title: A metallo-beta-lactamase enzyme in action: crystal structures of the monozinc carbapenemase CphA and its complex with biapenem.
abstract: One strategy developed by bacteria to resist the action of beta-lactam antibiotics is the expression of metallo-beta-lactamases. CphA from Aeromonas hydrophila is a member of a clinically important subclass of metallo-beta-lactamases that have only one zinc ion in their active site and for which no structure is available. The crystal structures of wild-type CphA and its N220G mutant show the structural features of the active site of this enzyme, which is modeled specifically for carbapenem hydrolysis. The structure of CphA after reaction with a carbapenem substrate, biapenem, reveals that the enzyme traps a reaction intermediate in the active site. These three X-ray structures have allowed us to propose how the enzyme recognizes carbapenems and suggest a mechanistic pathway for hydrolysis of the beta-lactam. This will be relevant for the design of metallo-beta-lactamase inhibitors as well as of antibiotics that escape their hydrolytic activity.
authors.affiliation: Institut de Biologie Structurale Jean-Pierre Ebel (CNRS-CEA-UJF), 41, rue Jules Horowitz, F-38027 Grenoble Cedex 1, France.
authors.forename: Gianpiero
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Garau
authors.forename: Carine
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Bebrone
authors.forename: Christine
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Anne
authors.forename: Moreno
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Galleni
authors.forename: Jean-Marie
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Frère
authors.forename: Otto
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Dideberg
mesh_terms: D016980:Aeromonas hydrophila / Q000201:enzymology* / Q000235:genetics; D001216:Asparagine / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D001665:Binding Sites; D018360:Crystallography, X-Ray; D006868:Hydrolysis; D007700:Kinetics; D008958:Models, Molecular; D015394:Molecular Structure; D009154:Mutation / Q000235:genetics; D011487:Protein Conformation; D013845:Thienamycins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism*; D015032:Zinc / Q000378:metabolism*; D001618:beta-Lactamases / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D013845:Thienamycins; D001216:Asparagine; D001618:beta-Lactamases; C082063:cphA protein, Aeromonas hydrophila; D015032:Zinc; C065257:biapenem