressor, MecI, and a sensor/transducer, MecR1, as well as the structural mecA gene. This system is similar to those encoded by bla divergons in S. aureus and Bacillus licheniformis. MecR1 comprises an integral-membrane latent metalloprotease domain facing the cytosol and an extracellular sensor domain. The latter binds BLAs and transmits a signal through the membrane that eventually triggers activation of the metalloprotease moiety, which in turn switches off MecI-induced repression of mecA transcription. The MecR1 sensor domain, MecR1-PBD, reveals a two-domain structure of alpha/beta-type fold reminiscent of penicillin-binding proteins and beta-lactamases, and a catalytic serine residue as the ultimate cause for BLA-binding. Covalent complexes with benzylpenicillin and oxacillin provide evidence that serine acylation does not entail significant structural changes, thus supporting the hypothesis that additional extracellular segments of MecR1 are involved in signal transmission. The chemical nature of the residues shaping the active-site cleft favours stabilisation of the acyl enzyme complexes in MecR1-PBD, in contrast to the closely related OXA beta-lactamases, where the cleft is more likely to promote subsequent hydrolysis. The present structural data provide insights into the mec-encoded BLA-response mechanism and an explanation for kinetic differences in signal transmission with the related bla-encoded systems.
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- Aniebrys Marrero
- Institut de Biologia Molecular de Barcelona, C.I.D.-C.S.I.C. C/Jordi Girona, 18-26 08034 Barcelona, Spain
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Thumanu K, Cha J, Fisher JF, Perrins R, Mobashery S, Wharton C. Discrete steps in sensing of beta-lactam antibiotics by the BlaR1 protein of the methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus bacterium. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2006; 103:10630-5. [PMID: 16815972 PMCID: PMC1502283 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0601971103] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Chemical sensing by cell-surface receptors to effect signal transduction is a ubiquitous biological event. Despite extensive structural biochemical study, detailed knowledge of how signal transduction occurs is largely lacking. We report herein a kinetic and structural study, obtained by stopped-flow IR spectroscopy, of the activation of the BlaR1 receptor of the Staphylococcus aureus bacterium by beta-lactam antibiotics. The cell-surface BlaR1 receptor alerts the bacterium to the presence of beta-lactam antibiotics, resulting in expression of the gene for a beta-lactamase enzyme. This enzyme hydrolytically destroys the remaining beta-lactam antibiotics. IR spectroscopic interrogation of the beta-lactam-BlaR1 receptor reaction has allowed the simultaneous measurement of the chemical events of receptor recognition of the beta-lactam and the characterization of the conformational changes in the BlaR1 receptor that result. The key chemical events in beta-lactam recognition are serine acylation and subsequent irreversible decarboxylation of the BlaR1 active site lysine carbamate. Both events are observed by stopped-flow IR kinetics and (13)C isotope-edited IR spectroscopy. The secondary structural changes in the BlaR1 receptor conformation that occur as a consequence of this acylation/decarboxylation are predicted to correlate to the signal transduction event accomplished by this receptor.
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- Kanjana Thumanu
- *School of Biosciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham B15 2TT, United Kingdom; and
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN 46556
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN 46556
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- *School of Biosciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham B15 2TT, United Kingdom; and
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN 46556
- To whom correspondence may be addressed. E-mail:
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- *School of Biosciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham B15 2TT, United Kingdom; and
- To whom correspondence may be addressed. E-mail:
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Alcaide B, Almendros P, Aragoncillo C, Redondo MC, Torres MR. Synthesis of Strained Tricyclic β-Lactams by Intramolecular [2+2] Cycloaddition Reactions of 2-Azetidinone-Tethered Enallenols: Control of Regioselectivity by Selective Alkene Substitution. Chemistry 2006; 12:1539-46. [PMID: 16294361 DOI: 10.1002/chem.200500807] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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A convenient metal-free methodology for the preparation of structurally novel, strained tricyclic beta-lactams containing a cyclobutane ring has been developed. The first examples accounting for the intramolecular [2+2] cycloaddition reactions in beta-lactams have been achieved by the thermolysis of 2-azetidinone-tethered enallenols, which have been prepared in aqueous media by regio- and diastereoselective indium-mediated carbonyl allenylation of 4-oxoazetidine-2-carbaldehydes. Notably, the regioselectivity of the cycloaddition can be tuned in the allene component just by a subtle variation in the substitution pattern of the alkene component.
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- Benito Alcaide
- Departamento de Química Orgánica I, Facultad de Química, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, 28040 Madrid, Spain.
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Wilke MS, Lovering AL, Strynadka NCJ. Beta-lactam antibiotic resistance: a current structural perspective. Curr Opin Microbiol 2006; 8:525-33. [PMID: 16129657 DOI: 10.1016/j.mib.2005.08.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 230] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/09/2005] [Accepted: 08/17/2005] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Bacterial resistance to beta-lactam antibiotics can be achieved by any of three strategies: the production of beta-lactam-hydrolyzing beta-lactamase enzymes, the utilization of beta-lactam-insensitive cell wall transpeptidases, and the active expulsion of beta-lactam molecules from Gram-negative cells by way of efflux pumps. In recent years, structural biology has contributed significantly to the understanding of these processes and should prove invaluable in the design of drugs to combat beta-lactam resistance in the future.
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- Mark S Wilke
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, and the Center for Blood Research, University of British Columbia, 2146 Health Sciences Mall, Vancouver, BC, Canada V6T 1Z3
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Li J, Cross JB, Vreven T, Meroueh SO, Mobashery S, Schlegel HB. Lysine carboxylation in proteins: OXA-10 β-lactamase. Proteins 2005; 61:246-57. [PMID: 16121396 DOI: 10.1002/prot.20596] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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An increasing number of proteins are being shown to have an N(zeta)-carboxylated lysine in their structures, a posttranslational modification of proteins that proceeds without the intervention of a specific enzyme. The role of the carboxylated lysine in these proteins is typically structural (hydrogen bonding or metal coordination). However, carboxylated lysines in the active sites of OXA-10 and OXA-1 beta-lactamases and the sensor domain of BlaR signal-transducer protein serve in proton transfer events required for the functions of these proteins. These examples demonstrate the utility of this unusual amino acid in acid-base chemistry, in expansion of function beyond those of the 20 standard amino acids. In this study, the ONIOM quantum-mechanical/molecular-mechanical (QM/MM) method is used to study the carboxylation of lysine in the OXA-10 beta-lactamase. Lys-70 and the active site of the OXA-10 beta-lactamase were treated with B3LYP/6-31G(d,p) density functional calculations and the remainder of the enzyme with the AMBER molecular mechanics force field. The barriers for unassisted carboxylation of neutral lysine by carbon dioxide or bicarbonate are high. However, when the reaction with CO2 is catalyzed by a molecule of water in the active site, it is exothermic by about 13 kcal/mol, with a barrier of approximately 14 kcal/mol. The calculations show that the carboxylation and decarboxylation of Lys-70 are likely to be accompanied by deprotonation and protonation of the carbamate, respectively. The analysis may also be relevant for other proteins with carboxylated lysines, a feature that may be more common in nature than previously appreciated.
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- Jie Li
- Department of Chemistry and Institute for Scientific Computing, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan 48202, USA
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Fisher JF, Meroueh SO, Mobashery S. Bacterial resistance to beta-lactam antibiotics: compelling opportunism, compelling opportunity. Chem Rev 2005; 105:395-424. [PMID: 15700950 DOI: 10.1021/cr030102i] [Citation(s) in RCA: 684] [Impact Index Per Article: 36.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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- Jed F Fisher
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana 46556, USA
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