Dipartimento di Biologia Molecolare, Università di Siena, Siena, Italy.
Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2010 May;54(5):2167-74. doi: 10.1128/AAC.01517-09. Epub 2010 Feb 9.
Class D beta-lactamases represent a heterogeneous group of active-site serine beta-lactamases that show an extraordinary panel of functional features and substrate profiles, thus representing relevant models for biochemical and structural studies. OXA-46 is a narrow-spectrum enzyme belonging to the OXA-2 subgroup which was found in a Pseudomonas aeruginosa clinical isolate from northern Italy. In this work, we obtained the three-dimensional structure of OXA-46, which shows the overall fold of active serine beta-lactamases and a dimeric quaternary structure. Significant differences with currently available structures of class D beta-lactamases were found in the loops located close to the active site, which differ in length and conformation. Interestingly, the three subunits present in the asymmetric unit showed some structural heterogeneity, only one of which presented a carbamylated lysine recognized as an important functional feature of class D enzymes. The carbamylation state of residue Lys75 appeared to be associated with different shapes and dimensions of the active site. Moreover, a tartrate molecule from the crystallization buffer was found in the active site of the noncarbamylated subunits, which interacts with catalytically relevant residues. The OXA-46 crystal asymmetric units thus interestingly present the structures of the free carbamylated active site and of the ligand-bound uncarbamylated active site, offering the structural basis for investigating the potential of new scaffolds of beta-lactamase inhibitors.
D 类β-内酰胺酶代表了一组具有不同功能特征和底物谱的活性部位丝氨酸β-内酰胺酶,因此是生化和结构研究的相关模型。OXA-46 是一种窄谱酶,属于 OXA-2 亚群,在意大利北部的一株铜绿假单胞菌临床分离株中发现。在这项工作中,我们获得了 OXA-46 的三维结构,该结构显示了活性丝氨酸β-内酰胺酶的整体折叠和二聚体四级结构。与目前可用的 D 类β-内酰胺酶结构相比,在靠近活性位点的环中发现了显著差异,这些环在长度和构象上有所不同。有趣的是,在不对称单元中存在的三个亚基表现出一些结构异质性,只有一个亚基呈现出被认为是 D 类酶重要功能特征的氨甲酰化赖氨酸。残基 Lys75 的氨甲酰化状态似乎与活性位点的不同形状和尺寸有关。此外,在未氨甲酰化亚基的活性位点中发现了来自结晶缓冲液的酒石酸盐分子,它与催化相关的残基相互作用。因此,OXA-46 晶体不对称单元有趣地呈现出自由氨甲酰化活性位点和配体结合的未氨甲酰化活性位点的结构,为研究新型β-内酰胺酶抑制剂骨架的潜力提供了结构基础。