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Michalska K, Jedrzejczak R, Wower J, Chang C, Baragaña B, Gilbert IH, Forte B, Joachimiak A. Mycobacterium tuberculosis Phe-tRNA synthetase: structural insights into tRNA recognition and aminoacylation. Nucleic Acids Res 2021; 49:5351-5368. [PMID: 33885823 PMCID: PMC8136816 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkab272] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/23/2020] [Revised: 03/30/2021] [Accepted: 04/19/2021] [Indexed: 02/02/2023] Open
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Tuberculosis, caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis, responsible for ∼1.5 million fatalities in 2018, is the deadliest infectious disease. Global spread of multidrug resistant strains is a public health threat, requiring new treatments. Aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases are plausible candidates as potential drug targets, because they play an essential role in translating the DNA code into protein sequence by attaching a specific amino acid to their cognate tRNAs. We report structures of M. tuberculosis Phe-tRNA synthetase complexed with an unmodified tRNAPhe transcript and either L-Phe or a nonhydrolyzable phenylalanine adenylate analog. High-resolution models reveal details of two modes of tRNA interaction with the enzyme: an initial recognition via indirect readout of anticodon stem-loop and aminoacylation ready state involving interactions of the 3′ end of tRNAPhe with the adenylate site. For the first time, we observe the protein gate controlling access to the active site and detailed geometry of the acyl donor and tRNA acceptor consistent with accepted mechanism. We biochemically validated the inhibitory potency of the adenylate analog and provide the most complete view of the Phe-tRNA synthetase/tRNAPhe system to date. The presented topography of amino adenylate-binding and editing sites at different stages of tRNA binding to the enzyme provide insights for the rational design of anti-tuberculosis drugs.
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- Karolina Michalska
- Center for Structural Genomics of Infectious Diseases, Consortium for Advanced Science and Engineering, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60667, USA.,Structural Biology Center, X-ray Science Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Lemont, IL 60439, USA
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- Center for Structural Genomics of Infectious Diseases, Consortium for Advanced Science and Engineering, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60667, USA.,Structural Biology Center, X-ray Science Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Lemont, IL 60439, USA
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- Department of Animal Sciences, Auburn University, Auburn, AL 36849, USA
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- Center for Structural Genomics of Infectious Diseases, Consortium for Advanced Science and Engineering, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60667, USA.,Structural Biology Center, X-ray Science Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Lemont, IL 60439, USA
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- Drug Discovery Unit, Wellcome Centre for Anti-Infectives Research, Division of Biological Chemistry and Drug Discovery, University of Dundee, Dundee DD1 5EH, UK
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- Drug Discovery Unit, Wellcome Centre for Anti-Infectives Research, Division of Biological Chemistry and Drug Discovery, University of Dundee, Dundee DD1 5EH, UK
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- Drug Discovery Unit, Wellcome Centre for Anti-Infectives Research, Division of Biological Chemistry and Drug Discovery, University of Dundee, Dundee DD1 5EH, UK
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- Center for Structural Genomics of Infectious Diseases, Consortium for Advanced Science and Engineering, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60667, USA.,Structural Biology Center, X-ray Science Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Lemont, IL 60439, USA.,Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60367, USA
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Bouz G, Zitko J. Inhibitors of aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases as antimycobacterial compounds: An up-to-date review. Bioorg Chem 2021; 110:104806. [PMID: 33799176 DOI: 10.1016/j.bioorg.2021.104806] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/19/2021] [Revised: 02/25/2021] [Accepted: 03/02/2021] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases (aaRSs) are crucial for the correct assembly of amino acids to cognate tRNA to maintain the fidelity of proteosynthesis. AaRSs have become a hot target in antimicrobial research. Three aaRS inhibitors are already in clinical practice; antibacterial mupirocin inhibits the synthetic site of isoleucyl-tRNA synthetase, antifungal tavaborole inhibits the editing site of leucyl-tRNA synthetase, and antiprotozoal halofuginone inhibits proline-tRNA synthetase. According to the World Health Organization, tuberculosis globally remains the leading cause of death from a single infectious agent. The rising incidence of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis is alarming and urges the search for new antimycobacterial compounds, preferably with yet unexploited mechanism of action. In this literature review, we have covered the up-to-date state in the field of inhibitors of mycobacterial aaRSs. The most studied aaRS in mycobacteria is LeuRS with at least four structural types of inhibitors, followed by TyrRS and AspRS. Inhibitors of MetRS, LysRS, and PheRS were addressed in a single significant study each. In many cases, the enzyme inhibition activity translated into micromolar or submicromolar inhibition of growth of mycobacteria. The most promising aaRS inhibitor as an antimycobacterial compound is GSK656 (compound 8), the only aaRS inhibitor in clinical trials (Phase IIa) for systemic use against tuberculosis. GSK656 is orally available and shares the oxaborole tRNA-trapping mechanism of action with antifungal tavaborole.
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- Ghada Bouz
- Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry and Pharmaceutical Analysis, Faculty of Pharmacy, Charles University
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry and Pharmaceutical Analysis, Faculty of Pharmacy, Charles University.
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Nautiyal M, De Graef S, Pang L, Gadakh B, Strelkov SV, Weeks SD, Van Aerschot A. Comparative analysis of pyrimidine substituted aminoacyl-sulfamoyl nucleosides as potential inhibitors targeting class I aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases. Eur J Med Chem 2019; 173:154-166. [PMID: 30995568 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejmech.2019.04.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/29/2019] [Revised: 04/01/2019] [Accepted: 04/01/2019] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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Aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases (aaRSs) catalyse the ATP-dependent coupling of an amino acid to its cognate tRNA. Being vital for protein translation aaRSs are considered a promising target for the development of novel antimicrobial agents. 5'-O-(N-aminoacyl)-sulfamoyl adenosine (aaSA) is a non-hydrolysable analogue of the aaRS reaction intermediate that has been shown to be a potent inhibitor of this enzyme family but is prone to chemical instability and enzymatic modification. In an attempt to improve the molecular properties of this scaffold we synthesized a series of base substituted aaSA analogues comprising cytosine, uracil and N3-methyluracil targeting leucyl-, tyrosyl- and isoleucyl-tRNA synthetases. In in vitro assays seven out of the nine inhibitors demonstrated Kiapp values in the low nanomolar range. To complement the biochemical studies, X-ray crystallographic structures of Neisseria gonorrhoeae leucyl-tRNA synthetase and Escherichia coli tyrosyl-tRNA synthetase in complex with the newly synthesized compounds were determined. These highlighted a subtle interplay between the base moiety and the target enzyme in defining relative inhibitory activity. Encouraged by this data we investigated if the pyrimidine congeners could escape a natural resistance mechanism, involving acetylation of the amine of the aminoacyl group by the bacterial N-acetyltransferases RimL and YhhY. With RimL the pyrimidine congeners were less susceptible to inactivation compared to the equivalent aaSA, whereas with YhhY the converse was true. Combined the various insights resulting from this study will pave the way for the further rational design of aaRS inhibitors.
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- Manesh Nautiyal
- Medicinal Chemistry, Rega Institute for Medical Research, KU Leuven, Herestraat 49 Box 1041, B-3000, Leuven, Belgium
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- Laboratory for Biocrystallography, Department of Pharmaceutical and Pharmacological Sciences, KU Leuven, Herestraat 49 Box 822, B-3000, Leuven, Belgium
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- Medicinal Chemistry, Rega Institute for Medical Research, KU Leuven, Herestraat 49 Box 1041, B-3000, Leuven, Belgium; Laboratory for Biocrystallography, Department of Pharmaceutical and Pharmacological Sciences, KU Leuven, Herestraat 49 Box 822, B-3000, Leuven, Belgium
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- Medicinal Chemistry, Rega Institute for Medical Research, KU Leuven, Herestraat 49 Box 1041, B-3000, Leuven, Belgium
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- Laboratory for Biocrystallography, Department of Pharmaceutical and Pharmacological Sciences, KU Leuven, Herestraat 49 Box 822, B-3000, Leuven, Belgium
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- Laboratory for Biocrystallography, Department of Pharmaceutical and Pharmacological Sciences, KU Leuven, Herestraat 49 Box 822, B-3000, Leuven, Belgium
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- Medicinal Chemistry, Rega Institute for Medical Research, KU Leuven, Herestraat 49 Box 1041, B-3000, Leuven, Belgium.
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Francklyn CS, Mullen P. Progress and challenges in aminoacyl-tRNA synthetase-based therapeutics. J Biol Chem 2019; 294:5365-5385. [PMID: 30670594 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.rev118.002956] [Citation(s) in RCA: 89] [Impact Index Per Article: 17.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases (ARSs) are universal enzymes that catalyze the attachment of amino acids to the 3' ends of their cognate tRNAs. The resulting aminoacylated tRNAs are escorted to the ribosome where they enter protein synthesis. By specifically matching amino acids to defined anticodon sequences in tRNAs, ARSs are essential to the physical interpretation of the genetic code. In addition to their canonical role in protein synthesis, ARSs are also involved in RNA splicing, transcriptional regulation, translation, and other aspects of cellular homeostasis. Likewise, aminoacylated tRNAs serve as amino acid donors for biosynthetic processes distinct from protein synthesis, including lipid modification and antibiotic biosynthesis. Thanks to the wealth of details on ARS structures and functions and the growing appreciation of their additional roles regulating cellular homeostasis, opportunities for the development of clinically useful ARS inhibitors are emerging to manage microbial and parasite infections. Exploitation of these opportunities has been stimulated by the discovery of new inhibitor frameworks, the use of semi-synthetic approaches combining chemistry and genome engineering, and more powerful techniques for identifying leads from the screening of large chemical libraries. Here, we review the inhibition of ARSs by small molecules, including the various families of natural products, as well as inhibitors developed by either rational design or high-throughput screening as antibiotics and anti-parasitic therapeutics.
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- Christopher S Francklyn
- From the Department of Biochemistry, College of Medicine, University of Vermont, Burlington, Vermont 05405
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- From the Department of Biochemistry, College of Medicine, University of Vermont, Burlington, Vermont 05405
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Hu Y, Guerrero E, Keniry M, Manrrique J, Bullard JM. Identification of Chemical Compounds That Inhibit the Function of Glutamyl-tRNA Synthetase from Pseudomonas aeruginosa. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2015; 20:1160-70. [PMID: 26116192 DOI: 10.1177/1087057115591120] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/11/2015] [Accepted: 05/21/2015] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Pseudomonas aeruginosa glutamyl-tRNA synthetase (GluRS) was overexpressed in Escherichia coli. Sequence analysis indicated that P. aeruginosa GluRS is a discriminating GluRS and, similar to other GluRS proteins, requires the presence of tRNA(Glu) to produce a glutamyl-AMP intermediate. Kinetic parameters for interaction with tRNA were determined and the k(cat) and KM were 0.8 s(-1) and 0.68 µM, respectively, resulting in a k(cat)/KM of 1.18 s(-1) µM(-1). A robust aminoacylation-based scintillation proximity assay (SPA) assay was developed and 800 natural products and 890 synthetic compounds were screened for inhibitory activity against P. aeruginosa GluRS. Fourteen compounds with inhibitory activity were identified. IC50s were in the low micromolar range. The minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) was determined for each of the compounds against a panel of pathogenic bacteria. Two compounds, BT_03F04 and BT_04B09, inhibited GluRS with IC50s of 21.9 and 24.9 µM, respectively, and both exhibited promising MICs against Gram-positive bacteria. Time-kill studies indicated that one compound was bactericidal and one was bacteriostatic against Gram-positive bacteria. BT_03F04 was found to be noncompetitive with both ATP and glutamic acid, and BT_04B09 was competitive with glutamic acid but noncompetitive with ATP. The compounds were not observed to be toxic to mammalian cells in MTT assays.
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- Yanmei Hu
- Chemistry Department, The University of Texas-Pan American, Edinburg, TX, USA
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- Chemistry Department, The University of Texas-Pan American, Edinburg, TX, USA
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- Biology Department, The University of Texas-Pan American, Edinburg, TX, USA
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- Chemistry Department, The University of Texas-Pan American, Edinburg, TX, USA
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- Chemistry Department, The University of Texas-Pan American, Edinburg, TX, USA
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Blais SP, Kornblatt JA, Barbeau X, Bonnaure G, Lagüe P, Chênevert R, Lapointe J. tRNAGlu increases the affinity of glutamyl-tRNA synthetase for its inhibitor glutamyl-sulfamoyl-adenosine, an analogue of the aminoacylation reaction intermediate glutamyl-AMP: mechanistic and evolutionary implications. PLoS One 2015; 10:e0121043. [PMID: 25860020 PMCID: PMC4393105 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0121043] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/10/2014] [Accepted: 02/11/2015] [Indexed: 12/05/2022] Open
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For tRNA-dependent protein biosynthesis, amino acids are first activated by aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases (aaRSs) yielding the reaction intermediates aminoacyl-AMP (aa-AMP). Stable analogues of aa-AMP, such as aminoacyl-sulfamoyl-adenosines, inhibit their cognate aaRSs. Glutamyl-sulfamoyl-adenosine (Glu-AMS) is the best known inhibitor of Escherichia coli glutamyl-tRNA synthetase (GluRS). Thermodynamic parameters of the interactions between Glu-AMS and E. coli GluRS were measured in the presence and in the absence of tRNA by isothermal titration microcalorimetry. A significant entropic contribution for the interactions between Glu-AMS and GluRS in the absence of tRNA or in the presence of the cognate tRNAGlu or of the non-cognate tRNAPhe is indicated by the negative values of –TΔSb, and by the negative value of ΔCp. On the other hand, the large negative enthalpy is the dominant contribution to ΔGb in the absence of tRNA. The affinity of GluRS for Glu-AMS is not altered in the presence of the non-cognate tRNAPhe, but the dissociation constant Kd is decreased 50-fold in the presence of tRNAGlu; this result is consistent with molecular dynamics results indicating the presence of an H-bond between Glu-AMS and the 3’-OH oxygen of the 3’-terminal ribose of tRNAGlu in the Glu-AMS•GluRS•tRNAGlu complex. Glu-AMS being a very close structural analogue of Glu-AMP, its weak binding to free GluRS suggests that the unstable Glu-AMP reaction intermediate binds weakly to GluRS; these results could explain why all the known GluRSs evolved to activate glutamate only in the presence of tRNAGlu, the coupling of glutamate activation to its transfer to tRNA preventing unproductive cleavage of ATP.
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- Sébastien P. Blais
- Département de Biochimie, de Microbiologie et de Bio-informatique, Université Laval, Québec, Canada
- Institut de Biologie Intégrative et des Systèmes (IBIS), Université Laval, Québec, Canada
- The Quebec Network for Research on Protein Function, Structure, and Engineering (PROTEO), Québec, Canada
- * E-mail: (SPB); (JL)
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- Department of Biology, Centre for Structural and Functional Genomics, Faculty of Arts and Science, Concordia University, Montréal, Canada
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- Département de Biochimie, de Microbiologie et de Bio-informatique, Université Laval, Québec, Canada
- Institut de Biologie Intégrative et des Systèmes (IBIS), Université Laval, Québec, Canada
- Département de Chimie, Université Laval, Québec, Canada
- The Quebec Network for Research on Protein Function, Structure, and Engineering (PROTEO), Québec, Canada
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- Département de Biochimie, de Microbiologie et de Bio-informatique, Université Laval, Québec, Canada
- Institut de Biologie Intégrative et des Systèmes (IBIS), Université Laval, Québec, Canada
- The Quebec Network for Research on Protein Function, Structure, and Engineering (PROTEO), Québec, Canada
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- Département de Biochimie, de Microbiologie et de Bio-informatique, Université Laval, Québec, Canada
- Institut de Biologie Intégrative et des Systèmes (IBIS), Université Laval, Québec, Canada
- The Quebec Network for Research on Protein Function, Structure, and Engineering (PROTEO), Québec, Canada
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- Département de Chimie, Université Laval, Québec, Canada
- The Quebec Network for Research on Protein Function, Structure, and Engineering (PROTEO), Québec, Canada
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- Département de Biochimie, de Microbiologie et de Bio-informatique, Université Laval, Québec, Canada
- Institut de Biologie Intégrative et des Systèmes (IBIS), Université Laval, Québec, Canada
- The Quebec Network for Research on Protein Function, Structure, and Engineering (PROTEO), Québec, Canada
- * E-mail: (SPB); (JL)
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Tieu W, Polyak SW, Paparella AS, Yap MY, Soares da Costa TP, Ng B, Wang G, Lumb R, Bell JM, Turnidge JD, Wilce MCJ, Booker GW, Abell AD. Improved Synthesis of Biotinol-5'-AMP: Implications for Antibacterial Discovery. ACS Med Chem Lett 2015; 6:216-20. [PMID: 25699152 DOI: 10.1021/ml500475n] [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: 11/20/2014] [Accepted: 12/11/2014] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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An improved synthesis of biotinol-5'-AMP, an acyl-AMP mimic of the natural reaction intermediate of biotin protein ligase (BPL), is reported. This compound was shown to be a pan inhibitor of BPLs from a series of clinically important bacteria, particularly Staphylococcus aureus and Mycobacterium tuberculosis, and kinetic analysis revealed it to be competitive against the substrate biotin. Biotinol-5'-AMP also exhibits antibacterial activity against a panel of clinical isolates of S. aureus and M. tuberculosis with MIC values of 1-8 and 0.5-2.5 μg/mL, respectively, while being devoid of cytotoxicity to human HepG2 cells.
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- William Tieu
- School
of Chemistry and Physics, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia 5005, Australia
- Centre
for Molecular Pathology, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia 5005, Australia
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- School
of Molecular and Biomedical Science, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia 5005, Australia
- Centre
for Molecular Pathology, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia 5005, Australia
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- School
of Molecular and Biomedical Science, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia 5005, Australia
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- School
of Biomedical Science, Monash University, Victoria 3800, Australia
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- School
of Molecular and Biomedical Science, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia 5005, Australia
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- School
of Molecular and Biomedical Science, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia 5005, Australia
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- School
of Molecular and Biomedical Science, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia 5005, Australia
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- Microbiology
and Infectious Diseases Directorate, SA Pathology, Women’s and Children’s Hospital, Adelaide, South Australia 5006, Australia
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- Microbiology
and Infectious Diseases Directorate, SA Pathology, Women’s and Children’s Hospital, Adelaide, South Australia 5006, Australia
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- School
of Molecular and Biomedical Science, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia 5005, Australia
- Microbiology
and Infectious Diseases Directorate, SA Pathology, Women’s and Children’s Hospital, Adelaide, South Australia 5006, Australia
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- School
of Molecular and Biomedical Science, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia 5005, Australia
- Centre
for Molecular Pathology, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia 5005, Australia
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- School
of Chemistry and Physics, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia 5005, Australia
- Centre
for Molecular Pathology, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia 5005, Australia
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Mailu BM, Ramasamay G, Mudeppa DG, Li L, Lindner SE, Peterson MJ, DeRocher AE, Kappe SHI, Rathod PK, Gardner MJ. A nondiscriminating glutamyl-tRNA synthetase in the plasmodium apicoplast: the first enzyme in an indirect aminoacylation pathway. J Biol Chem 2013; 288:32539-32552. [PMID: 24072705 PMCID: PMC3820887 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m113.507467] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/06/2013] [Revised: 09/23/2013] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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The malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum and related organisms possess a relict plastid known as the apicoplast. Apicoplast protein synthesis is a validated drug target in malaria because antibiotics that inhibit translation in prokaryotes also inhibit apicoplast protein synthesis and are sometimes used for malaria prophylaxis or treatment. We identified components of an indirect aminoacylation pathway for Gln-tRNA(Gln) biosynthesis in Plasmodium that we hypothesized would be essential for apicoplast protein synthesis. Here, we report our characterization of the first enzyme in this pathway, the apicoplast glutamyl-tRNA synthetase (GluRS). We expressed the recombinant P. falciparum enzyme in Escherichia coli, showed that it is nondiscriminating because it glutamylates both apicoplast tRNA(Glu) and tRNA(Gln), determined its kinetic parameters, and demonstrated its inhibition by a known bacterial GluRS inhibitor. We also localized the Plasmodium berghei ortholog to the apicoplast in blood stage parasites but could not delete the PbGluRS gene. These data show that Gln-tRNA(Gln) biosynthesis in the Plasmodium apicoplast proceeds via an essential indirect aminoacylation pathway that is reminiscent of bacteria and plastids.
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- Boniface M Mailu
- From the Seattle Biomedical Research Institute, Seattle, Washington 98109
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- the Department of Chemistry, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195-1700
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- From the Seattle Biomedical Research Institute, Seattle, Washington 98109
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- From the Seattle Biomedical Research Institute, Seattle, Washington 98109
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- From the Seattle Biomedical Research Institute, Seattle, Washington 98109
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- From the Seattle Biomedical Research Institute, Seattle, Washington 98109
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- From the Seattle Biomedical Research Institute, Seattle, Washington 98109,; the Department of Global Health, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195
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- the Department of Chemistry, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195-1700; the Department of Global Health, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195
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- From the Seattle Biomedical Research Institute, Seattle, Washington 98109,; the Department of Global Health, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195.
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Lapointe J. Mechanism and evolution of multidomain aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases revealed by their inhibition by analogues of a reaction intermediate, and by properties of truncated forms. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2013. [DOI: 10.4236/jbise.2013.610115] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Synthetic microcin C analogs targeting different aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases. J Bacteriol 2009; 191:6273-80. [PMID: 19684138 DOI: 10.1128/jb.00829-09] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Microcin C (McC) is a potent antibacterial agent produced by some strains of Escherichia coli. McC consists of a ribosomally synthesized heptapeptide with a modified AMP attached through a phosphoramidate linkage to the alpha-carboxyl group of the terminal aspartate. McC is a Trojan horse inhibitor: it is actively taken inside sensitive cells and processed there, and the product of processing, a nonhydrolyzable aspartyl-adenylate, inhibits translation by preventing aminoacylation of tRNA(Asp) by aspartyl-tRNA synthetase (AspRS). Changing the last residue of the McC peptide should result in antibacterial compounds with targets other than AspRS. However, mutations that introduce amino acid substitutions in the last position of the McC peptide abolish McC production. Here, we report total chemical synthesis of three McC-like compounds containing a terminal aspartate, glutamate, or leucine attached to adenosine through a nonhydrolyzable sulfamoyl bond. We show that all three compounds function in a manner similar to that of McC, but the first compound inhibits bacterial growth by targeting AspRS while the latter two inhibit, respectively, GluRS and LeuRS. Our approach opens a way for creation of new antibacterial Trojan horse agents that target any 1 of the 20 tRNA synthetases in the cell.
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Paravisi S, Fumagalli G, Riva M, Morandi P, Morosi R, Konarev PV, Petoukhov MV, Bernier S, Chênevert R, Svergun DI, Curti B, Vanoni MA. Kinetic and mechanistic characterization of Mycobacterium tuberculosis glutamyl-tRNA synthetase and determination of its oligomeric structure in solution. FEBS J 2009; 276:1398-417. [PMID: 19187240 DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-4658.2009.06880.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Mycobacterium tuberculosis glutamyl-tRNA synthetase (Mt-GluRS), encoded by Rv2992c, was overproduced in Escherichia coli cells, and purified to homogeneity. It was found to be similar to the other well-characterized GluRS, especially the E. coli enzyme, with respect to the requirement for bound tRNA(Glu) to produce the glutamyl-AMP intermediate, and the steady-state kinetic parameters k(cat) (130 min(-1)) and K(M) for tRNA (0.7 microm) and ATP (78 microm), but to differ by a one order of magnitude higher K(M) value for L-Glu (2.7 mm). At variance with the E. coli enzyme, among the several compounds tested as inhibitors, only pyrophosphate and the glutamyl-AMP analog glutamol-AMP were effective, with K(i) values in the mum range. The observed inhibition patterns are consistent with a random binding of ATP and L-Glu to the enzyme-tRNA complex. Mt-GluRS, which is predicted by genome analysis to be of the non-discriminating type, was not toxic when overproduced in E. coli cells indicating that it does not catalyse the mischarging of E. coli tRNA(Gln) with L-Glu and that GluRS/tRNA(Gln) recognition is species specific. Mt-GluRS was significantly more sensitive than the E. coli form to tryptic and chymotryptic limited proteolysis. For both enzymes chymotrypsin-sensitive sites were found in the predicted tRNA stem contact domain next to the ATP binding site. Mt-GluRS, but not Ec-GluRS, was fully protected from proteolysis by ATP and glutamol-AMP. Small-angle X-ray scattering showed that, at variance with the E. coli enzyme that is strictly monomeric, the Mt-GluRS monomer is present in solution in equilibrium with the homodimer. The monomer prevails at low protein concentrations and is stabilized by ATP but not by glutamol-AMP. Inspection of small-angle X-ray scattering-based models of Mt-GluRS reveals that both the monomer and the dimer are catalytically active. By using affinity chromatography and His(6)-tagged forms of either GluRS or glutamyl-tRNA reductase as the bait it was shown that the M. tuberculosis proteins can form a complex, which may control the flux of Glu-tRNA(Glu) toward protein or tetrapyrrole biosynthesis.
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- Stefano Paravisi
- Dipartimento di Scienze Biomolecolari e Biotecnologie, Università degli Studi di Milano, Milan, Italy
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Van de Vijver P, Vondenhoff GHM, Denivelle S, Rozenski J, Verhaegen J, Van Aerschot A, Herdewijn P. Antibacterial 5'-O-(N-dipeptidyl)-sulfamoyladenosines. Bioorg Med Chem 2008; 17:260-9. [PMID: 19070499 DOI: 10.1016/j.bmc.2008.11.054] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/08/2008] [Revised: 10/30/2008] [Accepted: 11/03/2008] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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The aminoacyl-tRNA synthetase (aaRS) class of enzymes is a validated target for antimicrobial development. Aminoacyl analogues of 5'-O-(N-L-aminoacyl)-sulfamoyladenosines are known to be potent inhibitors of aaRS, but whole cell antibacterial activity of these compounds is very limited, and poor penetration into bacteria has been proposed as the main reason for this. Aiming to find derivatives that better penetrate bacteria, we developed a simple and short method to prepare dipeptidyl-derivatives of 5'-O-(N-L-aminoacyl)-sulfamoyladenosines, and used this method to prepare 18 5'-O-(N-dipeptidyl)-sulfamoyladenosines. The antibacterial activity of these derivatives and a number of reference compounds against S. aureus, E. faecalis and E. coli was determined. Several of the new derivatives showed improved antibacterial activity and an altered spectrum of antibacterial activity.
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- P Van de Vijver
- Laboratory for Medicinal Chemistry, Rega Institute for Medical Research, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Minderbroederstraat 10, B-3000 Leuven, Belgium
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Van de Vijver P, Ostrowski T, Sproat B, Goebels J, Rutgeerts O, Van Aerschot A, Waer M, Herdewijn P. Aminoacyl-tRNA synthetase inhibitors as potent and synergistic immunosuppressants. J Med Chem 2008; 51:3020-9. [PMID: 18438987 DOI: 10.1021/jm8000746] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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The aminoacyl-tRNA synthetase family of enzymes is the target of many antibacterials and inhibitors of eukaryotic hyperproliferation. In screening analogues of 5'-O-(N-L-aminoacyl)-sulfamoyladenosine containing all 20 proteinogenic amino acids, we found these compounds to have potent immunosuppressive activity. Also, we found that combinations of these compounds inhibited the immune response synergistically. Based on these data, analogues with modifications at the aminoacyl and ribose moieties were designed and evaluated, and several of these showed high immunosuppressive potency, with one compound having an IC50 of 80 nM, when tested in a cellular mixed lymphocyte reaction assay. Apart from showing the potential of aminoacyl-tRNA synthetase inhibitors as immunosuppressants, the current study also provides arguments for careful evaluation of the immunosuppressive activity of developmental antibacterials that target these enzymes.
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- Pieter Van de Vijver
- Laboratory for Medicinal Chemistry, Rega Institute for Medical Research, Catholic University of Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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Ochsner UA, Sun X, Jarvis T, Critchley I, Janjic N. Aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases: essential and still promising targets for new anti-infective agents. Expert Opin Investig Drugs 2007; 16:573-93. [PMID: 17461733 DOI: 10.1517/13543784.16.5.573] [Citation(s) in RCA: 78] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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The emergence of resistance to existing antibiotics demands the development of novel antimicrobial agents directed against novel targets. Historically, bacterial cell wall synthesis, protein, and DNA and RNA synthesis have been major targets of very successful classes of antibiotics such as beta-lactams, glycopeptides, macrolides, aminoglycosides, tetracyclines, rifampicins and quinolones. Recently, efforts have been made to develop novel agents against validated targets in these pathways but also against new, previously unexploited targets. The era of genomics has provided insights into novel targets in microbial pathogens. Among the less exploited--but still promising--targets is the family of 20 aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases (aaRSs), which are essential for protein synthesis. These targets have been validated in nature as aaRS inhibition has been shown as the specific mode of action for many natural antimicrobial agents synthesized by bacteria and fungi. Therefore, aaRSs have the potential to be targeted by novel agents either from synthetic or natural sources to yield specific and selective anti-infectives. Numerous high-throughput screening programs aimed at identifying aaRS inhibitors have been performed over the last 20 years. A large number of promising lead compounds have been identified but only a few agents have moved forward into clinical development. This review provides an update on the present strategies to develop novel aaRS inhibitors as anti-infective drugs.
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- Urs A Ochsner
- Replidyne, Inc., 1450 Infinite Dr, Louisville, CO 80027, USA.
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Sekine SI, Shichiri M, Bernier S, Chênevert R, Lapointe J, Yokoyama S. Structural bases of transfer RNA-dependent amino acid recognition and activation by glutamyl-tRNA synthetase. Structure 2007; 14:1791-9. [PMID: 17161369 DOI: 10.1016/j.str.2006.10.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/13/2006] [Revised: 10/12/2006] [Accepted: 10/13/2006] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Glutamyl-tRNA synthetase (GluRS) is one of the aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases that require the cognate tRNA for specific amino acid recognition and activation. We analyzed the role of tRNA in amino acid recognition by crystallography. In the GluRS*tRNA(Glu)*Glu structure, GluRS and tRNA(Glu) collaborate to form a highly complementary L-glutamate-binding site. This collaborative site is functional, as it is formed in the same manner in pretransition-state mimic, GluRS*tRNA(Glu)*ATP*Eol (a glutamate analog), and posttransition-state mimic, GluRS*tRNA(Glu)*ESA (a glutamyl-adenylate analog) structures. In contrast, in the GluRS*Glu structure, only GluRS forms the amino acid-binding site, which is defective and accounts for the binding of incorrect amino acids, such as D-glutamate and L-glutamine. Therefore, tRNA(Glu) is essential for formation of the completely functional binding site for L-glutamate. These structures, together with our previously described structures, reveal that tRNA plays a crucial role in accurate positioning of both L-glutamate and ATP, thus driving the amino acid activation.
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- Shun-ichi Sekine
- Department of Biophysics and Biochemistry, Graduate School of Science, University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan
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Janin YL. Antituberculosis drugs: ten years of research. Bioorg Med Chem 2007; 15:2479-513. [PMID: 17291770 DOI: 10.1016/j.bmc.2007.01.030] [Citation(s) in RCA: 360] [Impact Index Per Article: 21.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/21/2006] [Revised: 12/26/2006] [Accepted: 01/17/2007] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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Tuberculosis is today amongst the worldwide health threats. As resistant strains of Mycobacterium tuberculosis have slowly emerged, treatment failure is too often a fact, especially in countries lacking the necessary health care organisation to provide the long and costly treatment adapted to patients. Because of lack of treatment or lack of adapted treatment, at least two million people will die of tuberculosis this year. Due to this concern, this infectious disease was the focus of renewed scientific interest in the last decade. Regimens were optimized and much was learnt on the mechanisms of action of the antituberculosis drugs used. Moreover, the quest for original drugs overcoming some of the problems of current regimens also became the focus of research programmes and many new series of M. tuberculosis growth inhibitors were reported. This review presents the drugs currently used in antituberculosis treatments and the most advanced compounds undergoing clinical trials. We then provide a description of their mechanism of action along with other series of inhibitors known to act on related biochemical targets. This is followed by other inhibitors of M. tuberculosis growth, including recently reported compounds devoid of a reported mechanism of action.
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- Yves L Janin
- URA 2128 CNRS-Institut Pasteur, 28 rue du Dr. Roux, 75724 Paris Cedex 15, France.
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Zhou M, Azzi A, Xia X, Wang ED, Lin SX. Crystallization and preliminary X-ray diffraction analysis of E. coli arginyl-tRNA synthetase in complex form with a tRNAArg. Amino Acids 2006; 32:479-82. [PMID: 17061034 DOI: 10.1007/s00726-006-0436-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/10/2006] [Accepted: 09/09/2006] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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Amino acids are building blocks of proteins, while aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases (aaRSs) catalyze the first reaction in such building: the biosynthesis of proteins. The E. coli arginyl-tRNA synthetase (ArgRS) has been crystallized in complex form with tRNA(Arg) (B. stearothermophilus), at pH 5.6 using ammonium sulfate as a precipitating agent. Two crystal forms have been identified based on unit cell dimension. The complete data sets from both crystal forms have been collected with a primitive hexagonal space group. A data set of Form II crystals at 3.2 A and 94% completeness has been obtained, with unit cell parameters a = b = 98.0 A, c = 463.2 A, and alpha = beta = 90 degrees , gamma = 120 degrees , being different from a = b = 110.8 A, c = 377.8 A for form I. The structure determination will demonstrate the interaction of these two macromolecules to understand the special mechanism of ArgRS that requires the presence of tRNA for amino acid activation. Such complex structure also provides a wide opening for inhibitor search using bioinformatics.
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- M Zhou
- Laboratory of Molecular Endocrinology, CHUL Research Center, Québec, Canada
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