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    Structure, substrate selectivity, and catalytic mechanism of the fosfomycin resistance enzyme, FosB, from Gram-positive pathogens

    Keithly, Mary Elizabeth
    : https://etd.library.vanderbilt.edu/etd-07072016-115310
    http://hdl.handle.net/1803/12847
    : 2016-07-08

    Abstract

    Structure, substrate selectivity, and catalytic mechanism of the fosfomycin resistance enzyme, FosB, from Gram-positive pathogens By: Mary E. Keithly Fosfomycin, a broad spectrum antibiotic, is used clinically to treat lower urinary tract infections and gastrointestinal infections and has been suggested as part of a regimen for treatment of multi-drug resistant bacterial infections. However, bacterial fosfomycin resistance enzymes limit the efficacy of the antibiotic. A better understanding of the enzymatic mechanism of fosfomycin resistance can contribute to increasing the efficacy and use of fosfomycin. One resistance enzyme, FosB, is a Mn2+-dependent thiol-transferase found in Gram-positive bacteria. FosB modifies fosfomycin by catalyzing nucleophilic addition of a thiol, resulting in an inactive compound. In vitro time course kinetic analyses for FosB from four different bacterial strains using L-cysteine and bacillithiol (BSH) reveal a preference for BSH over L-cysteine. Probing metal dependent activation of FosB by Ni2+, Mg2+, Zn2+, and Mn2+ revealed the highest activation of FosB with Mn2+ as the metal cofactor, whereas Zn2+ inhibits FosB enzymes. I concluded that FosB is a Mn2+-dependent BSH-transferase. Fourteen high-resolution crystal structures of FosB from both Bacillus cereus and Staphylococcus aureus have been determined in complex with various substrates, divalent metals, and products. These structures confirm that FosB is a member of the Vicinal Oxygen Chelate (VOC) superfamily of enzymes. Additionally, a cage of conserved residues orients fosfomycin in the active site such that it is poised for nucleophilic attack by the thiol. The structures also reveal a BSH binding pocket and suggest a highly conserved loop region must change conformation for fosfomycin to enter the active site. Hydrogen-Deuterium Exchange Mass Spectrometry (HDX-MS) experiments were utilized to investigate the structural dynamics of FosB. HDX-MS data analysis for this enzyme incubated with various substrates and cofactors indicates that FosB is a highly stable globular protein. Moreover, low signal-to-noise for the conserved loop region made analysis of the dynamics of this area difficult to assess with HDX-MS. These observations suggest nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) should be applied to investigate the critical loop movement of FosB.
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