1MY8 : AmpC beta-lactamase in complex with an M.carboxyphenylglycylboronic acid bearing the cephalothin R1 side chain

  • Federica Morandi (Contributor)
  • Emilia Caselli (Contributor)
  • Stefania Morandi (Contributor)
  • Pamela J Focia (Contributor)
  • Jesús Blázquez (Contributor)
  • Brian K. Shoichet (Contributor)
  • Fabio Prati (Contributor)

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Description

Experimental Technique/Method:X-RAY DIFFRACTION
Resolution:1.72
Classification:HYDROLASE
Release Date:2003-03-04
Deposition Date:2002-10-03
Revision Date:2008-04-28#2011-07-13
Molecular Weight:79821.08
Macromolecule Type:Protein
Residue Count:716
Atom Site Count:5668
DOI:10.2210/pdb1my8/pdb

Abstract:
beta-lactamases are the most widespread resistance mechanism to beta-lactam antibiotics, such as the penicillins and the cephalosporins. In an effort to combat these enzymes, a combination of stereoselective organic synthesis, enzymology, microbiology, and X-ray crystallography was used to design and evaluate new carboxyphenyl-glycylboronic acid transition-state analogue inhibitors of the class C beta-lactamase AmpC. The new compounds improve inhibition by over 2 orders of magnitude compared to analogous glycylboronic acids, with K(i) values as low as 1 nM. On the basis of the differential binding of different analogues, the introduced carboxylate alone contributes about 2.1 kcal/mol in affinity. This carboxylate corresponds to the ubiquitous C3(4)' carboxylate of beta-lactams, and this energy represents the first thermodynamic measurement of the importance of this group in molecular recognition by class C beta-lactamases. The structures of AmpC in complex with two of these inhibitors were determined by X-ray crystallography at 1.72 and 1.83 A resolution. These structures suggest a structural basis for the high affinity of the new compounds and provide templates for further design. The highest affinity inhibitor was 5 orders of magnitude more selective for AmpC than for characteristic serine proteases, such as chymotrypsin. This inhibitor reversed the resistance of clinical pathogens to the third generation cephalosporin ceftazidime; it may serve as a lead compound for drug discovery to combat bacterial resistance to beta-lactam antibiotics.
Date made available2003
PublisherRCSB-PDB

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