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A metallo-beta-lactamase enzyme in action: Crystal structures of the monozinc carbapenemase CphA and its complex with biapenem
Garau, Gianpiero; Bebrone, Carine; Anne, Christine et al.
2005In Journal of Molecular Biology, 345 (4), p. 785-795
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Keywords :
antibiotic resistance; drug design; enzymatic mechanism; 3D structure; X-ray crystallography
Abstract :
[en] One strategy developed by bacteria to resist the action of beta-lactam antibiotics is the expression of metallo-beta-lactamases. CphA from Aeromonas hydrophila is a member of a clinically important subclass of metallo-beta-lactamases that have only one zinc ion in their active site and for which no structure is available. The crystal structures of wild-type CphA and its N220G mutant show the structural features of the active site of this enzyme, which is modeled specifically for carbapenem hydrolysis. The structure of CphA after reaction with a carbapenem substrate, biapenem, reveals that the enzyme traps a reaction intermediate in the active site. These three X-ray structures have allowed us to propose how the enzyme recognizes carbapenems and suggest a mechanistic pathway for hydrolysis of the beta-lactam. This will be relevant for the design of metallo-beta-lactamase inhibitors as well as of antibiotics that escape their hydrolytic activity. (C) 2004 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
Disciplines :
Biochemistry, biophysics & molecular biology
Author, co-author :
Garau, Gianpiero
Bebrone, Carine ;  Université de Liège - ULiège > Centre d'ingénierie des protéines
Anne, Christine 
Galleni, Moreno ;  Université de Liège - ULiège > Département des sciences de la vie > Macromolécules biologiques
Frère, Jean-Marie ;  Université de Liège - ULiège > Département des sciences de la vie > Département des sciences de la vie
Dideberg, Otto
Language :
English
Title :
A metallo-beta-lactamase enzyme in action: Crystal structures of the monozinc carbapenemase CphA and its complex with biapenem
Publication date :
28 January 2005
Journal title :
Journal of Molecular Biology
ISSN :
0022-2836
eISSN :
1089-8638
Publisher :
Academic Press Ltd Elsevier Science Ltd, London, United Kingdom
Volume :
345
Issue :
4
Pages :
785-795
Peer reviewed :
Peer Reviewed verified by ORBi
Commentary :
The authors acknoledge the Journal of Molecular Biology.
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