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El-Araby AM, Jiménez-Faraco E, Feltzer R, Martin-Garcia JM, Karri BR, Ramachandran B, Kim C, Fisher JF, Hermoso JA, Mobashery S. Catalytic process of anhydro-N-acetylmuramic acid kinase from Pseudomonas aeruginosa. J Biol Chem 2023; 299:105198. [PMID: 37660917 PMCID: PMC10570956 DOI: 10.1016/j.jbc.2023.105198] [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: 05/27/2023] [Revised: 08/24/2023] [Accepted: 08/30/2023] [Indexed: 09/05/2023] Open
Abstract
The bacterial cell envelope is the structure with which the bacterium engages with, and is protected from, its environment. Within this envelop is a conserved peptidoglycan polymer which confers shape and strength to the cell envelop. The enzymatic processes that build, remodel, and recycle the chemical components of this cross-linked polymer are preeminent targets of antibiotics and exploratory targets for emerging antibiotic structures. We report a comprehensive kinetic and structural analysis for one such enzyme, the Pseudomonas aeruginosa anhydro-N-acetylmuramic acid (anhNAM) kinase (AnmK). AnmK is an enzyme in the peptidoglycan-recycling pathway of this pathogen. It catalyzes the pairing of hydrolytic ring opening of anhNAM with concomitant ATP-dependent phosphoryl transfer. AnmK follows a random-sequential kinetic mechanism with respect to its anhNAM and ATP substrates. Crystallographic analyses of four distinct structures (apo AnmK, AnmK:AMPPNP, AnmK:AMPPNP:anhNAM, and AnmK:ATP:anhNAM) demonstrate that both substrates enter the active site independently in an ungated conformation of the substrate subsites, with protein loops acting as gates for anhNAM binding. Catalysis occurs within a closed conformational state for the enzyme. We observe this state crystallographically using ATP-mimetic molecules. A remarkable X-ray structure for dimeric AnmK sheds light on the precatalytic and postcatalytic ternary complexes. Computational simulations in conjunction with the high-resolution X-ray structures reveal the full catalytic cycle. We further report that a P. aeruginosa strain with disrupted anmK gene is more susceptible to the β-lactam imipenem compared to the WT strain. These observations position AnmK for understanding the nexus among peptidoglycan recycling, susceptibility to antibiotics, and bacterial virulence.
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- Amr M El-Araby
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana, USA
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- Department of Crystallography and Structural Biology, Instituto de Química-Física "Blas Cabrera", Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana, USA
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- Department of Crystallography and Structural Biology, Instituto de Química-Física "Blas Cabrera", Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana, USA
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- Department of Crystallography and Structural Biology, Instituto de Química-Física "Blas Cabrera", Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Madrid, Spain.
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana, USA.
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Dik DA, Fisher JF, Mobashery S. Cell-Wall Recycling of the Gram-Negative Bacteria and the Nexus to Antibiotic Resistance. Chem Rev 2018; 118:5952-5984. [PMID: 29847102 PMCID: PMC6855303 DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrev.8b00277] [Citation(s) in RCA: 121] [Impact Index Per Article: 20.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
Abstract
The importance of the cell wall to the viability of the bacterium is underscored by the breadth of antibiotic structures that act by blocking key enzymes that are tasked with cell-wall creation, preservation, and regulation. The interplay between cell-wall integrity, and the summoning forth of resistance mechanisms to deactivate cell-wall-targeting antibiotics, involves exquisite orchestration among cell-wall synthesis and remodeling and the detection of and response to the antibiotics through modulation of gene regulation by specific effectors. Given the profound importance of antibiotics to the practice of medicine, the assertion that understanding this interplay is among the most fundamentally important questions in bacterial physiology is credible. The enigmatic regulation of the expression of the AmpC β-lactamase, a clinically significant and highly regulated resistance response of certain Gram-negative bacteria to the β-lactam antibiotics, is the exemplar of this challenge. This review gives a current perspective to this compelling, and still not fully solved, 35-year enigma.
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- David A. Dik
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, McCourtney Hall, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana 46556, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, McCourtney Hall, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana 46556, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, McCourtney Hall, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana 46556, United States
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Rother C, Gutmann A, Gudiminchi R, Weber H, Lepak A, Nidetzky B. Biochemical Characterization and Mechanistic Analysis of the Levoglucosan Kinase from Lipomyces starkeyi. Chembiochem 2018; 19:596-603. [DOI: 10.1002/cbic.201700587] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/02/2017] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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- Christina Rother
- Institute of Biotechnology and Biochemical Engineering; Graz University of Technology, NAWI Graz; Petersgasse 12 8010 Graz Austria
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- Institute of Biotechnology and Biochemical Engineering; Graz University of Technology, NAWI Graz; Petersgasse 12 8010 Graz Austria
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- Institute of Biotechnology and Biochemical Engineering; Graz University of Technology, NAWI Graz; Petersgasse 12 8010 Graz Austria
- Austrian Centre of Industrial Biotechnology; Petersgasse 14 8010 Graz Austria
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- Graz University of Technology, NAWI Graz; Stremayrgasse 9 8010 Graz Austria
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- Institute of Biotechnology and Biochemical Engineering; Graz University of Technology, NAWI Graz; Petersgasse 12 8010 Graz Austria
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- Institute of Biotechnology and Biochemical Engineering; Graz University of Technology, NAWI Graz; Petersgasse 12 8010 Graz Austria
- Austrian Centre of Industrial Biotechnology; Petersgasse 14 8010 Graz Austria
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Structural studies of RNA-protein complexes: A hybrid approach involving hydrodynamics, scattering, and computational methods. Methods 2016; 118-119:146-162. [PMID: 27939506 DOI: 10.1016/j.ymeth.2016.12.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/29/2016] [Revised: 12/01/2016] [Accepted: 12/05/2016] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
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The diverse functional cellular roles played by ribonucleic acids (RNA) have emphasized the need to develop rapid and accurate methodologies to elucidate the relationship between the structure and function of RNA. Structural biology tools such as X-ray crystallography and Nuclear Magnetic Resonance are highly useful methods to obtain atomic-level resolution models of macromolecules. However, both methods have sample, time, and technical limitations that prevent their application to a number of macromolecules of interest. An emerging alternative to high-resolution structural techniques is to employ a hybrid approach that combines low-resolution shape information about macromolecules and their complexes from experimental hydrodynamic (e.g. analytical ultracentrifugation) and solution scattering measurements (e.g., solution X-ray or neutron scattering), with computational modeling to obtain atomic-level models. While promising, scattering methods rely on aggregation-free, monodispersed preparations and therefore the careful development of a quality control pipeline is fundamental to an unbiased and reliable structural determination. This review article describes hydrodynamic techniques that are highly valuable for homogeneity studies, scattering techniques useful to study the low-resolution shape, and strategies for computational modeling to obtain high-resolution 3D structural models of RNAs, proteins, and RNA-protein complexes.
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Bacik JP, Jarboe LR. Bioconversion of anhydrosugars: Emerging concepts and strategies. IUBMB Life 2016; 68:700-8. [PMID: 27416973 DOI: 10.1002/iub.1533] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/13/2016] [Accepted: 06/18/2016] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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As methods for the use of anhydrosugars in chemical and biofuel production continue to develop, our collective knowledge of anhydrosugar processing enzymes continues to improve, including their mechanistic details, structural dynamics and modes of substrate binding. Of particular interest, anhydrosugar kinases, such as levoglucosan kinase (LGK) and 1,6-anhydro-N-acetylmuramic acid kinase (AnmK), utilize an unusual mechanism whereby the sugar substrate is both cleaved and phosphorylated. The phosphorylated sugar can then be routed to other metabolic pathways, thereby allowing its further bioconversion. Advanced engineering efforts to improve the catalytic efficiency and stability of LGK have been steadily progressing. Other enzymes that cleave the glycosidic bond of disaccharide sugars containing an anhydrosugar component are also being identified and characterized. Accordingly, the potential future use of these enzymes in large-scale production strategies is becoming increasingly viable. Here, a mini-review of the observed characteristics of anhydrosugar processing enzymes is presented along with recent developments in the bioconversion of these sugars. © 2016 IUBMB Life 68(9):700-708, 2016.
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- John-Paul Bacik
- Department of Chemistry, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey, 08544
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- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, 50011
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Bacik JP, Klesmith JR, Whitehead TA, Jarboe LR, Unkefer CJ, Mark BL, Michalczyk R. Producing glucose 6-phosphate from cellulosic biomass: structural insights into levoglucosan bioconversion. J Biol Chem 2015; 290:26638-48. [PMID: 26354439 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m115.674614] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/23/2015] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
Abstract
The most abundant carbohydrate product of cellulosic biomass pyrolysis is the anhydrosugar levoglucosan (1,6-anhydro-β-d-glucopyranose), which can be converted to glucose 6-phosphate by levoglucosan kinase (LGK). In addition to the canonical kinase phosphotransfer reaction, the conversion requires cleavage of the 1,6-anhydro ring to allow ATP-dependent phosphorylation of the sugar O6 atom. Using x-ray crystallography, we show that LGK binds two magnesium ions in the active site that are additionally coordinated with the nucleotide and water molecules to result in ideal octahedral coordination. To further verify the metal binding sites, we co-crystallized LGK in the presence of manganese instead of magnesium and solved the structure de novo using the anomalous signal from four manganese atoms in the dimeric structure. The first metal is required for catalysis, whereas our work suggests that the second is either required or significantly promotes the catalytic rate. Although the enzyme binds its sugar substrate in a similar orientation to the structurally related 1,6-anhydro-N-acetylmuramic acid kinase (AnmK), it forms markedly fewer bonding interactions with the substrate. In this orientation, the sugar is in an optimal position to couple phosphorylation with ring cleavage. We also observed a second alternate binding orientation for levoglucosan, and in these structures, ADP was found to bind with lower affinity. These combined observations provide an explanation for the high Km of LGK for levoglucosan. Greater knowledge of the factors that contribute to the catalytic efficiency of LGK can be used to improve applications of this enzyme for levoglucosan-derived biofuel production.
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- John-Paul Bacik
- From the Bioscience Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545,
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- Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, and Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824
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- the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa 50011, and
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- From the Bioscience Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545
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- the Department of Microbiology, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba R3T 2N2, Canada
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- From the Bioscience Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545
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Dai J, Qu H, Yu Z, Yang J, Zhang H. Computational analysis of AnmK-like kinase: New insights into the cell wall metabolism of fungi. J Theor Biol 2015; 379:59-65. [PMID: 25979372 DOI: 10.1016/j.jtbi.2015.05.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/03/2014] [Revised: 04/13/2015] [Accepted: 05/02/2015] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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1,6-Anhydro-N-acetylmuramic acid kinase (AnmK) is the unique enzyme that marks the recycling of the cell wall of Escherichia coli. Here, 81 fungal AnmK-like kinase sequences from 57 fungal species were searched in the NCBI database and a phylogenetic tree was constructed. The three-dimensional structure of an AnmK-like kinase, levoglucosan kinase (LGK) of the yeast Lipomyces starkeyi, was modeled; molecular docking revealed that AnmK and LGK are conserved proteins, and 187Asp, 212Asp are enzymatic residues, respectively. Analysis suggests that 1,6-anhydro-N-acetylglucosamine (anhGlcNAc) and/or 1,6-anhydro-β-d-glucosamine (anhGlcN) would be the appropriate substrates of AnmK-like kinases. Also, the counterparts of other characteristic enzymes of cell wall recycling of bacteria were found in fungi. Taken together, it is proposed that a putative recycling of anhGlcNAc/anhGlcN, which is associated with the hydrolysis of cell walls, exists in fungi. This computational analysis will provide new insights into the metabolism of fungal cell walls.
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- Jianghong Dai
- School of Biology and Pharmaceutical Engineering, Wuhan Polytechnic University, No. 68 Xuefu Road (S), Evergreen Garden, Wuhan 430023, PR China; College of Resources & Environment, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, No. 19A Yuquan Road, Beijing 100049, PR China.
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- Center for Bioinformatics, State Key Laboratory of Protein and Plant Gene Research, College of Life Sciences, Peking University, No. 5 Yiheyuan Road, Beijing 100871, PR China.
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- College of Resources & Environment, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, No. 19A Yuquan Road, Beijing 100049, PR China
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- School of Biology and Pharmaceutical Engineering, Wuhan Polytechnic University, No. 68 Xuefu Road (S), Evergreen Garden, Wuhan 430023, PR China
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- College of Resources & Environment, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, No. 19A Yuquan Road, Beijing 100049, PR China
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