Unusual 1-3 peptidoglycan cross-links in Acetobacteraceae are made by L,D-transpeptidases with a catalytic domain distantly related to YkuD domains

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Peptidoglycan is an essential component of the bacterial cell envelope that contains glycan chains substituted by short peptide stems. Peptide stems are polymerized by D,D-transpeptidases, which make bonds between the amino acid in position four of a donor stem and the third residue of an acceptor stem (4-3 cross-links). Some bacterial peptidoglycans also contain 3-3 cross-links that are formed by another class of enzymes called L,D-transpeptidases which contain a YkuD catalytic domain. In this work, we investigate the formation of unusual bacterial 1-3 peptidoglycan cross-links. We describe a version of the PGFinder software that can identify 1-3 cross-links and report the high-resolution peptidoglycan structure of Gluconobacter oxydans (a model organism within the Acetobacteraceae family). We reveal that G. oxydans peptidoglycan contains peptide stems made of a single alanine as well as several dipeptide stems with unusual amino acids at their C-terminus. Using a bioinformatics approach, we identified a G. oxydans mutant from a transposon library with a drastic reduction in 1-3 cross-links. Through complementation experiments in G. oxydans and recombinant protein production in a heterologous host, we identify an L,D-transpeptidase enzyme with a domain distantly related to the YkuD domain responsible for these non-canonical reactions. This work revisits the enzymatic capabilities of L,D-transpeptidases, a versatile family of enzymes that play a key role in bacterial peptidoglycan remodelling.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:300

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The Journal of biological chemistry - 300(2024), 1 vom: 11. Jan., Seite 105494

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Alamán-Zárate, Marcel G [VerfasserIn]
Rady, Brooks J [VerfasserIn]
Evans, Caroline A [VerfasserIn]
Pian, Brooke [VerfasserIn]
Greetham, Darren [VerfasserIn]
Marecos-Ortiz, Sabrina [VerfasserIn]
Dickman, Mark J [VerfasserIn]
Lidbury, Ian D E A [VerfasserIn]
Lovering, Andrew L [VerfasserIn]
Barstow, Buz M [VerfasserIn]
Mesnage, Stéphane [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Amino Acids
Bacterial Proteins
Bacterial cell envelope
Crosslink
EC 2.3.2.12
Gluconobacter oxydans
Journal Article
L,D-transpeptidase
PGFinder
Peptidoglycan
Peptidyl Transferases

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Date Completed 08.02.2024

Date Revised 13.03.2024

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.jbc.2023.105494

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM364981644