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Kaze M, Brooks L, Sistrom M. Antimicrobial resistance in Bacillus-based biopesticide products. MICROBIOLOGY-SGM 2021; 167. [PMID: 34351257 DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.001074] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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The crisis of antimicrobial resistant bacterial infections is one of the most pressing public health issues. Common agricultural practices have been implicated in the generation of antimicrobial resistant bacteria. Biopesticides, live bacteria used for pest control, are non-pathogenic and considered safe for consumption. Application of bacteria-based pesticides to crops in high concentrations raises the possibility of unintentional contributions to the movement and generation of antimicrobial resistance genes in the environment. However, the presence of clinically relevant antimicrobial resistance genes and their resistance phenotypes are currently unknown. Here we use a combination of multiple bioinformatic and microbiological techniques to define resistomes of widely used biopesticides and determine how the presence of suspected antimicrobial resistance genes translates to observable resistance phenotypes in several biopesticide products. Our results demonstrate that biopesticide products are reservoirs of clinically relevant antimicrobial resistance genes and bear resistance to multiple drug classes.
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- Mo Kaze
- Department of Quantitative and Systems Biology, School of Natural Sciences, University of California Merced, Merced, USA
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- Department of Biology, Utah Valley University, Orem, USA
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- Department of Quantitative and Systems Biology, School of Natural Sciences, University of California Merced, Merced, USA
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Bahr G, González LJ, Vila AJ. Metallo-β-lactamases in the Age of Multidrug Resistance: From Structure and Mechanism to Evolution, Dissemination, and Inhibitor Design. Chem Rev 2021; 121:7957-8094. [PMID: 34129337 PMCID: PMC9062786 DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrev.1c00138] [Citation(s) in RCA: 96] [Impact Index Per Article: 32.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Antimicrobial resistance is one of the major problems in current practical medicine. The spread of genes coding for resistance determinants among bacteria challenges the use of approved antibiotics, narrowing the options for treatment. Resistance to carbapenems, last resort antibiotics, is a major concern. Metallo-β-lactamases (MBLs) hydrolyze carbapenems, penicillins, and cephalosporins, becoming central to this problem. These enzymes diverge with respect to serine-β-lactamases by exhibiting a different fold, active site, and catalytic features. Elucidating their catalytic mechanism has been a big challenge in the field that has limited the development of useful inhibitors. This review covers exhaustively the details of the active-site chemistries, the diversity of MBL alleles, the catalytic mechanism against different substrates, and how this information has helped developing inhibitors. We also discuss here different aspects critical to understand the success of MBLs in conferring resistance: the molecular determinants of their dissemination, their cell physiology, from the biogenesis to the processing involved in the transit to the periplasm, and the uptake of the Zn(II) ions upon metal starvation conditions, such as those encountered during an infection. In this regard, the chemical, biochemical and microbiological aspects provide an integrative view of the current knowledge of MBLs.
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- Guillermo Bahr
- Instituto de Biología Molecular y Celular de Rosario (IBR), CONICET, Universidad Nacional de Rosario, Ocampo y Esmeralda S/N, 2000 Rosario, Argentina
- Area Biofísica, Facultad de Ciencias Bioquímicas y Farmacéuticas, Universidad Nacional de Rosario, Suipacha 531, 2000 Rosario, Argentina
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- Instituto de Biología Molecular y Celular de Rosario (IBR), CONICET, Universidad Nacional de Rosario, Ocampo y Esmeralda S/N, 2000 Rosario, Argentina
- Area Biofísica, Facultad de Ciencias Bioquímicas y Farmacéuticas, Universidad Nacional de Rosario, Suipacha 531, 2000 Rosario, Argentina
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- Instituto de Biología Molecular y Celular de Rosario (IBR), CONICET, Universidad Nacional de Rosario, Ocampo y Esmeralda S/N, 2000 Rosario, Argentina
- Area Biofísica, Facultad de Ciencias Bioquímicas y Farmacéuticas, Universidad Nacional de Rosario, Suipacha 531, 2000 Rosario, Argentina
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Chakraborty S, Pallada S, Pedersen JT, Jancso A, Correia JG, Hemmingsen L. Nanosecond Dynamics at Protein Metal Sites: An Application of Perturbed Angular Correlation (PAC) of γ-Rays Spectroscopy. Acc Chem Res 2017; 50:2225-2232. [PMID: 28832106 DOI: 10.1021/acs.accounts.7b00219] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Metalloproteins are essential to numerous reactions in nature, and constitute approximately one-third of all known proteins. Molecular dynamics of proteins has been elucidated with great success both by experimental and theoretical methods, revealing atomic level details of function involving the organic constituents on a broad spectrum of time scales. However, the characterization of dynamics at biomolecular metal sites on nanosecond time scales is scarce in the literature. The aqua ions of many biologically relevant metal ions exhibit exchange of water molecules on the nanosecond time scale or faster, often defining their reactivity in aqueous solution, and this is presumably also a relevant time scale for the making and breaking of coordination bonds between metal ions and ligands at protein metal sites. Ligand exchange dynamics is critical for a variety of elementary steps of reactions in metallobiochemistry, for example, association and dissociation of metal bound water, association of substrate and dissociation of product in the catalytic cycle of metalloenzymes, at regulatory metal sites which require binding and dissociation of metal ions, as well as in the transport of metal ions across cell membranes or between proteins involved in metal ion homeostasis. In Perturbed Angular Correlation of γ-rays (PAC) spectroscopy, the correlation in time and space of two γ-rays emitted successively in a nuclear decay is recorded, reflecting the hyperfine interactions of the PAC probe nucleus with the surroundings. This allows for characterization of molecular and electronic structure as well as nanosecond dynamics at the PAC probe binding site. Herein, selected examples describing the application of PAC spectroscopy in probing the dynamics at protein metal sites are presented, including (1) exchange of Cd2+ bound water in de novo designed synthetic proteins, and the effect of remote mutations on metal site dynamics; (2) dynamics at the β-lactamase active site, where the metal ion appears to jump between the two adjacent sites; (3) structural relaxation in small blue copper proteins upon 111Ag+ to 111Cd2+ transformation in radioactive nuclear decay; (4) metal ion transfer between two HAH1 proteins with change in coordination number; and (5) metal ion sensor proteins with two coexisting metal site structures. With this Account, we hope to make our modest contribution to the field and perhaps spur additional interest in dynamics at protein metal sites, which we consider to be severely underexplored. Relatively little is known about detailed atomic motions at metal sites, for example, how ligand exchange processes affect protein function, and how the amino acid composition of the protein may control this facet of metal site characteristics. We also aim to provide the reader with a qualitative impression of the possibilities offered by PAC spectroscopy in bioinorganic chemistry, especially when elucidating dynamics at protein metal sites, and finally present data that may serve as benchmarks on a relevant time scale for development and tests of theoretical molecular dynamics methods applied to biomolecular metal sites.
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- Saumen Chakraborty
- Department
of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Mississippi, University, Mississippi 38677, United States
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- ISOLDE/CERN, PH
Div, CH-1211 Geneve
23, Switzerland
- Department
of Chemistry, University of Copenhagen, Universitetsparken 5, DK-2100 København Ø, Denmark
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- Department
of Chemistry, University of Copenhagen, Universitetsparken 5, DK-2100 København Ø, Denmark
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- Department
of Inorganic and Analytical Chemistry, University of Szeged, Dóm
tér 7, H-6720 Szeged, Hungary
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- ISOLDE/CERN, PH
Div, CH-1211 Geneve
23, Switzerland
- Centro
de Ciências e Tecnologias Nucleares, Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade de Lisboa, 2695-066 Bobadela, Portugal
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- Department
of Chemistry, University of Copenhagen, Universitetsparken 5, DK-2100 København Ø, Denmark
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Pyrazole bridged dinuclear Cu(II) and Zn(II) complexes as phosphatase models: Synthesis and activity. J Mol Struct 2016. [DOI: 10.1016/j.molstruc.2016.07.036] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Aitha M, Marts AR, Bergstrom A, Møller A, Moritz L, Turner L, Nix JC, Bonomo RA, Page RC, Tierney DL, Crowder MW. Biochemical, mechanistic, and spectroscopic characterization of metallo-β-lactamase VIM-2. Biochemistry 2014; 53:7321-31. [PMID: 25356958 PMCID: PMC4245990 DOI: 10.1021/bi500916y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/25/2014] [Revised: 09/10/2014] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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This study examines metal binding to metallo-β-lactamase VIM-2, demonstrating the first successful preparation of a Co(II)-substituted VIM-2 analogue. Spectroscopic studies of the half- and fully metal loaded enzymes show that both Zn(II) and Co(II) bind cooperatively, where the major species present, regardless of stoichiometry, are apo- and di-Zn (or di-Co) enzymes. We determined the di-Zn VIM-2 structure to a resolution of 1.55 Å, and this structure supports results from spectroscopic studies. Kinetics, both steady-state and pre-steady-state, show that VIM-2 utilizes a mechanism that proceeds through a very short-lived anionic intermediate when chromacef is used as the substrate. Comparison with other B1 enzymes shows that those that bind Zn(II) cooperatively are better poised to protonate the intermediate on its formation, compared to those that bind Zn(II) non-cooperatively, which uniformly build up substantial amounts of the intermediate.
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- Mahesh Aitha
- Department
of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Miami University, 650 East High Street, Oxford, Ohio 45056, United States
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- Department
of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Miami University, 650 East High Street, Oxford, Ohio 45056, United States
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- Department
of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Miami University, 650 East High Street, Oxford, Ohio 45056, United States
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Jon Møller
- Department
of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Miami University, 650 East High Street, Oxford, Ohio 45056, United States
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- Department
of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Miami University, 650 East High Street, Oxford, Ohio 45056, United States
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- Department
of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Miami University, 650 East High Street, Oxford, Ohio 45056, United States
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- Molecular
Biology Consortium, Beamline 4.2.2, Advanced Light Source, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
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- Research
Service, Louis Stokes Cleveland Department
of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, 10701 East Boulevard, Cleveland, Ohio 44106, United
States
- Department
of Medicine, Pharmacology, and Molecular Biology and Microbiology, Case Western Reserve University, 10900 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, Ohio 44106, United States
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- Department
of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Miami University, 650 East High Street, Oxford, Ohio 45056, United States
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- Department
of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Miami University, 650 East High Street, Oxford, Ohio 45056, United States
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- Department
of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Miami University, 650 East High Street, Oxford, Ohio 45056, United States
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Motara H, Mistry D, Brown DR, Cryan RA, Nigen M, Page MI. pH and basicity of ligands control the binding of metal-ions to B. cereus B1 β-lactamase. Chem Sci 2014. [DOI: 10.1039/c4sc00601a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Metallo-β-lactamases (MBLs) are a group of enzymes responsible for a significant proportion of bacterial resistance to β-lactam antibiotics by catalysing the hydrolysis of the β-lactam.
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- Hasina Motara
- IPOS
- The Page Laboratories
- Department of Chemical and Biological Sciences
- The University of Huddersfield
- Huddersfield, UK
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- IPOS
- The Page Laboratories
- Department of Chemical and Biological Sciences
- The University of Huddersfield
- Huddersfield, UK
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- IPOS
- The Page Laboratories
- Department of Chemical and Biological Sciences
- The University of Huddersfield
- Huddersfield, UK
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- IPOS
- The Page Laboratories
- Department of Chemical and Biological Sciences
- The University of Huddersfield
- Huddersfield, UK
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- Centre d'Ingénierie des Protéines
- Institut de Chimie B6
- Université de Liège
- B-4000 Liège, Belgium
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- IPOS
- The Page Laboratories
- Department of Chemical and Biological Sciences
- The University of Huddersfield
- Huddersfield, UK
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Karsisiotis AI, Damblon CF, Roberts GCK. A variety of roles for versatile zinc in metallo-β-lactamases. Metallomics 2014; 6:1181-97. [DOI: 10.1039/c4mt00066h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 59] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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β-Lactamases inactivate the important β-lactam antibiotics by catalysing the hydrolysis of the β-lactam ring, thus. One class of these enzymes, the metallo-β-lactamases, bind two zinc ions at the active site and these play important roles in the catalytic mechanism.
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- Chimie Biologique Structurale
- Institut de Chimie
- Université de Liège
- 4000 Liège, Belgium
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- The Henry Wellcome Laboratories of Structural Biology
- Department of Biochemistry
- University of Leicester
- Leicester LE1 9HN, UK
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Valdez CE, Sparta M, Alexandrova AN. The Role of the Flexible L43-S54 Protein Loop in the CcrA Metallo-β-lactamase in Binding Structurally Dissimilar β-Lactam Antibiotics. J Chem Theory Comput 2012; 9:730-7. [DOI: 10.1021/ct300712j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- Crystal E. Valdez
- Department
of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University
of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California 90095-1569, United
States
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- Department
of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University
of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California 90095-1569, United
States
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- Department
of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University
of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California 90095-1569, United
States
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Zhang H, Hao Q. Crystal structure of NDM-1 reveals a common β-lactam hydrolysis mechanism. FASEB J 2011; 25:2574-82. [PMID: 21507902 DOI: 10.1096/fj.11-184036] [Citation(s) in RCA: 196] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Metallo-β-lactamases (MBLs) hydrolyze most β-lactam antibiotics, and bacteria containing this kind of enzyme pose a serious threat to the public health. The newly identified New Delhi MBL (NDM-1) is a new member of this family that shows tight binding to penicillin and cephalosporins. The rapid dissemination of NDM-1 in clinically relevant bacteria has become a global concern. However, no clinically useful inhibitors against MBLs exist, partly due to the lack of knowledge about the catalysis mechanism of this kind of enzyme. Here we report the crystal structure of this novel enzyme in complex with a hydrolyzed ampicillin at its active site at 1.3-Å resolution. Structural comparison with other MBLs revealed a new hydrolysis mechanism applicable to all three subclasses of MBLs, which might help the design of mechanism based inhibitors.
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- HongMin Zhang
- Department of Physiology, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China.
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Suárez D, Suárez E, Díaz N. Molecular dynamics and quantum mechanical calculations on the mononuclear zinc-β-lactamase from Bacillus cereus: Protonation state of the active site and imipenem binding. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2009. [DOI: 10.1016/j.theochem.2008.12.048] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Positively cooperative binding of zinc ions to Bacillus cereus 569/H/9 beta-lactamase II suggests that the binuclear enzyme is the only relevant form for catalysis. J Mol Biol 2009; 392:1278-91. [PMID: 19665032 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2009.07.092] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/03/2009] [Revised: 07/27/2009] [Accepted: 07/31/2009] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Metallo-beta-lactamases catalyze the hydrolysis of most beta-lactam antibiotics and hence represent a major clinical concern. While enzymes belonging to subclass B1 have been shown to display maximum activity as dizinc species, the actual metal-to-protein stoichiometry and the affinity for zinc are not clear. We have further investigated the process of metal binding to the beta-lactamase II from Bacillus cereus 569/H/9 (known as BcII). Zinc binding was monitored using complementary biophysical techniques, including circular dichroism in the far-UV, enzymatic activity measurements, competition with a chromophoric chelator, mass spectrometry, and nuclear magnetic resonance. Most noticeably, mass spectrometry and nuclear magnetic resonance experiments, together with catalytic activity measurements, demonstrate that two zinc ions bind cooperatively to the enzyme active site (with K(1)/K(2)> or =5) and, hence, that catalysis is associated with the dizinc enzyme species only. Furthermore, competitive experiments with the chromophoric chelator Mag-Fura-2 indicates K(2)<80 nM. This contrasts with cadmium binding, which is clearly a noncooperative process with the mono form being the only species significantly populated in the presence of 1 molar equivalent of Cd(II). Interestingly, optical measurements reveal that although the apo and dizinc species exhibit undistinguishable tertiary structural organizations, the metal-depleted enzyme shows a significant decrease in its alpha-helical content, presumably associated with enhanced flexibility.
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Salsbury FR, Crowder MW, Kingsmore SF, Huntley JJA. Molecular dynamic simulations of the metallo-beta-lactamase from Bacteroides fragilis in the presence and absence of a tight-binding inhibitor. J Mol Model 2008; 15:133-45. [PMID: 19039608 DOI: 10.1007/s00894-008-0410-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/18/2008] [Accepted: 07/19/2008] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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The beta-lactam-based antibiotics are among the most prescribed and effective antibacterial agents. Widespread use of these antibiotics, however, has created tremendous pressure for the emergence of resistance mechanisms in bacteria. The most common cause of antibiotic resistance is bacterial production of actamases that efficiently degrade antibiotics. The metallo-beta-lactamases are of particular clinical concern due to their transference between bacterial strains. We used molecular dynamics (MD) simulations to further study the conformational changes that occur due to binding of an inhibitor to the dicanzinc metallo-beta-lactamase from Bacteroides fragilis. Our studies confirm previous findings that the major flap is a major source of plasticity within the active site, therefore its dynamic response should be considered in drug development. However, our results also suggest the need for care in using MD simulations in evaluating loop mobility, both due to relaxation times and to the need to accurately model the zinc active site. Our study also reveals two new robust responses to ligand binding. First, there are specific localized changes in the zinc active site--a local loop flip--due to ligand intercalation that may be critical to the function of this enzyme. Second, inhibitor binding perturbs the dynamics throughout the protein, without otherwise perturbing the enzyme structure. These dynamic perturbations radiate outward from the active site and their existence suggests that long-range communication and dynamics may be important in the activity of this enzyme.
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- Freddie R Salsbury
- Department of Physics, Wake Forest University, Winston Salem, NC 27109, USA.
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Loss of enzyme activity during turnover of the Bacillus cereus beta-lactamase catalysed hydrolysis of beta-lactams due to loss of zinc ion. J Biol Inorg Chem 2008; 13:919-28. [PMID: 18449576 DOI: 10.1007/s00775-008-0379-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/15/2008] [Accepted: 04/15/2008] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Metallo-beta-lactamases are zinc-ion-dependent and are known to exist either as mononuclear or as dinuclear enzymes. The kinetics and mechanism of hydrolysis of the native zinc Bacillus cereus metallo-beta-lactamase (BcII) have been investigated under pre-steady-state conditions at different pHs and zinc-ion concentrations. Biphasic kinetics are observed for the hydrolysis of cefuroxime and benzylpenicillin with submicromolar concentrations of enzyme and zinc. The initial burst of product formation far exceeds the concentration of enzyme and the subsequent slower rate of hydrolysis is attributed to a branched kinetic pathway. The pH and metal-ion dependence of the microscopic rate constants of this branching were determined, from which it is concluded that two enzyme species with different metal-to-enzyme stoichiometries are formed during catalytic turnover. The dizinc enzyme is responsible for the fast route but during the catalytic cycle it slowly loses the less tightly bound zinc ion via the branching route to give an inactive monozinc enzyme; the latter is only catalytic following the uptake of a second zinc ion. The rate constant for product formation from the dinuclear enzyme and the branching rate constant show a sigmoidal dependence on pH indicative of important ionizing groups with pK(a)s of 9.0+/-0.1 and 8.2+/-0.1, respectively. The rate constant for the regeneration of enzyme activity depends on zinc-ion concentration. This unusual behaviour is attributed to an intrinsic property of metallo hydrolytic enzymes that depend on a metal bound water both as a ligand for the second metal ion and as the nucleophile which is consumed during hydrolysis of the substrate and so has to be replaced to maintain the catalytic cycle.
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Gupta V. Metallo beta lactamases in Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Acinetobacter species. Expert Opin Investig Drugs 2008; 17:131-43. [PMID: 18230049 DOI: 10.1517/13543784.17.2.131] [Citation(s) in RCA: 70] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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The multi drug resistant gram negative bacteria especially Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Acinetobacter species are on the rise. The major defense in these bacteria against beta-lactam antibiotics is production of metallo beta lactamases (MBLs) which degrade this group of antibiotics including carbapenems. Till now five main types of MBLs have been described throughout the World--IMP, VIM, SPM, GIM and SIM. A new MBL has been recently reported in P. aeruginosa from Australia--bla AIM-1. There are no standard guidelines by CLSI for detection of these enzymes in various bacteria. A number of phenotypic tests based on different beta lactam-inhibitor combinations are being evaluated and used for routine testing. Regarding the treatment options--colistin, various antibiotic combinations and a few novel antibiotics are being tried and evaluated. Prevention is based on age old practices of strict infection control and judicious use of antibiotics.
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- Varsha Gupta
- Government Medical College and Hospital, Department of Microbiology, Sector 32, Chandigarh-160030, India.
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Estiu G, Suárez D, Merz KM. Quantum mechanical and molecular dynamics simulations of ureases and Zn beta-lactamases. J Comput Chem 2007; 27:1240-62. [PMID: 16773613 DOI: 10.1002/jcc.20411] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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Herein we briefly review theoretical contributions that have increased our understanding of the structure and function of metallo-beta-lactamases and ureases. Both are bimetallic metalloenzymes, with the former containing two zinc ions and the latter containing two nickel ions. We describe the use of several different methodologies, including quantum chemical calculations, molecular dynamic simulations, as well as mixed QM/MM approaches and how they have impacted our understanding of the structure and function of metallo-beta-lactamases and ureases.
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- Guillermina Estiu
- Department of Chemistry, Quantum Theory Project, University of Florida, 2328 New Physics Building, P.O. Box 118435, Gainesville, Florida 32611-8435, USA
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Badarau A, Damblon C, Page M. The activity of the dinuclear cobalt-beta-lactamase from Bacillus cereus in catalysing the hydrolysis of beta-lactams. Biochem J 2007; 401:197-203. [PMID: 16961465 PMCID: PMC1698674 DOI: 10.1042/bj20061002] [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] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Metallo-beta-lactamases are native zinc enzymes that catalyse the hydrolysis of beta-lactam antibiotics, but are also able to function with cobalt(II) and require one or two metal-ions for catalytic activity. The hydrolysis of cefoxitin, cephaloridine and benzylpenicillin catalysed by CoBcII (cobalt-substituted beta-lactamase from Bacillus cereus) has been studied at different pHs and metal-ion concentrations. An enzyme group of pK(a) 6.52+/-0.1 is found to be required in its deprotonated form for metal-ion binding and catalysis. The species that results from the loss of one cobalt ion from the enzyme has no significant catalytic activity and is thought to be the mononuclear CoBcII. It appears that dinuclear CoBcII is the active form of the enzyme necessary for turnover, while the mononuclear CoBcII is only involved in substrate binding. The cobalt-substituted enzyme is a more efficient catalyst than the native enzyme for the hydrolysis of some beta-lactam antibiotics suggesting that the role of the metal-ion is predominantly to provide the nucleophilic hydroxide, rather than to act as a Lewis acid to polarize the carbonyl group and stabilize the oxyanion tetrahedral intermediate.
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- Adriana Badarau
- *Department of Chemical and Biological Sciences, University of Huddersfield, Queensgate, Huddersfield HD1 3DH, U.K
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- †Biological NMR Centre, Department of Biochemistry, Henry Wellcome Building, Lancaster Road, University of Leicester, Leicester LE1 9HN, U.K
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- *Department of Chemical and Biological Sciences, University of Huddersfield, Queensgate, Huddersfield HD1 3DH, U.K
- To whom correspondence should be addressed (email )
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Olsen L, Jost S, Adolph HW, Pettersson I, Hemmingsen L, Jørgensen FS. New leads of metallo-β-lactamase inhibitors from structure-based pharmacophore design. Bioorg Med Chem 2006; 14:2627-35. [PMID: 16378729 DOI: 10.1016/j.bmc.2005.11.046] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/22/2005] [Revised: 11/16/2005] [Accepted: 11/22/2005] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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We have applied pharmacophore generation, database searching, docking methodologies, and experimental enzyme kinetics to discover new structures for design of di-zinc metallo-beta-lactamase inhibitors. Based on crystal structures of class B1 metallo-beta-lactamases with a succinic acid and a mercapto-carboxylic acid inhibitor bound to the enzyme, two pharmacophore models were constructed. With the Catalyst program, these pharmacophores were used to search the ACD database, which provided a total of 74 hits representing four different chemical classes of compounds: Dicarboxylic acids, phosphonic and sulfonic acid derivatives, and mercapto-carboxylic acids. All hits were docked into different metallo-beta-lactamases (from classes B1 and B3) using the GOLD docking program. A selection scheme based on the GOLD scores, the Catalyst fit and shape values, and the size of the compounds (molecular weight, surface area, and number of rotatable bonds) was developed and thirteen compounds representing all four chemical classes were selected for experimental studies. Three compounds with new scaffolds hitherto not present in metallo-beta-lactamase inhibitors have IC50 values less than 15 microM and may serve as starting points in the design of metallo-beta-lactamase inhibitors.
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- Lars Olsen
- Biostructural Research, Department of Medicinal Chemistry, Danish University of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Universitetsparken 2, DK-2100 København, Denmark.
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Antony J, Piquemal JP, Gresh N. Complexes of thiomandelate and captopril mercaptocarboxylate inhibitors to metallo-β-lactamase by polarizable molecular mechanics. Validation on model binding sites by quantum chemistry. J Comput Chem 2005; 26:1131-47. [PMID: 15937993 DOI: 10.1002/jcc.20245] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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Using the polarizable molecular mechanics method SIBFA, we have performed a search for the most stable binding modes of D- and L-thiomandelate to a 104-residue model of the metallo-beta-lactamase from B. fragilis, an enzyme involved in the acquired resistance of bacteria to antibiotics. Energy balances taking into account solvation effects computed with a continuum reaction field procedure indicated the D-isomer to be more stably bound than the L-one, conform to the experimental result. The most stably bound complex has the S(-) ligand bridging monodentately the two Zn(II) cations and one carboxylate O(-) H-bonded to the Asn193 side chain. We have validated the SIBFA energy results by performing additional SIBFA as well as quantum chemical (QC) calculations on small (88 atoms) model complexes extracted from the 104-residue complexes, which include the residues involved in inhibitor binding. Computations were done in parallel using uncorrelated (HF) as well as correlated (DFT, LMP2, MP2) computations, and the comparisons extended to corresponding captopril complexes (Antony et al., J Comput Chem 2002, 23, 1281). The magnitudes of the SIBFA intermolecular interaction energies were found to correctly reproduce their QC counterparts and their trends for a total of twenty complexes.
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- Jens Antony
- Freie Universität Berlin, FB Mathematik und Informatik, Institut für Mathematik II, AG Biocomputing, Arnimallee 2-6, D-14195 Berlin, Germany
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Walsh TR, Toleman MA, Poirel L, Nordmann P. Metallo-beta-lactamases: the quiet before the storm? Clin Microbiol Rev 2005; 18:306-25. [PMID: 15831827 PMCID: PMC1082798 DOI: 10.1128/cmr.18.2.306-325.2005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 997] [Impact Index Per Article: 52.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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The ascendancy of metallo-beta-lactamases within the clinical sector, while not ubiquitous, has nonetheless been dramatic; some reports indicate that nearly 30% of imipenem-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa strains possess a metallo-beta-lactamase. Acquisition of a metallo-beta-lactamase gene will invariably mediate broad-spectrum beta-lactam resistance in P. aeruginosa, but the level of in vitro resistance in Acinetobacter spp. and Enterobacteriaceae is less dependable. Their clinical significance is further embellished by their ability to hydrolyze all beta-lactams and by the fact that there is currently no clinical inhibitor, nor is there likely to be for the foreseeable future. The genes encoding metallo-beta-lactamases are often procured by class 1 (sometimes class 3) integrons, which, in turn, are embedded in transposons, resulting in a highly transmissible genetic apparatus. Moreover, other gene cassettes within the integrons often confer resistance to aminoglycosides, precluding their use as an alternative treatment. Thus far, the metallo-beta-lactamases encoded on transferable genes include IMP, VIM, SPM, and GIM and have been reported from 28 countries. Their rapid dissemination is worrisome and necessitates the implementation of not just surveillance studies but also metallo-beta-lactamase inhibitor studies securing the longevity of important anti-infectives.
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- Timothy R Walsh
- Department of Pathology and Microbiology, School of Medical Sciences, University of Bristol, Bristol BS8 1TD, United Kingdom.
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Georgopapadakou NH. β-Lactamase inhibitors: evolving compounds for evolving resistance targets. Expert Opin Investig Drugs 2005; 13:1307-18. [PMID: 15461559 DOI: 10.1517/13543784.13.10.1307] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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The many and diverse beta-lactamases produced by bacteria, particularly by Gram-negative pathogens, are increasingly posing a serious threat to the clinical utility of beta-lactams. First-generation inhibitors (clavulanic acid, sulbactam, tazobactam) focus on Ambler class A enzymes. However, recent structural upgrades of class A beta-lactamases (e.g. TEM, SHV) have extended their spectrum (extended-spectrum beta-lactamases and carbapenemases [Sme, NMC-A, IMI-1]) and have brought about the possibility of beta-lactamase-inhibitor resistance. Furthermore, the mobilisation and spread of originally chromosomal class C enzymes (CMY, MIR), the growing clinical importance of class B enzymes (IMP, VIM), the emergence of inhibitor-resistant, broad spectrum class D (OXA) enzymes and the co-existence of different classes of beta-lactamases in the same pathogen have spurred research toward universal inhibitors. A complicating issue is target accessibility in Gram-negative bacteria, particularly in Enterobacter, Acinetobacter, Pseudomonas, Stenotrophomonas and other organisms, which is necessary in order for the inhibitor to synergise with vulnerable beta-lactam antibiotics. Several new, broad-spectrum inhibitors have emerged: cephem sulfones and oxapenems are upgrades of penam sulfones and oxapenams, respectively, with cephem sulfones possibly extending their inhibition to class B metallo-enzymes; and boronates and phosphonates are designed de novo, based on common structural and mechanistic features of serine beta-lactamases.
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Materon IC, Beharry Z, Huang W, Perez C, Palzkill T. Analysis of the context dependent sequence requirements of active site residues in the metallo-beta-lactamase IMP-1. J Mol Biol 2005; 344:653-63. [PMID: 15533435 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2004.09.074] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/24/2004] [Revised: 09/23/2004] [Accepted: 09/24/2004] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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The metallo-beta-lactamase IMP-1 catalyzes the hydrolysis of a broad range of beta-lactam antibiotics to provide bacterial resistance to these compounds. In this study, 29 amino acid residue positions in and near the active-site pocket of the IMP-1 enzyme were randomized individually by site-directed mutagenesis of the corresponding codons in the bla(IMP-1) gene. The 29 random libraries were used to identify positions that are critical for the catalytic and substrate-specific properties of the IMP-1 enzyme. Mutants from each of the random libraries were selected for the ability to confer to Escherichia coli resistance to ampicillin, cefotaxime, imipenem or cephaloridine. The DNA sequence of several functional mutants was determined for each of the substrates. Comparison of the sequences of mutants obtained from the different antibiotic selections indicates the sequence requirements for each position in the context of each substrate. The zinc-chelating residues in the active site were found to be essential for hydrolysis of all antibiotics tested. Several positions, however, displayed context-dependent sequence requirements, in that they were essential for one substrate(s) but not others. The most striking examples included Lys69, Asp84, Lys224, Pro225, Gly232, Asn233, Asp236 and Ser262. In addition, comparison of the results for all 29 positions indicates that hydrolysis of imipenem, cephaloridine and ampicillin has stringent sequence requirements, while the requirements for hydrolysis of cefotaxime are more relaxed. This suggests that more information is required to specify active-site pockets that carry out imipenem, cephaloridine or ampicillin hydrolysis than one that catalyzes cefotaxime hydrolysis.
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- Isabel C Materon
- Department of Molecular Virology and Microbiology, Baylor College of Medicine, One Baylor Plaza, Houston, TX 77030, USA
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Hemmingsen L, Sas KN, Danielsen E. Biological Applications of Perturbed Angular Correlations of γ-Ray Spectroscopy. Chem Rev 2004; 104:4027-62. [PMID: 15352785 DOI: 10.1021/cr030030v] [Citation(s) in RCA: 67] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Lars Hemmingsen
- QUP, Department of Physics, Technical University of Denmark, Building 309, DK-2800 Lyngby
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Garau G, García-Sáez I, Bebrone C, Anne C, Mercuri P, Galleni M, Frère JM, Dideberg O. Update of the standard numbering scheme for class B beta-lactamases. Antimicrob Agents Chemother 2004; 48:2347-9. [PMID: 15215079 PMCID: PMC434215 DOI: 10.1128/aac.48.7.2347-2349.2004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 230] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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- Gianpiero Garau
- Institut de Biologie Structurale Jean-Pierre Ebel, CEA-CNRS-UJF, Laboratoire de Cristallographie Macromoléculaire, 41 rue Jules Horowitz, F-38027 Grenoble, France
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Bartlett GJ, Borkakoti N, Thornton JM. Catalysing new reactions during evolution: economy of residues and mechanism. J Mol Biol 2003; 331:829-60. [PMID: 12909013 DOI: 10.1016/s0022-2836(03)00734-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 81] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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The diversity of function in some enzyme superfamilies shows that during evolution, enzymes have evolved to catalyse different reactions on the same structure scaffold. In this analysis, we examine in detail how enzymes can modify their chemistry, through a comparison of the catalytic residues and mechanisms in 27 pairs of homologous enzymes of totally different functions. We find that evolution is very economical. Enzymes retain structurally conserved residues to aid catalysis, including residues that bind catalytic metal ions and modulate cofactor chemistry. We examine the conservation of residue type and residue function in these structurally conserved residue pairs. Additionally, enzymes often retain common mechanistic steps catalyzed by structurally conserved residues. We have examined these steps in the context of their overall reactions.
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- Gail J Bartlett
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University College London, Darwin Building, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT, UK
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Huntley JJ, Fast W, Benkovic SJ, Wright PE, Dyson HJ. Role of a solvent-exposed tryptophan in the recognition and binding of antibiotic substrates for a metallo-beta-lactamase. Protein Sci 2003; 12:1368-75. [PMID: 12824483 PMCID: PMC2323931 DOI: 10.1110/ps.0305303] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/31/2003] [Revised: 03/31/2003] [Accepted: 04/03/2003] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Numerous X-ray crystal structures of the metallo-beta-lactamase from Bacteroides fragilis and related organisms show a beta-hairpin loop immediately adjacent to the active-site zinc atom(s). Both crystallographic and NMR information show that the end of this beta-hairpin loop, which contains a solvent exposed tryptophan residue, Trp49, is highly flexible in the absence of substrates or other ligands, giving rise in some of the X-ray structures to a lack of observable electron density in this region. We report an investigation of the role of this mobile, solvent-exposed tryptophan using site-directed mutagenesis, steady state kinetics measurements and characterization by NMR. Trp49 appears to have a role both in substrate binding and in promotion of catalysis. Substitution of this residue with a number of different side chains indicates that the binding interaction depends on the bulky hydrophobic and aromatic nature of the indole ring, which can provide relatively non-specific interactions with a variety of antibiotic substrates. In this way, the tryptophan at this position provides a large degree of the breadth of substrate specificity for the metallo-beta-lactamase. Previous studies established that the antibiotic binding site was sufficiently plastic that the derivatization of existing antibiotics is unlikely to result in the successful treatment of bacterial infections incorporating this resistance element. Rather, a more productive approach may be to design therapeutics directed towards this solvent-exposed tryptophan residue.
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- James J.A. Huntley
- Department of Molecular Biology, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, California 92037, USA
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- Department of Molecular Biology, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, California 92037, USA
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- Department of Molecular Biology, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, California 92037, USA
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- Department of Molecular Biology, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, California 92037, USA
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- Department of Molecular Biology, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, California 92037, USA
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Moali C, Anne C, Lamotte-Brasseur J, Groslambert S, Devreese B, Van Beeumen J, Galleni M, Frère JM. Analysis of the importance of the metallo-beta-lactamase active site loop in substrate binding and catalysis. CHEMISTRY & BIOLOGY 2003; 10:319-29. [PMID: 12725860 DOI: 10.1016/s1074-5521(03)00070-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 103] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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The role of the mobile loop comprising residues 60-66 in metallo-beta-lactamases has been studied by site-directed mutagenesis, determination of kinetic parameters for six substrates and two inhibitors, pre-steady-state characterization of the interaction with chromogenic nitrocefin, and molecular modeling. The W64A mutation was performed in IMP-1 and BcII (after replacement of the BcII 60-66 peptide by that of IMP-1) and always resulted in increased K(i) and K(m) and decreased k(cat)/K(m) values, an effect reinforced by complete deletion of the loop. k(cat) values were, by contrast, much more diversely affected, indicating that the loop does not systematically favor the best relative positioning of substrate and enzyme catalytic groups. The hydrophobic nature of the ligand is also crucial to strong interactions with the loop, since imipenem was almost insensitive to loop modifications.
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- Catherine Moali
- Centre d'Ingénierie des Protéines, Université de Liège, Sart-Tilman, B-4000 Liege, Belgium
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Suárez D, Díaz N, Merz KM. Molecular dynamics simulations of the dinuclear zinc-beta-lactamase from Bacteroides fragilis complexed with imipenem. J Comput Chem 2002; 23:1587-600. [PMID: 12395427 DOI: 10.1002/jcc.10157] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Herein, we present results from MD simulations of the Michaelis complex formed between the dizinc beta-lactamase from B. fragilis and imipenem. We considered two catalytically important configurations, which differ in the presence or absence of a hydroxide bridge connecting the two zinc ions in the active site. The structural and dynamical effects induced by substrate binding, the specific roles of the conserved residues and the zinc-bound water molecules, the near attack conformers of the Michaelis complex, and so forth, are discussed in detail. The relative stability of the two configurations was estimated from QM linear scaling calculations on the enzyme-substrate complex combined with Poisson-Boltzmann electrostatic calculations and normal mode calculations. Importantly, we find that the two configurations have similar energies, indicating that these two structures could readily be interchanged, thereby facilitating catalysis. The configuration with the hydroxide bound to the two zinc ions is predicted to be the resting form of the enzyme, while the configuration without the bridge is the reactive form that was found to place the hydroxide in position to attack the carbonyl of the beta-lactam ring. Thus, we propose that the enzyme initiates catalysis by converting from the hydroxide bridge form into the configuration that lacks the hydroxide bridge. This interconversion increases the nucleophilicity of the hydroxide ion and exposes it to the beta-lactam carbonyl, which ultimately facilitates nucleophilic attack. The implications of the observed modes of binding, the possible influence of mutating the Lys184 and Asn193 residues on substrate binding, and the reaction mechanism are also discussed in detail.
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- Dimas Suárez
- Departamento de Química Física y Analítica, Universidad de Oviedo, Julián Clavería 8, 33006 Oviedo, Asturias, Spain
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Adams H, Bradshaw D, Fenton D. A Dinuclear Zinc(II) Complex of 2,6-bis{[(2-hydroxybenzyl)(2-pyridylmethyl)amino]methyl}-4-methylphenol Bearing an Exogenous Hydroxo Bridge. Eur J Inorg Chem 2002. [DOI: 10.1002/1099-0682(200203)2002:3<535::aid-ejic535>3.0.co;2-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Materon IC, Palzkill T. Identification of residues critical for metallo-beta-lactamase function by codon randomization and selection. Protein Sci 2001; 10:2556-65. [PMID: 11714924 PMCID: PMC2374027 DOI: 10.1110/ps.40884] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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IMP-1 beta-lactamase is a zinc metallo-enzyme encoded by the transferable bla(IMP-1) gene, which confers resistance to virtually all beta-lactam antibiotics including carbapenems. To understand how IMP-1 recognizes and hydrolyzes beta-lactam antibiotics it is important to determine which amino acid residues are critical for catalysis and which residues control substrate specificity. We randomized 27 individual codons in the bla(IMP-1) gene to create libraries that contain all possible amino acid substitutions at residue positions in and near the active site of IMP-1. Mutants from the random libraries were selected for the ability to confer ampicillin resistance to Escherichia coli. Of the positions randomized, >50% do not tolerate amino acid substitutions, suggesting they are essential for IMP-1 function. The remaining positions tolerate amino acid substitutions and may influence the substrate specificity of the enzyme. Interestingly, kinetic studies for one of the functional mutants, Asn233Ala, indicate that an alanine substitution at this position significantly increases catalytic efficiency as compared with the wild-type enzyme.
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- I C Materon
- Department of Molecular Virology and Microbiology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas 77030, USA
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de Seny D, Heinz U, Wommer S, Kiefer M, Meyer-Klaucke W, Galleni M, Frere JM, Bauer R, Adolph HW. Metal ion binding and coordination geometry for wild type and mutants of metallo-beta -lactamase from Bacillus cereus 569/H/9 (BcII): a combined thermodynamic, kinetic, and spectroscopic approach. J Biol Chem 2001; 276:45065-78. [PMID: 11551939 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m106447200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 109] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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One high affinity (nm) and one low affinity (microM) macroscopic dissociation constant for the binding of metal ions were found for the wild-type metallo-beta-lactamase from Bacillus cereus as well as six single-site mutants in which all ligands in the two metal binding sites were altered. Surprisingly, the mutations did not cause a specific alteration of the affinity of metal ions for the sole modified binding site as determined by extended x-ray absorption fine structure (EXAFS) and perturbed angular correlation of gamma-rays spectroscopy, respectively. Also UV-visible absorption spectra for the mono-cobalt enzymes clearly contain contributions from both metal sites. The observations of the very similar microscopic dissociation constants of both binding sites in contrast to the significantly differing macroscopic dissociation constants inevitably led to the conclusion that binding to the two metal sites exhibits negative cooperativity. The slow association rates for forming the binuclear enzyme determined by stopped-flow fluorescence measurements suggested that fast metal exchange between the two sites for the mononuclear enzyme hinders the binding of a second metal ion. EXAFS spectroscopy of the mono- and di-zinc wild type enzymes and two di-zinc mutants provide a definition of the metal ion environments, which is compared with the available x-ray crystallographic data.
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- D de Seny
- Centre d'Ingéniérie des Protéines, Institut de Chimie B6, Université de Liège, Sart-Tilman, B-4000 Liège, Belgium
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Toney JH, Hammond GG, Fitzgerald PM, Sharma N, Balkovec JM, Rouen GP, Olson SH, Hammond ML, Greenlee ML, Gao YD. Succinic acids as potent inhibitors of plasmid-borne IMP-1 metallo-beta-lactamase. J Biol Chem 2001; 276:31913-8. [PMID: 11390410 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m104742200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 167] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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IMP-1 metallo-beta-lactamase (class B) is a plasmid-borne zinc metalloenzyme that efficiently hydrolyzes beta-lactam antibiotics, including carbapenems, rendering them ineffective. Because IMP-1 has been found in several clinically important carbapenem-resistant pathogens, there is a need for inhibitors of this enzyme that could protect broad spectrum antibiotics such as imipenem from hydrolysis and thus extend their utility. We have identified a series of 2,3-(S,S)-disubstituted succinic acids that are potent inhibitors of IMP-1. Determination of high resolution crystal structures and molecular modeling of succinic acid inhibitor complexes with IMP-1 has allowed an understanding of the potency, stereochemistry, and structure-activity relationships of these inhibitors.
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- J H Toney
- Department of Biochemistry, Merck Research Laboratories, Rahway, New Jersey 07065-0900, USA.
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Galleni M, Lamotte-Brasseur J, Rossolini GM, Spencer J, Dideberg O, Frère JM. Standard numbering scheme for class B beta-lactamases. Antimicrob Agents Chemother 2001; 45:660-3. [PMID: 11181339 PMCID: PMC90352 DOI: 10.1128/aac.45.3.660-663.2001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 301] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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- M Galleni
- Centre d'Ingénierie des Protéines, Université de Liège, B-4000 Liège, Belgium.
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Chantalat L, Duée E, Galleni M, Frère JM, Dideberg O. Structural effects of the active site mutation cysteine to serine in Bacillus cereus zinc-beta-lactamase. Protein Sci 2000; 9:1402-6. [PMID: 10933508 PMCID: PMC2144673 DOI: 10.1110/ps.9.7.1402] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Beta-lactamases are involved in bacterial resistance. Members of the metallo-enzyme class are now found in many pathogenic bacteria and are becoming thus of major clinical importance. Despite the availability of Zn-beta-lactamase X-ray structures their mechanism of action is still unclear. One puzzling observation is the presence of one or two zincs in the active site. To aid in assessing the role of zinc content in beta-lactam hydrolysis, the replacement by Ser of the zinc-liganding residue Cys168 in the Zn-beta-lactamase from Bacillus cereus strain 569/H/9 was carried out: the mutant enzyme (C168S) is inactive in the mono-Zn form, but active in the di-Zn form. The structure of the mono-Zn form of the C168S mutant has been determined at 1.85 A resolution. Ser168 occupies the same position as Cys168 in the wild-type enzyme. The protein residues mostly affected by the mutation are Asp90-Arg91 and His210. A critical factor for the activity of the mono-Zn species is the distance between Asp90 and the Zn ion, which is controlled by Arg91: a slight movement of Asp90 impairs catalysis. The evolution of a large superfamily including Zn-beta-lactamases suggests that they may not all share the same mechanism.
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- L Chantalat
- Laboratoire de Cristallographie Macromoléculaire, Institut de Biologie Structurale Jean-Pierre Ebel, CNRS/CEA, Grenoble, France
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This past year has produced determinations of X-ray crystal structures for three metallo-beta-lactamases and the elucidation of the catalytic mechanisms for a monozinc and a dizinc enzyme. These advances shed light on how such a diverse group of enzymes are evolving to inactivate so efficiently a broad spectrum of beta-lactam antibiotics.
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- Z Wang
- The Pennsylvania State University, Department of Chemistry, 152 Davey Laboratory, University Park, PA 16802, USA
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Cameron AD, Ridderström M, Olin B, Mannervik B. Crystal structure of human glyoxalase II and its complex with a glutathione thiolester substrate analogue. Structure 1999; 7:1067-78. [PMID: 10508780 DOI: 10.1016/s0969-2126(99)80174-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 157] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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BACKGROUND Glyoxalase II, the second of two enzymes in the glyoxalase system, is a thiolesterase that catalyses the hydrolysis of S-D-lactoylglutathione to form glutathione and D-lactic acid. RESULTS The structure of human glyoxalase II was solved initially by single isomorphous replacement with anomalous scattering and refined at a resolution of 1.9 A. The enzyme consists of two domains. The first domain folds into a four-layered beta sandwich, similar to that seen in the metallo-beta-lactamases. The second domain is predominantly alpha-helical. The active site contains a binuclear zinc-binding site and a substrate-binding site extending over the domain interface. The model contains acetate and cacodylate in the active site. A second complex was derived from crystals soaked in a solution containing the slow substrate, S-(N-hydroxy-N-bromophenylcarbamoyl)glutathione. This complex was refined at a resolution of 1.45 A. It contains the added ligand in one molecule of the asymmetric unit and glutathione in the other. CONCLUSIONS The arrangement of ligands around the zinc ions includes a water molecule, presumably in the form of a hydroxide ion, coordinated to both metal ions. This hydroxide ion is situated 2.9 A from the carbonyl carbon of the substrate in such a position that it could act as the nucleophile during catalysis. The reaction mechanism may also have implications for the action of metallo-beta-lactamases.
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- A D Cameron
- Department of Molecular Biology Uppsala University Biomedical Center Box 590, S-751 24, Uppsala, Sweden Structural Biology Laboratory Department of Chemistry University of York Heslington, York, UK YO10 5DD,.
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Cricco JA, Orellano EG, Rasia RM, Ceccarelli EA, Vila AJ. Metallo-β-lactamases: does it take two to tango? Coord Chem Rev 1999. [DOI: 10.1016/s0010-8545(99)00113-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Paul-Soto R, Bauer R, Frère JM, Galleni M, Meyer-Klaucke W, Nolting H, Rossolini GM, de Seny D, Hernandez-Valladares M, Zeppezauer M, Adolph HW. Mono- and binuclear Zn2+-beta-lactamase. Role of the conserved cysteine in the catalytic mechanism. J Biol Chem 1999; 274:13242-9. [PMID: 10224083 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.274.19.13242] [Citation(s) in RCA: 119] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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When expressed by pathogenic bacteria, Zn2+-beta-lactamases induce resistance to most beta-lactam antibiotics. A possible strategy to fight these bacteria would be a combined therapy with non-toxic inhibitors of Zn2+-beta-lactamases together with standard antibiotics. For this purpose, it is important to verify that the inhibitor is effective under all clinical conditions. We have investigated the correlation between the number of zinc ions bound to the Zn2+-beta-lactamase from Bacillus cereus and hydrolysis of benzylpenicillin and nitrocefin for the wild type and a mutant where cysteine 168 is replaced by alanine. It is shown that both the mono-Zn2+ (mononuclear) and di-Zn2+ (binuclear) Zn2+-beta-lactamases are catalytically active but with different kinetic properties. The mono-Zn2+-beta-lactamase requires the conserved cysteine residue for hydrolysis of the beta-lactam ring in contrast to the binuclear enzyme where the cysteine residue is not essential. Substrate affinity is not significantly affected by the mutation for the mononuclear enzyme but is decreased for the binuclear enzyme. These results were derived from kinetic studies on two wild types and the mutant enzyme with benzylpenicillin and nitrocefin as substrates. Thus, targeting drug design to modify this residue might represent an efficient strategy, the more so if it also interferes with the formation of the binuclear enzyme.
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- R Paul-Soto
- Fachrichtung 12.4 Biochemie, Universitaet des Saarlandes, D-66041 Saarbruecken, Germany
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Laraki N, Franceschini N, Rossolini GM, Santucci P, Meunier C, de Pauw E, Amicosante G, Frère JM, Galleni M. Biochemical characterization of the Pseudomonas aeruginosa 101/1477 metallo-beta-lactamase IMP-1 produced by Escherichia coli. Antimicrob Agents Chemother 1999; 43:902-6. [PMID: 10103197 PMCID: PMC89223 DOI: 10.1128/aac.43.4.902] [Citation(s) in RCA: 174] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/01/1998] [Accepted: 01/05/1999] [Indexed: 01/25/2023] Open
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The blaIMP gene coding for the IMP-1 metallo-beta-lactamase produced by a Pseudomonas aeruginosa clinical isolate (isolate 101/1477) was overexpressed via a T7 expression system in Escherichia coli BL21 (DE3), and its product was purified to homogeneity with a final yield of 35 mg/liter of culture. The structural and functional properties of the enzyme purified from E. coli were identical to those of the enzyme produced by P. aeruginosa. The IMP-1 metallo-beta-lactamase exhibits a broad-spectrum activity profile that includes activity against penicillins, cephalosporins, cephamycins, oxacephamycins, and carbapenems. Only monobactams escape its action. The enzyme activity was inhibited by metal chelators, of which 1,10-o-phenanthroline and dipicolinic acid were the most efficient. Two zinc-binding sites were found. The zinc content of the P. aeruginosa 101/1477 metallo-beta-lactamase was not pH dependent.
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- N Laraki
- Laboratoire d'Enzymologie, Institut de Chimie, Université de Liège, Belgium
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Ullah JH, Walsh TR, Taylor IA, Emery DC, Verma CS, Gamblin SJ, Spencer J. The crystal structure of the L1 metallo-beta-lactamase from Stenotrophomonas maltophilia at 1.7 A resolution. J Mol Biol 1998; 284:125-36. [PMID: 9811546 DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1998.2148] [Citation(s) in RCA: 292] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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The structure of the L1 metallo-beta-lactamase from the opportunistic pathogen Stenotrophomonas maltophilia has been determined at 1.7 A resolution by the multiwavelength anomalous dispersion (MAD) approach exploiting both the intrinsic binuclear zinc centre and incorporated selenomethionine residues. L1 is unique amongst all known beta-lactamases in that it exists as a tetramer. The protein exhibits the alphabeta/betaalpha fold found only in the metallo-beta-lactamases and displays several unique features not previously observed in these enzymes. These include a disulphide bridge and two substantially elongated loops connected to the active site of the enzyme. Two closely spaced zinc ions are bound at the active site with tetrahedral (Zn1) and trigonal bipyramidal (Zn2) co-ordination, respectively; these are bridged by a water molecule which we propose acts as the nucleophile in the hydrolytic reaction. Ligation of the second zinc ion involves both residues and geometry which have not been previously observed in the metallo-beta-lactamases. Simulated binding of the substrates ampicillin, ceftazidime and imipenem suggests that the substrate is able to bind to the enzyme in a variety of different conformations whose common features are direct interactions of the beta-lactam carbonyl oxygen and nitrogen with the zinc ions and of the beta-lactam carboxylate with Ser187. We describe a catalytic mechanism whose principal features are a nucleophilic attack of the bridging water on the beta-lactam carbonyl carbon, electrostatic stabilisation of a negatively charged tetrahedral transition state and protonation of the beta-lactam nitrogen by a second water molecule co-ordinated by Zn2. Further, we propose that direct metal:substrate interactions provide a substantial contribution to substrate binding and that this may explain the lack of specificity which is a feature of this class of enzyme.
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- J H Ullah
- Division of Protein Structure, National Institute of Medical Research, The Ridgeway, Mill Hill, London, NW7 1AA, UK
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Paul-Soto R, Hernandez-Valladares M, Galleni M, Bauer R, Zeppezauer M, Frère JM, Adolph HW. Mono- and binuclear Zn-beta-lactamase from Bacteroides fragilis: catalytic and structural roles of the zinc ions. FEBS Lett 1998; 438:137-40. [PMID: 9821975 DOI: 10.1016/s0014-5793(98)01289-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 62] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/09/2023]
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The Bacteroides fragilis Zn-beta-lactamase is active with a mono- and a binuclear zinc site. The apoenzyme produced by removal of both Zn ions does not recover full activity upon readdition of Zn2+ in contrast to an active mono-Zn form prepared at pH 6.0. Differences in k(cat) values observed are substrate-dependent implying distinct mechanisms for the mono- and binuclear species. The substrate profile of a Zn,Cd hybrid obtained by selective exchange of one zinc ion is different from that of the Zn2 enzyme with a remarkable 15-fold increased activity with cefoxitin as substrate.
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- R Paul-Soto
- Fachrichtung 12.4 Biochemie, Universität des Saarlandes, Saarbrücken, Germany
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Bush K, Miller GH. Bacterial enzymatic resistance: beta-lactamases and aminoglycoside-modifying enzymes. Curr Opin Microbiol 1998; 1:509-15. [PMID: 10066532 DOI: 10.1016/s1369-5274(98)80082-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Numerous novel beta-lactamases and aminoglycoside-modifying enzymes with altered substrate profiles continue to be identified. Plasmid-mediated transmission of many of these enzymes readily occurs due to inclusion of the encoding genes in mobile gene cassettes. Recent crystallographic determinations of the structures of metallo-beta-lactamases and aminoglycoside-modifying enzymes provide the opportunity for the rational design of inhibitors.
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- K Bush
- RW Johnson Pharmaceutical Research Institute, 1000 Route 202, Raritan NJ 08869, USA.
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Toney JH, Fitzgerald PM, Grover-Sharma N, Olson SH, May WJ, Sundelof JG, Vanderwall DE, Cleary KA, Grant SK, Wu JK, Kozarich JW, Pompliano DL, Hammond GG. Antibiotic sensitization using biphenyl tetrazoles as potent inhibitors of Bacteroides fragilis metallo-beta-lactamase. CHEMISTRY & BIOLOGY 1998; 5:185-96. [PMID: 9545432 DOI: 10.1016/s1074-5521(98)90632-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 205] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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BACKGROUND High level resistance to carbapenem antibiotics in gram negative bacteria such as Bacteroides fragilis is caused, in part, by expression of a wide-spectrum metallo-beta-lactamase that hydrolyzes the drug to an inactive form. Co-administration of metallo-beta-lactamase inhibitors to resistant bacteria is expected to restore the antibacterial activity of carbapenems. RESULTS Biphenyl tetrazoles (BPTs) are a structural class of potent competitive inhibitors of metallo-beta-lactamase identified through screening and predicted using molecular modeling of the enzyme structure. The X-ray crystal structure of the enzyme bound to the BPT L-159,061 shows that the tetrazole moiety of the inhibitor interacts directly with one of the two zinc atoms in the active site, replacing a metal-bound water molecule. Inhibition of metallo-beta-lactamase by BPTs in vitro correlates well with antibiotic sensitization of resistant B. fragilis. CONCLUSIONS BPT inhibitors can sensitize a resistant B. fragilis clinical isolate expressing metallo-beta-lactamase to the antibiotics imipenem or penicillin G but not to rifampicin.
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- J H Toney
- Department of Biochemistry, Merck Research Laboratories, P. O. Box 2000, Rahway, NJ 07065-0900, USA.
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