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Function
[DDN_MYCTU] Nitroreductase involved in the bioreductive activation of the antitubercular prodrug PA-824 (nitroimidazo-oxazine) developed for anti-tuberculosis therapy against both replicating and persistent bacteria. It converts PA-824 into three primary metabolites; the major one is the des-nitroimidazole (des-nitro) which generated reactive nitrogen species, including nitric oxide (NO). Reactive nitrogen species play a major role in mammalian defense against mycobacterial infections.[1] [2]
Publication Abstract from PubMed
Tuberculosis continues to be a global health threat, making bicyclic nitroimidazoles an important new class of therapeutics. A deazaflavin-dependent nitroreductase (Ddn) from Mycobacterium tuberculosis catalyzes the reduction of nitroimidazoles such as PA-824, resulting in intracellular release of lethal reactive nitrogen species. The N-terminal 30 residues of Ddn are functionally important but are flexible or access multiple conformations, preventing structural characterization of the full-length, enzymatically active enzyme. Several structures were determined of a truncated, inactive Ddn protein core with and without bound F(420) deazaflavin coenzyme as well as of a catalytically competent homolog from Nocardia farcinica. Mutagenesis studies based on these structures identified residues important for binding of F(420) and PA-824. The proposed orientation of the tail of PA-824 toward the N terminus of Ddn is consistent with current structure-activity relationship data.
Structure of Ddn, the deazaflavin-dependent nitroreductase from Mycobacterium tuberculosis involved in bioreductive activation of PA-824.,Cellitti SE, Shaffer J, Jones DH, Mukherjee T, Gurumurthy M, Bursulaya B, Boshoff HI, Choi I, Nayyar A, Lee YS, Cherian J, Niyomrattanakit P, Dick T, Manjunatha UH, Barry CE 3rd, Spraggon G, Geierstanger BH Structure. 2012 Jan 11;20(1):101-12. PMID:22244759[3]
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References
- ↑ Manjunatha UH, Boshoff H, Dowd CS, Zhang L, Albert TJ, Norton JE, Daniels L, Dick T, Pang SS, Barry CE 3rd. Identification of a nitroimidazo-oxazine-specific protein involved in PA-824 resistance in Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2006 Jan 10;103(2):431-6. Epub 2005 Dec 30. PMID:16387854 doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.0508392103
- ↑ Singh R, Manjunatha U, Boshoff HI, Ha YH, Niyomrattanakit P, Ledwidge R, Dowd CS, Lee IY, Kim P, Zhang L, Kang S, Keller TH, Jiricek J, Barry CE 3rd. PA-824 kills nonreplicating Mycobacterium tuberculosis by intracellular NO release. Science. 2008 Nov 28;322(5906):1392-5. doi: 10.1126/science.1164571. PMID:19039139 doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.1164571
- ↑ Cellitti SE, Shaffer J, Jones DH, Mukherjee T, Gurumurthy M, Bursulaya B, Boshoff HI, Choi I, Nayyar A, Lee YS, Cherian J, Niyomrattanakit P, Dick T, Manjunatha UH, Barry CE 3rd, Spraggon G, Geierstanger BH. Structure of Ddn, the deazaflavin-dependent nitroreductase from Mycobacterium tuberculosis involved in bioreductive activation of PA-824. Structure. 2012 Jan 11;20(1):101-12. PMID:22244759 doi:10.1016/j.str.2011.11.001
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