2j9p
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==Overview== | ==Overview== | ||
| - | The genome of Bacillus subtilis encodes 16 penicillin-binding proteins | + | The genome of Bacillus subtilis encodes 16 penicillin-binding proteins (PBPs) involved in the synthesis and/or remodelling of the peptidoglycan during the complex life cycle of this sporulating Gram-positive rod-shaped bacterium. PBP4a (encoded by the dacC gene) is a low-molecular mass PBP clearly exhibiting in vitro DD-carboxypeptidase activity. We have solved the crystal structure of this protein alone and in complex with a peptide (D-alpha-aminopymelyl-epsilon-D-alanyl-D-alanine) that mimics the C-terminal end of the Bacillus peptidoglycan stem peptide. PBP4a is composed of three domains: the penicillin-binding domain with a fold similar to the class A beta-lactamase structure and two domains inserted between the conserved motifs 1 and 2 characteristic of the penicillin-recognizing enzymes. The soaking of PBP4a in a solution of D-alpha-aminopymelyl-epsilon-D-alanyl-D-alanine resulted in an adduct between PBP4a and a D-alpha-aminopimelyl-epsilon-D-alanine dipeptide and an unbound D-alanine, i.e. the products of acylation of PBP4a by D-alpha-aminopymelyl-epsilon-D-alanyl-D-alanine with the release of a D-alanine. The adduct also reveals a binding pocket specific to the diaminopimelic acid, the third residue of the peptidoglycan stem pentapeptide of B. subtilis. This pocket is specific for this class of PBPs. |
==About this Structure== | ==About this Structure== | ||
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| - | Crystal | + | Crystal structure of the Bacillus subtilis penicillin-binding protein 4a, and its complex with a peptidoglycan mimetic peptide., Sauvage E, Duez C, Herman R, Kerff F, Petrella S, Anderson JW, Adediran SA, Pratt RF, Frere JM, Charlier P, J Mol Biol. 2007 Aug 10;371(2):528-39. Epub 2007 Jun 2. PMID:[http://ispc.weizmann.ac.il//pmbin/getpm?pmid=17582436 17582436] |
[[Category: Single protein]] | [[Category: Single protein]] | ||
[[Category: Charlier, P.]] | [[Category: Charlier, P.]] | ||
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[[Category: peptidoglycan synthesis]] | [[Category: peptidoglycan synthesis]] | ||
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CRYSTAL STRUCTURE OF THE BACILLUS SUBTILIS PBP4A, AND ITS COMPLEX WITH A PEPTIDOGLYCAN MIMETIC PEPTIDE.
Overview
The genome of Bacillus subtilis encodes 16 penicillin-binding proteins (PBPs) involved in the synthesis and/or remodelling of the peptidoglycan during the complex life cycle of this sporulating Gram-positive rod-shaped bacterium. PBP4a (encoded by the dacC gene) is a low-molecular mass PBP clearly exhibiting in vitro DD-carboxypeptidase activity. We have solved the crystal structure of this protein alone and in complex with a peptide (D-alpha-aminopymelyl-epsilon-D-alanyl-D-alanine) that mimics the C-terminal end of the Bacillus peptidoglycan stem peptide. PBP4a is composed of three domains: the penicillin-binding domain with a fold similar to the class A beta-lactamase structure and two domains inserted between the conserved motifs 1 and 2 characteristic of the penicillin-recognizing enzymes. The soaking of PBP4a in a solution of D-alpha-aminopymelyl-epsilon-D-alanyl-D-alanine resulted in an adduct between PBP4a and a D-alpha-aminopimelyl-epsilon-D-alanine dipeptide and an unbound D-alanine, i.e. the products of acylation of PBP4a by D-alpha-aminopymelyl-epsilon-D-alanyl-D-alanine with the release of a D-alanine. The adduct also reveals a binding pocket specific to the diaminopimelic acid, the third residue of the peptidoglycan stem pentapeptide of B. subtilis. This pocket is specific for this class of PBPs.
About this Structure
2J9P is a Single protein structure of sequence from [1] with as ligand. Known structural/functional Site: . Full crystallographic information is available from OCA.
Reference
Crystal structure of the Bacillus subtilis penicillin-binding protein 4a, and its complex with a peptidoglycan mimetic peptide., Sauvage E, Duez C, Herman R, Kerff F, Petrella S, Anderson JW, Adediran SA, Pratt RF, Frere JM, Charlier P, J Mol Biol. 2007 Aug 10;371(2):528-39. Epub 2007 Jun 2. PMID:17582436
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