Biapenem inactivation by B2 metallo β-lactamases: energy landscape of the hydrolysis reaction.

A general mechanism has been proposed for metallo β-lactamases (MβLs), in which deprotonation of a water molecule near the Zn ion(s) results in the formation of a hydroxide ion that attacks the carbonyl oxygen of the β-lactam ring. However, because of the absence of X-ray structures that show the ex...

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Main Authors: Sharon H Ackerman, Domenico L Gatti
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Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3556986?pdf=render
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Domenico L Gatti
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description A general mechanism has been proposed for metallo β-lactamases (MβLs), in which deprotonation of a water molecule near the Zn ion(s) results in the formation of a hydroxide ion that attacks the carbonyl oxygen of the β-lactam ring. However, because of the absence of X-ray structures that show the exact position of the antibiotic in the reactant state (RS) it has been difficult to obtain a definitive validation of this mechanism.We have employed a strategy to identify the RS, which does not rely on substrate docking and/or molecular dynamics. Starting from the X-ray structure of the enzyme:product complex (the product state, PS), a QM/MM scan was used to drive the reaction uphill from product back to reactant. Since in this process also the enzyme changes from PS to RS, we actually generate the enzyme:substrate complex from product and avoid the uncertainties associated with models of the reactant state. We used this strategy to study the reaction of biapenem hydrolysis by B2 MβL CphA. QM/MM simulations were carried out under 14 different ionization states of the active site, in order to generate potential energy surfaces (PESs) corresponding to a variety of possible reaction paths.The calculations support a model for biapenem hydrolysis by CphA, in which the nucleophile that attacks the β-lactam ring is not the water molecule located in proximity of the active site Zn, but a second water molecule, hydrogen bonded to the first one, which is used up in the reaction, and thus is not visible in the X-ray structure of the enzyme:product complex.
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spelling doaj.art-c77d9999d8ff494d8c72d309760e7a012022-12-21T18:36:59ZengPublic Library of Science (PLoS)PLoS ONE1932-62032013-01-0181e5513610.1371/journal.pone.0055136Biapenem inactivation by B2 metallo β-lactamases: energy landscape of the hydrolysis reaction.Sharon H AckermanDomenico L GattiA general mechanism has been proposed for metallo β-lactamases (MβLs), in which deprotonation of a water molecule near the Zn ion(s) results in the formation of a hydroxide ion that attacks the carbonyl oxygen of the β-lactam ring. However, because of the absence of X-ray structures that show the exact position of the antibiotic in the reactant state (RS) it has been difficult to obtain a definitive validation of this mechanism.We have employed a strategy to identify the RS, which does not rely on substrate docking and/or molecular dynamics. Starting from the X-ray structure of the enzyme:product complex (the product state, PS), a QM/MM scan was used to drive the reaction uphill from product back to reactant. Since in this process also the enzyme changes from PS to RS, we actually generate the enzyme:substrate complex from product and avoid the uncertainties associated with models of the reactant state. We used this strategy to study the reaction of biapenem hydrolysis by B2 MβL CphA. QM/MM simulations were carried out under 14 different ionization states of the active site, in order to generate potential energy surfaces (PESs) corresponding to a variety of possible reaction paths.The calculations support a model for biapenem hydrolysis by CphA, in which the nucleophile that attacks the β-lactam ring is not the water molecule located in proximity of the active site Zn, but a second water molecule, hydrogen bonded to the first one, which is used up in the reaction, and thus is not visible in the X-ray structure of the enzyme:product complex.http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3556986?pdf=render
spellingShingle Sharon H Ackerman
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Biapenem inactivation by B2 metallo β-lactamases: energy landscape of the hydrolysis reaction.
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title Biapenem inactivation by B2 metallo β-lactamases: energy landscape of the hydrolysis reaction.
title_full Biapenem inactivation by B2 metallo β-lactamases: energy landscape of the hydrolysis reaction.
title_fullStr Biapenem inactivation by B2 metallo β-lactamases: energy landscape of the hydrolysis reaction.
title_full_unstemmed Biapenem inactivation by B2 metallo β-lactamases: energy landscape of the hydrolysis reaction.
title_short Biapenem inactivation by B2 metallo β-lactamases: energy landscape of the hydrolysis reaction.
title_sort biapenem inactivation by b2 metallo β lactamases energy landscape of the hydrolysis reaction
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