4P3Y

Crystal structure of Acinetobacter baumannii DsbA in complex with EF-Tu

Summary for 4P3Y

• Entry DOI: 10.2210/pdb4p3y/pdb
• Descriptor: Elongation factor Tu 1, Thiol:disulfide interchange protein, MAGNESIUM ION, ... (6 entities in total)
• Functional Keywords: thioredoxin related, disulfide oxidase dsba, multidrug resistance, disulfide bond formation, anti-biofilm formation, antivirulence, bacterial infection, translation-oxidoreductase complex, translation/oxidoreductase
• Biological source: Acinetobacter baumannii AYE; More
• Total number of polymer chains: 2
• Total formula weight: 64504.57

Authors

Premkumar, L.,Martin, J.L. (deposition date: 2014-03-10, release date: 2014-06-18, Last modification date: 2023-10-25)

Primary citation

Premkumar, L.,Kurth, F.,Duprez, W.,Grftehauge, M.K.,King, G.J.,Halili, M.A.,Heras, B.,Martin, J.L.
Structure of the Acinetobacter baumannii Dithiol Oxidase DsbA Bound to Elongation Factor EF-Tu Reveals a Novel Protein Interaction Site.
J.Biol.Chem., 289:19869-19880, 2014

PubMed Abstract: The multidrug resistant bacterium Acinetobacter baumannii is a significant cause of nosocomial infection. Biofilm formation, that requires both disulfide bond forming and chaperone-usher pathways, is a major virulence trait in this bacterium. Our biochemical characterizations show that the periplasmic A. baumannii DsbA (AbDsbA) enzyme has an oxidizing redox potential and dithiol oxidase activity. We found an unexpected non-covalent interaction between AbDsbA and the highly conserved prokaryotic elongation factor, EF-Tu. EF-Tu is a cytoplasmic protein but has been localized extracellularly in many bacterial pathogens. The crystal structure of this complex revealed that the EF-Tu switch I region binds to the non-catalytic surface of AbDsbA. Although the physiological and pathological significance of a DsbA/EF-Tu association is unknown, peptides derived from the EF-Tu switch I region bound to AbDsbA with submicromolar affinity. We also identified a seven-residue DsbB-derived peptide that bound to AbDsbA with low micromolar affinity. Further characterization confirmed that the EF-Tu- and DsbB-derived peptides bind at two distinct sites. These data point to the possibility that the non-catalytic surface of DsbA is a potential substrate or regulatory protein interaction site. The two peptides identified in this work together with the newly characterized interaction site provide a novel starting point for inhibitor design targeting AbDsbA.

PubMed: 24860094
DOI: 10.1074/jbc.M114.571737

Experimental method

X-RAY DIFFRACTION (2.154 Å)