6UH4

B. theta Bile Salt Hydrolase with covalent inhibitor

Summary for 6UH4

• Entry DOI: 10.2210/pdb6uh4/pdb
• Related: 6UFY
• Descriptor: Choloylglycine hydrolase, (5R,6R)-6-[(1S,2R,4aS,4bS,7R,8aS,10R,10aS)-7,10-dihydroxy-1,2,4b-trimethyltetradecahydrophenanthren-2-yl]-5-methylheptan-2-one (2 entities in total)
• Functional Keywords: bile salt hydrolase b. theta, hydrolase-hydrolase inhibitor complex, hydrolase/hydrolase inhibitor
• Biological source: Bacteroides thetaiotaomicron
• Total number of polymer chains: 4
• Total formula weight: 152241.37

Authors

Seegar, T.C.M. (deposition date: 2019-09-26, release date: 2020-02-19, Last modification date: 2024-11-06)

Primary citation

Adhikari, A.A.,Seegar, T.C.M.,Ficarro, S.B.,McCurry, M.D.,Ramachandran, D.,Yao, L.,Chaudhari, S.N.,Ndousse-Fetter, S.,Banks, A.S.,Marto, J.A.,Blacklow, S.C.,Devlin, A.S.
Development of a covalent inhibitor of gut bacterial bile salt hydrolases.
Nat.Chem.Biol., 16:318-326, 2020

PubMed Abstract: Bile salt hydrolase (BSH) enzymes are widely expressed by human gut bacteria and catalyze the gateway reaction leading to secondary bile acid formation. Bile acids regulate key metabolic and immune processes by binding to host receptors. There is an unmet need for a potent tool to inhibit BSHs across all gut bacteria to study the effects of bile acids on host physiology. Here, we report the development of a covalent pan-inhibitor of gut bacterial BSHs. From a rationally designed candidate library, we identified a lead compound bearing an alpha-fluoromethyl ketone warhead that modifies BSH at the catalytic cysteine residue. This inhibitor abolished BSH activity in conventional mouse feces. Mice gavaged with a single dose of this compound displayed decreased BSH activity and decreased deconjugated bile acid levels in feces. Our studies demonstrate the potential of a covalent BSH inhibitor to modulate bile acid composition in vivo.

PubMed: 32042200
DOI: 10.1038/s41589-020-0467-3

Experimental method

X-RAY DIFFRACTION (3.51 Å)