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Boreak N, Al Mahde RZ, Otayn WA, Alamer AY, Alrajhi T, Jafri S, Sharwani A, Swaidi E, Abozoah S, Mowkly AAM. Exploring Plant-Based Compounds as Alternatives for Targeting Enterococcus faecalis in Endodontic Therapy: A Molecular Docking Approach. Int J Mol Sci 2024; 25:7727. [PMID: 39062969 PMCID: PMC11276846 DOI: 10.3390/ijms25147727] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/07/2024] [Revised: 07/07/2024] [Accepted: 07/09/2024] [Indexed: 07/28/2024] Open
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Endodontic infections pose significant challenges in dental practice due to their persistence and potential complications. Among the causative agents, Enterococcus faecalis stands out for its ability to form biofilms and develop resistance to conventional antibiotics, leading to treatment failures and recurrent infections. The urgent need for alternative treatments arises from the growing concern over antibiotic resistance and the limitations of current therapeutic options in combating E. faecalis-associated endodontic infections. Plant-based natural compounds offer a promising avenue for exploration, given their diverse bioactive properties and potential as sources of novel antimicrobial agents. In this study, molecular docking and dynamics simulations are employed to explore the interactions between SrtA, a key enzyme in E. faecalis, and plant-based natural compounds. Analysis of phytocompounds through molecular docking unveiled several candidates with binding energies surpassing that of the control drug, ampicillin, with pinocembrin emerging as the lead compound due to its strong interactions with key residues of SrtA. Comparative analysis with ampicillin underscored varying degrees of structural similarity among the study compounds. Molecular dynamics simulations provided deeper insights into the dynamic behavior and stability of protein-ligand complexes, with pinocembrin demonstrating minimal conformational changes and effective stabilization of the N-terminal region. Free energy landscape analysis supported pinocembrin's stabilizing effects, further corroborated by hydrogen bond analysis. Additionally, physicochemical properties analysis highlighted the drug-likeness of pinocembrin and glabridin. Overall, this study elucidates the potential anti-bacterial properties of selected phytocompounds against E. faecalis infections, with pinocembrin emerging as a promising lead compound for further drug development efforts, offering new avenues for combating bacterial infections and advancing therapeutic interventions in endodontic practice.
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- Nezar Boreak
- Department of Restorative Dental Sciences, College of Dentistry, Jazan University, Jazan 45142, Saudi Arabia; (R.Z.A.M.); (A.Y.A.); (T.A.); (S.J.); (A.S.)
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- Department of Restorative Dental Sciences, College of Dentistry, Jazan University, Jazan 45142, Saudi Arabia; (R.Z.A.M.); (A.Y.A.); (T.A.); (S.J.); (A.S.)
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- Specialized Dental Canter, Ministry of Health, Jazan 45142, Saudi Arabia; (W.A.O.)
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- Department of Restorative Dental Sciences, College of Dentistry, Jazan University, Jazan 45142, Saudi Arabia; (R.Z.A.M.); (A.Y.A.); (T.A.); (S.J.); (A.S.)
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- Department of Restorative Dental Sciences, College of Dentistry, Jazan University, Jazan 45142, Saudi Arabia; (R.Z.A.M.); (A.Y.A.); (T.A.); (S.J.); (A.S.)
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- Department of Restorative Dental Sciences, College of Dentistry, Jazan University, Jazan 45142, Saudi Arabia; (R.Z.A.M.); (A.Y.A.); (T.A.); (S.J.); (A.S.)
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- Department of Restorative Dental Sciences, College of Dentistry, Jazan University, Jazan 45142, Saudi Arabia; (R.Z.A.M.); (A.Y.A.); (T.A.); (S.J.); (A.S.)
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- Department of Restorative Dental Sciences, College of Dentistry, Jazan University, Jazan 45142, Saudi Arabia; (R.Z.A.M.); (A.Y.A.); (T.A.); (S.J.); (A.S.)
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- Department of Restorative Dental Sciences, College of Dentistry, Jazan University, Jazan 45142, Saudi Arabia; (R.Z.A.M.); (A.Y.A.); (T.A.); (S.J.); (A.S.)
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Hintzen JCJ, Abujubara H, Tietze D, Tietze AA. The Complete Assessment of Small Molecule and Peptidomimetic Inhibitors of Sortase A Towards Antivirulence Treatment. Chemistry 2024; 30:e202401103. [PMID: 38716707 DOI: 10.1002/chem.202401103] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/19/2024] [Indexed: 06/20/2024]
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This review covers the most recent advances in the development of inhibitors for the bacterial enzyme sortase A (SrtA). Sortase A (SrtA) is a critical virulence factor, present ubiquitously in Gram-positive bacteria of which many are pathogenic. Sortases are key enzymes regulating bacterial adherence to host cells, by anchoring extracellular matrix-binding proteins to the bacterial outer cell wall. By targeting virulence factors, effective treatment can be achieved, without inducing antibiotic resistance to the treatment. This is a potentially more sustainable, long-term approach to treating bacterial infections, including ones that display multiple resistance to current therapeutics. There are many promising approaches available for SrtA inhibition, some of which have the potential to advance into further clinical development, with peptidomimetic and in vivo active small molecules being among the most promising. There are currently no approved drugs on the market targeting SrtA, despite its promise, adding to the relevance of this review article, as it extends to the pharmaceutical industry additionally to academic researchers.
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- Jordi C J Hintzen
- University of Gothenburg, Department of Chemistry and Molecular Biology, Wallenberg Centre for Molecular and Translational Medicine, Kemigården 4, 412 96, Göteborg, Sweden
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- University of Gothenburg, Department of Chemistry and Molecular Biology, Wallenberg Centre for Molecular and Translational Medicine, Kemigården 4, 412 96, Göteborg, Sweden
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- University of Gothenburg, Department of Chemistry and Molecular Biology, Wallenberg Centre for Molecular and Translational Medicine, Kemigården 4, 412 96, Göteborg, Sweden
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- University of Gothenburg, Department of Chemistry and Molecular Biology, Wallenberg Centre for Molecular and Translational Medicine, Kemigården 4, 412 96, Göteborg, Sweden
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Amacher JF, Antos JM. Sortases: structure, mechanism, and implications for protein engineering. Trends Biochem Sci 2024; 49:596-610. [PMID: 38692993 DOI: 10.1016/j.tibs.2024.04.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/06/2023] [Revised: 03/22/2024] [Accepted: 04/15/2024] [Indexed: 05/03/2024]
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Sortase enzymes are critical cysteine transpeptidases on the surface of bacteria that attach proteins to the cell wall and are involved in the construction of bacterial pili. Due to their ability to recognize specific substrates and covalently ligate a range of reaction partners, sortases are widely used in protein engineering applications via sortase-mediated ligation (SML) strategies. In this review, we discuss recent structural studies elucidating key aspects of sortase specificity and the catalytic mechanism. We also highlight select recent applications of SML, including examples where fundamental studies of sortase structure and function have informed the continued development of these enzymes as tools for protein engineering.
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- Jeanine F Amacher
- Department of Chemistry, Western Washington University, Bellingham, WA 98225, USA.
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- Department of Chemistry, Western Washington University, Bellingham, WA 98225, USA.
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Sivaramalingam SS, Jothivel D, Govindarajan DK, Kadirvelu L, Sivaramakrishnan M, Chithiraiselvan DD, Kandaswamy K. Structural and functional insights of sortases and their interactions with antivirulence compounds. Curr Res Struct Biol 2024; 8:100152. [PMID: 38989133 PMCID: PMC11231552 DOI: 10.1016/j.crstbi.2024.100152] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/31/2023] [Revised: 05/18/2024] [Accepted: 06/11/2024] [Indexed: 07/12/2024] Open
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Sortase proteins play a crucial role as integral membrane proteins in anchoring bacterial surface proteins by recognizing them through a Cell-Wall Sorting (CWS) motif and cleaving them at specific sites before initiating pilus assembly. Both sortases and their substrate proteins are major virulence factors in numerous Gram-positive pathogens, making them attractive targets for antimicrobial intervention. Recognizing the significance of virulence proteins, a comprehensive exploration of their structural and functional characteristics is essential to enhance our understanding of pilus assembly in diverse Gram-positive bacteria. Therefore, this review article discusses the structural features of different classes of sortases and pilin proteins, primarily serving as substrates for sortase-assembled pili. Moreover, it thoroughly examines the molecular-level interactions between sortases and their inhibitors, providing insights from both structural and functional perspectives. In essence, this review article will provide a contemporary and complete understanding of both sortase pathways and various strategies to target them effectively to counteract the virulence.
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- Sowmiya Sri Sivaramalingam
- Research Center for Excellence in Microscopy, Department of Biotechnology, Kumaraguru College of Technology, Coimbatore, 641049, Tamil Nadu, India
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- Research Center for Excellence in Microscopy, Department of Biotechnology, Kumaraguru College of Technology, Coimbatore, 641049, Tamil Nadu, India
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- Research Center for Excellence in Microscopy, Department of Biotechnology, Kumaraguru College of Technology, Coimbatore, 641049, Tamil Nadu, India
- School of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
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- Research Center for Excellence in Microscopy, Department of Biotechnology, Kumaraguru College of Technology, Coimbatore, 641049, Tamil Nadu, India
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- Research Center for Excellence in Microscopy, Department of Biotechnology, Kumaraguru College of Technology, Coimbatore, 641049, Tamil Nadu, India
- Department of Biotechnology, Mepco Schlenk Engineering College, Tamil Nadu, India
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- Research Center for Excellence in Microscopy, Department of Biotechnology, Kumaraguru College of Technology, Coimbatore, 641049, Tamil Nadu, India
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- Research Center for Excellence in Microscopy, Department of Biotechnology, Kumaraguru College of Technology, Coimbatore, 641049, Tamil Nadu, India
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Obeng EM, Fulcher AJ, Wagstaff KM. Harnessing sortase A transpeptidation for advanced targeted therapeutics and vaccine engineering. Biotechnol Adv 2023; 64:108108. [PMID: 36740026 DOI: 10.1016/j.biotechadv.2023.108108] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/18/2022] [Revised: 01/29/2023] [Accepted: 01/31/2023] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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The engineering of potent prophylactic and therapeutic complexes has always required careful protein modification techniques with seamless capabilities. In this light, methods that favor unobstructed multivalent targeting and correct antigen presentations remain essential and very demanding. Sortase A (SrtA) transpeptidation has exhibited these attributes in various settings over the years. However, its applications for engineering avidity-inspired therapeutics and potent vaccines have yet to be significantly noticed, especially in this era where active targeting and multivalent nanomedications are in great demand. This review briefly presents the SrtA enzyme and its associated transpeptidation activity and describes interesting sortase-mediated protein engineering and chemistry approaches for achieving multivalent therapeutic and antigenic responses. The review further highlights advanced applications in targeted delivery systems, multivalent therapeutics, adoptive cellular therapy, and vaccine engineering. These innovations show the potential of sortase-mediated techniques in facilitating the development of simple plug-and-play nanomedicine technologies against recalcitrant diseases and pandemics such as cancer and viral infections.
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- Eugene M Obeng
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Biomedicine Discovery Institute, Monash University, Clayton, VIC 3800, Australia.
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- Monash Micro Imaging, Monash University, Clayton, VIC 3800, Australia
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Biomedicine Discovery Institute, Monash University, Clayton, VIC 3800, Australia.
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Morgan HE, Turnbull WB, Webb ME. Challenges in the use of sortase and other peptide ligases for site-specific protein modification. Chem Soc Rev 2022; 51:4121-4145. [PMID: 35510539 PMCID: PMC9126251 DOI: 10.1039/d0cs01148g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Site-specific protein modification is a widely-used biochemical tool. However, there are many challenges associated with the development of protein modification techniques, in particular, achieving site-specificity, reaction efficiency and versatility. The engineering of peptide ligases and their substrates has been used to address these challenges. This review will focus on sortase, peptidyl asparaginyl ligases (PALs) and variants of subtilisin; detailing how their inherent specificity has been utilised for site-specific protein modification. The review will explore how the engineering of these enzymes and substrates has led to increased reaction efficiency mainly due to enhanced catalytic activity and reduction of reversibility. It will also describe how engineering peptide ligases to broaden their substrate scope is opening up new opportunities to expand the biochemical toolkit, particularly through the development of techniques to conjugate multiple substrates site-specifically onto a protein using orthogonal peptide ligases. We highlight chemical and biochemical strategies taken to optimise peptide and protein modification using peptide ligases.![]()
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- Holly E Morgan
- School of Chemistry and Astbury Centre for Structural Molecular Biology, University of Leeds, Woodhouse Lane, Leeds, LS2 9JT, UK.
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- School of Chemistry and Astbury Centre for Structural Molecular Biology, University of Leeds, Woodhouse Lane, Leeds, LS2 9JT, UK.
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- School of Chemistry and Astbury Centre for Structural Molecular Biology, University of Leeds, Woodhouse Lane, Leeds, LS2 9JT, UK.
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Wang B, Song CR, Zhang QY, Wei PW, Wang X, Long YH, Yang YX, Liao SG, Liu HM, Xu GB. The Fusaric Acid Derivative qy17 Inhibits Staphylococcus haemolyticus by Disrupting Biofilm Formation and the Stress Response via Altered Gene Expression. Front Microbiol 2022; 13:822148. [PMID: 35369527 PMCID: PMC8964301 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2022.822148] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/25/2021] [Accepted: 02/02/2022] [Indexed: 12/05/2022] Open
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Staphylococcus haemolyticus (S. haemolyticus) is the second most commonly isolated coagulase-negative staphylococcus (CoNS) in patients with hospital-acquired infections. It can produce phenol-soluble modulin (PSM) toxins and form biofilms. Compared with the wealth of information on Staphylococcus aureus and Staphylococcus epidermidis, very little is known about S. haemolyticus. There is an urgent need to find an effective preparation to combat the harm caused by S. haemolyticus infection. Chinese herbs have been utilized to cure inflammation and infectious diseases and have a long history of anticancer function in China. Here, we modified fusaric acid characterized from the metabolites of Gibberella intermedia, an endophyte previously isolated from Polygonum capitatum. This study shows that fusaric acid analogs (qy17 and qy20) have strong antibacterial activity against S. haemolyticus. In addition, crystal violet analyses and scanning electron microscopy observations demonstrated that qy17 inhibited biofilm formation and disrupted mature biofilms of S. haemolyticus in a dose-dependent manner. Additionally, it reduced the number of live bacteria inside the biofilm. Furthermore, the antibiofilm function of qy17 was achieved by downregulating transcription factors (sigB), transpeptidase genes (srtA), and bacterial surface proteins (ebp, fbp) and upregulating biofilm-related genes and the density-sensing system (agrB). To further elucidate the bacteriostatic mechanism, transcriptomic analysis was carried out. The following antibacterial mechanisms were uncovered: (i) the inhibition of heat shock (clpB, groES, groL, grpE, dnaK, dnaJ)-, oxidative stress (aphC)- and biotin response (bioB)-related gene expression, which resulted in S. haemolyticus being unable to compensate for various stress conditions, thereby affecting bacterial growth; and (ii) a reduction in the expression of PSM-beta (PSMβ1, PSMβ2, PSMβ3) toxin- and Clp protease (clpP, clpX)-related genes. These findings could have major implications for the treatment of diseases caused by S. haemolyticus infections. Our research reveals for the first time that fusaric acid derivatives inhibit the expression of biofilm formation-related effector and virulence genes of S. haemolyticus. These findings provide new potential drug candidates for hospital-acquired infections caused by S. haemolyticus.
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- Bing Wang
- Engineering Research Center of Medical Biotechnology & School of Basic Medical Sciences, Guizhou Medical University, Guiyang, China
- Key Laboratory of Infectious Immune and Antibody Engineering in Guizhou Province, Guiyang, China
- School of Biology and Engineering, Guizhou Medical University, Guiyang, China
- State Key Laboratory of Functions and Applications of Medicinal Plants, Guizhou Medical University, Guiyang, China
- Key Laboratory of Environmental Pollution Monitoring and Disease Control, China Ministry of Education (Guizhou Medical University), Guiyang, China
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- Engineering Research Center of Medical Biotechnology & School of Basic Medical Sciences, Guizhou Medical University, Guiyang, China
- School of Biology and Engineering, Guizhou Medical University, Guiyang, China
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- School of Pharmacy, Guizhou Medical University, Guiyang, China
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- Engineering Research Center of Medical Biotechnology & School of Basic Medical Sciences, Guizhou Medical University, Guiyang, China
- School of Biology and Engineering, Guizhou Medical University, Guiyang, China
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- Engineering Research Center of Medical Biotechnology & School of Basic Medical Sciences, Guizhou Medical University, Guiyang, China
- School of Biology and Engineering, Guizhou Medical University, Guiyang, China
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- Engineering Research Center of Medical Biotechnology & School of Basic Medical Sciences, Guizhou Medical University, Guiyang, China
- Key Laboratory of Infectious Immune and Antibody Engineering in Guizhou Province, Guiyang, China
- School of Biology and Engineering, Guizhou Medical University, Guiyang, China
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- Engineering Research Center of Medical Biotechnology & School of Basic Medical Sciences, Guizhou Medical University, Guiyang, China
- School of Biology and Engineering, Guizhou Medical University, Guiyang, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Functions and Applications of Medicinal Plants, Guizhou Medical University, Guiyang, China
- School of Pharmacy, Guizhou Medical University, Guiyang, China
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- Engineering Research Center of Medical Biotechnology & School of Basic Medical Sciences, Guizhou Medical University, Guiyang, China
- Key Laboratory of Infectious Immune and Antibody Engineering in Guizhou Province, Guiyang, China
- School of Biology and Engineering, Guizhou Medical University, Guiyang, China
- State Key Laboratory of Functions and Applications of Medicinal Plants, Guizhou Medical University, Guiyang, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Functions and Applications of Medicinal Plants, Guizhou Medical University, Guiyang, China
- School of Pharmacy, Guizhou Medical University, Guiyang, China
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Kumari P, Bowmik S, Paul SK, Biswas B, Banerjee SK, Murty US, Ravichandiran V, Mohan U. Sortase A: A chemoenzymatic approach for the labeling of cell surfaces. Biotechnol Bioeng 2021; 118:4577-4589. [PMID: 34491580 DOI: 10.1002/bit.27935] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/08/2021] [Revised: 06/20/2021] [Accepted: 08/27/2021] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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Sortase A, a transpeptidase enzyme is present in many Gram-positive bacteria and helps in the recruitment of the cell surface proteins. Over the last two decades, Sortase A has become an attractive tool for performing in vivo and in vitro ligations. Sortase A-mediated ligation has continuously been used for its specificity, robustness, and highly efficient nature. These properties make it a popular choice among protein engineers as well as researchers from different fields. In this review, we give an overview of Sortase A-mediated ligation of various molecules on the cell surfaces, which can have diverse applications in interdisciplinary fields.
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- Poonam Kumari
- Department of Biotechnology, National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education & Research (NIPER), Guwahati, Assam, India
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- Department of Biotechnology, National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education & Research (NIPER), Guwahati, Assam, India
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- Department of Biotechnology, National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education & Research (NIPER), Guwahati, Assam, India
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- Department of Biotechnology, National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education & Research (NIPER), Guwahati, Assam, India
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- Department of Biotechnology, National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education & Research (NIPER), Guwahati, Assam, India
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- Department of Medicinal Chemistry, National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education & Research (NIPER), Kolkata, West Bengal, India
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- Department of Medicinal Chemistry, National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education & Research (NIPER), Kolkata, West Bengal, India
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Selvaraj C, Selvaraj G, Mohamed Ismail R, Vijayakumar R, Baazeem A, Wei DQ, Singh SK. Interrogation of Bacillus anthracis SrtA active site loop forming open/close lid conformations through extensive MD simulations for understanding binding selectivity of SrtA inhibitors. Saudi J Biol Sci 2021; 28:3650-3659. [PMID: 34220215 PMCID: PMC8241892 DOI: 10.1016/j.sjbs.2021.05.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/15/2021] [Revised: 04/25/2021] [Accepted: 05/02/2021] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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Bacillus anthracis is a gram positive, deadly spore forming bacteria causing anthrax and these bacteria having the complex mechanism in the cell wall envelope, which can adopt the changes in environmental conditions. In this, the membrane bound cell wall proteins are said to progressive drug target for the inhibition of Bacillus anthracis. Among the cell wall proteins, the SrtA is one of the important mechanistic protein, which mediate the ligation with LPXTG motif by forming the amide bonds. The SrtA plays the vital role in cell signalling, cell wall formation, and biofilm formations. Inhibition of SrtA leads to rupture of the cell wall and biofilm formation, and that leads to inhibition of Bacillus anthracis and thus, SrtA is core important enzyme to study the inhibition mechanism. In this study, we have examined 28 compounds, which have the inhibitory activity against the Bacillus anthracis SrtA for developing the 3D-QSAR and also, compounds binding selectivity with both open and closed SrtA conformations, obtained from 100 ns of MD simulations. The binding site loop deviate in forming the open and closed gate mechanism is investigated to understand the inhibitory profile of reported compounds, and results show the closed state active site conformations are required for ligand binding specificity. Overall, the present study may offer an opportunity for better understanding of the mechanism of action and can be aided to further designing of a novel and highly potent SrtA inhibitors.
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- Chandrabose Selvaraj
- Department of Bioinformatics, Computer Aided Drug Design and Molecular Modelling Lab, Science Block, Alagappa University, Karaikudi, Tamil Nadu, India
- Corresponding authors.
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- Centre for Research in Molecular Modelling, Concordia University, 5618 Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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- Department of Medical Laboratory Sciences, College of Applied Medical Sciences, Majmaah University, Al Majmaah 11952, Saudi Arabia
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Veterinary Research Division, National Research Center (NRC), Giza, Egypt
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- Department of Biology, College of Science in Zulfi, Majmaah University, Majmaah 11952, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Biology, College of Science, Taif University, P.O. Box 11099, Taif 21944, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Bioinformatics and Biological Statistics, School of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China
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- Department of Bioinformatics, Computer Aided Drug Design and Molecular Modelling Lab, Science Block, Alagappa University, Karaikudi, Tamil Nadu, India
- Corresponding authors.
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Susmitha A, Bajaj H, Madhavan Nampoothiri K. The divergent roles of sortase in the biology of Gram-positive bacteria. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2021; 7:100055. [PMID: 34195501 PMCID: PMC8225981 DOI: 10.1016/j.tcsw.2021.100055] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/16/2021] [Revised: 06/11/2021] [Accepted: 06/11/2021] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
Abstract
The bacterial cell wall contains numerous surface-exposed proteins, which are covalently anchored and assembled by a sortase family of transpeptidase enzymes. The sortase are cysteine transpeptidases that catalyzes the covalent attachment of surface protein to the cell wall peptidoglycan. Among the reported six classes of sortases, each distinct class of sortase plays a unique biological role in anchoring a variety of surface proteins to the peptidoglycan of both pathogenic and non-pathogenic Gram-positive bacteria. Sortases not only exhibit virulence and pathogenesis properties to host cells, but also possess a significant role in gut retention and immunomodulation in probiotic microbes. The two main distinct functions are to attach proteins directly to the cell wall or assemble pili on the microbial surface. This review provides a compendium of the distribution of different classes of sortases present in both pathogenic and non-pathogenic Gram-positive bacteria and also the noteworthy role played by them in bacterial cell wall assembly which enables each microbe to effectively interact with its environment.
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- Aliyath Susmitha
- Microbial Processes and Technology Division, CSIR - National Institute for Interdisciplinary Science and Technology (NIIST), Trivandrum 695019, Kerala, India.,Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR), Ghaziabad 201002, India
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- Microbial Processes and Technology Division, CSIR - National Institute for Interdisciplinary Science and Technology (NIIST), Trivandrum 695019, Kerala, India
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- Microbial Processes and Technology Division, CSIR - National Institute for Interdisciplinary Science and Technology (NIIST), Trivandrum 695019, Kerala, India.,Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR), Ghaziabad 201002, India
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Nakata M, Kreikemeyer B. Genetics, Structure, and Function of Group A Streptococcal Pili. Front Microbiol 2021; 12:616508. [PMID: 33633705 PMCID: PMC7900414 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2021.616508] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/12/2020] [Accepted: 01/18/2021] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
Abstract
Streptococcus pyogenes (Group A Streptococcus; GAS) is an exclusively human pathogen. This bacterial species is responsible for a large variety of infections, ranging from purulent but mostly self-limiting oropharynx/skin diseases to streptococcal sequelae, including glomerulonephritis and rheumatic fever, as well as life-threatening streptococcal toxic-shock syndrome. GAS displays a wide array of surface proteins, with antigenicity of the M protein and pili utilized for M- and T-serotyping, respectively. Since the discovery of GAS pili in 2005, their genetic features, including regulation of expression, and structural features, including assembly mechanisms and protein conformation, as well as their functional role in GAS pathogenesis have been intensively examined. Moreover, their potential as vaccine antigens has been studied in detail. Pilus biogenesis-related genes are located in a discrete section of the GAS genome encoding fibronectin and collagen binding proteins and trypsin-resistant antigens (FCT region). Based on the heterogeneity of genetic composition and DNA sequences, this region is currently classified into nine distinguishable forms. Pili and fibronectin-binding proteins encoded in the FCT region are known to be correlated with infection sites, such as the skin and throat, possibly contributing to tissue tropism. As also found for pili of other Gram-positive bacterial pathogens, GAS pilin proteins polymerize via isopeptide bonds, while intramolecular isopeptide bonds present in the pilin provide increased resistance to degradation by proteases. As supported by findings showing that the main subunit is primarily responsible for T-serotyping antigenicity, pilus functions and gene expression modes are divergent. GAS pili serve as adhesins for tonsillar tissues and keratinocyte cell lines. Of note, a minor subunit is considered to have a harpoon function by which covalent thioester bonds with host ligands are formed. Additionally, GAS pili participate in biofilm formation and evasion of the immune system in a serotype/strain-specific manner. These multiple functions highlight crucial roles of pili during the onset of GAS infection. This review summarizes the current state of the art regarding GAS pili, including a new mode of host-GAS interaction mediated by pili, along with insights into pilus expression in terms of tissue tropism.
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- Masanobu Nakata
- Department of Oral Microbiology, Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Kagoshima University, Kagoshima, Japan
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- Institute of Medical Microbiology, Virology and Hygiene, University of Rostock, Rostock, Germany
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Chateau A, Van der Verren SE, Remaut H, Fioravanti A. The Bacillus anthracis Cell Envelope: Composition, Physiological Role, and Clinical Relevance. Microorganisms 2020; 8:E1864. [PMID: 33255913 PMCID: PMC7759979 DOI: 10.3390/microorganisms8121864] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/09/2020] [Revised: 11/23/2020] [Accepted: 11/24/2020] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
Abstract
Anthrax is a highly resilient and deadly disease caused by the spore-forming bacterial pathogen Bacillus anthracis. The bacterium presents a complex and dynamic composition of its cell envelope, which changes in response to developmental and environmental conditions and host-dependent signals. Because of their easy to access extracellular locations, B. anthracis cell envelope components represent interesting targets for the identification and development of novel therapeutic and vaccine strategies. This review will focus on the novel insights regarding the composition, physiological role, and clinical relevance of B. anthracis cell envelope components.
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- Alice Chateau
- Avignon Université, INRAE, UMR SQPOV, F-84914 Avignon, France;
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- Structural and Molecular Microbiology, Structural Biology Research Center, VIB, 1050 Brussels, Belgium; (S.E.V.d.V.); (H.R.)
- Structural Biology Brussels, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, 1050 Brussels, Belgium
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- Structural and Molecular Microbiology, Structural Biology Research Center, VIB, 1050 Brussels, Belgium; (S.E.V.d.V.); (H.R.)
- Structural Biology Brussels, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, 1050 Brussels, Belgium
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- Structural and Molecular Microbiology, Structural Biology Research Center, VIB, 1050 Brussels, Belgium; (S.E.V.d.V.); (H.R.)
- Structural Biology Brussels, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, 1050 Brussels, Belgium
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Biswas T, Misra A, Das S, Yadav P, Ramakumar S, Roy R. Interrogation of 3D-swapped structure and functional attributes of quintessential Sortase A from Streptococcus pneumoniae. Biochem J 2020; 477:BCJ20200631. [PMID: 33236758 DOI: 10.1042/bcj20200631] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/12/2020] [Revised: 11/17/2020] [Accepted: 11/24/2020] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
Abstract
The anchoring of the surface proteins to the cell wall in gram-positive bacteria involves a peptide ligation reaction catalyzed by transpeptidase sortase. Most bacterial genomes encode multiple sortases with dedicated functions. Streptococcus pneumoniae (Sp) carries four sortases; a housekeeping sortase (SrtA), and three pilin specific sortases (SrtC1, C2, C3) dedicated to the biosynthesis of covalent pilus. Interestingly, SrtA, meant for performing housekeeping roles, is also implicated in pilus assembly of Sp. The allegiance of SpSrtA to the pathogenic pilus assembly makes it an ideal target for clinical inhibitor development. In this paper, we describe biochemical characterization, crystal structure and peptide substrate preference of SpSrtA. Transpeptidation reaction with a variety of substrates revealed that the enzyme preferred elongated LPXTG sequences and transferred them equally well to both Ala- and Gly-terminated peptides. Curiously, crystal structure of both wild type and an active site (Cys to Ala) mutant of SpSrtA displayed inter-twined 3D-swapped dimers in which each protomer generated a classic eight stranded beta-barrel "sortase fold". Size-exclusion chromatography and sedimentation equilibrium measurements revealed predominant presence of a dimer in equilibrium with its monomer. The crystal structure-based Cys-Cys distance mapping with defined chemical cross-linkers established the existence of 3D-swapped structure in solution. The swapping in SpSrtA, unprecedented for sortase family, may be physiologically relevant and meant to perform regulatory functions.
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- Tora Biswas
- National Institute of Immunology, Delhi, India
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- National Institute of Immunology, Delhi, India
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Das S, Kumar H.S. V, Pal SK, Srivastava VK, Jyoti A, Kumar S, Kaushik S. Prospecting Potential Inhibitors of Sortase A from Enterococcus faecalis: A Multidrug Resistant Bacteria, through In-silico and In-vitro Approaches. Protein Pept Lett 2020; 27:582-592. [DOI: 10.2174/0929866527666191227143048] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/20/2019] [Revised: 11/07/2019] [Accepted: 11/08/2019] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
Abstract
Background:
Enterococcus faecalis (Ef) infections are becoming dreadfully common in
hospital environments. Infections caused by Ef are difficult to treat because of its acquired
resistance to different class of antibiotics, making it a multidrug resistant bacteria. Key pathogenic
factor of Ef includes its ability to form biofilm on the surface of diagnostic and other medical
devices. Sortase A (SrtA) is a cysteine transpeptidase which plays a pivotal role in the formation of
biofilm in Ef, hence, it is considered as an important enzyme for the pathogenesis of Ef. Thus,
inhibition of (SrtA) will affect biofilm formation, which will reduce its virulence and eventually Ef
infection will be abridged.
Objective:
To find potential inhibitors of Enterococcus faecalis Sortase A (EfSrtA) through insilico
and in-vitro methods.
Methods:
Gene coding for EfSrtA was cloned, expressed and purified. Three-dimensional model of
EfSrtA was created using Swiss-Model workspace. In-silico docking studies using Autodock vina
and molecular dynamics simulations of the modelled structures using Gromacs platform were
performed to explore potential lead compounds against EfSrtA. In-vitro binding experiments using
spectrofluorometric technique was carried out to confirm and validate the study.
Results:
In-silico docking and in-vitro binding experiments revealed that curcumin, berberine and
myricetin bound to EfSrtA at nanomolar concentrations with high affinity.
Conclusion:
This is a first structural report of EfSrtA with curcumin, berberine and myricetin.
Taking in account the herbal nature of these compounds, the use of these compounds as inhibitors
will be advantageous. This study validated curcumin, berberine and myricetin as potential inhibitors
of EfSrtA.
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- Satyajeet Das
- Amity Institute of Biotechnology, Amity University Rajasthan, Jaipur, India
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- Department of Biotechnology, Maharani Lakshmi Ammanni College for Women, Bangalore, India
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- Centre for Bioseparation Technology, VIT University, Vellore-632014, Tamil Nadu, India
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- Amity Institute of Biotechnology, Amity University Rajasthan, Jaipur, India
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- Centre for Bioseparation Technology, VIT University, Vellore-632014, Tamil Nadu, India
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- Amity Institute of Biotechnology, Amity University Rajasthan, Jaipur, India
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Wójcik M, Szala K, van Merkerk R, Quax WJ, Boersma YL. Engineering the specificity of Streptococcus pyogenes sortase A by loop grafting. Proteins 2020; 88:1394-1400. [PMID: 32501594 PMCID: PMC7586933 DOI: 10.1002/prot.25958] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/04/2020] [Revised: 04/30/2020] [Accepted: 05/27/2020] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Sortases are a group of enzymes displayed on the cell‐wall of Gram‐positive bacteria. They are responsible for the attachment of virulence factors onto the peptidoglycan in a transpeptidation reaction through recognition of a pentapeptide substrate. Most housekeeping sortases recognize one specific pentapeptide motif; however, Streptococcus pyogenes sortase A (SpSrtA WT) recognizes LPETG, LPETA and LPKLG motifs. Here, we examined SpSrtA's flexible substrate specificity by investigating the role of the β7/β8 loop in determining substrate specificity. We exchanged the β7/β8 loop in SpSrtA with corresponding β7/β8 loops from Staphylococcus aureus (SaSrtA WT) and Bacillus anthracis (BaSrtA WT). While the BaSrtA‐derived variant showed no enzymatic activity toward either LPETG or LPETA substrates, the activity of the SaSrtA‐derived mutant toward the LPETA substrate was completely abolished. Instead, the mutant had an improved activity toward LPETG, the preferred substrate of SaSrtA WT.
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- Magdalena Wójcik
- Department of Chemical and Pharmaceutical Biology, Groningen Research Institute of Pharmacy, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Chemical and Pharmaceutical Biology, Groningen Research Institute of Pharmacy, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Chemical and Pharmaceutical Biology, Groningen Research Institute of Pharmacy, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Chemical and Pharmaceutical Biology, Groningen Research Institute of Pharmacy, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Chemical and Pharmaceutical Biology, Groningen Research Institute of Pharmacy, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
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Sue CK, McConnell SA, Ellis-Guardiola K, Muroski J, McAllister RA, Yu J, Alvarez AI, Chang C, Ogorzalek Loo RR, Loo JA, Ton-That H, Clubb RT. Kinetics and Optimization of the Lysine-Isopeptide Bond Forming Sortase Enzyme from Corynebacterium diphtheriae. Bioconjug Chem 2020; 31:1624-1634. [PMID: 32396336 PMCID: PMC8153732 DOI: 10.1021/acs.bioconjchem.0c00163] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
Abstract
Site-specifically modified protein bioconjugates have important applications in biology, chemistry, and medicine. Functionalizing specific protein side chains with enzymes using mild reaction conditions is of significant interest, but remains challenging. Recently, the lysine-isopeptide bond forming activity of the sortase enzyme that builds surface pili in Corynebacterium diphtheriae (CdSrtA) has been reconstituted in vitro. A mutationally activated form of CdSrtA was shown to be a promising bioconjugating enzyme that can attach Leu-Pro-Leu-Thr-Gly peptide fluorophores to a specific lysine residue within the N-terminal domain of the SpaA protein (NSpaA), enabling the labeling of target proteins that are fused to NSpaA. Here we present a detailed analysis of the CdSrtA catalyzed protein labeling reaction. We show that the first step in catalysis is rate limiting, which is the formation of the CdSrtA-peptide thioacyl intermediate that subsequently reacts with a lysine ε-amine in NSpaA. This intermediate is surprisingly stable, limiting spurious proteolysis of the peptide substrate. We report the discovery of a new enzyme variant (CdSrtAΔ) that has significantly improved transpeptidation activity, because it completely lacks an inhibitory polypeptide appendage ("lid") that normally masks the active site. We show that the presence of the lid primarily impairs formation of the thioacyl intermediate and not the recognition of the NSpaA substrate. Quantitative measurements reveal that CdSrtAΔ generates its cross-linked product with a catalytic turnover number of 1.4 ± 0.004 h-1 and that it has apparent KM values of 0.16 ± 0.04 and 1.6 ± 0.3 mM for its NSpaA and peptide substrates, respectively. CdSrtAΔ is 7-fold more active than previously studied variants, labeling >90% of NSpaA with peptide within 6 h. The results of this study further improve the utility of CdSrtA as a protein labeling tool and provide insight into the enzyme catalyzed reaction that underpins protein labeling and pilus biogenesis.
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- Christopher K. Sue
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, Los Angeles, 611 Charles Young Drive East, Los Angeles, CA 90095
- UCLA-DOE Institute for Genomics and Proteomics, University of California, Los Angeles, 611 Charles Young Drive East, Los Angeles, CA 90095
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, Los Angeles, 611 Charles Young Drive East, Los Angeles, CA 90095
- UCLA-DOE Institute for Genomics and Proteomics, University of California, Los Angeles, 611 Charles Young Drive East, Los Angeles, CA 90095
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, Los Angeles, 611 Charles Young Drive East, Los Angeles, CA 90095
- UCLA-DOE Institute for Genomics and Proteomics, University of California, Los Angeles, 611 Charles Young Drive East, Los Angeles, CA 90095
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, Los Angeles, 611 Charles Young Drive East, Los Angeles, CA 90095
- UCLA-DOE Institute for Genomics and Proteomics, University of California, Los Angeles, 611 Charles Young Drive East, Los Angeles, CA 90095
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, Los Angeles, 611 Charles Young Drive East, Los Angeles, CA 90095
- UCLA-DOE Institute for Genomics and Proteomics, University of California, Los Angeles, 611 Charles Young Drive East, Los Angeles, CA 90095
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, Los Angeles, 611 Charles Young Drive East, Los Angeles, CA 90095
- UCLA-DOE Institute for Genomics and Proteomics, University of California, Los Angeles, 611 Charles Young Drive East, Los Angeles, CA 90095
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, Los Angeles, 611 Charles Young Drive East, Los Angeles, CA 90095
- UCLA-DOE Institute for Genomics and Proteomics, University of California, Los Angeles, 611 Charles Young Drive East, Los Angeles, CA 90095
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- Molecular Biology Institute and the University of California, Los Angeles, 611 Charles Young Drive East, Los Angeles, CA 90095
- Division of Oral Biology and Medicine, School of Dentistry, University of California, Los Angeles, 611 Charles Young Drive East, Los Angeles, CA 90095
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, Los Angeles, 611 Charles Young Drive East, Los Angeles, CA 90095
- UCLA-DOE Institute for Genomics and Proteomics, University of California, Los Angeles, 611 Charles Young Drive East, Los Angeles, CA 90095
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, Los Angeles, 611 Charles Young Drive East, Los Angeles, CA 90095
- UCLA-DOE Institute for Genomics and Proteomics, University of California, Los Angeles, 611 Charles Young Drive East, Los Angeles, CA 90095
- Molecular Biology Institute and the University of California, Los Angeles, 611 Charles Young Drive East, Los Angeles, CA 90095
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- Molecular Biology Institute and the University of California, Los Angeles, 611 Charles Young Drive East, Los Angeles, CA 90095
- Division of Oral Biology and Medicine, School of Dentistry, University of California, Los Angeles, 611 Charles Young Drive East, Los Angeles, CA 90095
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, Los Angeles, 611 Charles Young Drive East, Los Angeles, CA 90095
- UCLA-DOE Institute for Genomics and Proteomics, University of California, Los Angeles, 611 Charles Young Drive East, Los Angeles, CA 90095
- Molecular Biology Institute and the University of California, Los Angeles, 611 Charles Young Drive East, Los Angeles, CA 90095
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Structural studies of Staphylococcus aureus Sortase inhibiton via Conus venom peptides. Arch Biochem Biophys 2019; 671:87-102. [DOI: 10.1016/j.abb.2019.06.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/15/2019] [Revised: 06/09/2019] [Accepted: 06/11/2019] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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A comprehensive in silico analysis of sortase superfamily. J Microbiol 2019; 57:431-443. [DOI: 10.1007/s12275-019-8545-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/01/2018] [Revised: 01/02/2019] [Accepted: 01/10/2019] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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Wang J, Song M, Pan J, Shen X, Liu W, Zhang X, Li H, Deng X. Quercetin impairs Streptococcus pneumoniae biofilm formation by inhibiting sortase A activity. J Cell Mol Med 2018; 22:6228-6237. [PMID: 30334338 PMCID: PMC6237587 DOI: 10.1111/jcmm.13910] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/31/2018] [Accepted: 08/20/2018] [Indexed: 02/03/2023] Open
Abstract
Biofilm formation mediated by sortase A (srtA) is important for bacterial colonisation and resistance to antibiotics. Thus, the inhibitor of SrtA may represent a promising agent for bacterial infection. The structure of Streptococcus pneumoniae D39 srtA has been characterised by crystallisation. Site‐directed mutagenesis was used for the determination of the key residues for the activity of S. pneumoniae D39 srtA. An effective srtA inhibitor, quercetin, and its mechanism was further identified using srtA activity inhibition assay and molecular modelling. In this study, the crystal structure of S. pneumoniae D39 srtA has been solved and shown to contain a unique domain B. Additionally, its transpeptidase activity was evaluated in vitro. Based on the structure, we identified Cys207 as the catalytic residue, with His141 and Arg215 serving as binding sites for the peptide substrate. We found that quercetin can specifically compete with the natural substrate, leading to a significant decrease in the catalytic activity of this enzyme. In cells co‐cultured with this small molecule inhibitor, NanA cannot anchor to the cell wall effectively, and biofilm formation and biomass decrease significantly. Interestingly, when we supplemented cultures with sialic acid, a crucial signal for pneumococcal coloniation and the invasion of the host in the co‐culture system, biofilm loss did not occur. This result indicates that quercetin inhibits biofilm formation by affecting sialic acid production. In conclusion, the inhibition of pneumococcal srtA by the small molecule quercetin offers a novel strategy for pneumococcal preventative therapy.
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- Jianfeng Wang
- Department of Respiratory Medicine, The First Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun, China.,Key Laboratory of Zoonosis, Ministry of Education, Institute of Zoonosis, College of Veterinary Medicine, Jilin University, Changchun, China
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- Department of Respiratory Medicine, The First Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun, China.,Key Laboratory of Zoonosis, Ministry of Education, Institute of Zoonosis, College of Veterinary Medicine, Jilin University, Changchun, China
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- Tianjin International Travel Healthcare Center, Tianjin, China
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- Department of Respiratory Medicine, The First Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun, China.,Key Laboratory of Zoonosis, Ministry of Education, Institute of Zoonosis, College of Veterinary Medicine, Jilin University, Changchun, China
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- Heilongjiang Veterinary Drug and Feed Super Vision Institute, Haerbin, China
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- Heilongjiang Veterinary Drug and Feed Super Vision Institute, Haerbin, China
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- Department of Respiratory Medicine, The First Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun, China.,Key Laboratory of Zoonosis, Ministry of Education, Institute of Zoonosis, College of Veterinary Medicine, Jilin University, Changchun, China
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- Department of Respiratory Medicine, The First Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun, China.,Key Laboratory of Zoonosis, Ministry of Education, Institute of Zoonosis, College of Veterinary Medicine, Jilin University, Changchun, China
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Identification of potential inhibitors of sortase A: Binding studies, in-silico docking and protein-protein interaction studies of sortase A from Enterococcus faecalis. Int J Biol Macromol 2018; 120:1906-1916. [PMID: 30268755 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2018.09.174] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/22/2018] [Revised: 09/23/2018] [Accepted: 09/26/2018] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
Abstract
Enterococcus faecalis (Ef) is a Gram positive multidrug resistant (MDR) bacterium contributing about 70% of total enterococcal infections. In Ef, a membrane anchored transpeptidase Sortase A plays a major role in biofilm formation. Therefore, it has been recognized as an ideal drug target against Ef. In this regard to identify the potential inhibitors of Ef Sortase A (EfSrtA∆59), we have cloned, expressed and purified EfSrtA∆59. We have also done the in-silico docking studies to identify lead molecules interacting with EfSrtA∆59. Furthermore, the binding studies of these identified lead molecules were performed with EfSrtA∆59 using fluorescence and CD spectroscopic studies. We also identified the interaction partner of EfSrtA∆59 using STRING. Protein-protein docking studies were also performed. Docking experiment revealed that benzylpenicillin, cefotaxime, pantoprazole and valsartan were bound to same site on the protein with similar interactions. Binding studies using fluorescence spectroscopic studies confirmed the binding of all the ligands to EfSrtA∆59, which was further validated by far and near-UV CD experiments. Thermo stability experiments validate the stability-activity trade-off hypothesis. Sequence based interaction studies identified that EfSrtA∆59 interact with the Ef_1091, Ef_1093 and Ef_2658 proteins. Homology model of Ef_1091 and Ef_1093 was docked with modeled EfSrtA∆59 and their interactions are also discussed.
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Stanborough T, Suryadinata R, Fegan N, Powell SM, Tamplin M, Nuttall SD, Chandry PS. Characterisation of the Brochothrix thermosphacta sortase A enzyme. FEMS Microbiol Lett 2018; 365:5056718. [PMID: 30052925 DOI: 10.1093/femsle/fny184] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/11/2018] [Accepted: 07/18/2018] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
Abstract
Gram-positive bacteria utilise class A sortases to coat the surface of their cells with a diversity of proteins that facilitate interactions with their environment and play fundamental roles in cell physiology and virulence. A putative sortase A gene was identified in the genome of the poorly studied meat spoilage bacterium Brochothrix thermosphacta. To understand how this bacterium mediates interactions with its environment, an N-terminal truncated, His-tagged variant of this protein (His6-BtSrtA) was expressed and purified. Catalytic activity of recombinant His6-BtSrtA was investigated, including sorting motif recognition of target proteins and bioconjugation activity. Further, the B. thermosphacta genome was examined for the presence of sortase A (SrtA) protein substrates. His6-BtSrtA readily formed intermediate complexes with LPXTG-tagged proteins. Although the reaction was inefficient, nucleophilic attack of the resultant thioacyl intermediates by tri-glycine was observed. Genome examination identified 11 potential SrtA substrates, two of which contained protein domains associated with adherence of pathogens to host extracellular matrix proteins and cells, suggesting the B. thermosphacta SrtA may be indirectly involved in its attachment to meat surfaces. Thus, further work in this area could provide crucial insight into molecular mechanisms involved in the colonisation of meat by B. thermosphacta.
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- Tamsyn Stanborough
- CSIRO Agriculture and Food, Werribee, VIC 3030, Australia.,CSIRO Manufacturing, Parkville, VIC 3030, Australia
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- CSIRO Agriculture and Food, Werribee, VIC 3030, Australia
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- Tasmanian Institute of Agriculture, University of Tasmania, Hobart, TAS 7001, Australia
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- Tasmanian Institute of Agriculture, University of Tasmania, Hobart, TAS 7001, Australia
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Nikghalb KD, Horvath NM, Prelesnik JL, Banks OGB, Filipov PA, Row RD, Roark TJ, Antos JM. Expanding the Scope of Sortase-Mediated Ligations by Using Sortase Homologues. Chembiochem 2017; 19:185-195. [PMID: 29124839 DOI: 10.1002/cbic.201700517] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/25/2017] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
Abstract
Sortase-catalyzed transacylation reactions are widely used for the construction of non-natural protein derivatives. However, the most commonly used enzyme for these strategies (sortase A from Staphylococcus aureus) is limited by its narrow substrate scope. To expand the range of substrates compatible with sortase-mediated reactions, we characterized the in vitro substrate preferences of eight sortase A homologues. From these studies, we identified sortase A enzymes that recognize multiple substrates that are unreactive toward sortase A from S. aureus. We further exploited the ability of sortase A from Streptococcus pneumoniae to recognize an LPATS substrate to perform a site-specific modification of the N-terminal serine residue in the naturally occurring antimicrobial peptide DCD-1L. Finally, we unexpectedly observed that certain substrates (LPATXG, X=Nle, Leu, Phe, Tyr) were susceptible to transacylation at alternative sites within the substrate motif, and sortase A from S. pneumoniae was capable of forming oligomers. Overall, this work provides a foundation for the further development of sortase enzymes for use in protein modification.
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- Keyvan D Nikghalb
- Department of Chemistry, Western Washington University, 516 High Street, Bellingham, WA, 98225, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Western Washington University, 516 High Street, Bellingham, WA, 98225, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Western Washington University, 516 High Street, Bellingham, WA, 98225, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Western Washington University, 516 High Street, Bellingham, WA, 98225, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Western Washington University, 516 High Street, Bellingham, WA, 98225, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Western Washington University, 516 High Street, Bellingham, WA, 98225, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Western Washington University, 516 High Street, Bellingham, WA, 98225, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Western Washington University, 516 High Street, Bellingham, WA, 98225, USA
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Jacobitz AW, Kattke MD, Wereszczynski J, Clubb RT. Sortase Transpeptidases: Structural Biology and Catalytic Mechanism. ADVANCES IN PROTEIN CHEMISTRY AND STRUCTURAL BIOLOGY 2017; 109:223-264. [PMID: 28683919 DOI: 10.1016/bs.apcsb.2017.04.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 85] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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Gram-positive bacteria use sortase cysteine transpeptidase enzymes to covalently attach proteins to their cell wall and to assemble pili. In pathogenic bacteria sortases are potential drug targets, as many of the proteins that they display on the microbial surface play key roles in the infection process. Moreover, the Staphylococcus aureus Sortase A (SaSrtA) enzyme has been developed into a valuable biochemical reagent because of its ability to ligate biomolecules together in vitro via a covalent peptide bond. Here we review what is known about the structures and catalytic mechanism of sortase enzymes. Based on their primary sequences, most sortase homologs can be classified into six distinct subfamilies, called class A-F enzymes. Atomic structures reveal unique, class-specific variations that support alternate substrate specificities, while structures of sortase enzymes bound to sorting signal mimics shed light onto the molecular basis of substrate recognition. The results of computational studies are reviewed that provide insight into how key reaction intermediates are stabilized during catalysis, as well as the mechanism and dynamics of substrate recognition. Lastly, the reported in vitro activities of sortases are compared, revealing that the transpeptidation activity of SaSrtA is at least 20-fold faster than other sortases that have thus far been characterized. Together, the results of the structural, computational, and biochemical studies discussed in this review begin to reveal how sortases decorate the microbial surface with proteins and pili, and may facilitate ongoing efforts to discover therapeutically useful small molecule inhibitors.
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- Alex W Jacobitz
- The Molecular Biology Institute and the UCLA-DOE Institute of Genomics and Proteomics, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, United States
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- The Molecular Biology Institute and the UCLA-DOE Institute of Genomics and Proteomics, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, United States
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- Center for Molecular Study of Condensed Soft Matter, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, IL, United States
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- The Molecular Biology Institute and the UCLA-DOE Institute of Genomics and Proteomics, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, United States.
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Puorger C, Di Girolamo S, Lipps G. Elucidation of the Recognition Sequence of Sortase B from Bacillus anthracis by Using a Newly Developed Liquid Chromatography–Mass Spectrometry-Based Method. Biochemistry 2017; 56:2641-2650. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.biochem.7b00108] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Chasper Puorger
- Institute for Chemistry and
Bioanalytics, University of Applied Sciences and Arts, Gründenstrasse
40, 4132 Muttenz, Switzerland
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- Institute for Chemistry and
Bioanalytics, University of Applied Sciences and Arts, Gründenstrasse
40, 4132 Muttenz, Switzerland
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- Institute for Chemistry and
Bioanalytics, University of Applied Sciences and Arts, Gründenstrasse
40, 4132 Muttenz, Switzerland
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Das S, Pawale VS, Dadireddy V, Singh AK, Ramakumar S, Roy RP. Structure and specificity of a new class of Ca 2+-independent housekeeping sortase from Streptomyces avermitilis provide insights into its non-canonical substrate preference. J Biol Chem 2017; 292:7244-7257. [PMID: 28270507 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m117.782037] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/17/2017] [Revised: 03/06/2017] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Surface proteins in Gram-positive bacteria are incorporated into the cell wall through a peptide ligation reaction catalyzed by transpeptidase sortase. Six main classes (A-F) of sortase have been identified of which class A sortase is meant for housekeeping functions. The prototypic housekeeping sortase A (SaSrtA) from Staphylococcus aureus cleaves LPXTG-containing proteins at the scissile T-G peptide bond and ligates protein-LPXT to the terminal Gly residue of the nascent cross-bridge of peptidoglycan lipid II precursor. Sortase-mediated ligation ("sortagging") of LPXTG-containing substrates and Gly-terminated nucleophiles occurs in vitro as well as in cellulo in the presence of Ca2+ and has been applied extensively for protein conjugations. Although the majority of applications emanate from SaSrtA, low catalytic efficiency, LPXTG specificity restriction, and Ca2+ requirement (particularly for in cellulo applications) remain a drawback. Given that Gram-positive bacteria genomes encode a variety of sortases, natural sortase mining can be a viable complementary approach akin to engineering of wild-type SaSrtA. Here, we describe the structure and specificity of a new class E sortase (SavSrtE) annotated to perform housekeeping roles in Streptomyces avermitilis Biochemical experiments define the attributes of an optimum peptide substrate, demonstrate Ca2+-independent activity, and provide insights about contrasting functional characteristics of SavSrtE and SaSrtA. Crystal structure, substrate docking, and mutagenesis experiments have identified a critical residue that dictates the preference for a non-canonical LAXTG recognition motif over LPXTG. These results have implications for rational tailoring of substrate tolerance in sortases. Besides, Ca2+-independent orthogonal specificity of SavSrtE is likely to expand the sortagging toolkit.
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- Sreetama Das
- From the Department of Physics, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore 560012, and
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- the National Institute of Immunology, Delhi 110067, India
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Chan AH, Yi SW, Weiner EM, Amer BR, Sue CK, Wereszczynski J, Dillen CA, Senese S, Torres JZ, McCammon JA, Miller LS, Jung ME, Clubb RT. NMR structure-based optimization of Staphylococcus aureus sortase A pyridazinone inhibitors. Chem Biol Drug Des 2017; 90:327-344. [PMID: 28160417 DOI: 10.1111/cbdd.12962] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/12/2016] [Revised: 01/25/2017] [Accepted: 01/28/2017] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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Staphylococcus aureus is a leading cause of hospital-acquired infections in the USA and is a major health concern as methicillin-resistant S. aureus and other antibiotic-resistant strains are common. Compounds that inhibit the S. aureus sortase (SrtA) cysteine transpeptidase may function as potent anti-infective agents as this enzyme attaches virulence factors to the bacterial cell wall. While a variety of SrtA inhibitors have been discovered, the vast majority of these small molecules have not been optimized using structure-based approaches. Here we have used NMR spectroscopy to determine the molecular basis through which pyridazinone-based small molecules inhibit SrtA. These inhibitors covalently modify the active cysteine thiol and partially mimic the natural substrate of SrtA by inducing the closure of an active site loop. Computational and synthetic chemistry methods led to second-generation analogues that are ~70-fold more potent than the lead molecule. These optimized molecules exhibit broad-spectrum activity against other types of class A sortases, have reduced cytotoxicity, and impair SrtA-mediated protein display on S. aureus cell surface. Our work shows that pyridazinone analogues are attractive candidates for further development into anti-infective agents, and highlights the utility of employing NMR spectroscopy and solubility-optimized small molecules in structure-based drug discovery.
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- Albert H Chan
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA.,UCLA-DOE Institute of Genomics and Proteomics, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA.,Molecular Biology Institute, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA.,UCLA-DOE Institute of Genomics and Proteomics, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA.,Molecular Biology Institute, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA.,UCLA-DOE Institute of Genomics and Proteomics, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA.,Molecular Biology Institute, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Department of Physics and Center for Molecular Study of Condensed Soft Matter, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, IL, USA
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- Department of Dermatology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA.,Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA.,Department of Pharmacology, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
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- Department of Dermatology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA.,UCLA-DOE Institute of Genomics and Proteomics, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA.,Molecular Biology Institute, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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Chan AH, Yi SW, Terwilliger AL, Maresso AW, Jung ME, Clubb RT. Structure of the Bacillus anthracis Sortase A Enzyme Bound to Its Sorting Signal: A FLEXIBLE AMINO-TERMINAL APPENDAGE MODULATES SUBSTRATE ACCESS. J Biol Chem 2015; 290:25461-74. [PMID: 26324714 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m115.670984] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/08/2015] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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The endospore forming bacterium Bacillus anthracis causes lethal anthrax disease in humans and animals. The ability of this pathogen to replicate within macrophages is dependent upon the display of bacterial surface proteins attached to the cell wall by the B. anthracis Sortase A ((Ba)SrtA) enzyme. Previously, we discovered that the class A (Ba)SrtA sortase contains a unique N-terminal appendage that wraps around the body of the protein to contact the active site of the enzyme. To gain insight into its function, we determined the NMR structure of (Ba)SrtA bound to a LPXTG sorting signal analog. The structure, combined with dynamics, kinetics, and whole cell protein display data suggest that the N terminus modulates substrate access to the enzyme. We propose that it may increase the efficiency of protein display by reducing the unproductive hydrolytic cleavage of enzyme-protein covalent intermediates that form during the cell wall anchoring reaction. Notably, a key active site loop (β7/β8 loop) undergoes a disordered to ordered transition upon binding the sorting signal, potentially facilitating recognition of lipid II.
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- Albert H Chan
- From the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, UCLA-DOE Institute of Genomics and Proteomics, and the Molecular Biology Institute, University of California, Los Angeles, California 90095 and
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- From the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
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- the Department of Molecular Virology and Microbiology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas 77030
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- the Department of Molecular Virology and Microbiology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas 77030
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- From the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, UCLA-DOE Institute of Genomics and Proteomics, and the Molecular Biology Institute, University of California, Los Angeles, California 90095 and
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Suryadinata R, Seabrook SA, Adams TE, Nuttall SD, Peat TS. Structural and biochemical analyses of a Clostridium perfringens sortase D transpeptidase. ACTA CRYSTALLOGRAPHICA. SECTION D, BIOLOGICAL CRYSTALLOGRAPHY 2015; 71:1505-13. [PMID: 26143922 PMCID: PMC4498605 DOI: 10.1107/s1399004715009219] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/24/2015] [Accepted: 05/14/2015] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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The assembly and anchorage of various pathogenic proteins on the surface of Gram-positive bacteria is mediated by the sortase family of enzymes. These cysteine transpeptidases catalyze a unique sorting signal motif located at the C-terminus of their target substrate and promote the covalent attachment of these proteins onto an amino nucleophile located on another protein or on the bacterial cell wall. Each of the six distinct classes of sortases displays a unique biological role, with sequential activation of multiple sortases often observed in many Gram-positive bacteria to decorate their peptidoglycans. Less is known about the members of the class D family of sortases (SrtD), but they have a suggested role in spore formation in an oxygen-limiting environment. Here, the crystal structure of the SrtD enzyme from Clostridium perfringens was determined at 1.99 Å resolution. Comparative analysis of the C. perfringens SrtD structure reveals the typical eight-stranded β-barrel fold observed in all other known sortases, along with the conserved catalytic triad consisting of cysteine, histidine and arginine residues. Biochemical approaches further reveal the specifics of the SrtD catalytic activity in vitro, with a significant preference for the LPQTGS sorting motif. Additionally, the catalytic activity of SrtD is most efficient at 316 K and can be further improved in the presence of magnesium cations. Since C. perfringens spores are heat-resistant and lead to foodborne illnesses, characterization of the spore-promoting sortase SrtD may lead to the development of new antimicrobial agents.
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- Randy Suryadinata
- Manufacturing Flagship, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, 343 Royal Parade, Parkville, Victoria 3052, Australia
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- Manufacturing Flagship, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, 343 Royal Parade, Parkville, Victoria 3052, Australia
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- Manufacturing Flagship, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, 343 Royal Parade, Parkville, Victoria 3052, Australia
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- Manufacturing Flagship, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, 343 Royal Parade, Parkville, Victoria 3052, Australia
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- Manufacturing Flagship, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, 343 Royal Parade, Parkville, Victoria 3052, Australia
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Bradshaw WJ, Davies AH, Chambers CJ, Roberts AK, Shone CC, Acharya KR. Molecular features of the sortase enzyme family. FEBS J 2015; 282:2097-114. [PMID: 25845800 DOI: 10.1111/febs.13288] [Citation(s) in RCA: 76] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/15/2014] [Revised: 03/13/2015] [Accepted: 03/28/2015] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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Bacteria possess complex and varying cell walls with many surface exposed proteins. Sortases are responsible for the covalent attachment of specific proteins to the peptidoglycan of the cell wall of Gram-positive bacteria. Sortase A of Staphylococcus aureus, which is seen as the archetypal sortase, has been shown to be essential for pathogenesis and has therefore received much attention as a potential target for novel therapeutics. Being widely present in Gram-positive bacteria, it is likely that other Gram-positive pathogens also require sortases for their pathogenesis. Sortases have also been shown to be of significant use in a range of industrial applications. We review current knowledge of the sortase family in terms of their structures, functions and mechanisms and summarize work towards their use as antibacterial targets and microbiological tools.
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- William J Bradshaw
- Department of Biology and Biochemistry, University of Bath, UK.,Public Health England, Porton Down, Salisbury, UK
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- Department of Biology and Biochemistry, University of Bath, UK.,Public Health England, Porton Down, Salisbury, UK
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- Department of Biology and Biochemistry, University of Bath, UK
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Sjodt M, Macdonald R, Spirig T, Chan AH, Dickson CF, Fabian M, Olson JS, Gell DA, Clubb RT. The PRE-Derived NMR Model of the 38.8-kDa Tri-Domain IsdH Protein from Staphylococcus aureus Suggests That It Adaptively Recognizes Human Hemoglobin. J Mol Biol 2015; 428:1107-1129. [PMID: 25687963 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2015.02.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/31/2014] [Revised: 01/31/2015] [Accepted: 02/07/2015] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
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Staphylococcus aureus is a medically important bacterial pathogen that, during infections, acquires iron from human hemoglobin (Hb). It uses two closely related iron-regulated surface determinant (Isd) proteins to capture and extract the oxidized form of heme (hemin) from Hb, IsdH and IsdB. Both receptors rapidly extract hemin using a conserved tri-domain unit consisting of two NEAT (near iron transporter) domains connected by a helical linker domain. To gain insight into the mechanism of extraction, we used NMR to investigate the structure and dynamics of the 38.8-kDa tri-domain IsdH protein (IsdH(N2N3), A326-D660 with a Y642A mutation that prevents hemin binding). The structure was modeled using long-range paramagnetic relaxation enhancement (PRE) distance restraints, dihedral angle, small-angle X-ray scattering, residual dipolar coupling and inter-domain NOE nuclear Overhauser effect data. The receptor adopts an extended conformation wherein the linker and N3 domains pack against each other via a hydrophobic interface. In contrast, the N2 domain contacts the linker domain via a hydrophilic interface and, based on NMR relaxation data, undergoes inter-domain motions enabling it to reorient with respect to the body of the protein. Ensemble calculations were used to estimate the range of N2 domain positions compatible with the PRE data. A comparison of the Hb-free and Hb-bound forms reveals that Hb binding alters the positioning of the N2 domain. We propose that binding occurs through a combination of conformational selection and induced-fit mechanisms that may promote hemin release from Hb by altering the position of its F helix.
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- Megan Sjodt
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, Los Angeles, 611 Charles Young Drive East, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA; University of California, Los Angeles-Department of Energy Institute of Genomics and Proteomics, University of California, Los Angeles, 611 Charles Young Drive East, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA; Molecular Biology Institute, University of California, Los Angeles, 611 Charles Young Drive East, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, Los Angeles, 611 Charles Young Drive East, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA; University of California, Los Angeles-Department of Energy Institute of Genomics and Proteomics, University of California, Los Angeles, 611 Charles Young Drive East, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA; Molecular Biology Institute, University of California, Los Angeles, 611 Charles Young Drive East, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, Los Angeles, 611 Charles Young Drive East, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, Los Angeles, 611 Charles Young Drive East, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA; University of California, Los Angeles-Department of Energy Institute of Genomics and Proteomics, University of California, Los Angeles, 611 Charles Young Drive East, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA; Molecular Biology Institute, University of California, Los Angeles, 611 Charles Young Drive East, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA
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- Menzies Research Institute Tasmania, University of Tasmania, Hobart, Tasmania 7000, Australia
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- Department of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Rice University, Houston, TX 77251, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Rice University, Houston, TX 77251, USA
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- Menzies Research Institute Tasmania, University of Tasmania, Hobart, Tasmania 7000, Australia
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, Los Angeles, 611 Charles Young Drive East, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA; University of California, Los Angeles-Department of Energy Institute of Genomics and Proteomics, University of California, Los Angeles, 611 Charles Young Drive East, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA; Molecular Biology Institute, University of California, Los Angeles, 611 Charles Young Drive East, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA.
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Baer S, Nigro J, Madej MP, Nisbet RM, Suryadinata R, Coia G, Hong LPT, Adams TE, Williams CC, Nuttall SD. Comparison of alternative nucleophiles for Sortase A-mediated bioconjugation and application in neuronal cell labelling. Org Biomol Chem 2014; 12:2675-85. [PMID: 24643508 DOI: 10.1039/c3ob42325e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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The Sortase A (SrtA) enzyme from Staphylococcus aureus catalyses covalent attachment of protein substrates to pentaglycine cross-bridges in the Gram positive bacterial cell wall. In vitro SrtA-mediated protein ligation is now an important protein engineering tool for conjugation of substrates containing the LPXTGX peptide recognition sequence to oligo-glycine nucleophiles. In order to explore the use of alternative nucleophiles in this system, five different rhodamine-labelled compounds, with N-terminal nucleophilic amino acids, triglycine, glycine, and lysine, or N-terminal non-amino acid nucleophiles ethylenediamine and cadaverine, were synthesized. These compounds were tested for their relative abilities to function as nucleophiles in SrtA-mediated bioconjugation reactions. N-Terminal triglycine, glycine and ethylenediamine were all efficient in labelling a range of LPETGG containing recombinant antibody and scaffold proteins and peptides, while reduced activity was observed for the other nucleophiles across the range of proteins and peptides studied. Expansion of the range of available nucleophiles which can be utilised in SrtA-mediated bioconjugation expands the range of potential applications for this technology. As a demonstration of the utility of this system, SrtA coupling was used to conjugate the triglycine rhodamine-labelled nucleophile to the C-terminus of an Im7 scaffold protein displaying Aβ, a neurologically important peptide implicated in Alzheimer's disease. Purified, labelled protein showed Aβ-specific targeting to mammalian neuronal cells. Demonstration of targeting neuronal cells with a chimeric protein illustrates the power of this system, and suggests that SrtA-mediated direct cell-surface labelling and visualisation is an achievable goal.
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- Samuel Baer
- CSIRO Materials Science and Engineering, 343 Royal Parade, Parkville, Victoria 3052, Australia.
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Schmohl L, Schwarzer D. Sortase-mediated ligations for the site-specific modification of proteins. Curr Opin Chem Biol 2014; 22:122-8. [PMID: 25299574 DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2014.09.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 81] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/07/2014] [Revised: 09/12/2014] [Accepted: 09/18/2014] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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Sortase-mediated ligation (SML) is one of the most commonly used techniques for the site-specific modification of proteins. Here, a brief overview on advantages and limitations of this technology in comparison with other chemoselective protein modification techniques is provided and successful approaches that extend the application range of SML are discussed.
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- Lena Schmohl
- Interfaculty Institute of Biochemistry, University of Tuebingen, Hoppe-Seyler-Str. 4, D-72076 Tuebingen, Germany
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- Interfaculty Institute of Biochemistry, University of Tuebingen, Hoppe-Seyler-Str. 4, D-72076 Tuebingen, Germany.
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Antiinfective therapy with a small molecule inhibitor of Staphylococcus aureus sortase. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2014; 111:13517-22. [PMID: 25197057 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1408601111] [Citation(s) in RCA: 111] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/08/2023] Open
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Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is the most frequent cause of hospital-acquired infection, which manifests as surgical site infections, bacteremia, and sepsis. Due to drug-resistance, prophylaxis of MRSA infection with antibiotics frequently fails or incites nosocomial diseases such as Clostridium difficile infection. Sortase A is a transpeptidase that anchors surface proteins in the envelope of S. aureus, and sortase mutants are unable to cause bacteremia or sepsis in mice. Here we used virtual screening and optimization of inhibitor structure to identify 3-(4-pyridinyl)-6-(2-sodiumsulfonatephenyl)[1,2,4]triazolo[3,4-b][1,3,4]thiadiazole and related compounds, which block sortase activity in vitro and in vivo. Sortase inhibitors do not affect in vitro staphylococcal growth yet protect mice against lethal S. aureus bacteremia. Thus, sortase inhibitors may be useful as antiinfective therapy to prevent hospital-acquired S. aureus infection in high-risk patients without the side effects of antibiotics.
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Donahue EH, Dawson LF, Valiente E, Firth-Clark S, Major MR, Littler E, Perrior TR, Wren BW. Clostridium difficile has a single sortase, SrtB, that can be inhibited by small-molecule inhibitors. BMC Microbiol 2014; 14:219. [PMID: 25183427 PMCID: PMC4155245 DOI: 10.1186/s12866-014-0219-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/06/2014] [Accepted: 08/12/2014] [Indexed: 01/05/2023] Open
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Background Bacterial sortases are transpeptidases that covalently anchor surface proteins to the peptidoglycan of the Gram-positive cell wall. Sortase protein anchoring is mediated by a conserved cell wall sorting signal on the anchored protein, comprising of a C-terminal recognition sequence containing an “LPXTG-like” motif, followed by a hydrophobic domain and a positively charged tail. Results We report that Clostridium difficile strain 630 encodes a single sortase (SrtB). A FRET-based assay was used to confirm that recombinant SrtB catalyzes the cleavage of fluorescently labelled peptides containing (S/P)PXTG motifs. Strain 630 encodes seven predicted cell wall proteins with the (S/P)PXTG sorting motif, four of which are conserved across all five C. difficile lineages and include potential adhesins and cell wall hydrolases. Replacement of the predicted catalytic cysteine residue at position 209 with alanine abolishes SrtB activity, as does addition of the cysteine protease inhibitor MTSET to the reaction. Mass spectrometry reveals the cleavage site to be between the threonine and glycine residues of the (S/P)PXTG peptide. Small-molecule inhibitors identified through an in silico screen inhibit SrtB enzymatic activity to a greater degree than MTSET. Conclusions These results demonstrate for the first time that C. difficile encodes a single sortase enzyme, which cleaves motifs containing (S/P)PXTG in-vitro. The activity of the sortase can be inhibited by mutation of a cysteine residue in the predicted active site and by small-molecule inhibitors. Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (doi:10.1186/s12866-014-0219-1) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.
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- Pathogen Molecular Biology Department, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Keppel Street, London WC1E 7HT, UK.
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Examine the characterization of biofilm formation and inhibition by targeting SrtA mechanism in Bacillus subtilis: a combined experimental and theoretical study. J Mol Model 2014; 20:2364. [DOI: 10.1007/s00894-014-2364-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/04/2014] [Accepted: 06/22/2014] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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Selvaraj C, Bharathi Priya R, Singh SK. Communication of γ Phage Lysin plyG Enzymes Binding toward SrtA for Inhibition ofBacillus Anthracis: Protein–Protein Interaction and Molecular Dynamics Study. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2014; 21:257-65. [DOI: 10.3109/15419061.2014.927444] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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Jacobitz AW, Wereszczynski J, Yi SW, Amer BR, Huang GL, Nguyen AV, Sawaya MR, Jung ME, McCammon JA, Clubb RT. Structural and computational studies of the Staphylococcus aureus sortase B-substrate complex reveal a substrate-stabilized oxyanion hole. J Biol Chem 2014; 289:8891-902. [PMID: 24519933 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m113.509273] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Sortase cysteine transpeptidases covalently attach proteins to the bacterial cell wall or assemble fiber-like pili that promote bacterial adhesion. Members of this enzyme superfamily are widely distributed in Gram-positive bacteria that frequently utilize multiple sortases to elaborate their peptidoglycan. Sortases catalyze transpeptidation using a conserved active site His-Cys-Arg triad that joins a sorting signal located at the C terminus of their protein substrate to an amino nucleophile located on the cell surface. However, despite extensive study, the catalytic mechanism and molecular basis of substrate recognition remains poorly understood. Here we report the crystal structure of the Staphylococcus aureus sortase B enzyme in a covalent complex with an analog of its NPQTN sorting signal substrate, revealing the structural basis through which it displays the IsdC protein involved in heme-iron scavenging from human hemoglobin. The results of computational modeling, molecular dynamics simulations, and targeted amino acid mutagenesis indicate that the backbone amide of Glu(224) and the side chain of Arg(233) form an oxyanion hole in sortase B that stabilizes high energy tetrahedral catalytic intermediates. Surprisingly, a highly conserved threonine residue within the bound sorting signal substrate facilitates construction of the oxyanion hole by stabilizing the position of the active site arginine residue via hydrogen bonding. Molecular dynamics simulations and primary sequence conservation suggest that the sorting signal-stabilized oxyanion hole is a universal feature of enzymes within the sortase superfamily.
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Selvaraj C, Sivakamavalli J, Baskaralingam V, Singh SK. Virtual screening of LPXTG competitive SrtA inhibitors targeting signal transduction mechanism in Bacillus anthracis: a combined experimental and theoretical study. J Recept Signal Transduct Res 2014; 34:221-32. [PMID: 24490975 DOI: 10.3109/10799893.2013.876044] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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Members of the sortase enzyme super family decorate the surfaces of Bacillus anthracis cell wall with proteins that play key roles in microbial pathogenesis and its biofilm formation. Bacillus anthracis Sortase-A (Ba-SrtA) is a potential target for new therapeutics as it is required for B. anthracis survival and replication within macrophages. An understanding of the binding site pocket and substrate recognition mechanism by SrtA enzymes may serve to be beneficial in the rational development of sortase inhibitors. Here, the LPXTG signal peptide-based competitive inhibitors are screened against the Ba-SrtA and compounds with reasonable inhibition, specificity, and mechanisms of inactivation of SrtA have been covered. The screened compounds are experimentally validated against the phylogenetically similar Gram-positive pathogen B. cereus. In situ microscopic visualizations suggest that these screened compounds showed the microbial and biofilm inhibitory activity against B. cereus. It facilitates the further development of these molecules into useful anti-infective agents to treat infections caused by B. anthracis and other Gram-positive pathogens. These results provide insight into basic design principles for generating new clinically relevant lead molecules. It also provides an alternative strategy where a screened ligand molecule can be used in combination to battle increasingly against the Gram-positive pathogens.
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- Chandrabose Selvaraj
- Computer Aided Drug Design and Molecular Modeling Lab, Department of Bioinformatics, Alagappa University , Karaikudi, Tamil Nadu , India and
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Investigations on the interactions of λphage-derived peptides against the SrtA mechanism in Bacillus anthracis. Appl Biochem Biotechnol 2013; 172:1790-806. [PMID: 24264995 DOI: 10.1007/s12010-013-0641-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/13/2013] [Accepted: 10/30/2013] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Bacillus anthracis is a well-known bioweapon pathogen, which coordinates the expression of its virulence factors in response to a specific environmental signal by its protein architecture. Absences of sortase signal functioning may fail to assemble the surface linked proteins and so B. anthracis cannot sustain an infection with host cells. Targeting the signaling mechanism of B. anthracis can be achieved by inhibition of SrtA enzyme through λphage-derived plyG. The lysin enzyme plyG is experimentally proven as bacteriolytic agent, specifically kill's B. anthracis by inhibiting the SrtA. Here, we have screened the peptides from λphage lysin, and these peptides are having the ability as LPXTG competitive inhibitors. In comparison to the activator peptide LPXTG binding motif, λphage lysin based inhibitor peptides are having much supremacy towards binding of SrtA. Finally, peptide structures extracted from PlyG are free from toxic, allergic abilities and also have the ability to terminate the signal transduction mechanism in B. anthracis.
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Selvaraj C, Singh SK. Validation of potential inhibitors for SrtA against Bacillus anthracis by combined approach of ligand-based and molecular dynamics simulation. J Biomol Struct Dyn 2013; 32:1333-49. [PMID: 23869520 DOI: 10.1080/07391102.2013.818577] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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The development of SrtA inhibitors targeting the biothreat organism namely Bacillus anthracis was achieved by the combined approach of pharmacophore modeling, binding interactions, electron transferring capacity, ADME, and Molecular dynamics studies. In this study, experimentally reported Ba-SrtA inhibitors (pyridazinone and pyrazolethione derivatives) were considered for the development of enhanced pharmacophoric model. The obtained AAAHR hypothesis was a pure theoretical concept that accounts for common molecular interaction network present in experimentally active pyridazinone and pyrazolethione derivatives. Pharmacophore-based screening of AAAHR hypothesis provides several new compounds, and those compounds were treated with four phases of docking protocols with combined Glide-QPLD docking approach. In this approach, scoring and charge accuracy variations were seen to be dominated by QM/MM approach through the allocation of partial charges. Finally, we reported the best compounds from binding db, Chembridge db, and Toslab based on scoring values, energy parameters, electron transfer reaction, ADME, and cell adhesion inhibition activity. The dynamic state of interaction and binding energy assess that new compounds are more active inside the binding pocket and these compounds on experimental validations will survive as better inhibitors for targeting the cell adhesion mechanism of Ba-SrtA.
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- Chandrabose Selvaraj
- a Computer Aided Drug Design and Molecular Modeling Lab, Department of Bioinformatics, Science Block , Alagappa University , Karaikudi 630004 , Tamilnadu , India
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Singh SK, Selvaraj C. 186 Molecular dynamics and ligand based studies for the validation of potential inhibitors for SrtA against Bacillus anthracis. J Biomol Struct Dyn 2013. [DOI: 10.1080/07391102.2013.786428] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Voigt B, Hieu CX, Hempel K, Becher D, Schlüter R, Teeling H, Glöckner FO, Amann R, Hecker M, Schweder T. Cell surface proteome of the marine planctomycete Rhodopirellula baltica. Proteomics 2012; 12:1781-91. [PMID: 22623273 DOI: 10.1002/pmic.201100512] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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The surface proteome (surfaceome) of the marine planctomycete Rhodopirellula baltica SH1(T) was studied using a biotinylation and a proteinase K approach combined with SDS-PAGE and mass spectrometry. 52 of the proteins identified in both approaches could be assigned to the group of potential surface proteins. Among them are some high molecular weight proteins, potentially involved in cell-cell attachment, that contain domains shown before to be typical for surface proteins like cadherin/dockerin domains, a bacterial adhesion domain or the fasciclin domain. The identification of proteins with enzymatic functions in the R. baltica surfaceome provides further clues for the suggestion that some degradative enzymes may be anchored onto the cell surface. YTV proteins, which have been earlier supposed to be components of the proteinaceous cell wall of R. baltica, were detected in the surface proteome. Additionally, 8 proteins with a novel protein structure combining a conserved type IV pilin/N-methylation domain and a planctomycete-typical DUF1559 domain were identified.
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- Birgit Voigt
- Institute for Microbiology, Ernst-Moritz-Arndt-University, Greifswald, Germany
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Impact of Lactobacillus plantarum sortase on target protein sorting, gastrointestinal persistence, and host immune response modulation. J Bacteriol 2012; 195:502-9. [PMID: 23175652 DOI: 10.1128/jb.01321-12] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Sortases are transpeptidases that couple surface proteins to the peptidoglycan of Gram-positive bacteria, and several sortase-dependent proteins (SDPs) have been demonstrated to be crucial for the interactions of pathogenic and nonpathogenic bacteria with their hosts. Here, we studied the role of sortase A (SrtA) in Lactobacillus plantarum WCFS1, a model Lactobacillus for probiotic organisms. An isogenic srtA deletion derivative was constructed which did not show residual SrtA activity. DNA microarray-based transcriptome analysis revealed that the srtA deletion had only minor impact on the full-genome transcriptome of L. plantarum, while the expression of SDP-encoding genes remained completely unaffected. Mass spectrometry analysis of the bacterial cell surface proteome, which was assessed by trypsinization of intact bacterial cells and by LiCl protein extraction, revealed that SrtA is required for the appropriate subcellular location of specific SDPs and for their covalent coupling to the cell envelope, respectively. We further found that SrtA deficiency did not affect the persistence and/or survival of L. plantarum in the gastrointestinal tract of mice. In addition, an in vitro immature dendritic cell (iDC) assay revealed that the removal of surface proteins by LiCl strongly affected the proinflammatory signaling properties of the SrtA-deficient strain but not of the wild type, which suggests a role of SDPs in host immune response modulation.
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Robson SA, Jacobitz AW, Phillips ML, Clubb RT. Solution structure of the sortase required for efficient production of infectious Bacillus anthracis spores. Biochemistry 2012; 51:7953-63. [PMID: 22974341 DOI: 10.1021/bi300867t] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Bacillus anthracis forms metabolically dormant endospores that upon germination can cause lethal anthrax disease in humans. Efficient sporulation requires the activity of the SrtC sortase (BaSrtC), a cysteine transpeptidase that covalently attaches the BasH and BasI proteins to the peptidoglycan of the forespore and predivisional cell, respectively. To gain insight into the molecular basis of protein display, we used nuclear magnetic resonance to determine the structure and backbone dynamics of the catalytic domain of BaSrtC (residues Ser(56)-Lys(198)). The backbone and heavy atom coordinates of structurally ordered amino acids have coordinate precision of 0.42 ± 0.07 and 0.82 ± 0.05 Å, respectively. BaSrtC(Δ55) adopts an eight-stranded β-barrel fold that contains two short helices positioned on opposite sides of the protein. Surprisingly, the protein dimerizes and contains an extensive, structurally disordered surface that is positioned adjacent to the active site. The surface is formed by two loops (β2-β3 and β4-H1 loops) that surround the active site histidine, suggesting that they may play a key role in associating BaSrtC with its lipid II substrate. BaSrtC anchors proteins bearing a noncanonical LPNTA sorting signal. Modeling studies suggest that the enzyme recognizes this substrate using a rigid binding pocket and reveals the presence of a conserved subsite for the signal. This first structure of a class D member of the sortase superfamily unveils class-specific features that may facilitate ongoing efforts to discover sortase inhibitors for the treatment of bacterial infections.
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- Scott A Robson
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, Los Angeles , 611 Charles Young Drive East, Los Angeles, California 90095, USA
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Hirakawa H, Ishikawa S, Nagamune T. Design of Ca2+-independent Staphylococcus aureus sortase A mutants. Biotechnol Bioeng 2012; 109:2955-61. [PMID: 22729808 DOI: 10.1002/bit.24585] [Citation(s) in RCA: 64] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/14/2012] [Revised: 06/03/2012] [Accepted: 06/11/2012] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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The catalytic activity of Staphylococcus aureus sortase A (SaSrtA) is dependent on Ca(2+), because binding of Ca(2+) to Glu residues distal to the active site stabilizes the substrate binding site. To obtain Ca(2+)-independent SaSrtA, we substituted two Glu residues in the Ca(2+)-binding pocket (Glu(105) and Glu(108)). Although single mutations decreased SaSrtA activity, mutations of both Glu(105) and Glu(108) resulted in Ca(2+)-independent activity. Kinetic analysis suggested that the double mutations affect the substrate binding site, without affecting substrate specificity. This approach will allow us to develop SaSrtA variants suitable for various applications, including in vivo site-specific protein modification and labeling.
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- Hidehiko Hirakawa
- Department of Chemistry and Biotechnology, School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8656, Japan.
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Madej MP, Coia G, Williams CC, Caine JM, Pearce LA, Attwood R, Bartone NA, Dolezal O, Nisbet RM, Nuttall SD, Adams TE. Engineering of an anti-epidermal growth factor receptor antibody to single chain format and labeling by sortase A-mediated protein ligation. Biotechnol Bioeng 2011; 109:1461-70. [DOI: 10.1002/bit.24407] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/09/2011] [Revised: 11/15/2011] [Accepted: 11/30/2011] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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In Gram-positive bacteria proteins are displayed on the cell surface using sortase enzymes. These cysteine transpeptidases join proteins bearing an appropriate sorting signal to strategically positioned amino groups on the cell surface. Working alone, or in concert with other enzymes, sortases either attach proteins to the cross-bridge peptide of the cell wall or they link proteins together to form pili. Because surface proteins play a fundamental role in microbial physiology and are frequently virulence factors, sortase enzymes have been intensely studied since their discovery a little more than a decade ago. Based on their primary sequences and functions sortases can be partitioned into distinct families called class A to F enzymes. Most bacteria elaborate their surfaces using more than one type of sortase that function non-redundantly by recognizing unique sorting signals within their protein substrates. Here we review what is known about the functions of these enzymes and the molecular basis of catalysis. Particular emphasis is placed on 'pilin' specific class C sortases that construct structurally complex pili. Exciting new data have revealed that these enzymes are amazingly promiscuous in the substrates that they can employ and that there is a startling degree of diversity in their mechanism of action. We also review recent data that suggest that sortases are targeted to specific sites on the cell surface where they work with other sortases and accessory factors to properly function.
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- Thomas Spirig
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA
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Characterization of the sortase repertoire in Bacillus anthracis. PLoS One 2011; 6:e27411. [PMID: 22076158 PMCID: PMC3208642 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0027411] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/08/2011] [Accepted: 10/17/2011] [Indexed: 02/04/2023] Open
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LPXTG proteins, present in most if not all Gram-positive bacteria, are known to be anchored by sortases to the bacterial peptidoglycan. More than one sortase gene is often encoded in a bacterial species, and each sortase is supposed to specifically anchor given LPXTG proteins, depending of the sequence of the C-terminal cell wall sorting signal (cwss), bearing an LPXTG motif or another recognition sequence. B. anthracis possesses three sortase genes. B. anthracis sortase deleted mutant strains are not affected in their virulence. To determine the sortase repertoires, we developed a genetic screen using the property of the gamma phage to lyse bacteria only when its receptor, GamR, an LPXTG protein, is exposed at the surface. We identified 10 proteins that contain a cell wall sorting signal and are covalently anchored to the peptidoglycan. Some chimeric proteins yielded phage lysis in all sortase mutant strains, suggesting that cwss proteins remained surface accessible in absence of their anchoring sortase, probably as a consequence of membrane localization of yet uncleaved precursor proteins. For definite assignment of the sortase repertoires, we consequently relied on a complementary test, using a biochemical approach, namely immunoblot experiments. The sortase anchoring nine of these proteins has thus been determined. The absence of virulence defect of the sortase mutants could be a consequence of the membrane localization of the cwss proteins.
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Tian BX, Eriksson LA. Catalytic mechanism and roles of Arg197 and Thr183 in the Staphylococcus aureus sortase A enzyme. J Phys Chem B 2011; 115:13003-11. [PMID: 21950672 DOI: 10.1021/jp2058113] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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The sortase A enzyme, which catalyzes the peptidoglycan cell wall anchoring reaction of LPXTG surface proteins, has been proposed to be a universal target for therapeutic agents against Gram-positive bacteria. The catalytic mechanism of the Staphylococcus aureus sortase A enzyme has been systematically studied using molecular dynamics simulations, ONIOM(DFT:MM) calculations, and QM/MM charge deletion analysis. The catalytic roles of Arg197 and Thr183 were analyzed. Our calculations show that Arg197 has several important roles in the mechanism. It is crucial for substrate binding, and is capable of reversible shift of its hydrogen bonds between the LP and TG carbonyls of the LPXTG substrate motif, depending on the protonation state of the catalytic Cys184-His120 dyad. Arg197 stabilizes the catalytic dyad in the active ion pair form but at the same time raises the barrier to acylation by approximately 8 kcal/mol. Thr183 is also essential for the catalytic reaction in that it correspondingly lowers the barrier by the same amount via electrostatic interactions. The catalytic mechanism proceeds via proton transfer from His120, followed by nucleophilic attack from the thiolate anion of Cys184. The data thus supports the proposed reverse protonation mechanism, and disproves the hypothesis of the Arg197 generating an oxyanion hole to stabilize the tetrahedral intermediate of the reaction.
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- Bo-Xue Tian
- School of Chemistry, National University of Ireland-Galway, Galway, Ireland
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Popp MWL, Ploegh HL. Bilden und Brechen von Peptidbindungen: Protein-Engineering mithilfe von Sortase. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2011. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.201008267] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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