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| Title | Mechanistic basis of antimicrobial resistance mediated by the phosphoethanolamine transferase MCR-1. |
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| Journal, issue, pages | Nat Commun, Vol. 16, Issue 1, Page 10516, Year 2025 |
| Publish date | Nov 26, 2025 |
Authors | Allen P Zinkle / Mariana Bunoro Batista / Carmen M Herrera / Satchal K Erramilli / Brian Kloss / Khuram U Ashraf / Kamil Nosol / Guozhi Zhang / Rosemary J Cater / Michael T Marty / Anthony A Kossiakoff / M Stephen Trent / Rie Nygaard / Phillip J Stansfeld / Filippo Mancia / ![]() |
| PubMed Abstract | Polymyxins are used to treat infections caused by multidrug-resistant Gram-negative bacteria. They are cationic peptides that target the negatively charged lipid A component of lipopolysaccharides, ...Polymyxins are used to treat infections caused by multidrug-resistant Gram-negative bacteria. They are cationic peptides that target the negatively charged lipid A component of lipopolysaccharides, disrupting the outer membrane and lysing the cell. Polymyxin resistance is conferred by inner-membrane enzymes, such as phosphoethanolamine transferases, which add positively charged phosphoethanolamine to lipid A. Here, we present the structure of MCR-1, a plasmid-encoded phosphoethanolamine transferase, in its liganded form. The phosphatidylethanolamine donor substrate is bound near the active site in the periplasmic domain, and lipid A is bound over 20 Å away, within the transmembrane region. Integrating structural, biochemical, and drug-resistance data with computational analyses, we propose a two-state model in which the periplasmic domain rotates to bring the active site to lipid A, near the preferential phosphate modification site for MCR-1. This enzymatic mechanism may be generally applicable to other phosphoform transferases with large, globular soluble domains. |
External links | Nat Commun / PubMed:41298376 / PubMed Central |
| Methods | EM (single particle) |
| Resolution | 3.58 Å |
| Structure data | EMDB-49896, PDB-9nww: |
| Chemicals | ![]() ChemComp-KDL: ![]() ChemComp-PEE: |
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Keywords | TRANSFERASE / Membrane protein / phosphoethanolamine transferase / lipid A modification / polymyxin resistance |
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