Crystal Structure of the Membrane-Bound Bifunctional Transglycosylase PBP1b from Escherichia Coli

Drug-resistant bacteria have caused serious medical problems in recent years, and the need for new antibacterial agents is undisputed. Transglycosylase, a multidomain membrane protein essential for cell wall synthesis, is an excellent target for the development of new antibiotics. Here, we determined the X-ray crystal structure of the bifunctional transglycosylase penicillin-binding protein 1b (PBP1b) from Escherichia coli in complex with its inhibitor moenomycin to 2.16-Å resolution. In addition to the transglycosylase and transpeptidase domains, our structure provides a complete visualization of this important antibacterial target, and reveals a domain for protein-protein interaction and a transmembrane helix domain essential for substrate binding, enzymatic activity, and membrane orientation..

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2009

Erschienen:

2009

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:106

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Sung, Ming-Ta [VerfasserIn]
Lai, Yen-Ting [VerfasserIn]
Huang, Chia-Ying [VerfasserIn]
Chou, Lien-Yang [VerfasserIn]
Shih, Hao-Wei [VerfasserIn]
Cheng, Wei-Chieh [VerfasserIn]
Wong, Chi-Huey [VerfasserIn]
Ma, Che [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Antibacterial development
Antibiotic resistance
Biological sciences
Health sciences
Membrane protein structure
Peptidoglycan synthesis
Physical sciences
Protein—protein interaction
Research-article

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JST070347662