2OQO

Crystal structure of a peptidoglycan glycosyltransferase from a class A PBP: insight into bacterial cell wall synthesis

Experimental Data Snapshot

  • Method: X-RAY DIFFRACTION
  • Resolution: 2.10 Å
  • R-Value Free: 0.244 
  • R-Value Work: 0.218 
  • R-Value Observed: 0.218 

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Literature

Crystal structure of a peptidoglycan glycosyltransferase suggests a model for processive glycan chain synthesis.

Yuan, Y., Barrett, D., Zhang, Y., Kahne, D., Sliz, P., Walker, S.

(2007) Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 104: 5348-5353

  • DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0701160104
  • Primary Citation of Related Structures:  
    2OQO

  • PubMed Abstract: 

    • Peptidoglycan is an essential polymer that forms a protective shell around bacterial cell membranes. Peptidoglycan biosynthesis is the target of many clinically used antibiotics, including the beta-lactams, imipenems, cephalosporins, and glycopeptides. Resistance to these and other antibiotics has prompted interest in an atomic-level understanding of the enzymes that make peptidoglycan ...

    Peptidoglycan is an essential polymer that forms a protective shell around bacterial cell membranes. Peptidoglycan biosynthesis is the target of many clinically used antibiotics, including the beta-lactams, imipenems, cephalosporins, and glycopeptides. Resistance to these and other antibiotics has prompted interest in an atomic-level understanding of the enzymes that make peptidoglycan. Representative structures have been reported for most of the enzymes in the pathway. Until now, however, there have been no structures of any peptidoglycan glycosyltransferases (also known as transglycosylases), which catalyze formation of the carbohydrate chains of peptidoglycan from disaccharide subunits on the bacterial cell surface. We report here the 2.1-A crystal structure of the peptidoglycan glycosyltransferase (PGT) domain of Aquifex aeolicus PBP1A. The structure has a different fold from all other glycosyltransferase structures reported to date, but it bears some resemblance to lambda-lysozyme, an enzyme that degrades the carbohydrate chains of peptidoglycan. An analysis of the structure, combined with biochemical information showing that these enzymes are processive, suggests a model for glycan chain polymerization.

    Organizational Affiliation: 

    Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA.



Macromolecules
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Entity ID: 1
MoleculeChainsSequence LengthOrganismDetailsImage
Penicillin-binding protein 1A (PBP-1a) (PBP1a)A200Aquifex aeolicus VF5Mutation(s): 0 
Gene Names: mrcA, ponA, aq_624
EC: 2.4.2 (PDB Primary Data), 2.4.1.129 (UniProt), 3.4.16.4 (UniProt)
Membrane protein
Mpstruc		Group: 
MONOTOPIC MEMBRANE PROTEINS		Sub Group: 
Glycosyltransferases		Protein: 
Peptidoglycan Glycosyltransferase penicillin-binding protein 1a (PBP1a)
Find proteins for O66874 (Aquifex aeolicus (strain VF5))
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Go to UniProtKB:  O66874
Protein Feature View
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  • Reference Sequence
Small Molecules
Ligands 2 Unique
IDChainsName / Formula / InChI Key2D Diagram3D Interactions
CPS
Query on CPS
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 C [auth A]3-[(3-CHOLAMIDOPROPYL)DIMETHYLAMMONIO]-1-PROPANESULFONATE
C32 H58 N2 O7 S
UMCMPZBLKLEWAF-BCTGSCMUSA-N		 Ligand Interaction
EPE
Query on EPE
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 B [auth A]4-(2-HYDROXYETHYL)-1-PIPERAZINE ETHANESULFONIC ACID
C8 H18 N2 O4 S
JKMHFZQWWAIEOD-UHFFFAOYSA-N		 Ligand Interaction
Experimental Data & Validation

Experimental Data

  • Method: X-RAY DIFFRACTION
  • Resolution: 2.10 Å
  • R-Value Free: 0.244 
  • R-Value Work: 0.218 
  • R-Value Observed: 0.218 
  • Space Group: I 2 2 2
Unit Cell:
Length ( Å )Angle ( ˚ )
a = 54.817α = 90
b = 100.305β = 90
c = 104.012γ = 90
Software Package:
Software NamePurpose
CNSrefinement
HKL-2000data collection
HKL-2000data reduction
SCALEPACKdata scaling
SnBphasing

Structure Validation

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Entry History 

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  • Version 1.0: 2007-03-13
    Type: Initial release
  • Version 1.1: 2008-05-01
    Changes: Version format compliance
  • Version 1.2: 2011-07-13
    Changes: Source and taxonomy, Version format compliance
  • Version 1.3: 2017-10-18
    Changes: Refinement description