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Title: | Structure of Mycobacterium thermoresistibile GlgE defines novel conformational states that contribute to the catalytic mechanism | Authors: | Mendes, Vítor Blaszczyk, Michal Maranha, Ana Empadinhas, Nuno Blundell, Tom L. |
Issue Date: | 30-Nov-2015 | Publisher: | Springer Nature | Project: | Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (subcontract by the Foundation for the National Institutes of Health - NIH) (OPP1024021) Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia through EU-FEDER-COMPETE(FCOMP-01-0124-FEDER-028359 [PTDC/ BIA-MIC/2779/2012] SFRH/BPD/79531/2011 SFRH/BD/74845/2010 |
Serial title, monograph or event: | Scientific Reports | Volume: | 5 | Issue: | 1 | Abstract: | GlgE, an enzyme of the pathway that converts trehalose to α-glucans, is essential for Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Inhibition of GlgE, which transfers maltose from a maltose-1-phosphate donor to α-glucan/maltooligosaccharide chain acceptor, leads to a toxic accumulation of maltose-1-phosphate that culminates in cellular death. Here we describe the first high-resolution mycobacterial GlgE structure from Mycobacterium thermoresistibile at 1.96 Å. We show that the structure resembles that of M. tuberculosis and Streptomyces coelicolor GlgEs, reported before, with each protomer in the homodimer comprising five domains. However, in M. thermoresistibile GlgE we observe several conformational states of the S domain and provide evidence that its high flexibility is important for enzyme activity. The structures here reported shed further light on the interactions between the N-terminal domains and the catalytic domains of opposing chains and how they contribute to the catalytic reaction. Importantly this work identifies a useful surrogate system to aid the development of GlgE inhibitors against opportunistic and pathogenic mycobacteria. | URI: | https://hdl.handle.net/10316/109327 | ISSN: | 2045-2322 | DOI: | 10.1038/srep17144 | Rights: | openAccess |
Appears in Collections: | I&D CNC - Artigos em Revistas Internacionais |
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