3ISS

Crystal structure of enolpyruvyl-UDP-GlcNAc synthase (MurA):UDP-N-acetylmuramic acid:phosphite from Escherichia coli

Summary for 3ISS

• Entry DOI: 10.2210/pdb3iss/pdb
• Related: 1A2N 1DLG 1EYN 1Q3G 1UAE 2Z2C
• Descriptor: UDP-N-acetylglucosamine 1-carboxyvinyltransferase, PHOSPHITE ION, URIDINE-DIPHOSPHATE-2(N-ACETYLGLUCOSAMINYL) BUTYRIC ACID, ... (4 entities in total)
• Functional Keywords: protein-ligand, cell cycle, cell division, cell shape, cell wall biogenesis/degradation, peptidoglycan synthesis, transferase
• Biological source: Escherichia coli K-12
• Cellular location: Cytoplasm (Probable): P0A749
• Total number of polymer chains: 12
• Total formula weight: 545997.34

Authors

Jackson, S.G.,Zhang, F.,Chindemi, P.,Junop, M.S.,Berti, P.J. (deposition date: 2009-08-27, release date: 2009-11-24, Last modification date: 2023-09-06)

Primary citation

Jackson, S.G.,Zhang, F.,Chindemi, P.,Junop, M.S.,Berti, P.J.
Evidence of Kinetic Control of Ligand Binding and Staged Product Release in MurA (Enolpyruvyl UDP-GlcNAc Synthase)-Catalyzed Reactions .
Biochemistry, 48:11715-11723, 2009

PubMed Abstract: MurA (enolpyruvyl UDP-GlcNAc synthase) catalyzes the first committed step in peptidoglycan biosynthesis. In this study, MurA-catalyzed breakdown of its tetrahedral intermediate (THI), with a k(cat)/K(M) of 520 M(-1) s(-1), was far slower than the normal reaction, and 3 x 10(5)-fold slower than the homologous enzyme, AroA, reacting with its THI. This provided kinetic evidence of slow binding and a conformationally constrained active site. The MurA cocrystal structure with UDP-N-acetylmuramic acid (UDP-MurNAc), a potent inhibitor, and phosphite revealed a new "staged" MurA conformation in which the Arg397 side chain tracked phosphite out of the catalytic site. The closed-to-staged transition involved breaking eight MurA.ligand ion pairs, and three intraprotein hydrogen bonds helping hold the active site loop closed. These were replaced with only two MurA.UDP-MurNAc ion pairs, two with phosphite, and seven new intraprotein ion pairs or hydrogen bonds. Cys115 appears to have an important role in forming the staged conformation. The staged conformation appears to be one step in a complex choreography of release of the product from MurA.

PubMed: 19899805
DOI: 10.1021/bi901524q

Experimental method

X-RAY DIFFRACTION (2.5 Å)