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TitleStructures of bacterial and human phosphoglycosyltransferases bound to a common inhibitor inform selective therapeutics.
Journal, issue, pagesbioRxiv, Year 2025
Publish dateDec 16, 2025
AuthorsBeebee Yusrah Kaudeer / Jacob M Kirsh / Katsuhiko Mitachi / Jessica M Ochoa / Marie-Therese Soroush-Pejrimovsky / Yancheng E Li / Vy N Nguyen / Michio Kurosu / William M Clemons /
PubMed AbstractGlycoconjugates facilitate myriad biological processes, including cell-cell recognition and immune response, and they are generated by enzymes that transfer glycans. The orthologs MraY and DPAGT1 are ...Glycoconjugates facilitate myriad biological processes, including cell-cell recognition and immune response, and they are generated by enzymes that transfer glycans. The orthologs MraY and DPAGT1 are dimeric phosphoglycosyltransferases involved in oligosaccharide biosynthesis for either bacterial peptidoglycan or eukaryotic -linked glycans, respectively. Both enzymes play central regulatory roles, making them attractive targets for antibacterial and anticancer therapies. In our prior studies, a muraymycin A1-derived inhibitor termed APPB (aminouridyl phenoxypiperidinbenzyl butanamide) was developed. It exhibits sub-100 nM IC50 values against both MraY and DPAGT1 and has demonstrated efficacy against DPAGT1-dependent cancers, making it an excellent starting point for next-generation small molecules. To guide inhibitor development, we determined cryo-EM structures of APPB bound to MraY or DPAGT1 at 2.9 Å resolution using single-particle analysis. The structures reveal that APPB, composed of a nucleoside, a central amide, and a lipid-mimetic, adopts two conformations in each protein, which correlate with local hydrogen-bonding contacts of the central amide carbonyl. Examination of the amide carbonyl environments guides conformer selection for future DPAGT1-targeting anticancer agents. Further, comparisons of APPB-bound geometries and nucleoside interactions inform opportunities for antibacterial agents targeting MraY. Overall, our study provides design principles for MraY- or DPAGT1-specific drugs and motivates the utility of simultaneously characterizing inhibitor-bound orthologs for selective therapeutics.
External linksbioRxiv / PubMed:41446129 / PubMed Central
MethodsEM (single particle)
Resolution2.9 - 3.02 Å
Structure data

74451

9znn

EMDB-74451: Cryo-EM structure of human UDP-N-acetylglucosamine-dolichyl-phosphate N-acetylglucosaminephosphotransferase (DPAGT1) in complex with APPB, composite map
PDB-9znn: Cryo-EM structure of human UDP-N-acetylglucosamine-dolichyl-phosphate N-acetylglucosaminephosphotransferase (DPAGT1) in complex with APPB
Method: EM (single particle) / Resolution: 2.9 Å

74452

9zno

EMDB-74452, PDB-9zno:
Cryo-EM structure of Hydrogenivirga sp. MraY in complex with APPB
Method: EM (single particle) / Resolution: 2.91 Å

EMDB-75257: Cryo-EM structure of human UDP-N-acetylglucosamine-dolichyl-phosphate N-acetylglucosaminephosphotransferase (DPAGT1) in complex with APPB, consensus map
Method: EM (single particle) / Resolution: 2.9 Å

EMDB-75258: Cryo-EM structure of human UDP-N-acetylglucosamine-dolichyl-phosphate N-acetylglucosaminephosphotransferase (DPAGT1) in complex with APPB, Chain A map
Method: EM (single particle) / Resolution: 2.91 Å

EMDB-75259: Cryo-EM structure of human UDP-N-acetylglucosamine-dolichyl-phosphate N-acetylglucosaminephosphotransferase (DPAGT1) in complex with APPB, Chain B map
Method: EM (single particle) / Resolution: 3.02 Å

Chemicals

PDB-1c3g:
S. CEREVISIAE HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN 40 SIS1

PDB-1c3h:
ACRP30 CALCIUM COMPLEX

ChemComp-HOH:
WATER

Source
  • homo sapiens (human)
  • hydrogenivirga sp. 128-5-r1-1 (bacteria)
KeywordsTRANSFERASE / polyprenyl-phosphate N-acetylhexosamine phosphate transferase / phosphoglycosyltransferase / membrane protein / phosphoglycosyltransferases

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